6:17 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Valtteri Bottas delivered a not-so-subtle message for his critics after crossing the line to win the season-opening Australian Grand Prix by over 20 seconds to Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton. “To whom it may concern, f— you,” Bottas shouted into his radio, immediately after taking the chequered flag at Albert
Month: March 2019
8:28 AM ET Laurence Edmondson Close F1 Editor • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Nate Saunders Close F1 Associate Editor • Previously worked in rugby union and British Superbikes • History graduate from Reading University• Joined ESPNF1 in February 2014 MELBOURNE, Australia — We wrote Saturday that 2019 needed to start with someone other
5:07 AM ET Laurence Edmondson Close F1 Editor • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Nate Saunders Close F1 Associate Editor • Previously worked in rugby union and British Superbikes • History graduate from Reading University• Joined ESPNF1 in February 2014 MELBOURNE, Australia — We wrote yesterday that 2019 needed to start with someone other
4:21 AM ET ESPN staff Ferrari entered the Australian Grand Prix as the preseason favourites but leaves Melbourne after a baffling loss of pace and an early decision to implement team orders on its drivers. After an aggressive pit strategy saw Vettel lose out on third place to Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in the final
3:58 AM ET Steve KimESPN Errol Spence Jr. wasn’t just bigger and stronger than Mikey Garcia, he was also better. Yeah, size matters in boxing — but so do skills. In successfully defending his IBF welterweight title, Spence (25-0, 21 KOs) thoroughly outclassed the fundamentally gifted Garcia in every way. This wasn’t just about hitting
A world record for a women’s club match was in attendance to see Barcelona beat Atletico Madrid. Atletico Madrid set a new world record attendance for a women’s match between two clubs sides as 60,739 people were at Sunday’s league game against title rivals Barcelona. Atletico usually play their home games at the club’s training
shares © Getty Images/Sportsfile Lunch Ireland 172 and 124 for 2 (Balbirnie 73*, McCollum 35*) trail Afghanistan 314 by 18 runs It was quite the session for Ireland on the third morning in Dehradun. They lost just one wicket for the addition of 102 to narrow down the deficit to 18. They also had
Despite being big underdogs Alejandro Moreno believes Manchester United have more of a chance than people think in their quarterfinal Champions League tie against Barcelona. Shaka Hislop and Alexis Nunes give their early predictions of how the Champions League quarterfinals will pan out. The Portuguese superstar scored a pivotal hat trick against Atletico Madrid, while
9:25 AM ET p=””> Juventus fell to their first Serie A defeat of the season as they were beaten 2-0 by Genoa at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris with on-loan Stefano Sturaro scoring the only goal against his parent club before Goran Pandev sealed the victory late on. Following his midweek heroics against Atletico Madrid, Cristiano
1:30 AM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr believes a loss to the lowly Phoenix Suns last week woke up his team from a recent malaise and got them to refocus heading into the final month of the season. “I think the loss to Phoenix opened our eyes a little