1:28 PM ET The Champions League began on Tuesday and if we’re being honest, we know who’s probably going to win. Through one-sixth of the group stage, FiveThirtyEight gives defending champion Bayern Munich a 26 percent chance of repeating, followed by Manchester City (15 percent), Barcelona (9 percent), Liverpool (8 percent) and PSG (8 percent).
12:39 PM ET Romain Grosjean was surprised that both he and Kevin Magnussen have been dropped by Haas for 2021, a decision explained to him as a financial one. Haas will have an all-new driver lineup in 2021 after having retained the Grosjean-Magnussen pairing since 2017. Well-backed Russian driver Nikita Mazepin, currently racing in Formula
1:20 PM ET Haas boss Guenther Steiner said the team is exploring all options for 2021 as it looks for drivers to replace Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen, but admitted money is played a part in the decision to ditch its current line-up. On Thursday, Haas confirmed Grosjean and Magnussen will not continue beyond this
12:50 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Picking the car number for Michael Jordan’s new NASCAR team was a slam dunk: Bubba Wallace will drive the No. 23 car when the team makes its debut next season. Jordan named his team 23XI Racing — pronounced twenty-three eleven — in honor of both his retired
10:15 AM ET ESPN News Services The Washington Nationals have agreed to terms with utility player Josh Harrison on a one-year, $1 million contract, the team announced Thursday. Harrison spent the 2020 season with the Nationals after signing with them in July, less than a week after he was released by the Philadelphia Phillies. The
1:38 PM ET The 2020 NBA draft on Nov. 18 will be held virtually and hosted from ESPN’s studios in Bristol, Connecticut, the NBA and ESPN announced Thursday. Commissioner Adam Silver will be in studio at ESPN to announce the selections for the first round, and deputy commissioner Mark Tatum will be in studio to
1:26 PM ET Six-time world champion Lewis Hamilton has questioned the FIA’s decision to employ Vitaly Petrov as a steward at this weekend’s Portuguese Grand Prix after the Russian recently made controversial remarks about Hamilton’s anti-racism stance. 1 Related Following the Tuscan Grand Prix, at which Hamilton wore a T-shirt saying “arrest the cops who
1:27 PM BST Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones will equal the world record for most test caps when he leads the side against France in Paris on Saturday. The lock will play his 148th test, which includes nine for the British and Irish Lions, to move level with retired former New Zealand captain Richie McCaw.
11:19 PM IST Hemant Brar Sunrisers Hyderabad 156 for 2 (Pandey 83*, Shankar 52*, Archer 2-21) beat Rajasthan Royals 154 for 6 (Samson 36, Stokes 30, Holder 3-33) by eight wickets Manish Pandey‘s counter-attacking 83 not out off 47 balls, studded with four fours and eight sixes, nullified Jofra Archer’s opening burst in the second
5:16 PM ET It wasn’t pretty, but Liverpool will care not one bit. Their 1-0 win at Ajax Amsterdam on Wednesday can be marked down as job done for Jurgen Klopp’s side as they navigated a tricky opening Champions League tie and took a firm step forward in a season when they will be forever