5:10 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jimmie Johnson views himself as a patient person. But mired in a brutal winless streak, the seven-time NASCAR champion intends to put all options on the table when his contract is up next year. “I’ll have to evaluate what I’ll want to do after that,” he said.
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4:13 PM ET Associated Press CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson Tigers reserve linebacker Shaq Smith is looking to leave the Tigers’ football program. Clemson coach Dabo Swinney says Smith has placed his name in the NCAA transfer portal with intentions to leave. The 6-foot-2, 250-pound Smith is from Baltimore, Maryland and was considered a five-star prospect
4:22 PM ET Associated Press PARIS — Two-time French Open champion Maria Sharapova has pulled out of the year’s second Grand Slam tournament because of her injured right shoulder. Sharapova announced her withdrawal on Instagram on Wednesday. She wrote: “Sometimes the right decisions aren’t always the easiest ones.” Sharapova said she has returned to practice
11:00 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” About a minute into an explanation of what it’s like trying to evolve from the strikeoutingest hitter in baseball history into something more, Joey Gallo wanted to make sure he wasn’t misrepresenting
4:07 PM ET Associated Press WICHITA, Kan. — A Kansas community college agreed under mounting pressure to an independent investigation into the heatstroke death last year of a football player who collapsed after the first day of conditioning practice. Trustees for Garden City Community College voted Tuesday evening to authorize the outside probe into the
3:55 PM ET Associated Press CANTON, Ohio — Alabama A&M and Morehouse College will play Labor Day weekend at the campus of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in the first Black College Hall of Fame Classic. The season opener on Sept. 1 at 4 p.m. ET will be played at Tom Benson Hall of
3:51 PM ET Ryan Isley BEREA, Ohio — Kareem Hunt says he made “a mistake.” And now he is out to make the most of a second chance afforded to him by the Cleveland Browns. “I know I am not going to mess this up again,” Hunt said Wednesday after the team’s first OTA of
8:29 AM ET If the New York Jets had decided to clean house following the 2018 season, firing general manager Mike Maccagnan along with coach Todd Bowles, it would not have registered a high number on the shock meter. After all, it was the Jets’ third straight losing season. But no, they opted to keep
3:21 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, whose coast-to-coast rivalry in the 1980s propelled the NBA to a new level of popularity, will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award. The league and Turner Sports announced Wednesday that the Hall of Famers and 1992 U.S. Olympic teammates will receive
2:57 PM ET FARMINGDALE, N.Y. – Tiger Woods never showed up at Bethpage Black on Wednesday, the day prior to the PGA Championship, choosing to rest away from the course rather than play a final practice round. Woods’ agent, Mark Steinberg, denied that Woods was ill or not feeling well, saying “he’s all good, just