Aug 31, 2018 It took Notre Dame’s footballists, as they were known back then, nine tries to beat the boys who taught them how to play America’s new favorite sport. And up until that fateful afternoon on Nov. 6, 1909, the football teams from Michigan and Notre Dame largely enjoyed a cordial and hospitable relationship.
3:50 PM ET Associated Press DARLINGTON, S.C. — Denny Hamlin‘s winning touch at Darlington continued Saturday as the two-time Southern 500 champion won the pole to try and defend his title. Hamlin had a fast lap of 173.571 mph to win his first pole at Darlington. Kyle Larson was second and defending Monster Energy NASCAR
3:00 AM ET Somerset 399 (Azhar 89, Hildreth 81, Davies 80, Gregory 65, Brooks 5-116) and 339 for 7 dec (Abell 132*, Hildreth 72, Gregory 57) beat Yorkshire 320 (Hodd 85, Kohler-Cadmore 81, Davey 5-65) and 194 (Williamson 51, J Overton 4-25, Gregory 4-33) by 224 runsScorecard They think it’s all Overton – and it
2:55 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — The youngest player left in the women’s field is through to the fourth round of the US Open. And so is last year’s runner-up. Marketa Vondrousova upset No. 13 seed Kiki Bertens 7-6 (4), 2-6, 7-6 (1) in the first match completed Saturday at Louis Armstrong
Real Madrid’s Julen Lopetegui has again refused to commit to who his number one goalkeeper is after new signing Thibaut Courtois is yet to start for the club. The transfer window is now closed across Europe and while some of the continent’s major clubs enjoyed a strong summer in the market, others were left frustrated.
From an Olimpico goal, to Neymar mocking fans, to Kylian Mbappe being sent off, PSG’s win at upset-hungry Nimes had just about everything. Paris Saint-Germain made it four Ligue 1 wins from as many matches with a 4-2 victory away at Nimes on Saturday in an eventful encounter at Stade des Costieres. Neymar silenced the
11:53 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports DARLINGTON, S.C. — Matt Kenseth won the Southern 500 five years ago. That race was on Mother’s Day weekend; now the race has returned to its Labor Day roots. That was in his
1:33 PM ET MONZA, Italy — Lewis Hamilton has congratulated Kimi Raikkonen on his pole position at the Italian Grand Prix, saying he simply could not match the pace of the Ferrari driver at Monza. Sebastian Vettel said he was clearly upset by being beaten to pole position by teammate Kimi Raikkonen at the Italian
1:51 PM ET New York Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez has been activated off the disabled list and is playing against the Detroit Tigers on Saturday. Yankees manager Aaron Boone was ejected after giving plate umpire Nic Lentz an earful of complaints about his strike zone in the fifth inning, and several New York players said
1:12 PM ET MONZA, Italy — Sebastian Vettel said he was clearly upset by being beaten to pole position by teammate Kimi Raikkonen at the Italian Grand Prix, but refused to specify the reasons why. ESPN rounds up the main talking points from qualifying at Monza, where Kimi Raikkonen claimed an unlikely pole position ahead