9:46 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports When discussing his breakup with seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson, which will occur at the end of the season, crew chief Chad Knaus made a plea to the media. “Let’s be
Month: November 2018
1:00 PM ET ESPN staff There’s always next year, right? Even with the College Football Playoff selection committee’s Top 25 still battling for semifinal and New Year’s Six bowl positions, it’s never too early to look ahead to next season. Here are the biggest reasons for optimism in 2019. No. 1 Alabama Tua Tagovailoa has
11:36 AM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — General manager Jim Rutherford is sticking with the Pittsburgh Penguins. The team announced Wednesday it has extended Rutherford’s contract through the 2021-22 season. His old deal was set to expire at the end of this season. Rutherford, 69, is the only general manager to win Stanley Cups with
11:34 AM ET PITTSBURGH — Ben Roethlisberger left the window open for Le’Veon Bell, just in case. The Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback said he texted Bell before Tuesday’s 4 p.m. reporting deadline but didn’t hear back. By not showing up, Bell forfeited the 2018 season — and $14.5 million in earnings on the franchise tag —
10:52 AM ET Former world No. 2 player Agnieszka Radwanska has announced her retirement. “Unfortunately I am no longer able to train and play the way I used to, and recently my body can’t live up to my expectations,” the 29-year-old Pole said in a statement.” “Taking into consideration my health and the heavy burdens
5:17 PM ET Novak Djokovic quickly dismissed Alexander Zverev 6-4, 6-1 to secure his second win of the week at the ATP World Tour Finals in London on Wednesday. The world No.1 saved two break points at 4-4 in the first set and went on to win seven of the next eight games as he
8:00 AM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When the Kansas City Chiefs were informed by NFL officials that they would be playing in Mexico City and wouldn’t have to give up a home game to do it, team chairman Clark Hunt and president Mark Donovan cheered enthusiastically. The game on Monday night against the Los
12:50 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Angel Fabela learned Spanish as a teenager so that she could communicate with her grandfather and has spent most of her adult life trying to connect with her Mexican heritage. This wasn’t just a football game. This wasn’t just her Los Angeles Rams playing in a potential Super Bowl
It is a sign of the injury crisis and the rapid evolution of the South African national side that just nine of their 23-man squad have ever faced Nigeria before in an international fixture – and of those only three have played the Super Eagles more than once. With stalwarts Dean Furman, Kamohelo Mokotjo, Bongani
12:00 PM ET Baseball has never needed cooperation and coordination between players and management more than in this time and place, macro and micro. During the American League Championship Series, for example, Boston’s David Price tinkered with his arm angle while warming up in the bullpen in Game 4 and felt a difference in the