10:02 AM ET If you’re a fan of Kyle Busch or Kevin Harvick, you’ve probably been a happy camper this NASCAR season. And if you’re not a fan of one of those two Cup series drivers, then it has probably irked you to see those two drivers win six each or a combined 12 of
10:08 AM ET Philadelphia’s Tevin Farmer won a vacant junior lightweight title with a unanimous 12-round decision over Billy Dib on Friday at Technology Park in Redfern, Australia. The wide scores of 118-109, 119-108 and 120-107 were indicative of the one-sided nature of fight that saw Farmer in control from start to finish. Farmer, a
2:02 PM ET Christopher Bell had this to say Wednesday: “For me, the only stat the matters are wins, race wins.” And if that’s true (and there’s really no reason to suspect otherwise), the driver of the No. 20 Toyota in the NASCAR Xfinity Series has to be pleased with how his past three weeks
10:16 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Legalized sports wagering presents the greatest opportunity for the National Hockey League to grow its product since the expansion boom 25 years ago. This might seem like hyperbole, given that more people likely wager on the coin toss at the Super Bowl than wager on professional hockey in a given
9:31 AM ET A pair of rematches are slated to headline UFC 227 this weekend inside Staples Center in Los Angeles. Former teammates-turned-rivals TJ Dillashaw and Cody Garbrandt will meet in the main event Saturday in a rematch of a riveting fight at UFC 217 last November in New York. Dillashaw stunned then-champion Garbrandt with
6:58 AM ET Frank Warren insists a fight between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder is a very realistic possibility stating it is “very close” to being done. Fury (26-0, 19 KOs) faces Francesco Pianeta in his second fight since becoming world champion in Nov. 2015 after his win over Wladimir Klitschko. The Deontay Wilder-Tyson Fury
8:38 AM ET Connor McDonagh Daniel Ricciardo will make the switch from Red Bull to Renault for the 2019 Formula One season. The Australian has signed a two-year deal with the French manufacturer, where he will partner Nico Hulkenberg. Ricciardo will leave Red Bull having spent the last five seasons with the team, winning on
6:40 AM ET This fascinates me, more than it probably should: Since the advent of the 162-game schedule, the Boston Red Sox have never won 100 games. Of course, many franchises have failed to achieve that mark, but it’s interesting in Boston’s case because the Red Sox have long been one of the most successful
4:56 AM ET Team boss Toto Wolff has urged Mercedes to match Ferrari’s recent gains in engine performance, and says he is not willing to accept that the Italian manufacturer has taken the upper hand in terms of power output. As F1 heads for its summer break, we reflect on some of the main talking
6:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Virat Kohli is not convinced his epic 149 against England at Edgbaston is his best Test innings. It was Kohli’s first Test century in England – he had had a torrid time on his only other visit in 2014 – and it helped pull India back into the Test after