11:23 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports PLANO, Texas — Martin Truex Jr. says he won’t change the way he races following Sunday’s finish at Martinsville Speedway. At least for the most part. Truex took several laps to get by
5:49 PM ET Associated Press PARIS — Roger Federer‘s bid for a 100th career title remains on as he beat Fabio Fognini 6-4, 6-3 on Thursday to reach the Paris Masters quarterfinals. If he wins that, against either Kevin Anderson or Kei Nishikori, he could face Novak Djokovic in the semifinals. Federer, 37 and returning
10:01 AM ET Madison Square Garden hosts the UFC on Saturday for third time, but this event has seen an unusual shuffle of headliners given the high-profile venue. With the dust finally settling, we’re left with an improbable heavyweight title fight featuring Daniel Cormier and Derrick Lewis, two guys who were nowhere near the heavyweight
10:26 AM ET NEW YORK — Derrick Lewis probably shouldn’t be here. Lewis is a 265-pound brawler, with a sense of humor that can teeter between morbid and borderline offensive. He’s a 33-year-old Texan, who claims he has only trained 30 minutes per day the majority of his career, and is quick to admit he’s
9:00 AM ET What’s the best rivalry in college football? There’s a case to be made for plenty of them: Michigan vs. Ohio State. Alabama vs. Auburn. Army vs. Navy. Oklahoma vs. Texas. Notre Dame vs. USC. But the most impactful (and star-studded) rivalry in college football over the past decade? It’s hard to make
12:34 PM ET Whether you are an NHL general manager or just trying to manage your fantasy hockey roster, one of the best skills you can have is the ability to determine whether a player’s success is small-sample luck or a trend that will carry throughout an entire season. Through the first month of the
9:35 AM ET A live television sports prediction platform is making their biggest marketing push, as investors and gamblers alike dream of live in-play betting to become commonplace in the United States. WinView, an app that currently offers players to engage in games of skill in which they answer questions about what is about to
10:09 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India have their “best chance” to win a Test series in Australia for the first time, Sachin Tendulkar has said. He doesn’t expect it to be easy, but he suggested that the current Australian team, which will most likely be without Steven Smith and David Warner, is inexperienced and not
7:30 AM ET The future of coaching in the NFL emerged from a woodshed. In 2004, Jon Gruden was in his third season as head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Each morning, Gruden would rise at 3:17 and head to work at One Buc Place, the team’s training facility that Gruden semi-affectionately dubbed “The
With three La Liga games to make an impression, the FC crew discuss whether Santi Solari will be kept on full-time at Real Madrid. The Exploding Heads recap October which consisted of Tottenham’s stadium debacle and Jose Mourinho getting out-Mourinho’d. Craig Burley believes Arsene Wenger could help Real Madrid, while Steve Nicol contends the former