Month: July 2018

4:53 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports LOUDON, N.H. — Mike Beam, a staple in the NASCAR garage since 1981, possibly will own a team instead of being the one working on cars or making executive decisions. Beam, president of
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4:02 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Restricted free-agent center Montrezl Harrell has agreed to a two-year, $12 million contract to return to the LA Clippers, agent Drew Rosenhaus told ESPN. Harrell’s deal is fully guaranteed, sources said. Harrell, 24, joined the Clippers as part of the Chris Paul trade with the Houston Rockets last season and
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3:07 PM ET Former ESPN 300 athlete Bryan Addison was granted a full release from UCLA after a delay in the admissions process. Addison was the No. 217 ranked prospect in the 2018 class and had signed with the Bruins out of Junipero Serra High School in Gardena, California. Fans like Stormy Daniels, federal judicial
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4:39 PM ET Associated Press NEWPORT, R.I. — When Michael Stich was a teenager, he had to choose a sport — soccer or tennis. Overshadowed for most of his career, 2018 Hall of Fame inductee Michael Stich quietly put together a blueprint for success that could help today’s rising tennis stars reach a new level.
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12:59 PM ET The ECB has considered introducing 10-over cricket to the English domestic game, after it emerged that talks have taken place between high-level ECB officials and the owner of the inaugural T10 league in the UAE. ESPNcricinfo understands that a meeting took place recently between Tom Harrison, the ECB chief executive, and Shaji
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Bayern Munich came back from a 1-0 half-time deficit to beat PSG 3-1 in their opening International Champions Cup match. KLAGENFURT, Austria — Bayern Munich coach Niko Kovac praised Renato Sanches performance in the German champions 3-1 comeback victory over Paris Saint-Germain, claiming the Portuguese prodigy is “unfreezing” under his tutelage. First-year Bayern boss Kovac
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Jul 21, 2018 Lonnie Ali, the widow of Muhammad Ali, was on hand to present the first Ali Trophy to the winner of Saturday’s World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight final between Oleksandr Usyk and Murat Gassiev. Usyk dominated Gassiev in a near-shutout decision win to become the undisputed cruiserweight champion. The bout was the finale
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Bayern Munich came back from a 1-0 half-time deficit to beat PSG 3-1 in their opening International Champions Cup match. KLAGENFURT, Austria — Paris Saint-Germain coach Thomas Tuchel has revealed his excitement at working with the “extraordinary” trio of World Cup winner Kylian Mbappe, Brazilian superstar Neymar and club-record goal scorer Edinson Cavani this coming
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1:33 PM ET HOCKENHEMI, Germany — Fernando Alonso has called on McLaren to conduct a deep investigation into Stoffel Vandoorne’s car after his teammate struggled for performance for the second weekend in a row. Vandoorne qualified last and over 0.7s off Alonso’s best time after what appeared to be another underwhelming performance from the Belgian.
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1:22 PM ET Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has confirmed that Sergio Marchionne, the chairman and CEO of both FCA and Ferrari, will not return to work after suffering health complications following surgery. The news was confirmed on Saturday evening, with Ferrari naming John Elkann as the company’s new chairman. Former Philip Morris chairman Louis Camilleri is
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