8:59 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Martin Truex Jr. doesn’t know if he is seeing a groundswell of fan support over the past three months as he vies for his second consecutive NASCAR Cup Series championship. All he knows
2:04 PM GMT Conor Murray and Robbie Henshaw have been ruled out of the rest of Ireland’s November internationals, the Irish Rugby Federation announced on Monday. Murray has not played since June because of a neck injury and although the IRFU said he was “accelerating through his recovery”, the scrum-half will not join up with
11:00 AM ET NORMAN, Okla. — As Chuba Hubbard rumbled through a trio of Sooners defenders into the end zone for yet another Oklahoma State touchdown, the boos came cascading down from the Owen Field bleachers. Boos, presumably, directed at the Oklahoma defense. If OU fans feel this way about their own team’s defense, imagine
9:14 AM ET On this Thursday night, the wait staff at Ruth’s Chris Steak House in Granger, Indiana, will scramble to locate the last of its remaining bread bowls and push together a long string of tables in the back corner of the restaurant. They are accustomed now to the onslaught of 4,500 pounds of
Fernando Torres insists he felt like he had completed everything he needed to in Europe before he moved to Japan’s Sagan Tosu from Atletico Madrid. Daniel Sturridge has been charged with misconduct in relation to alleged breaches of the English Football Association’s rules on betting. The Liverpool striker has until 6 p.m. on Nov. 20
Edinson Cavani scored a hat-trick, while Neymar converted a penalty to help Paris Saint-Germain come away victorious against a hapless Monaco. A pair of hat-trick heroes finish in podium places in our Player Power Rankings. Our global editors pick their top 10 performers from the weekend. Also receiving votes: Yussuf Poulsen (RB Leipzig), Diego Godin
12:44 PM ET The Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA) has acknowledged that it could have done more to mark Remembrance Sunday on its social media channels, after receiving a complaint from a member. The players’ union admitted to ESPNcricinfo that not recognising the centenary of Armistice Day on its Twitter feed was “an oversight” but insisted
1:08 PM ET New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton confirmed he smashed a fire alarm inside his team’s locker room before Sunday’s victory at Cincinnati’s Paul Brown Stadium, saying, “I just needed the noise to stop.” Fire alarms had been going off throughout the stadium for an estimated 10 minutes in the hours leading up
12:44 PM ET Already without starting goalie Jonathan Quick, the Los Angeles Kings announced that backup netminder Jack Campbell also needs knee surgery and is out four to six weeks. Quick had surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his knee, the same injury as Campbell’s, in October and was proclaimed out indefinitely. Campbell is
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