8:55 AM ET The Vietnam Grand Prix has revealed an altered layout to the Hanoi circuit which will host the country’s first Formula One race in 2020. The circuit has been increased from 22 to 23 corners, which features a revised sequence of turns through the final sector. A circuit press release stated “the new
Month: December 2019
10:32 AM ET Australia’s Ashleigh Barty has been named WTA Player of the Year after capturing her maiden Grand Slam singles title and reaching the top of the world rankings. The 23-year-old, who quit tennis to play cricket in 2014 before returing to the game in 2016, became the first Australian to win the French
10:06 AM ET SAN DIEGO — Though the Chicago Cubs front office indicated they would be attempting to complete extensions this offseason for several of its players with two years of club control remaining, that apparently doesn’t apply to popular first baseman Anthony Rizzo. Rizzo, 30, is beginning the first of two option years but
12:53 AM GMT New Zealand Rugby has opted for continuity by choosing Ian Foster over Scott Robertson to succeed Steve Hansen as All Blacks coach. Foster, who has been appointed for two years, has been assistant head coach of the New Zealand team since 2012 and takes over the top job from Hansen, who stepped
7:01 AM ET Quarterback Baker Mayfield has kept a list before. On it, he included those who had slighted him or doubted him. Starting out as undersized walk-on at Texas Tech, Mayfield has always used slights and doubts as fuel, providing him with the edge that propelled him all the way to the NFL, as
9:43 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” SAN DIEGO — Decreases in air resistance spurred by inconsistent seam height on the baseball and “changes in player behavior” that produced different launch angles and exit velocities led to the dramatic
9:23 AM ET Associated Press Russian boxers will take part in the Tokyo Olympics only if doping sanctions forcing them to compete as neutral athletes are overturned, the general secretary of the Russian Boxing Federation told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Umar Kremlev said he has spoken with members of the Olympic boxing team, and
9:16 AM ET Kentucky do-everything junior Lynn Bowden Jr., who started the 2019 season as a receiver and kick return and then moved to quarterback because of injuries, is the winner of the Paul Hornung Award, which is presented to the most versatile player in the FBS. After injuries knocked out the Wildcats’ top two
7:30 AM ET The NFL’s MVP race is in a full-on sprint toward the finish line with the final quarter of the 2019 season underway. Not a whole lot has changed since we last looked at the field of candidates, especially among the front-runners. Lamar Jackson, Russell Wilson and Deshaun Watson spent the past month
6:00 AM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Defensive coordinator Gregg Williams has done a terrific job in his first season with the New York Jets, but let’s be honest: The Jets have not faced an abundance of dynamic players. There was Cleveland’s Odell Beckham, Jr. in Week 2 (“Odell who?“), and that didn’t work out