He’s the only local driver in Saturday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. So if Spencer Gallagher can keep his nose clean, as the auto racing announcers like to say, and he is running near the front toward the end, the Fox Sports 1 and Motor Racing Network broadcast crews will be inclined to mention his home track advantage.
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said the Washington Redskins should keep their controversial name despite complaints from some Native American groups and members of Congress that it is racist.
In a catch that’s been widely hailed as the best in Division III football history, Knox College receiver Ilir Emini kicks an underthrown ball in the air to keep it alive and then hauls it in while lying on the field for a 37-yard reception in Saturday’s 20-6 win over Lawrence in Appleton, Wis.
A soccer referee in Brazil has given new meaning to the pistol formation, pulling a gun on players and coaches in a recent game in an incident that was caught on video.
San Francisco 49ers linebacker Ahmad Brooks pleaded not guilty to sexual battery on Tuesday in Santa Clara County (Calif.) Superior Court.
Unless audio surfaces to support Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton’s claim that referee Ed Hochuli said he “wasn’t old enough” to get a personal foul call in Sunday’s win over the New Orleans Saints, the NFL won’t look into the matter further, a league source told ESPN.com on Tuesday.
Bryce Harper not hustling to first base probably would have gone unnoticed had Jonathan Papelbon not gone Boston Strangler on him in the dugout, Boston being the place whence Papelbon came, via stopover in Philadelphia.
Things are getting more tense, apparently, in the Washington Nationals clubhouse.
In one of the most amazing extra points you’ll ever see, Midland (Texas) Lee High School kicker Luis Aranda kicked a low line drive that bounced off of the referee’s head, knocking his hat off, and then deflected off of the crossbar and through the uprights.
A prosecutor looking into allegations of sexual assault by NHL star Patrick Kane in New York said on Friday claims of evidence tampering was an “elaborate hoax” by the alleged victim’s mother and that the case’s rape kit was secure and in police custody.
