4:59 PM ET Associated Press DARLINGTON, S.C. — Sheldon Creed led the final 80 laps to take his second straight NASCAR Truck Series win in the playoffs and second in a row at Darlington Raceway on Sunday. Creed, the defending series champ, opened the 10-driver playoffs with a victory outside of St. Louis on Aug.
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2:23 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Former Pittsburgh Steelers offensive tackle and longtime broadcaster Tunch Ilkin died Saturday, the team confirmed. He was 63. Ilkin, who revealed that he had been diagnosed with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease) in October 2020, was hospitalized recently with pneumonia. He announced in June that
Belgium’s Wout van Aert sprinted to victory in the opening stage of the Tour of Britain with Ethan Hayter the first Briton home in fourth. Van Aert, 26, won the uphill sprint in Bodmin from Dutchman Nils Eekhoff, with Spain’s Gonzalo Serrano third. With the bonus seconds awarded to the first three riders, Ineos’ Hayter
Slovenia’s Primoz Roglic wrapped up a third straight Vuelta a Espana after claiming victory in the final stage, a 33.8km time trial. Roglic, the Olympic time trial champion, beat second-placed Magnus Cort Nielsen by 14 seconds and became the third rider to win a third Vuelta. Roglic won by four minutes 42 seconds overall –
Sep 3, 2021 Canada has quietly become one of the strongest sides in CONCACAF. Omar Vega/Getty Images In the first conversation John Herdman had with the Canada men’s national team after being named the head coach in January 2018, he laid out a hypothetical situation that could have passed as fantasy. They were embarking upon a
11:05 AM ET ESPN News Services The New York Yankees placed setup man Jonathan Loaisiga on the 10-day injured list Sunday with a strained right rotator cuff. Yankees manager Aaron Boone said that Loaisiga will not throw for at least 10 days. “Obviously that’s a tough loss for us, which hopefully is only a couple
England’s under-fire opening pair made a confident start after an indomitable Shadul Thakur and a calm Rishabh Pant ensured a 367-run lead for India as the fourth Test entered an engrossing home stretch. Haseeb Hameed (43 batting, 85 balls) and Rory Burns (31 batting, 109 balls) put on 77 runs in 32 overs on a
BCCI secretary Jay Shah said said Uttarakhand could become the “land of cricket”.© BCCI TheBoard of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah has said the Board will look to work closely with the Cricket Association of Uttarakhand to build an international cricket stadium in the state and help take the game to every
2:18 AM ET PASADENA, Calif. — After three frustrating seasons at UCLA, the tide is starting to turn for the Bruins under coach Chip Kelly. Their 38-27 win against No. 16 LSU at the Rose Bowl on Saturday went down as an upset in Las Vegas, but it shouldn’t have. It was a convincing performance
12:35 PM ET Dallas Cowboys Pro-Bowl guard Zack Martin has been placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list after testing positive for the virus and is out for Thursday night’s regular-season opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, coach Mike McCarthy said. Connor McGovern will replace Martin in the starting lineup at right guard. Tackle Brandon Knight also
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took a dominant victory over Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton in the Dutch Grand Prix to retake the championship lead. Verstappen, cheered on by 65,000 enthusiastic home fans, led all the way from pole position, comfortably keeping a following Hamilton at bay. The Dutchman leads Hamilton by three points after his seventh win
8:00 AM ET NEW YORK — While all eyes have been on Novak Djokovic and his quest for the Calendar Slam, three teens have been creating their own storylines at this year’s US Open. It has been an impressive stretch — Carlos Alcaraz, 18, became the youngest man to beat a top-three player at the
Zandvoort is hosting a Formula 1 grand prix for the first time since 1985 – and the Dutch fans are revelling in its return. With homegrown star Max Verstappen to cheer on from the grandstands, the Orange Army are giving British supporters at Silverstone a run for the money in fanatical support. BBC Sport takes
Ravi Shastri’s lateral flow test returned positive, BCCI said.© AFP Indian cricket team head coach Ravi Shastri and three other members of the support staff have gone into isolation in England, BCCI announced in a press release on Sunday. The move was taken “as a precautionary measure after Mr Shastri’s lateral flow test returned positive
5:00 AM ET SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The United States men’s national team experienced precisely the kind of game against El Salvador that it expected, even if it wasn’t the result — or performance — it wanted. And while the U.S walked away with something in tying 0-0 with Los Cuscatlecos, one couldn’t help
11:17 PM ET Concession workers at the San Francisco Giants‘ Oracle Park voted overwhelming to strike on Saturday, citing concerns over COVID-19 safety and health coverage. According to UNITE HERE Local 2, at least 20 concessions workers have been infected with COVID-19 since the stadium reopened this season. 96.7% of active stadium workers voted to
11:51 PM ET Two of college football’s best teams took the field in Charlotte, N.C., on Saturday and delivered a gift to the world. They flipped a coin standing on a logo for a mayonnaise brand. They fought through a punishing war of attrition, delivering one punishing blow after another, when victory was measured in
12:30 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com NEW YORK — There were 22 American women in the draw at the start of the US Open. Among them were rising stars, teen phenoms and even a former champion. But on Saturday night, just one countrywoman remained, and she frankly was none of those things. After defeating world No.