Month: July 2018

10:42 AM ET New York Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner told Newsday that he was fined “thousands of dollars” in June for violating Major League Baseball’s pace-of-play rules and he’s not happy about it. The New York Post reported the total Gardner was fined was approximately $3,500. Gardner told reporters that “nothing I say about that
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9:35 AM ET With Eric Boullier resigning on Tuesday night, McLaren announced a senior management restructure on Wednesday. We take a look at the key people in the team’s new “simplified technical leadership”. Gil de Ferran – Sporting director Gil de Ferran worked with Fernando Alonso when McLaren returned to the Indy 500 in 2017. James
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3:06 PM ET Now that the Los Angeles Lakers have landed LeBron James, how aggressively should they pursue a Kawhi Leonard trade? Our NBA Insiders discuss their options now and where else the Spurs could turn for a possible Leonard deal. Should the Lakers wait for next summer? Kevin Pelton: With DeMarcus Cousins agreeing to
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8:56 AM ET Christian Horner says only a shock Lewis Hamilton retirement would stop Daniel Ricciardo signing a contract extension with Red Bull now. Ricciardo’s future has been the subject of much speculation this season, the final year of his existing contract. The Australian was strongly linked with Mercedes and Ferrari and made no secret
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7:00 AM BST All Blacks captain Kieran Read returns to Super Rugby in what shapes as a momentous occasion for the Crusaders on Friday. Read will start at No.8 against the Highlanders in Christchurch in his maiden first class game of the season after undergoing back surgery in December. Kieran Read was right to come
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6:58 AM ET ESPN staff UCI president David Lappartient has made an appeal to cycling fans for the safety of Chris Froome. Ahead of the Tour de France, which starts in Noirmoutier-en-l’Île on Saturday, the head of cycling’s governing body said it was “mission” to protect all riders during the race, referencing the Team Sky
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3:51 AM ET Red Bull boss Christian Horner has labelled the way Mercedes dealt with its strategy error at the Austrian Grand Prix as “bizarre” and says he would not expect one of his strategists to make an apology on team radio in the same circumstances. Mercedes failed to score points at last weekend’s grand
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4:12 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Max Muncy was out for breakfast here recently when a fan approached him, said hello, asked for a photo and called him “Mad Max,” a nickname that is slowly starting to build momentum. It marked the first time someone had actually recognized Muncy in public. No, not just in
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1:34 AM ET After a deal was made for unified middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez to meet on May 5 in a rematch of their heavily disputed draw last September, the fighters and their promoters pulled out all the stops at an elaborate outdoor news conference/fan rally in downtown Los Angeles to kick
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