11:22 AM ET More money was bet — and lost — at Nevada sportsbooks in September than any other month since the state began tracking sports betting revenue reports in 1984. Nevada books won $56.3 million off $571 million in bets in September. Both are all-time highs, according to Nevada Gaming Control, which released September
10:53 AM BST Former England captain Will Carling is to join Eddie Jones’ backroom team in a mentorship role ahead of the autumn internationals. Carling, who captained England from 1988 to 1996, will offer leadership advice and guidance to England’s current squad, who are training in Portugal to prepare for the November Tests. He will
1:00 PM ET Controversy abounded in NASCAR this week, but what wasn’t to love about door-to-door racing, physical racing down the stretch and a driver guaranteeing another wouldn’t win the championship? Can we go to Martinsville every week? In this era of “who wants it most” playoff racing, Joey Logano uses a bump-and-run to beat
11:00 AM ET The Bottom 10 inspirational thought of the week: Dr. Erik Selvig: “The Great Convergence. This has happened before, thousands of years ago, and the Ancients were there to see it. All the great constructions. The Mayans, the Chinese, the Egyptians. They made use of the gravitational effects of the Great Convergence.” Jane
9:47 AM ET We look back on the best team radio transmissions in Mexico after Lewis Hamilton won the championship and Max Verstappen won the race. “Yeah, this Giovinazzi is an idiot! F—ing bunch of amateurs!” Brendon Hartley gets increasingly frustrated with traffic in first practice. On this occasion his fury was aimed at Sauber’s
9:40 AM ET Associated Press GENEVA — The presidential election to lead the amateur boxing association, with its recognition by the Olympic movement potentially at stake, will now have two candidates. The Court of Arbitration for Sport delivered an urgent ruling on Tuesday clearing Serik Konakbayev of Kazakhstan with valid nominations to stand for president
9:00 AM ET Barring a complete surprise Tuesday, the 13 members of the College Football Playoff selection committee should reveal a top four that includes Alabama, Clemson, LSU and Notre Dame tonight at 7 ET on College Football Playoff: Top 25 on ESPN, though the order is debatable. If you are a superstitious fan of
The FC crew raise questions about whether Jose Mourinho can be trusted with £100 million to spend on Manchester United reinforcements in January. The transfer window for all of Europe’s big five leagues is closed, but that doesn’t stop Transfer Talk from rummaging around to find out who will be moving where come January. TOP
8:30 AM ET LOS ANGELES — On one side, there were raised arms, clenched fists and warm hugs. There was jumping and cheering and screaming and laughing, the typical bedlam that follows a World Series championship. On the other side, there was Manny Machado, who had just flailed at a Chris Sale slider toward his
8:33 AM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — The Arizona Diamondbacks picked up the $14.5 million option on Paul Goldschmidt‘s contract for the 2019 season on Monday. The club option was attached to the five-year, $32 million deal Goldschmidt signed in 2014, a deal considered one of the most team-friendly in baseball considering Goldschmidt’s production through