Annemiek van Vleuten (centre) beat Lizzie Deignan (left) and Elisa Longo Borghini to win La Course 2017 La Course by the Tour de France will revert to a one-day event for the fifth edition of the women’s race in 2018. The 2017 edition, won by Dutch rider Annemiek van Vleuten, was held over two days,
Month: October 2017
Michelle Waterson (14-5) will face Tecia Torres (9-1) on Dec. 2 in a high-profile women’s strawweight bout at UFC 218 in Detroit, it was announced Tuesday. Former lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez, who is looking for his first win since a first-round knockout in July 2016, will fight Justin Gaethje at UFC 218. The fight will
9:00 AM BST Greg GrowdenESPN Rugby Close After more than 30 years with The Sydney Morning Herald and Fairfax Media in Australia, Greg Growden now writes exclusively online for ESPN. Never afraid to step on toes, you can expect plenty of compelling insight from one of Australia’s most renowned writers. Bernard Foley is Australian rugby’s
Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming will race as a 4-year-old in 2018, it was announced in a press release late Monday afternoon. The release further stated that Always Dreaming was diagnosed with stomach ulcers following his ninth-place finish in the Grade 1 Travers Stakes at Saratoga on Aug. 26. The release was put out by
Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton were team-mates at McLaren from 2010-12 Jenson Button says he found fellow Briton Lewis Hamilton “a bit weird” when they were team-mates at McLaren. In his new autobiography, Life at the Limit, the 37-year-old – who was world champion in 2009 – describes Hamilton as “a brilliant, mercurial driver”. But
ETOBICOKE, Ontario — Blond Me ($18.90) rallied from off the pace under jockey Oisin Murphy to take the Grade 1, $500,000 E.P. Taylor Stakes by a length over Kitten’s Roar at Woodbine on Sunday. Blond Me, who had positive form over soft turf coming into the E.P. Taylor, sat off the pace early on as
ETOBICOKE, Ontario — Bullards Alley, the second-longest shot on the board at 42-1, relished the soft turf and crushed the opposition in Sunday’s $800,800 Canadian International at Woodbine, scoring by a record margin of 10 3/4 lengths under Eurico Da Silva. Trained by Tim Glyshaw, Bullards Alley raced in fourth until the far turn in
Former NFL defensive lineman Greg Hardy has booked his first amateur fight in mixed martial arts for Nov. 4 in south Florida. Hardy, 29, broke the news on social media. Representatives at First Round Management confirmed the bout to ESPN. Hardy will face Joe Hawkins inside Havert L. Finn Center in Fort Pierce, Florida. A
Henry Cejudo says he will donate any bonus money he receives at UFC 218 later this year to those affected by the Northern California wildfires. Cejudo, 30, witnessed the devastation of the fires firsthand, as he was in Santa Rosa, California, on Monday for a charity event. An Olympic gold medalist in 2008, Cejudo lost
Oct 13, 2017 Peter BodoTennis Close Peter Bodo has been covering tennis for over 35 years, mostly recently for ESPN. He is a former WTA Writer of the Year and the author of numerous books, including the classic “The Courts of Babylon” and the New York Times bestseller (with Pete Sampras), “A Champion’s Mind.” The
After returning to the ATP Tour in style with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Viktor Troicki at the Japan Open on Tuesday, Milos Raonic called for a review of how the sport is run. It was Raonic’s first match following a seven-week absence with a left-wrist surgery. The big-serving Canadian has withdrawn from five events
Oct 4, 2017 Peter BodoTennis Close Peter Bodo has been covering tennis for over 35 years, mostly recently for ESPN. He is a former WTA Writer of the Year and the author of numerous books, including the classic “The Courts of Babylon” and the New York Times bestseller (with Pete Sampras), “A Champion’s Mind.” It’s