Red Bull have revealed the car they hope will enable them to mount their first title challenge for eight years. The RB16B develops the 2020 car, with which Max Verstappen finished third in the championship behind Mercedes pair Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas. Red Bull have worked on eradicating the instability issues that plagued last
6:00 AM ET Joe Namath went to dinner with Leon Hess and his wife early in 1977. They’d been together a dozen years and Namath, the New York Jets‘ Super Bowl-winning quarterback, needed to have a talk with the owner he cared about so deeply. It was a tough conversation, one Namath didn’t necessarily want
5:12 AM ET Maddison Inglis has earned a second-round clash with French Open champion Iga Swiatek after upsetting her idol and fellow Australian Samantha Stosur at the Adelaide International. It’s proving to be a breakthrough season in the 23-year-old’s blossoming career, with the 5-7 7-5 6-4 victory over former US Open champion Stosur another highlight.
3:06 AM ET LOS ANGELES — After logging 40-plus minutes for the fourth time this month only to see the Los Angeles Lakers lose 127-124 in overtime to the Washington Wizards on Monday night, LeBron James insisted he can handle the workload that’s being asked of him. “I think this whole narrative of ‘LeBron needs
New Zealand vs Australia: Jhye Richardson praised Trent Boult and Tim Southee.© Twitter Australia’s Jhye Richardson said that his team was satisfied with how they went about their planning and the decisions they made but failed to execute them properly which led to the defeat against New Zealand in the first T20I. New Zealand thrashed
10:02 AM ET Jordan Morris was stretchered off after 66 minutes in Swansea’s defeat at Huddersfield. Photo by Joe Prior/Visionhaus/Getty Images USMNT forward Jordan Morris has suffered a season-ending ACL injury while on loan at English Championship side Swansea City, meaning he will miss the Gold Cup and the Olympics. Morris picked up the injury during
6:56 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE — As much as linebacker K.J. Wright wants to return for an 11th season with the Seattle Seahawks and finish his career with the team that drafted him, he doesn’t want to do so on anything other than a market-value contract. Wright made that latter point known in an
9:22 PM ET This is the family that Freddie and Chelsea Freeman wanted: lots of siblings who will grow up playing together, loving each other, helping each other. But the Freemans never could’ve imagined how they would get to where they are now, with 4-year-old Charlie and his two baby brothers. After trying for pregnancy
7:50 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN The “diverse experience” of newly hired Minnesota Timberwolves coach Chris Finch is what intrigued president of basketball operations Gersson Rosas to make the move. During Monday’s introductory news conference, Rosas welcomed the former Toronto Raptors assistant to try to turn things around after firing Ryan Saunders following Sunday’s loss in
11:44 AM ET New York Rangers star Artemi Panarin is taking a leave of absence from the team for personal reasons. The news comes after a Russian newspaper published allegations from Panarin’s former KHL coach, Andrei Nazarov, claiming the winger got into a physical altercation with an 18-year-old woman in Latvia in 2011. Nazarov’s interview
7:03 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Chip Ganassi was fined $30,000 and suspended one race for bringing a guest into the NASCAR pit area at Daytona International Speedway. NASCAR said the team owner violated its COVID-19 guidelines by bringing a nonessential individual into the restricted competition area. Ganassi cannot return to competition
7:04 PM ET Associated Press UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Buffalo Sabres defenseman Jake McCabe will miss the rest of the season after he injured his right knee during Saturday’s 3-2 victory at New Jersey. The 27-year-old McCabe was diagnosed Monday with ligament and meniscus damage, and the team said he will need six to eight months
2:36 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Steelers coach Mike Tomlin was recently diagnosed with COVID-19, sources told ESPN. Tomlin, 48, was diagnosed last week. The Steelers could not confirm the head coach’s diagnosis but said members of the coaching staff and personnel were sent home from the facility last week after a couple of positives came
1:15 PM ET One of the biggest brand names in college football isn’t yet sure if it wants to be included in the revitalized EA Sports college football video game when it returns to market. University of Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick said his school will not provide its name, logos and other branding
2:25 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Over the course of a 45-minute chat to a local Rotary Club in early February, Seattle Mariners CEO Kevin Mather disparaged a Japanese player for not learning English, belittled a star prospect
2:20 PM ET The UFC has elected not to release Ottman Azaitar after all following a bizarre set of circumstances involving the undefeated lightweight last month on Fight Island. UFC president Dana White told ESPN he has decided to give Azaitar a “second chance” in the promotion. This development comes less than one month after
5:30 PM ET Travis Fulton, a record-holding mixed martial arts veteran, is facing federal child pornography charges. Fulton was indicted by a grand jury on Wednesday on three counts: sexual exploitation of a child, possession of child pornography and receipt of child pornography, per the indictment obtained by ESPN. The federal case is being tried
5:38 PM ET Former Oregon starting quarterback Tyler Shough is joining Texas Tech as a graduate transfer, he announced Monday. Shough, who started all seven games in 2020 as Oregon won its second consecutive Pac-12 championship, will have three years of eligibility remaining with the Red Raiders. He completed 63.5 percent of his passes for