10:04 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Pressure? What pressure? One driver faces an absolute must-win situation to advance to the third (semifinal) round of the playoffs. Alex Bowman is so far behind in the standings
11:36 AM ET TEMPE, Ariz. – Mike McCoy was fired by the Arizona Cardinals on Friday morning, the second straight season he has been relieved of his duties as offensive coordinator in the middle of the season. He will be replaced by former quarterbacks coach Byron Leftwich, the team announced Friday. Mike McCoy was let
11:21 AM BST England lock Courtney Lawes has extended his contract with Northampton Saints until 2021, the Premiership side announced Friday. Lawes, 29, is Northampton’s second-longest serving player, having made his debut as an 18-year-old in 2007, and has extended his current deal by two seasons. Wasps winger Christian Wade is understood to have quit
7:30 AM ET We’re previewing the Week 7 NFL slate with score predictions for each game from our Nation reporters, what to watch for in fantasy, Football Power Index projections from ESPN Stats & Information and much more. Thursday Night Football result: DEN 45, ARI 10Teams with byes in Week 7: GB, OAK, PIT, SEA
11:37 AM ET Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is off to another furious start, with six goals in his first six games. Where does he rank all time? Who is the NHL’s greatest goal scorer in history? Greg Wyshynski, senior NHL writer: The best goal scorer in NHL history is Alex Ovechkin. This is something
A battered Estadio Azteca hosts Club America and Tijuana You don’t expect to talk about the state of a pitch as the main storyline for a mid-season Liga MX game. Unfortunately, the horrendous work done on the Estadio Azteca pitch, spearheaded by a Costa Rican company last summer, has yielded more than its share of
12:07 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Jonny Bairstow has emerged as an injury doubt ahead of Saturday’s fourth ODI against Sri Lanka after injuring his right ankle during England’s training session on the eve of the match at Pallekele. Bairstow, who went past 1000 ODI runs for the calendar year during England’s seven-wicket win in the
Krzysztof Piatek now has eight goals in six games, after scoring twice against Frosinone at Stadio Benito Stirpe to earn three points for Genoa. Maurizio Sarri feels Eden Hazard is the best player in Europe following his hat trick display against Cardiff City. Forget Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi — there are some new names
Oct 19, 2018 Welcome to the sparring stage of pre-Rugby World Cup preparations. In his own words, Eddie Jones says England do not absolutely have to win all four of their autumn internationals — it’s not knockout rugby after all — but he is brutally aware of his own managerial mortality. “We don’t need to
12:10 PM ET History will remember these Houston Astros as the ones that got unlucky. Specifically, it will remember the fly ball Jose Altuve hit over the wall in Game 4, the extraordinary leap Mookie Betts made for it, and the way that after the ball had landed in the stands, uncaught, it was declared