7:41 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Kevin Harvick won’t spend a single day in retirement when his NASCAR driving days are over: Fox said Sunday it has hired Harvick for its broadcast booth next season. Harvick announced last month that he will retire from NASCAR competition at the end of the 2023 season.
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1:24 PM ET A record-breaking Harry Kane strike helped Tottenham edge to a 1-0 victory over Manchester City on Sunday as Pep Guardiola’s side failed to make up ground in the Premier League title race. Kane became Spurs’ all-time leading scorer when he sent his side into the lead on 15 minutes after finding an
7:19 PM ET Upsets were the theme of the European weekend with giants Arsenal, Real Madrid, Manchester City and Liverpool failing to score a single goal between them. But, while the bigwigs were drawing blanks, there were plenty of plenty of highlights elsewhere including an absolute humdinger between Celta Vigo and Real Betis in LaLiga.
3:54 PM ET The New York Islanders and center Bo Horvat have agreed to an eight-year contract extension, six days after they acquired him in a trade from the Vancouver Canucks. His contract carries an $8.5 million average annual value against the salary cap, as first reported by Sportsnet. Horvat was in the final season
4:32 PM ET Associated Press Borna Coric beat 2020 U.S. Open champion Dominic Thiem 7-6 (3), 6-2 on Sunday to send Croatia into the group stage of the Davis Cup with a victory over Austria. Coric helped the Croatians win their second Davis Cup title in 2018, but he was sidelined when they lost in
2:00 PM ET Throughout the course of the COVID-19 pandemic there was one constant question that plagued Australian MMA fans: When will the UFC return Down Under? This Sunday morning [AEDT], after more than 1,220 days that have come and gone, the Octagon will once again take centre stage on the Australian sporting consciousness when
5:23 PM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Although Shohei Ohtani‘s long-term future with the Los Angeles Angels is decidedly uncertain as he heads into his final season under contract, the two-way superstar’s plans for the spring are all set. Ohtani will make one start on the Cactus League mound this month for the Angels
2:34 PM ET Stephen HolderESPN LAS VEGAS — The revamped Pro Bowl Games get underway at 3 p.m. ET at Allegiant Stadium on ABC/ESPN/ESPN+, as some of the NFL’s brightest stars square off in a series of competitive skills challenges and three flag football games that will cap the week’s events. On tap for Sunday
3:07 PM ET The Brooklyn Nets are trading Kyrie Irving to the Dallas Mavericks, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Sunday. The Mavericks are sending Dorian Finney-Smith, Spencer Dinwiddie, an unprotected 2029 first-round pick and second-round picks in 2027 and 2029 to the Nets in exchange for Irving and Markieff Morris, sources said. Talks between
1:44 PM ET Associated Press Unseeded American Alycia Parks secured a stunning 7-6 (7), 7-5 upset win over WTA Finals champion Caroline Garcia in the Open Métropole de Lyon final to clinch her first career title on Sunday. “I think France has a special part in my heart right now,” Parks said. “I’ll be back
2:14 PM ET Associated Press HUA HIN, Thailand — Lin Zhu of China won her maiden career title after beating Lesia Tsurenko of Ukraine 6-4, 6-4 in the final of the Thailand Open on Sunday. In a match lasting 1 hour and 45 minutes, both players exchanged nail-biting baseline rallies before Zhu finally found a
1:01 PM ET ESPN Staff Aditi Ashok turned in one of the most dominating performances on the Ladies European Tour with a nine-shot win at the Magical Kenya Ladies Open on Sunday. It was a fourth win on the Ladies European Tour (LET) for the Indian, who now plays mostly on the Ladies PGA in
12:17 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim For the retirement fight of Fedor Emelianenko, one of the greatest ever to compete in mixed martial arts and the icon of an era gone by, there was a who’s who of MMA legends gathered at Bellator 290 in Inglewood, California, on Saturday night to give one of their own
Tagenarine Chanderpaul scored a century for West Indies© Twitter An opening double-century stand from openers Kraigg Brathwaite and Tagenarine Chanderpaul put the West Indies in the ascendancy against Zimbabwe in the first Test match in Bulawayo. In control for large periods across day one and two, the pair’s biggest threat seemingly came from inclement weather,
ZIM vs WI, 1st Test, Day 2 Highlights: West Indies were 221/0 at stumps on Sunday.© AFP ZIM vs WI, 1st Test, Day 2 Highlights:An opening double-century stand from openers Kraigg Brathwaite and Tagenarine Chanderpaul put the West Indies in the ascendancy against Zimbabwe in the first Test match in Bulawayo. In control for large periods
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British rider Zoe Backstedt won silver in the women’s under-23 race at the Cyclo-cross World Championships. The Netherlands’ Shirin van Anrooij, 21, sealed a dominant victory to take the rainbow jersey in Hoogerheide. She beat 18-year-old Welsh rider Backstedt by 33 seconds at the end of the 45-minute race, with Czech Kristyna Zemanova in third
6:53 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers will retire the No. 34 jersey of pitcher Fernando Valenzuela during a three-day celebration this summer. Valenzuela was part of two World Series champion teams, winning the 1981 Rookie of the Year and Cy Young awards. He was a six-time All-Star during his