3:31 PM ET Associated Press BROOKLYN, Mich. — NASCAR has docked Ryan Newman and Chris Buescher 20 points each and confiscated their spoilers prior to Saturday’s race at Michigan International Speedway. NASCAR said the two violated a rule stating that except as specified, spoilers must be used exactly as supplied from the manufacturer. Each car
Month: August 2020
3:25 PM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com When last we saw actor and baseball cap enthusiast Rob Lowe, he was in the stands at the NFC Championship Game between the Green Bay Packers and San Francisco 49ers. And he was wearing this hat: Rob Lowe loves all 32 teams equally pic.twitter.com/RF9asBb2tA — Curtis Rogers (@AKidFromKent) January 20,
3:33 PM ET Associated Press PALERMO, Sicily — Fourth-seeded Anett Kontaveit will play 53rd-ranked Fiona Ferro on Sunday for the first tour-level tennis title in five months at the Palermo Ladies Open. Kontaveit beat top-seeded Petra Martic 6-2, 6-4, and Ferro rallied past Camila Giorgi of Italy 2-6, 6-2, 7-5, in the semifinals Saturday. It’s
2:26 PM ET Friday night felt so great, didn’t it? The SEC rolled out its new conference-only schedule like an old-school Selection Sunday special, team by team, revealing which two new opponents were being added to each team’s 2020 football calendars. Folks in Columbia, Missouri, groaned when they saw both LSU and Alabama appear in
2:09 PM ET Racing Point is confident an appeal process would clear its name in the copying controversy that has seen the team docked 15 points and fined $470,000. After rivals Renault launched a protest against the Racing Point car earlier this year, the design process of the RP20’s rear brake ducts was found to
2:51 PM ET A group of Colorado State players released a statement on Saturday on behalf of the team that disputes the accusations against head coach Steve Addazio and his coaching staff a day after the university suspended all team activities and expanded the scope of an ongoing investigation about intimidation around Covid-19 protocols to
2:14 PM ET ESPN News Services Pittsburgh Panthers star defensive tackle Jaylen Twyman has opted out of the 2020 football season to focus on the 2021 NFL draft, he said on social media Saturday. He is listed as the No. 5 defensive tackle in the position rankings by ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. “This past year
12:00 PM ET After a career game on Thursday against the Denver Nuggets, Portland Trail Blazers reserve wing Gary Trent Jr. sat on a stool a day later in front of a widescreen TV doing his media Zoom, talking about his development, his improvement, his progression, his confidence. It was an extended media session for
10:36 AM ET LA Clippers All-Star Kawhi Leonard will not play against Portland on Saturday to manage his left knee soreness. The Clippers’ game against the Blazers is the first in a back-to-back set. Leonard has sat out one game during back-to-backs this season to manage soreness in his left knee. The team says Leonard
1:19 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Giannis Antetokounmpo, four-time winner LeBron James and 2018 MVP James Harden headline the list of finalists for the NBA’s six major individual awards, all of which were announced Saturday afternoon. Antetokounmpo, James and Harden were the three finalists for MVP,