Ferrari drivers Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc headed the two Friday practice sessions at the United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas. Sainz led Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, who clinched his second title at the last race in Japan, by 0.224 seconds in the first session. Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton was third, 0.475secs off the pace,
Month: October 2022
1:20 PM ET Associated Press The Texas Rangers have hired Bruce Bochy as their manager, bringing the three-time World Series champion with 2,003 career victories out of a short retirement to take over a team that has had six consecutive losing seasons. Texas made the surprising announcement Friday, just more than two weeks after its
6:28 PM ET Associated Press Dale Whitnell took a one-stroke lead halfway through the Mallorca Open after shooting 8-under 63 on Friday to equal the course record set the previous day by fellow Englishman Marcus Armitage. Whitnell made six birdies to go with an eagle on the par-5 11th hole to move to the top
Formula 1 is working on a new women’s racing category aimed at opening up pathways for female drivers to the top of the sport. The idea is for it to complement the W Series, which curtailed its season early after financial difficulties. The plan is for the new series to launch as early as next
Sarah Storey won her 16th world track title as Great Britain took six gold medals on day two of the Para-cycling Track World Championships. Storey, 44, successfully defended her C5 individual pursuit title in France. Neil Fachie and pilot Matthew Rotherham won the men’s 1,000m time trial ahead of James Ball and pilot Steffan Lloyd.
10:29 AM ET The Florida Panthers are signing Eric Staal to a one-year contract, adding the veteran forward to a roster that also includes his younger brother Marc. Staal is signing for $750,000, sources told ESPN’s Emily Kaplan. Eric Staal had been with the Panthers since they gave him a professional tryout deal in July,
8:00 AM ET SAN DIEGO — Within the hallway that connects Petco Park’s home clubhouse to its first-base dugout, a mural has sprung, populated with a collection of Polaroid pictures that has grown with each passing triumph. The running tally sits at 163 photographs, neatly organized within 11 rows, a static highlight reel for the
1:46 PM ET Erling Haaland‘s agent has claimed the Manchester City striker could become the world’s first £1 billion player. Haaland has made a fine start to his City career since signing from Borussia Dortmund for his release clause, which sources told ESPN was worth €60 million. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, more
Formula 1’s governing body the FIA has admitted it made mistakes in the deployment of a recovery vehicle on track during the Japanese Grand Prix. A review has concluded: “In hindsight, it would have been prudent to delay the deployment of the recovery vehicles.” The FIA will also amend the rules to avoid the confusion
7:05 AM ET ESPN staff ESPN’s slate of exclusive broadcasts continues on Friday with the first matchup in the Battle of Florida for 2022-23. The Florida Panthers are hosting the Tampa Bay Lightning, with coverage beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN+ and Hulu. As an added bonus, there will be a Star Watch alternate
10:58 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Welterweight titleholder Terence Crawford and David Avanesyan have signed contracts for a pay-per-view fight on Dec. 10 at CHI Health Center in the champion’s native Omaha, Nebraska, Crawford told ESPN on Thursday. The fight will be available on BLK Prime for $39.95, a spokesperson for the streaming service told ESPN.
The Trans-Tasman rivalry will be renewed once again when Australia face New Zealand in a T20 World Cup Group 1 fixture at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday, October 23. This match will be a replay of last year’s T20 World Cup final, which Australia won at the Dubai International Stadium. The defending champions, Australia,
10:01 AM ET ESPN News Services Former No. 1-ranked player Simona Halep has been provisionally suspended by the International Tennis Integrity Agency and faces a possible four-year ban from tennis after failing a drug test during the US Open. The ITIA announced the suspension for Halep, a two-time Grand Slam champion who is currently No.
2:12 AM ET ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Charles Oliveira still considers himself the UFC’s lightweight champion, but will look to make it official on Saturday. Both Oliveira (33-8) and Islam Makhachev (22-1) successfully made weight on Friday for their lightweight championship bout at UFC 280 at Etihad Arena. Both of them actually came
8:48 AM ET The PGA Tour filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and Yasir Othman Al-Rumayyan, governor of the fund that finances LIV Golf, according to court records. The complaint was filed under seal in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan. The PGA
8:00 AM ET We went 5-4 week last week, eight over .500 midway through October. 58% clip. We’re chugging along waiting for another big week. Too many on the card again, had a couple near cross offs. Will let you know which ones so you can proceed accordingly. Houston (-3, 51.5) at Navynoon ET on
7:00 AM ET Making the turn. Yes, that’s a golf term. But today, it is also apropos as it pertains to college football. For, as evidenced by all the teams with records of something-and-something that add up to at least a half-dozen games played, and as proven by the fact that the leaves in the
7:25 AM ET TWENTY YEARS AGO this week, with about six minutes to go in a St. Louis Rams’ blowout win over the Seattle Seahawks, Jeff Wilkins kicked what was, by nearly any measure, an irrelevant extra point. But here’s the thing: Wilkins kicked this meaningless extra point wearing only one shoe. His kicking foot
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