4:51 PM BST The Stormers’ master of many trades Pieter-Steph du Toit will achieve a personal milestone when he leads the side against the Sharks at Newlands on Saturday, bringing down the curtain on the Super Rugby season for the battling Cape Town side. Do Toit will be captain in the absence of Springboks skipper
5:39 PM ET ESPN News Services The University of Kansas hired former Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long as the school’s new AD on Thursday. Long signed a five-year contract worth $1.5 million annually, with Kansas Athletics Inc. paying $1.3 million of the total and the university paying the remaining $200,000. He has terms written into
Jul 6, 2018 Chris M Jones Dave Williams is taking nothing for granted despite his Glendale Raptors team heading into the inaugural Major League Rugby championships final as firm favourites. Rugby union in the United States is enjoying a much deserved period in the sporting spotlight thanks to recent U.S. Eagles wins over Scotland and
3:33 PM ET There may be no historic parallel for the bizarre Kawhi Leonard situation, which veered away from San Antonio when LeBron James, the game’s greatest star, ventured solo to the game’s starriest franchise. Potential suitors for Leonard have no clue how healthy he is, when they may gain permission to talk with his
French football expert Julien Laurens and the FC panel examine Fabinho’s move to Liverpool and how the Reds’ midfield will take shape in 2018-19. Steve Nicol gives his stamp of approval to Liverpool’s signing of Fabinho from Monaco, but he isn’t sure the midfielder will start right away. Fabinho has told FourFourTwo that he was
3:03 PM ET New York Giants cornerback Janoris Jenkins posted a statement on Instagram on Thursday expressing “regret and sadness” for the death of his close friend Roosevelt Rene at his Fair Lawn, New Jersey, home last month. Police have charged Jenkins’ older brother, William Jenkins Jr., with aggravated manslaughter. William Jenkins was arrested on
2:06 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The view from the business suite can be quite different than the one behind the steering wheel when it comes to why the grandstands aren’t full. International Speedway Corp.
The guys respond to your tweets about Brazil-Mexico, Simeone for Argentina, Uruguay’s World Cup chances and Mbappe’s performance against Cavani’s. It was a famous year for footballers called Diego. Famously, Diego Maradona won the World Cup in 1986. Less famously, Diego Godin was born. Thirty-two years on, this probably will not be a World Cup
1:45 PM ET SILVERSTONE, U.K. — Kimi Raikkonen says it is still too early in the season for him to start supporting teammate Sebastian Vettel in the championship. Raikkonen finished second ahead of Vettel at the last round in Austria, but given his position in the drivers’ championship, there were some suggestions he might be
1:52 PM ET SILVERSTONE, U.K. — Lewis Hamilton says he will be on the first plane to Russia if England makes it to the World Cup final on July 15. This weekend’s British Grand Prix coincides with the English national team’s biggest game in recent memory: the quarter-final against Sweden, which starts the moment qualifying