When the Australian Grand Prix was cancelled in March, the return of F1 seemed a long way away. Fast forward nine months, and a 17-race championship gave us new circuits, new race winners, maiden pole positions and a record-breaking year for a certain Mercedes driver. As the days count down to pre-season testing next year,
7:00 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” It was not a very eventful week in the MLB offseason, and with the holiday season ramping up this week and next, we could have more of the same. But that doesn’t
6:00 AM ET Andy Murray defeated British No. 1 Dan Evans in straight sets in his first tennis match since October. Murray, a three-time Grand Slam winner, has been out of action after defeat to Fernando Verdasco. The 33-year-old pulled out of the remainder of the season after inflaming a pelvic injury he had sustained
6:43 AM ET Associated Press VIRGINIA WATER, England — Lee Westwood was voted as the European Tour’s golfer of the year for 2020 on Monday, winning the award for the fourth time in his career after ending the season as the Race to Dubai champion at the age of 47. Westwood started the 27th year
International cricket found a way through this year’s coronavirus pandemic but the strain of ‘bubble life’ was evident by the end of 2020. The women’s Twenty20 World Cup, won by Australia in front of a Melbourne crowd of more than 86,000 on March 8, escaped the ravages of Covid-19 but the men’s game soon ground
1:30 AM ET The start of Bowl Season and the College Football Playoff is almost upon us. Here’s a look at all of this year’s games. (All times Eastern) College Football Playoff National Championship College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&THard Rock Stadium (Miami Gardens, Florida)Jan. 11: 8 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN
7:07 PM ET The New York Jets won a football game on Sunday for the first time in 358 days, but they might have suffered a loss that will be felt a lot longer than that. With a 23-20 upset of the Los Angeles Rams, the Jets (1-13) relinquished their front-runner position for the No.
2:37 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — Sir Alex Ferguson used to say the key to the title race was to stay in touch with the leaders until Christmas and then win it in the second half of the season. For the first time since Ferguson retired in 2013, Manchester United have done the
Britain’s Tom Pidcock finished third just behind Mathieu van der Poel in Sunday’s cyclo-cross World Cup race. Pidcock was just 0.011secs behind Van der Poel and 0.04 off Wout van Aert, two of cycling’s most talented riders. Pidcock, 21, who rides for Trinity, is joining Ineos Grenadiers for the 2021 season. In the women’s race
4:09 PM ET ESPN News Services ORLANDO, Fla. — Justin Thomas and Tiger Woods traded text messages on the eve of the final round at the PNC Championship, their teams tied for the lead and in contention. Neither mentioned winning. This was about Woods getting to play alongside 11-year-old son Charlie, watching him twirl the
9:55 AM ET All-NBA big man Rudy Gobert will sign a five-year, $205 million contract extension with the Utah Jazz, he told ESPN after agreeing to the largest deal for a center in league history. “It means that they believe in me,” Gobert told ESPN. “They believe in what we’ve been building over the years
4:08 PM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — Wearing the same customary Sunday red as his dad, Charlie Woods exhibited many of the same characteristics of his accomplished father, including the walk, the talk and the swing. But if he’s really like Tiger Woods, Charlie will be wondering how to make up the five strokes they lost
3:53 PM ET Associated Press The NHL and players completed a deal Sunday to hold a 56-game 2021 season from Jan. 13 to May 8 with playoffs to last into July. The league’s Board of Governors voted to approve the agreement that was supported by the NHLPA executive board Friday night. “The National Hockey League
5:11 PM ET Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma has agreed to a three-year, $40 million extension, including a player option prior to the 2023-24 season, sources tell ESPN. Kuzma, 25, finalized talks on his rookie extension on Sunday, sources said. In a rare non-max contract rookie extension that includes a player option, the deal
5:02 PM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — Tiger Woods will be 45 years old the next time we see him, and even though age is just a number, it is not his friend at this point. The ongoing back problems, the fall down the World Rankings, the inevitable struggles are there regardless what the calendar says.
Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has been voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2020. One of F1’s all-time great drivers, he equalled Michael Schumacher’s record of seven world titles with his fourth consecutive championship in 2020. The 35-year-old, from Stevenage, also surpassed Schumacher’s total of 91 grand prix wins. In a public vote,
3:27 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Jin Young Ko missed most of the LPGA Tour season and still won the yearlong money title. That’s what a $1.1 million check does. Ko, the No. 1 player in the world, put an emphatic capper on her truncated year Sunday by shooting a final-round 6-under 66
4:29 PM ET The Tampa Bay Buccaneers‘ 31-27 win over the Falcons on Sunday in Atlanta not only improved their record to 9-5, ensuring they’re first winning season since 2010, but inched them one step closer to their first playoff berth since 2007. And the play that ultimately got them there came from the one