5:28 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports TALLADEGA, Ala. – It’s not necessarily a match made in heaven, but it’s certainly a match made in the dirt roads of the South. NASCAR, about to conclude its 70th season, finally has
Month: October 2018
5:26 PM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — Paul George, no stranger to uncomfortable situations with NBA management, said on Friday that he’s spoken with Jimmy Butler about what’s happening in Minnesota and is firmly on his side. “Jimmy has a very valid point,” George said. “I’m on Jimmy’s side. It’s not coming from a place where
3:20 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Wide receivers Brandin Cooks and Cooper Kupp have cleared the concussion protocol ahead of the Los Angeles Rams‘ game against the Broncos in
5:04 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Wide receivers Brandin Cooks and Cooper Kupp are expected to clear the concussion protocol before the Los Angeles Rams play the Denver Broncos
4:52 PM ET Associated Press SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers have apologized for initially leaving Colin Kaepernick out of a photo gallery celebrating the team’s history against the Green Bay Packers. The 49ers posted dozens of photos on their website of past games against the Packers before the teams meet again Monday
4:59 PM ET Last week’s trends came through with a New York Jets blowout win over the Denver Broncos, while Blake Bortles unfortunately contributed to ending Jacksonville’s recent success as an underdog. Where does the betting value lie in Week 6 of the 2018 NFL season? Our handicappers give best bets on all of Sunday’s
3:57 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots receiver Josh Gordon described his growing bond with quarterback Tom Brady as a “real natural type of relationship,” while adding Friday that he’s settling in nicely in the move from Cleveland to the suburbs of Boston. Gordon’s locker was placed directly next to Brady’s, which highlights
8:00 AM ET This story appears in ESPN The Magazine’s Oct. 29 NBA Preview Issue. Subscribe today! On a late-summer afternoon in 2016, Joel Embiid is throwing a fit — and Elton Brand is catching it. For weeks, Embiid has been dominating pickup games at the Sixers’ old practice facility at the Philadelphia College of
3:20 PM ET OMAHA, Neb. — After Terence Crawford, one of boxing’s elite fighters, gave up the undisputed junior welterweight world title and moved up to welterweight, where he laid waste to Jeff Horn in a one-sided ninth-round knockout win in June to claim a belt in a third weight division, the pressing question was
3:37 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants are standing behind quarterback Eli Manning despite the team’s 1-5 start and his early-season struggles. Manning has six touchdown passes and six turnovers through six games. He struggled badly in a 34-13 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday night, when he completed 24