8:15 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports BROOKLYN, Mich. — Kyle Larson doesn’t sound like a driver going for his fourth consecutive win at Michigan International Speedway this weekend. When a driver hasn’t won all season, a
Jun 7, 2018 The Cleveland Browns have agreed to a three-year contract extension with running back Duke Johnson, the team announced Thursday. Browns coach Hue Jackson had his equipment staff remove the stripes that go down the middle of the team’s helmet, saying players must earn it this season. As the Browns’ offseason practices hit
Jun 7, 2018 Realizing full well that it’s only a possible four-game suspension for Julian Edelman, that the New England Patriots made it all the way to the Super Bowl without him last season and that we may well be overreacting, it’s worth at least considering whom they might bring in to replace him, right?
Jun 7, 2018 NEW YORK — It’s just past 8 a.m. and Colby Covington is discussing his sex life. “I always have one-night stands before my fights. Lose off those last couple of pounds before weigh-ins. It helps me out.” His father, Brad, a sweet and quiet man who lives in Oregon, sits no more
Jun 6, 2018 Unless the UFC is sabotaged by one of its own stars this week, Saturday’s UFC 225 pay-per-view looks like the deepest event of the year. The same was said about UFC 223 two months ago, before things in Brooklyn started to unravel. There was an incident involving a famous Irishman, a dolly,
11:56 AM ET Brooks Koepka will begin the defense of his U.S. Open title at 7:40 a.m. ET next Thursday off the first tee at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, and three-time U.S. Open champion Tiger Woods will be grouped with the two most recent No. 1-ranked players in the world for the first two rounds.
Jun 7, 2018 A thoroughly deserved victory for Daniel Ricciardo in Monaco made it two wins apiece for Red Bull, Mercedes and Ferrari through six races in 2018. Who will gain the ascendancy in Canada? Focus on: Time for Mercedes to take control? If the characteristics of the Monte Carlo street circuit favoured Red Bull
Jun 7, 2018 Huw Ricahrds Twenty years on, the name still resonates. Talk of the Tour from Hell and there is rarely any doubt what is meant — England’s visit to Australia, New Zealand and South Africa in 1998. It lives on in more than the game’s folk memory. The Australia v England match at
Jun 7, 2018 Associated Press NEW YORK — Triple Crown contender Justify glided over the track in his first trip over the Belmont Park strip on Thursday morning. The strapping chestnut colt is the odds-on favorite to complete the series sweep on Saturday in the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes following victories in the Kentucky Derby
Jun 7, 2018 Terrell Owens, who was selected for enshrinement into the Pro Football Hall of Fame this year, has declined an invitation to attend the induction ceremony, he said Thursday. “While I am incredibly appreciative of this opportunity, I have made the decision to publicly decline my invitation to attend the induction ceremony in