11:54 AM ET Associated Press ASCOT, England — Frankie Dettori performed his trademark flying dismount after riding Stradivarius to a third straight victory at the Gold Cup in a dominant performance at Royal Ascot on Thursday. Stradivarius joined horses Sagaro (1975, ’76 and ’77) and Yeats (2006, ’07, ’08 and ’09) in winning the prestigious
11:41 AM ET HILTON HEAD, S.C. — Rory McIlroy says European Tour players who compete on the PGA Tour should be willing to put up with the hassle of a quarantine in order to play again after a 13-week break due to the coronavirus pandemic. McIlroy’s comments Thursday came after several European players decided to
6:24 AM ET McLaren is considering selling a minority stake in its once-dominant Formula One team to raise funds to help the company weather the Covid-19 crisis, Sky News reported on Wednesday. Ahead of the start of the season, Haas boss Guenther Steiner opens up on the future-proofing measures taken by F1 to ensure the
10:38 AM ET Eric GomezMexico writer Admittedly, new Arizona Coyotes president and CEO Xavier Gutierrez’s first sports love was soccer. It wasn’t until his freshman year at hockey-mad Harvard, where he earned a degree in government, that Gutierrez discovered the sport that would make him a trail blazer. “[Hockey] was just so fast, and there
9:10 PM IST Shannon Gabriel believes that his controversial comments to Joe Root during the St Lucia Test in February 2019, were “blown way out of proportion” and says he will not hold back in the coming series, if given the opportunity to play. Gabriel was handed a four-match ban, and issued an “unreserved apology”,
9:59 AM ET Tor-Kristian Karlsen Editor’s note: Tor-Kristian Karlsen is a Norwegian football scout and executive and is the former chief executive and sporting director at AS Monaco. He will write regularly for ESPN on the business of soccer and the process of scouting. In his latest column, he looks at Chelsea‘s new €53 million
10:20 AM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Duke’s Mayonnaise is the new title sponsor of the regular-season college football game and postseason bowl game played in Charlotte. Duke’s Mayonnaise replaces Belk, whose contract ended last year. The Duke’s Mayo Classic will feature Notre Dame against Wake Forest on Sept. 26 at Bank of America
7:11 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Curtis Blaydes has won three fights in a row, the past two by knockout, and has just one loss in his past 10 trips inside the Octagon. Alexander Volkov has been a winner in five of his six bouts since he joined the UFC roster in 2016. Runs of success
9:31 AM ET The ACC will hold media days virtually July 21-23, the league announced Thursday. The move was expected, as every other FBS conference has previously announced virtual media days because of the coronavirus pandemic. “As we continue to navigate the necessary steps surrounding COVID-19, transitioning this year’s ACC Football Kickoff from an in-person
9:28 AM ET Dr. Anthony Fauci says football teams would need to emulate plans by the NBA and MLS for a “bubble” format or consider not playing in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a key member of the White House task