8:58 PM ET Associated Press Jimmie Johnson strode into the final news conference of his NASCAR career wearing a black hat with “One Final Shot” on the front. Told he was the first driver in the room after Sunday’s NASCAR race at Phoenix Raceway, the seven-time Cup champion had a quick response. “I won something
12:00 PM ET ESPN Stats & Information Notre Dame upended Clemson on Saturday night in one of the true classics of this unusual season to date. What does the result mean for both teams’ 2020 College Football Playoff chances? The Fighting Irish took a giant step toward the program’s second CFP appearance, increasing their playoff
8:08 PM ET Who else but Minkah Fitzpatrick? For the second week in a row, Fitzpatrick knocked away a pass in the end zone to preserve the Pittsburgh Steelers‘ undefeated season. This time, he kept Garrett Gilbert‘s pass from finding CeeDee Lamb to help the Steelers hold on to a 24-19 win against a pesky
9:55 AM GMT There is nothing like a rugby Test, in almost clean sporting air in Australia, to ignite the casual fans’ disenchantment with the sport – particularly when it comes to the game’s high tackle laws. Saturday night’s Bledisloe Cup thriller in Brisbane won’t go down as one of the great trans-Tasman contests, after
7:18 PM ET Islam Makhachev‘s first appearance in a UFC main event will have to wait, as the lightweight has withdrawn from Saturday’s headliner with an undisclosed injury. Makhachev (18-1) was scheduled to face former champion Rafael dos Anjos (29-13) at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas but was forced to withdraw on
5:21 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Washington Nationals are making their pitch to President-elect Joe Biden. The Nats have invited Biden to toss out the ceremonial first ball next season on Opening Day. Washington is scheduled to host the New York Mets at Nationals Park on April 1. “We’re excited to continue the
5:15 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Carlos Ortiz held off Dustin Johnson and Hideki Matsuyama by closing with a 5-under 65 to win the Houston Open on Sunday, becoming the first Mexican to win on the PGA Tour in 42 years. He earned every bit of it, caught in a tight battle on the
IPL 2020: Shikhar Dhawan smashed his sixth half-century of the season against SunRisers Hyderabad.© BCCI/IPL Delhi Capitals batsman Shikhar Dhawan completed 600 runs in the 13th edition of the IPL and also surpassed Rohit Sharma in the tournament’s all-time run-getters list on Sunday. Dhawan achieved the double feat against SunRisers Hyderabad in Qualifier 2. The
4:17 PM ET Lamar Jackson overcame one of the worst starts of his career to secure a place in NFL history. Going a perfect 10-for-10 passing in the second half, Jackson led the Baltimore Ravens to a 24-10 win over the Indianapolis Colts and matched the best 30-start mark of the Super Bowl era. The
12:05 PM ET Associated Press Daniil Medvedev won the Paris Masters for the first time by beating Alexander Zverev 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 Sunday for his eighth career title and third at a Masters event. The third-seeded Russian secured just his second win against the fourth-seeded Zverev in seven matches, and his previous victory against the
3:47 PM ET Associated Press AVONDALE, Ariz. — Chase Elliott had an early setback in his pursuit of NASCAR’s championship when his car failed prerace inspection Sunday at Phoenix Raceway. Elliott was supposed to start on the pole but instead had to drop to the back of the field at the start of the race.
Nov 1, 2020 Jeremy WillisESPN.com Alex Trebek, the longtime host of “Jeopardy!”, has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Trebek, who was 80, hosted the quintessential quiz show for 37 years and nearly 8,000 episodes, and won 35 Emmy Awards and a Peabody. The Sudbury, Ontario, Canada native was also a sports fan. In
2:40 PM ET Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has backed Manchester United‘s Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after he hit out at the fixture schedule and said it set his side up to fail. United beat Everton in the early kick-off on Saturday after losing to Istanbul Basaksehir in the Champions League on Wednesday with Solskjaer saying the
10:48 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson is as curious as anyone to see how new manager Tony La Russa will react the first time he flips his bat following a big home run. Anderson also made a few things clear. He won’t change to suit the Hall of
2:20 PM ET Associated Press Alabama is No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll for the first time this year, extending its record of consecutive seasons with at least one week on top of the rankings to 13. Notre Dame moved up two spots to No. 2 on Sunday after upsetting Clemson in
Britain’s Hugh Carthy secured a podium finish at the Vuelta a Espana as Primoz Roglic won the red jersey. Defending champion Roglic, who suffered a dramatic defeat by Tadej Pogacar in the Tour de France, retained his Vuelta title, with Richard Carapaz second. Carthy’s surprise podium comes a fortnight after Britain’s Tao Geoghegan Hart won
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7:00 AM GMT All Blacks coach Ian Foster has urged his team to play “smarter”, claiming they were “provoked” into losing their discipline by a niggly Wallabies side during the tight loss in Brisbane. Foster tasted a bitter first defeat as head coach of the All Blacks after his reshuffled side fell 24-22 in Saturday’s