9:58 AM ET Maurice Hamilton Close • Veteran F1 journalist, covering the sport since 1977• Motor racing correspondent for the Observer for 20 years• Has written several books and covered F1 for BBC Radio 5 Live Valtteri Bottas finished fifth at the weekend’s Artic Lapland Rally in Finland, winning a stage along the way. Maurice Hamilton looks at
9:16 AM ET It was a slow sports weekend, so I watched a couple of baseball games … from 1978. The YES Network, home of the New York Yankees, replayed some Yankee Classics — shockingly, the channel only shows games the Yankees win — and the two games I watched were Game 3 from the
10:00 AM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — Late in December, 100 of the top high school football players gathered to take part in the Under Armour All-America Game. The rosters were loaded with five-star prospects and future NFL draft picks. But in one corner of the practice field at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports complex, kicker
12:04 AM ET If Eric Smith had accepted the status quo, he’d be going to Super Bowl LIII as a member of the New England Patriots‘ practice squad — a rare chance to have an up-close view of perhaps another chapter in a sports dynasty. He’d be heading home, too, because he grew up in
12:00 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass — A.J. Howard figured, like the rest of his New York Giants teammates, that the season would end after the Dec. 30 finale against the Dallas Cowboys. The Giants weren’t going to the playoffs and his rookie season would end after spending nine weeks on the practice squad. However, the
2:40 AM ET ATLANTA — When New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was named MVP of Super Bowl XLIX against the Seattle Seahawks, he gifted the truck he received to cornerback Malcolm Butler. “Without Malcolm, we don’t win that game,” Brady said at the time. “He saved the game for us.” Butler will be forever
7:42 AM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Agent Rich Paul has notified the New Orleans Pelicans that All-NBA forward Anthony Davis has no intention of signing a contract extension if and when presented one and that he has requested a trade, Paul told ESPN on Monday. “Anthony wants to be traded to a team that allows him
9:09 AM ET SAN DIEGO — Expectations are higher, and even Tiger Woods admits it. After a year of feeling his way along, contending several times and winning his 80th PGA Tour title, such prospects were inevitable. But that doesn’t mean Woods was going to get ahead of himself and impatiently look to add to
12:00 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Sean McVay impressed the Los Angeles Rams so profoundly on Jan. 5, 2017, that there was some thought, however faint, of hiring him right away. A cross-country trip was scheduled for the ensuing weekend for face-to-face interviews with assistant coaches on playoff teams, and the Rams considered the possibility
8:16 AM ET Super Bowl LIII between the New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams will be the first NFL title game since legal sportsbooks began popping up in states outside of Nevada — and Americans will have a lot riding on it. From friendly wagers to barroom pools to traditional betting with bookmakers —