9:54 AM ET After decades of titles being decided all over the map and autumn calendar, the annual NASCAR season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway has become the coronation spot of stock car racing’s greatest championship. But in recent seasons it has also become the sport’s grandest stage for goodbyes, from Tony Stewart to Jeff Gordon
12:18 AM ET The Boston Bruins, already with four defensemen sidelined with injuries, lost captain Zdeno Chara to a lower-body injury in the first period of Wednesday night’s game in Colorado. The team was already without defensive stalwarts Charlie McAvoy (concussion), Kevan Miller (broken hand) and Brandon Carlo (lower body), as well as rookie Urho
12:07 AM ET When Zion Williamson is catching a lob in transition or snaring a rebound in traffic, it’s easy to envision the Duke freshman sensation transitioning pretty well to the gridiron. And that’s exactly what Eric Mateos thought when he saw Williamson’s viral highlights a couple of years ago. “I thought I overthrew it,”
10:59 PM ET Steve KimESPN The World Boxing Association has suspended its “regular” heavyweight champion, Manuel Charr (31-4, 17 KO), for six months stemming from his positive drug tests prior to a scheduled bout against Fres Oquendo (37-8, 24 KO) on Sept. 29. Epitrenbolone and drostanolone, two anabolic steroids, were found in Charr’s system, leading
12:21 AM ET Anaheim Ducks defenseman Cam Fowler will have surgery Friday for a facial fracture sustained when he was hit by a puck Monday night. A CT scan revealed a complex fracture that involved the orbital bone, the team announced, adding that the length of his absence will be determined after the surgery. Fowler
11:35 PM ET A video tribute to fired coach Dwane Casey on his return to Toronto earned a standing ovation from Raptors fans Wednesday night — then Casey’s Detroit Pistons went on to come back and stun his former team with a buzzer-beater. When Pistons swingman Reggie Bullock hit a floater as time ran out
11:00 PM ET Malika AndrewsESPN MINNEAPOLIS — Weeks of tense drama in Minnesota have ended with Karl-Anthony Towns as the last — and only — man standing. More than three hours after the start of the team’s first practice of the post-Jimmy Butler era, in an otherwise empty gym, Towns was still shooting. That day,
shares Play 00:53 ‘New Zealand players will be allowed to play entire IPL’ – NZC general manager Australia’s 2019 World Cup players can expect to have only limited involvement in the IPL if they are able to play at all, after Cricket Australia’s interim high performance chief Belinda Clark outlined the governing body’s approach
10:01 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN ORLANDO, Fla. — For three quarters, the Jimmy Butler Era in Philadelphia was looking exactly like it was supposed to. But basketball games are four quarters long. And the final 12 minutes of Wednesday night’s game for the 76ers against the Orlando Magic, what appeared destined to be a happy
9:55 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — Brandon Marshall was asked if he can still do it like he used to. He responded with a coy smile. “No, I’m done. I’m washed up,” said the 34-year-old wide receiver, who signed with the New Orleans Saints on Monday after being released by the Seattle Seahawks two weeks