7:40 AM ET NASCAR Hall of Famer Glen Wood, who founded Wood Brothers Racing in 1953, has died. He was 93. Wood Brothers Racing made the announcement of Wood’s passing Friday on social media. It’s with profound sadness that we mourn the passing of team founder and family patriarch Glen Wood this morning. We want
6:38 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — From the moment the Australian Open draw was released eight days ago, Maria Sharapova said she anticipated a clash with defending champion Caroline Wozniacki in the third round. “It was definitely a match I looked forward to,” Sharapova said. “But obviously I had to get there first, and so
6:04 AM GMT ESPN staff Rugby Australia has again opted not to sanction Wallabies star Kurtley Beale after a second video surfaced on social media showing him in the vicinity of alleged illicit drug use. Vision of Beale laughing while an older man snorted white powder from a plate was posted online on Tuesday afternoon,
8:35 PM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — For the first time in 15 years, five Australian singles players reached the third round of the Australian Open. The last time that happened, back in 2004, Roger Federer had just one Grand Slam title to his name, Mark Philippoussis was the nation’s highest-ranked player and the Melbourne Park
3:19 PM ET ESPN News Services MELBOURNE, Australia — Maria Sharapova smacked a forehand winner — the sort she has hit so many times, at so many key moments, over the years — to take control against defending champion Caroline Wozniacki at the Australian Open. Sharapova balled up her fists, shut her eyes, threw back
12:21 AM ET Jeff Passan Close ESPN ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Alden Gonzalez Close ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPN in 2016 to cover the Los Angeles Rams Previously covered the Angels for MLB.com Free-agent reliever Cody Allen agreed to a one-year deal
10:02 PM ET Former junior middleweight world titlist Erislandy Lara, coming off a close loss in the 2018 ESPN fight of the year, will return to challenge secondary titlist Brian Castano, Premier Boxing Champions announced Thursday. The fight will take place March 2 and headline a Showtime-televised tripleheader (9 p.m. ET) at Barclays Center in
8:58 PM ET Northern Illinois is hiring Baltimore Ravens running backs coach Thomas Hammock as its next head coach, a source told ESPN. Hammock, a former star running back for NIU who later served as a Huskies assistant coach, will be introduced Friday at news conferences in both DeKalb and Chicago. He coached running backs
11:00 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — IT WAS late November and the Timberwolves franchise was still staggering after Jimmy Butler had finally bludgeoned his way out of Minnesota. Questions persisted regarding the psyche of Karl-Anthony Towns, who, along with Andrew Wiggins, had been verbally eviscerated by Butler in a fiery (and now public) preseason practice. Butler
7:55 PM ET Tim Tebow will be back at the New York Mets major league camp in Port St. Lucie, Florida, in February. The Mets’ most famous minor leaguer returns for this third season with the team. Last year, the Heisman Trophy winner and former NFL quarterback hit .273 with six home runs and 36