11:14 AM ET Mark KriegelESPN Looking back, he understands the shooter had been waiting for him. Maybe it was the same guy who torched his Mercedes earlier that spring. Or not. Either way, it was pushing midnight, and his girlfriend was doing the dishes. So Jose Benavidez Jr. decided to walk his pets that night,
Month: October 2018
9:36 AM ET If Notre Dame can make this latest leap into the AP top five actually stick … if it can reach 7-0 for the first time since 2012 … make the College Football Playoff … avenge its national title loss to Bama … If the Irish can complete that and a whole lot
7:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Max Pacioretty wasn’t playing in last year’s Stanley Cup playoffs, but he still had a game-night routine. He would flop on the couch, snacks in hand, and flip on the television early enough to catch the greatest spectacle of the postseason: the Vegas Golden Knights‘ pregame festivities. “I was 100
11:01 AM ET ESPN staff After Lewis Hamilton moved closer to securing his fifth world championship in Japan, we reflect on the main talking points to come out of Suzuka, which once again centre around Sebastian Vettel’s faltering championship campaign. Our F1 editors Laurence Edmondson and Nate Saunders join columnists Kate Walker and Maurice Hamilton
9:09 AM ET Ferrari boss Maurizio Arrivabene says the team will not give up on its 2018 championship hopes while mathematically still in the hunt. Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari’s mistakes at the Japanese Grand Prix were borne out of an increasingly desperate situation that has slowly been developing since Singapore, writes Laurence Edmondson. The Japanese
11:01 AM ET Associated Press ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — Two-time U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen and three-time major champion Jan Stephenson are among five people selected for induction into the World Golf Hall of Fame. Brooks Koepka might not get the fanfare he thinks he deserves, but let’s be honest, he doesn’t do boring. His
10:04 AM ET [embedded content] ALAMEDA, Calif. — The family story is nearing its 100th birthday now, but to Tom Flores, the Oakland Raiders’ two-time Super Bowl-winning coach, it never gets old. Not when it’s such a point of pride for Flores and his familia. Flores’ father, Tom Sr., was 12 years old in 1919,
9:28 AM ET Deion Sanders has seen his son, Shilo, rack up scholarship offers through the recruiting process in the last few years. The most recent offer, however, was just a little different as it came from Deion Sanders’ alma mater, Florida State. The younger Sanders is a 2019 cornerback out of Trinity Christian high
9:03 AM ET Lee Westwood has ruled himself out of contention for the European Ryder Cup captaincy in 2020, leaving Padraig Harrington as the favourite for the role. The Englishman, who has been on the winning side on eight different occasions in the competition, revealed that he would much prefer to captain Europe in 2022
4:14 AM ET The role of villain may not come naturally to Anthony Mundine but he embraced it on Tuesday, vowing to expose Jeff Horn as “hype” in the final fight of his 18-year boxing career. Mundine confirmed his November 30 bout with ex-world champion Horn at Suncorp Stadium would be his last and clearly