9:51 AM ET Canadian Formula 2 driver Nicholas Latifi will join Williams as a reserve driver in 2019. Latifi joins the team from Force India, where he held the role of test and reserve driver this year. In his new role with Williams he will take part in six Friday practice sessions, one pre-season test
8:58 AM ET A general manager chatted last month about the high volume of free-agent relievers and how he thought they would fare in the bidding. If you’re one of those pitchers, he said, you better have some advanced metrics that work for you. Because in a time when front offices lay down statistics as
8:52 AM ET It’s not really a surprise that Mike McCarthy is leaving, but it is a surprise that he’s gone. McCarthy’s 12-plus year reign with the Packers ended unceremoniously on Sunday night, as team president Mark Murphy fired McCarthy after a 20-17 home loss to the lowly Cardinals essentially ended Green Bay’s chances of
8:45 AM ET Kareem Hunt apologized to the world, the Kansas City Chiefs organization, his family and his close friends before he finally got around to apologizing to the young woman he shoved and kicked in February — more than seven minutes into Sunday’s interview with ESPN’s Lisa Salters. But just as telling about the
8:47 AM ET Former NFL linebacker and Detroit Lions general manager Matt Millen is in the hospital awaiting a heart transplant and that he needs one “fairly soon,” according to a report by NBC Sports. Millen has been suffering from amyloidosis, a rare disease that would eventually require the surgery. Two months ago to the
8:00 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — This time last year, there wasn’t a hotter name in football than that of Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz. His team was 10-1 and in the midst of a nine-game win streak in which they were clobbering opponents by an average of 17 points per outing. Wentz was already nearing
8:00 AM ET ASHBURN, Va. — Adrian Peterson wants to return next season, and the Washington Redskins might just want — and need — him back. First things first: Peterson has more work to do this season. Five games remain, and any chance for a playoff push begins, on offense at least, with his legs.
8:45 AM ET Detroit Lions offensive lineman Taylor Decker is trying to recover his lost football from his first NFL touchdown. And he’s willing to make it worth the person’s while to do it. The 25-year-old left tackle scored on an 11-yard tackle-eligible pass reception from Matthew Stafford during the Lions’ 30-16 loss to the
Malaysia recovered from a loss to Vietnam by making easy work of Myanmar and securing their place in the semifinals of the AFF Cup. Sir Alex Ferguson once reflected that one of the ways modern football differed from its predecessor was that a 0-0 first leg away result in Europe was no longer seen as
From the ‘Most Time Spent Horizontal’ to ‘Nutritionist of the Year’, the Exploding Heads present their quirky alternative Ballon d’Or awards. PARIS — You almost felt sorry for Luka Modric, receiving the Ballon d’Or (“Golden Ball”) for player of the year on stage in Paris’s Grand Palais. It looked as if the French were punishing