8:52 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Most drivers in the NASCAR Cup series playoffs try to limit distractions. Kyle Busch, it seems, almost attracts them. And as long as they are fairly drama free, he accepts them. On the
12:09 PM ET WBO junior welterweight world titleholder Maurice Hooker, of Dallas, Texas, faces Mexico’s Alex Saucedo in a fight that will air live on ESPN in the United States at midnight ET on Friday night from the Cheseapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Hooker (24-0-3, 16 KOs), won the title by traveling to
1:34 PM ET Brooklyn Nets guard Caris LeVert was diagnosed with a subtalar dislocation of his right foot and will not need surgery, the team announced Tuesday. “Fortunately, tests performed this morning revealed that there are no fractures and only moderate ligament damage,” Nets team orthopedist Dr. Martin O’Malley said in a statement. “While the
2:16 PM ET Yair Rodriguez landed what some consider the greatest knockout in UFC history Saturday night in Denver, finishing Chan Sung Jung — best known as “The Korean Zombie” — with a brutal elbow to the chin with one second remaining in a back-and-forth bout. Jaws from those both inside the Pepsi Center and
1:04 PM ET Maryland quarterback Kasim Hill will miss the remainder of the season after tearing his ACL this weekend, according to Terps coach Matt Canada. Hill twisted his left knee in the second quarter of a loss to Indiana on Saturday. The sophomore tore the ACL in his right leg three games into his
The two best teams in MLS during the regular season will meet for a spot in the MLS Cup Final. The FC crew break down the tie and make their picks. Paul Mariner breaks down the MLS Best XI for the 2018 season and reveals which superstar in the XI he would build his team
12:29 PM ET Oman held on in a nervy finish behind Jatinder Singh‘s 73 to maintain their unbeaten run with a three-wicket win over Denmark. In a game which had sloppy fielding from both sides, Denmark paid dearest for dropping Jatinder twice – on 5 and 19 – as he went on to anchor Oman’s
Andrew Nabbout has had a tough journey back to the Socceroos after his injury in the World Cup. If anywhere looms as the venue for Jamie Maclaren to notch his first Socceroos goal then Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium is surely the most fitting. The 25-year-old enjoyed two goal-laden A-League campaigns at the Brisbane Roar, notching 42
12:14 PM ET CINCINNATI – A reunion between Marvin Lewis and Hue Jackson seemed destined from almost the minute Jackson was fired in Cleveland on Oct. 29. The only surprise is that it took this long. So why did it seem so obvious that this would happen? &• How we got here with Le’Veon Bell&•
11:40 AM GMT George Kruis has been ruled out England’s remaining November fixtures as head coach Eddie Jones named his squad to face Japan this weekend. Lock Kruis limped out of Saturday’s defeat to New Zealand with a calf injury and will be out of action for between four and eight weeks according to Jones.