Where there is despair, always hope. For an often dominant team who have conquered all before them in the past, Ineos Grenadiers’ 2020 saw its most iconic figures – Chris Froome, Geraint Thomas and Egan Bernal – fall far from their pedestals. But it began with a tragedy that changed everything. In March, Nico Portal
2:58 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Sheldon Creed qualified for the championship round of the NASCAR Truck series by winning the two-lap shootout to end a wild finish at Texas on Sunday. Creed’s series-leading fourth win put him in the championship finale at Phoenix alongside Brett Moffitt, who qualified with last week’s
2:19 PM ET Associated Press Indiana jumped into The Associated Press college football poll Sunday after pulling off the weekend’s most dramatic upset, and Ohio State moved up to No. 3 following a dominant season debut. Clemson remained a rock-solid No. 1, and Alabama was No. 2. The Tigers received 52 first-place votes and the
IPL Points Table: Jofra Archer is now 2nd in the race for the Purple Cap.© BCCI/IPL Hours after Chennai Super Kings convincingly beat rivals Royal Challengers Bangalore, Rajasthan Royals beat Mumbai Indians by eight wickets to deal a knock-out blow to the MS Dhoni-led team, as they are now out of contention for a top
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Rajasthan Royals (RR) captain Steve Smith expressed his delight following a match-winning unbeaten partnership of 152 runs between Ben Stokes and Sanju Samson. Stokes and Samson combined to help RR defeat defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) by a margin of eight wickets in a vital IPL 2020 league match. The Rajasthan-based franchise was handed a
2:33 PM ET England’s Ross McGowan kept his cool to win the Italian Open by a single stroke on Sunday to clinch his second European Tour title — 11 years after his maiden win in Madrid. McGowan started the day tied for the lead along with compatriot Laurie Canter, three shots clear and despite a
Tao Geoghegan Hart has become only the second British man to win the Giro d’Italia. The 25-year-old, who won stage 20 on Saturday, was tied with Australian Jai Hindley before the final-day time trial, the first such instance in the race’s history. But Ineos Grenadiers’ Geoghegan Hart finished 39 seconds ahead of Hindley in the
Richard Carapaz took the overall lead from defending champion Primoz Roglic on a wet stage six of the Vuelta a Espana. Ineos Grenadiers rider Carapaz dropped Roglic, who had led since the opening day, on the final ascent of the 146km mountain stage to Aramon Formigal. Ion Izagirre attacked with 3km remaining to take the
Lewis Hamilton passed Valtteri Bottas to take a commanding victory in the Portuguese Grand Prix and break Formula 1’s all-time win record. Hamilton dropped to third in a manic first two laps, which ended with McLaren’s Carlos Sainz in the lead, but fought back to crush his team-mate’s hopes. After both Mercedes passed Sainz, Hamilton
8:55 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” ARLINGTON, Texas — It happened just past midnight on the East Coast, 34 years to the day from the last time a World Series game ended like this. There are so many
9:46 AM ET The Buffalo Sabres have signed restricted free agent Sam Reinhart to a one-year, $5.2 million contract, the team announced Sunday. Reinhart, 24, had 22 goals and 28 assists — his third straight 50-point season — in 2019-20, playing in every Sabres game for the third straight year. The agreement allowed the sides
7:02 AM ET The first College Football Playoff ranking will be released on Nov. 24, almost exactly one month from now. That’s plenty of time for what you think you know to change. All it takes is one upset — for one-loss Penn State to redeem itself on Halloween with a home win against Ohio
9:38 AM ET Wide receiver Antonio Brown can make up to $2.5 million with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this season, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Sunday. Brown’s deal, which is he expected to sign Monday, includes $1 million in base salary and roster bonuses, the source said. He can earn $750,000 if the
RR vs MI IPL 2020 Score: Rajasthan Royals will look to get their revenge against Mumbai Indians.© BCCI/IPL Rajasthan Royals (RR) take on defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) in match 45 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. The Mumbai-based franchise is currently on top
4:05 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — Managers Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Frank Lampard were keen to take the positives after Manchester United and Chelsea played out a 0-0 draw, but for anyone hoping to find out if either club can take advantage of what looks like the most-open Premier League title race in
3:42 AM BST All Blacks number eight Ardie Savea and prop Nepo Laulala are on paternity leave and will miss the Rugby Championship opener against Australia next weekend, coach Ian Foster said on Sunday. Both players were absent when the New Zealand squad boarded their flight across the Tasman Sea on Sunday, but Joe Moody
5:09 PM ET Khabib Nurmagomedov kneeled down and put his head in his hands. Tears streamed from his eyes. The burden he had been carrying for the last three months had been released. The typically stoic champion’s emotions got the better of him. Nurmagomedov, one of the best fighters in mixed-martial-arts history, submitted Justin Gaethje