11:54 AM ET Stephen HolderESPN INDIANAPOLIS — Colts owner Jim Irsay made a major late-night acquisition at a hefty price tag. Irsay’s latest move wasn’t football-related. Instead, it is the newest addition to his growing historic collection: Muhammad Ali’s WBC championship belt won in the fighter’s 1974 “Rumble in the Jungle” victory over George Foreman
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12:00 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent PERTH, Australia — Manchester United‘s players and staff landed back at Manchester Airport on Sunday after nearly three weeks away in Thailand and Australia to begin the final run-up to the start of the Premier League season. 2 Related Erik ten Hag has two weeks to make any final decisions
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc said his performance was “just not good enough” after crashing out while leading the French Grand Prix. Max Verstappen seized on the error to seal a seventh win of the season and extend his lead over Leclerc in the drivers’ championship to 63 points. It is the latest in a series of
Jul 20, 2022 There is no denying the wealth of talent that exists among NFL skill position players, talent that can ultimately translate into fantasy football rewards. But fantasy managers can only reap those rewards if the talent sees the field, making injury and associated lost time perhaps the most pervasive threat to fantasy opportunity.
Charles Leclerc gifted Max Verstappen victory and a huge advantage in the World Championship by crashing out of the lead of the French Grand Prix. The Ferrari driver, in need of a good result to keep his title hopes alive, lost control at the Beausset right-hander two laps after the Red Bull had made its
Dutch rider Lorena Wiebes won the first stage of the inaugural Tour de France Femmes, edging compatriot Marianne Vos in the final sprint in Paris. Wiebes, of Team DSM, swept past three-time road world champion Vos to clinch the leader’s yellow jersey with the historic win on the Champs-Elysees. Belgian Lotte Kopecky beat Italian Rachele
6:00 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Quick-hit thoughts and notes around the New England Patriots and NFL: 1. Strong option: In a perfect Patriots world, veteran James White will recapture the form that made him the NFL’s most productive pass-catching running back before sustaining a serious right hip injury last September. From 2015 to 2020,
3:46 PM ET COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — The love affair that ESPN’s Tim Kurkjian has enjoyed for decades with the sport of baseball — and everyone associated with it — reached its pinnacle on Saturday when he was honored as this year’s recipient of the BBWAA Career Excellence Award. “This has been the most overwhelming, most
5:18 PM ET Associated Press LONG POND, Pa. — Denny Hamlin turned the fastest lap at Pocono Raceway and will lead the NASCAR Cup Series field to green Sunday at Pocono Raceway. Hamlin is joined on the front row by Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch. Hamlin went 169.991 mph on the 2½-mile tri-oval track
6:52 AM BST Embattled All Blacks coach Ian Foster has ditched specialist coaches John Plumtree and Brad Mooar in a bid to turn around their poor form following the series loss against Ireland earlier this month. Jason Ryan has left the Canterbury Crusaders to replace Plumtree as forwards coach while Foster will work with the
ENG vs SA Live: England and South Africa will face off at Headingley.© AFP ENG vs SA, 3rd ODI Live Updates: South Africa won the toss and opted to bat against England in the series decider on Sunday at Headingley in Leeds. Both teams remain unchanged from the last match, which England won. While South
12:28 PM ET Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant is extremely active on social media … and now he’s added a new platform to his repertoire. Durant joined TikTok on Friday as “2way3level” — amassing 67,000 followers by Saturday morning. The username is likely a reference to a particular kind of build in the video game
10:31 AM ET Three years into his Real Madrid career, it feels as though Eden Hazard still hasn’t really got started. Signed from Chelsea in 2019 as arguably the Premier League‘s best player, and fully expected to fill the void left by Cristiano Ronaldo‘s departure a year earlier, the Belgium international has instead become an
11:09 PM ET Associated Press BLAINE, Minn. — Scott Piercy shot a 5-under 66 to take a 4-stroke lead into the final round of the 3M Open at rain-soaked TPC Twin Cities on Saturday in round that was delayed more than 6½ hours. Playing through a painful blister on his right heel, the 43-year-old Piercy
4:10 PM ET ESPN baseball analyst Tim Kurkjian is headed to the Hall of Fame — and we couldn’t be prouder. We also couldn’t miss the opportunity to express just how much he means to us around here. So, as Cooperstown calls for our colleague, we wanted to share just a few of our favorite
5:08 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Jordin Tootoo and Nathan Paetsch denied any involvement in an alleged group sex assault while with Canada’s 2003 world junior hockey team. Tootoo, who was a member of the silver-medal winning team and played 13 seasons in the NHL with Nashville, Detroit, New Jersey and Chicago, issued a
6:40 PM ET Sophie Lawson ROTHERHAM, England — Ahead of the start of Euro 2022 this summer, Dutch midfielder Jill Roord had made headlines at home when she called new manager Mark Parsons, in a word, boring. Team meetings lasted too long and were unnecessary, she said, failing to hold the players’ interest. Although she
9:46 PM ET William E. Ricks Few pro-am basketball organizations carry the level of star power as the Drew League. The Los Angeles-based summer hoops league features high-level competition from a collection of professional and amateur players. The circuit has seen plenty of big-name NBA ballers since its establishment in 1973. 1 Related Brooklyn Nets