8:43 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Dale Earnhardt Jr. has called races from the broadcast booth, a secondary booth, a pit box and a scaffold in a turn. He has served as a pit reporter for a practice session
8:35 AM ET With 24 NASCAR Cup series races in the books this season, only nine drivers have taken home the checkered flag. For comparison, there were 15 winners through 36 races in 2017. ESPN.com’s NASCAR experts are left to ponder which driver has been conspicuously absent from Victory Lane so far in 2018. Which
7:48 PM ET The Toronto Raptors are hiring San Antonio Spurs staffer Jeremy Castleberry — a close friend of Kawhi Leonard — to a position on their coaching staff, league sources told ESPN. Castleberry has worked with Leonard as a Spurs staffer and played with Leonard in high school and at San Diego State, where
7:45 PM ET Patricio “Pitbull” Freire will defend his Bellator featherweight belt against Emmanuel Sanchez on Nov. 15 in Tel Aviv, Israel, the promotion announced Monday afternoon. Freire (27-4), who reclaimed the division’s title in April 2017 by defeating Daniel Straus by submission, is coming off a split-decision win over Daniel Weichel in July in
6:55 PM ET ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Buffalo Bills rookie quarterback Josh Allen will start Sunday’s preseason game against the Cincinnati Bengals, the team announced Monday. Allen’s start comes after Nathan Peterman started the Bills’ first preseason game and AJ McCarron started the team’s second preseason game. The team has yet to name a starter
6:21 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — The Atlanta Braves have promoted another 20-year-old from the minors, calling up right-hander Bryse Wilson to start against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Braves purchased Wilson’s contract from Triple-A Gwinnett before Monday night’s game. Wilson will make his major league debut as the NL East leaders give their regular
6:42 PM ET Miami will wear the first-ever football uniforms made from repurposed marine materials when it opens the season against LSU on Sept. 2 in the AdvoCare Classic at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The environmentally-conscious alternate uniforms were created in partnership with Parley For The Oceans, an advocacy organization whose mission is to
6:08 PM ET ESPN staff Tyron Woodley‘s first two defenses of his welterweight championship were against one of the sport’s elite strikers, Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson, and Woodley came out of those bouts still in possession of the belt. Now comes another challenge by a standup star. Darren Till, who also owns a victory over “Wonderboy,”
6:02 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Former top-10 player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has pulled out of the US Open because of an injured left knee. The Frenchman’s withdrawal was announced Monday by the U.S. Tennis Association. He’ll be replaced in the field by James Duckworth of Australia. It’s the third consecutive Grand Slam tournament
6:53 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Bristol Motor Speedway said Kyle Busch was hit in the chest before he confronted a fan on his way to his motor home following the NASCAR Cup Series race Saturday night. Video of