12:22 PM ET Mercedes technical director James Allison believes the way his team dealt with its strategy mistake at the Austrian Grand Prix shows a healthy attitude towards failure within Mercedes. Mercedes’ double retirement was a dark day for the team, but they might not be the ones regretting the result of the Austrian Grand
1:15 PM ET BOSTON — Celtics first-round draft pick Robert Williams took responsibility for the missed flight that caused him to miss Boston’s first summer league practice Sunday and admitted it didn’t help the “bad image” people have of him. Williams, of Texas A&M, was projected as a lottery pick but slipped to Boston at
12:59 PM ET The fate of Leslie Smith‘s legal action against the UFC remains undetermined for now, despite a short-lived celebration last week. A former UFC bantamweight, Smith, 35, filed a case against the UFC with the National Labor Relations Board earlier this year, accusing the promotion of taking retaliatory actions against her in April
1:03 PM ET ESPN News Services LONDON — Two-time champion Rafael Nadal moved into the second round of Wimbledon with a 6-3, 6-3, 6-2 win over Dudi Sela of Israel. The second-seeded Nadal hadn’t played a match since claiming his 11th French Open title last month, but showed little sign of rust as he cruised
After resting the majority of their starters against Belgium, ESPN FC’s Steve McManaman says England are poised to go out and win against Colombia. Colombia have left James Rodriguez on the bench for their World Cup round of 16 match against England on Tuesday, as the star midfielder battles to overcome an injury. The 26-year-old playmaker
12:09 PM ET ESPN News Services Arizona Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo met with St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina during batting practice Monday night to patch things up after the two men nearly came to blows the last time the teams met in April. In that April 8 game, Lovullo uttered a profanity Molina thought
3:00 AM ET Big Picture The battle between the eighth and ninth-ranked Test sides will not necessarily attract a lot of viewers, particularly with the football World Cup getting into its business end at the same time. The Antigua Test, therefore, might go under the radar, but it will still be mightily important for West
12:42 PM ET Move over, Gronkowski. There’s a new horse in town, and he’s a king. Phoenix Thoroughbreds, an England-based horse company, in May acquired the 2-year-old son of Medaglia d’Oro, and received permission to name the colt LeBron J, just like the newly signed Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James. Phoenix also owns Gronkowski.
11:30 AM ET The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series was in the midst of a competitiveness problem. The average margin of victory (of races that didn’t end under caution) was over three seconds, the highest since NASCAR began using electronic scoring in 1993. We were averaging fewer than eight different leaders per race, the fewest
9:33 AM ET Christian Horner believes Red Bull would currently be leading the Formula One world championship if it hadn’t dropped so many points in the opening nine races of 2018. Max Verstappen has his sights on challenging for the drivers’ title after winning the Austrian Grand Prix. Mercedes’ double retirement was a dark day