Month: August 2018

1:49 PM ET Showtime and Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions have worked together since PBC launched in 2015, but on Thursday they formalized their relationship, announcing a three-year deal that will extend their partnership through 2021. They said the deal “calls for a monthly series of events presented by Premier Boxing Champions to air live
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1:23 PM ET Connor McDonagh Valtteri Bottas says he trusts Mercedes to make the right calls in terms of team orders in the remaining part of the season. Lewis Hamilton has called on his Mercedes team to up its game, saying he can’t create miracles every weekend now that Ferrari has the faster car. The
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11:44 AM ET San Diego Padres catcher Francisco Mejia dropped a six-month-old lawsuit Thursday against a company that loaned him $360,000 in 2016 in exchange for a 10 percent stake in his future big-league earnings. Mejia issued an apology and said he plans to honor his agreement with Big League Advance. In February, Mejia filed
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1:30 PM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN They’re back. America’s favorite bickering businessmen, Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather, are stalking each other once again on social media, puffing out their cyber-chests and throwing barbs back and forth — just as they started doing, out of nowhere, a couple of years ago. Back then, serious fans of boxing
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12:27 PM BST Bristol Bears’ star signing Charles Piutau will miss the club’s Premiership opener against Bath due to a shoulder injury. Piutau joined newly-promoted Bristol from Ulster in the summer in a reported £1 million-per-season deal. Pat Lam, Bristol Bears’ head coach, looks at their promotion to the Gallagher Premiership as an opportunity to
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10:34 AM ET Two-time All-Star David West, who won two NBA championships with the Golden State Warriors over an NBA career that lasted 15 seasons, announced his decision to retire Thursday on Twitter. 😎 pic.twitter.com/qVRK0fHD8D — David West (@D_West30) August 30, 2018 West, 38, was part of the Warriors’ title-winning teams the past two seasons.
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10:17 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Richmond Raceway spent $30 million to reinvent its infield and create what it hopes is a great fan interactive hub during its race weekends. One of those interactive elements was a fan walk
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