Ireland’s Sam Bennett was demoted for shoving another rider on stage nine of the Vuelta a Espana. The Deceuninck-Quick-Step sprinter, who won the green jersey at the Tour de France, muscled his way across the line first on the stage into Aguilar de Campoo, near Bilbao. But he was demoted after race commissaires said he
Month: October 2020
Oct 29, 2020 JJ Williams, one of Wales’ and the British and Irish Lions’ greatest ever wingers, has died at the age of 72. Williams was central to both teams success in the mid-to-late 1970s, helping Wales to Grand Slams in 1976 and 1978, and four Triple Crowns between 1976 and 1979. His former club
11:38 AM BST Alun Wyn Jones will become the most capped player in test history when he leads a much changed Wales in their Six Nations finale against Scotland on Saturday. Lock Jones will earn a 149th cap, including nine for the British & Irish Lions, and move ahead of former New Zealand captain Richie
7:00 AM ET When 15-year-old Morgan Urso was refunded $1,209.87 from her hockey club, Team Illinois, last year, her parents told her the money was hers, and she could do whatever she wanted with it. “I didn’t really care where the money was going,” Urso said. “I just wanted to make sure it went toward
10:13 PM ET It’s becoming a familiar routine for former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker. A Sydney hotel room, a bunch of media calls and a room service menu following a successful return from UFC’s Fight Island. “The only thing I’m thinking about all day is the video game I’m playing — I’m crushing the
8:24 AM ET Associated Press The Paris Masters tennis tournament will be held without fans next week as France enters a second lockdown phase amid the coronavirus pandemic. French President Emmanuel Macron has said the national lockdown will begin at midnight and will last until at least Dec. 1. The indoor tournament at the Bercy
8:48 AM ET Steve KimESPN The last weekend in October brings four boxing cards involving some of the best fighters in the sport, as Naoya Inoue, Oleksandr Usyk and Gervonta Davis, among others, step into the ring. Golden Boy Promotions hosts a card on Friday highlighted by middleweight contender Jaime Munguia and a host of
7:48 AM ET Anderson Silva‘s Fight Night main event against Uriah Hall on Saturday is likely his last bout with the UFC, but that doesn’t mean the all-time great is planning to stop fighting altogether. “Probably this is my last fight in the UFC,” Silva told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani. “But let’s go see the result.”
7:00 AM ET The weirdest, strangest, wackiest, smartest, stupidest, best, worst season in baseball history is finally over — and it’s not clear if we should be happy or sad. Major League Baseball brought us so much pleasure, but also such a large measure of pain. So all we can hope, for so many reasons
IPL 2020: Chennai Super Kings have been knocked out of the race to the playoffs.© BCCI/IPL Former West Indies cricketer Brian Lara said that Chennai Super Kings (CSK) backed experience over youth and this has turned upside down for them in this season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). CSK failed to impress in the
The Alfa Romeo name will remain in Formula 1 next season after the Italian car company extended its deal with the Sauber team by one year. Alfa has had a commercial arrangement with the Swiss team since 2018, when the famous brand returned to F1 for the first time since 1987. The team have not
Welsh cyclist Geraint Thomas says he is looking forward to mentally “switching off” after a difficult time following his Giro d’Italia crash. The Ineos Grenadiers rider, 34, crashed just before the start after a bottle became lodged under his front wheel. As a result, the 2018 Tour de France champion was forced to pull out
5:54 PM ET Barcelona made it two wins from two in the Champions League with a 2-0 win over Juventus in Turin on Wednesday night. Juventus were without Cristiano Ronaldo, who tested positive for COVID-19 on Oct. 13, meaning a matchup pitting the Portuguese against Lionel Messi for the first time since 2018 would have
10:52 PM ET Quarterback Quinn Ewers, the No. 1-ranked prospect in the 2022 recruiting class, announced Wednesday he had decommitted from Texas. Ewers is a 6-foot-3, 205-pound prospect from Carroll High School in Southlake, Texas, and had committed to the Longhorns in August. Ewers had been rethinking his decision, however, as more and more schools
8:44 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Kyle Busch won for the first time this season to extend a 16-year streak while his penalized teammate missed a chance to secure a spot in the championship in the NASCAR playoff race at Texas that finished Wednesday, three days after it started. Busch, the reigning
11:40 PM ET We can only hope 2021 will be a more normal season, with 162 games and fans in the stands and hot dogs to eat and overpriced beer to drink. We don’t know what the state of things will be come April 1, when the 2021 season is scheduled to begin, but we
7:43 PM ET NFL NationESPN It’s Week 8 in the NFL, and running backs are predictably getting the bumps and bruises (and worse) that could keep them out or limit their effectiveness. Aaron Jones missed the Green Bay Packers‘ win at Houston and his calf injury could linger into Sunday’s matchup against Minnesota. The Seattle
3:31 PM ET The NFL is moving forward with plans for a reduced-capacity Super Bowl LV, to be played Feb. 7 even if the league ultimately adds an 18th week to its regular season, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. At this point, the NFL is planning to hold capacity to 20% at Tampa’s Raymond James
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