10:34 AM ET ABU DHABI — Lewis Hamilton insists this year’s title showdown does not feel different to previous seasons after he refused to be drawn on the likelihood of a collision with championship rival Max Verstappen at the season finale in Abu Dhabi. Hamilton and Verstappen go in to the final round of the
Month: December 2021
9:30 AM ET ABU DHABI – Max Verstappen said his opinion of Lewis Hamilton and the Mercedes team has gone down during their championship fight in 2021. Verstappen and Hamilton have collided on track three times this season and go into the final race of the year, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, level on points.
10:38 AM ET Associated Press Michigan pass-rusher Aidan Hutchinson, Notre Dame quarterback Jack Coan and Baylor linebacker Terrel Bernard were among nine college football players selected as semifinalists for the Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year award. The other semifinalists announced Thursday were West Virginia defensive lineman Taijh Alston; Johns Hopkins receiver Ryan Hubley;
10:08 AM ET Minnesota Vikings star running back Dalvin Cook will play against the Pittsburgh Steelers barring a pregame setback Thursday night, just 11 days after dislocating his left shoulder, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. Cook initially was expected to miss at least two games, according to ESPN and multiple media outlets, after injuring
5:48 AM ET Kimi Raikkonen’s first memory of racing a car dates back 32 years. He didn’t have a driving licence at the time (he was only 10), but in the Finnish town of Espoo in the early 1990s, that didn’t seem to matter. The car was an old Lada, which may or may not
9:00 AM ET When the Vancouver Canucks fired Travis Green, few of us were surprised. His grasp on the gig was tenuous to begin with, and the Canucks had three wins in 13 games. When they replaced him with Bruce Boudreau … again, few of us were surprised. Boudreau is the NHL’s answer to The
7:00 AM ET College football was able to get back to something closer to a normal season in 2021, but the individual standout performances we saw were anything but normal. The Home Depot College Football Awards on Thursday (7 p.m. ET, ESPN) will celebrate these individuals, who helped bring us the joy and excitement of
6:00 AM ET Quarterback Kirk Cousins turned in one of the best performances of his Minnesota Vikings tenure on Nov. 21, when he went toe to toe with Aaron Rodgers and led the Vikings on a game-winning drive in the fourth quarter against the Green Bay Packers. In that moment, the future seemed a little
6:40 AM ET One of the biggest NFL stories of the past few months doesn’t directly involve the league at all. The latest escalation in the endless cycle of college football coaching changes has done more than take a possible pro coach off the NFL’s radar for years to come. The deals being handed out
6:11 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — The NFL has named former soccer executive Alexander Steinforth to head its operations in Germany as it prepares to hold a regular-season game there as early as next year. Steinforth will start work early next year after moving from the commercial arm of Germany’s governing body for Olympic