1:00 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Jim France, the easy-going 73-year-old now with the title of interim NASCAR Chairman and CEO, didn’t change his style with his new role. France, always a little quiet but personable, politely declined to
11:02 AM ET ST. LOUIS — Jim Furyk was mesmerized like everyone else at Bellerive Country Club on Sunday as Tiger Woods made a run up the leaderboard before eventually finishing second to Brooks Koepka at the PGA Championship. But the U.S. Ryder Cup captain remained coy on whether he would choose Woods with one
1:53 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports The truck series playoff field will be set Thursday night at Bristol Motor Speedway and it is a pretty simple scenario. The next night, the Xfinity Series teams will take to the track
1. Connor McDavid, C, Edm C1 1 2. Jack Eichel, C, Buf C2 4 3. Auston Matthews, C, Tor C3 2 4. Patrik Laine, RW, Wpg RW1 6 5. Nathan MacKinnon, C, Col C4 3 6. Mark Scheifele, C, Wpg C5 5 7. Tyler Seguin, C, Dal C6 8 8. Steven Stamkos, C, TB C7
9:00 AM ET LINCOLN, Neb. — Scott Frost just wanted some wings. Easier said than done, of course, for the celebrated, first-year Nebraska football coach, basking in the 36-week-long glow spawned by his hire nine days after Thanksgiving of last year. For more than eight months, the people of this state have counted the days
9:19 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The player with the inside track to handle one of football’s greatest responsibilities — protecting quarterback Tom Brady’s blindside at left tackle — is easily judged by his physical appearance. That’s because Trent Brown, listed on the roster at 6-foot-8 and 380 pounds, is the biggest player in the
9:54 AM ET It’s starting to look like one of those years. Every so often, a pitcher has the audacity to overstep his boundaries and creep into the MVP conversation. A guy who takes the field once every five days and whose game log has a mere 30-something entries bullies his way into the conversation
With a domestic football system fractured by corruption and effectively non-functional at the moment, the start of the English Premier League provided Ghanaian football fans a timely escape from the difficulties back home. And Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah would have been watching with an even keener sense of interest – with the Africa Cup of
8:05 AM ET Who will win the East now that LeBron James has changed conferences? Who is most likely to dethrone the Warriors in the West? And who will ultimately be crowned NBA champs in 2018-19? Our Summer Forecast continues with a look at the title contenders for the upcoming season. ESPN Forecast projections for
8:54 AM ET The jury in the Ben Stokes trial has been asked to consider the possibility that Alex Hales inflicted the most serious of the injuries outlined in the incident. The court has heard previously that Ryan Ali, who is standing trial for affray alongside Stokes, sustained a broken eye-socket in the fight in