Category: Sports

The V8-powered open-wheeler series has confirmed that it will stage a seven-race Tasman Series across two seperate meetings at what will be the beginning of its 2021/2022 season. The Tasman Series will replace what was meant to be the Triple Crown, taking in the Australian Grand Prix, the Bathurst International and the Gold Coast 500,…

The Belgian, who Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff reckons “deserves to be in Formula 1″ amid links to a Williams seat in 2022, snared pole at the ExCeL on Sunday and had earned an early control over the race.  But Vandoorne lost the lead after Lucas di Grassi controversially drove through the pitlane during a…

Off the back of a recent run of encouraging races, including Leclerc finishing runner-up at the British GP, the Italian squad is upbeat about the progress it is making with its SF21. And heading to this weekend’s race at Budapest, the team is well aware of how strong it was at F1’s last high downforce…

F1 rookie Schumacher revealed last month that he had been sitting in a crooked position since making his debut at the start of the year with Haas. But it was not due to a problem with the seat, but because of Schumacher’s own body shape that has seen him face a similar scenario throughout his…

This season, CUPRA has a powerful lineup in the WTCR, together with the Hungarian team Zengo Motorsport, boasting Mikel Azcona, Jordi Gene, Rob Huff and Bence Boldizs. The two Spanish drivers, Gene and Azcona, are also competing in the Pure ETCR championship alongside Mattias Ekstrom and Daniel Nagy. The Spanish brand got its first points in…

If you ever dreamed of being on a trivia game show, Jeopardy! champion and “Chaser” from The Chase (Sundays at 9:00 p.m. ET on CityTV in Canada) Brad Rutter, the all-time biggest money winner in Jeopardy! history, is spilling tips on how to be a trivia master.Rutter explained to Yahoo Canada that sometimes, when it’s…

Jake Paul defeats Ben AskrenActor and YouTube star turned professional boxer Jake Paul will fight former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley on Aug. 29 at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio. Before he steps in the ring with Woodley, Paul is already eyeing his next opponent, former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor.During an appearance on…

Michigan football is going to beat Ohio State and get to the top of the Big Ten and college football mountaintop, “or die trying,” head coach Jim Harbaugh says.The Wolverines have emphasized ‘The Game’ with Ohio State in years past, and previously, any notion of added focus on the rivalry would be scoffed at from…

Training camps are open, more will open this week and still we have lingering quarterback drama across the league.It’s not rampant, mind you. Not widespread. But the hotspots we have been talking about all winter, spring and summer long remain very much unresolved and tension remains as high as ever in places like Green Bay…

Troy Aikman knows a little something about winning, and especially with the Dallas Cowboys. The Hall of Famer and three-time Super Bowl champion has often been visceral about how the team has been run over the past 25 years, but one thing he’s never walked back is his belief in Dak Prescott. And as the…

Meanwhile, Daulton Varsho is finally showing signs of life Jul 26, 2021 at 11:55 am ET 1 min read Of all the notable pitching performances from the weekend, two in particular stand out.Patrick Sandoval took his biggest step yet toward stardom, striking out 13 over 8 2/3 one-hit innings Saturday against the Twins. His changeup…

It feels like it was just yesterday when the NFL shut down a fantasy football convention in Dallas because it deemed it too similar to gambling. Fast forward a few short years and the league has fully embraced gambling and the billions in potential revenue it’s set to infuse into the league, to the point…

Matthew Stafford was hoping to revitalize the Los Angeles Rams offense with Cam Akers by his side. He’ll have to wait another year for that opportunity.Akers was lost for the season when he tore his Achilles last week, a huge blow to the Rams rushing attack. The Rams were banking on Akers to pace the…

Katie Ledecky is the most accomplished swimmer of her generation, but even she was left to recognize the greatness of what happened. Ariarne Titmus had come from behind on the last leg to deal Ledecky her first ever individual defeat on the Olympic stage. The 400-meter freestyle competition had started according to plan. Ledecky pulled…

What were you doing when you were 13? Trying to establish your taste in music? Becoming a teenage terror for your parents? Japan’s Momiji Nishiya just won her first Olympic gold medal, becoming the first woman to win an Olympic skateboarding medal, the youngest athlete in Japanese history to medal, and one of the youngest…

Annemiek van Vleuten crossed the finish line at Fuji International Speedway, raising her arms into the air in celebration. The Dutch cyclist, who had suffered heartbreak at the last Olympic games when she crashed en route to gold, had attacked a few kilometers earlier to leave the rest of the peloton behind. Gold, finally. There…

July 25, 2021 | 7:02pm | Updated July 25, 2021 | 7:02pm BOSTON — About 15 minutes after they were six outs away from a no-hitter with a four-run lead Sunday afternoon, the Yankees were losing. An eighth inning from hell was to blame, with manager Aaron Boone second-guessing at least one of his decisions…

July 25, 2021 | 6:09pm | Updated July 25, 2021 | 6:09pm Enlarge Image 14-year-old Huge Millán died in a motorcycle race accident Sunday. Twitter/@CEVMotorcycle MADRID — A 14-year-old Spanish rider died after being struck by another rider in a motorcycle race in Spain on Sunday, organizers said. Hugo Millán was run over after going…

7:15 AM ETKevin SeifertESPN Staff Writer CloseESPN.com national NFL writer Mid American Herald.com NFC North reporter, 2008-2013 Covered Vikings for Minneapolis Star Tribune, 1999-2008NFL training camps this summer will be unlike any other in league history. They’ll represent a hybrid between the tightly restricted version we saw in 2020, as the league began its journey through the…

8:40 AM ETAlyssa RoenigkESPN CloseAlyssa Roenigk is a senior writer for Mid American Herald whose assignments have taken her to six continents and caused her to commit countless acts of recklessness. (Follow @alyroe on Twitter).The U.S. women’s gymnastics team qualified for Tuesday’s team final at the Tokyo Olympics in second place by more than a point behind…

5:48 AM ETAishwarya KumarESPN.com CAELEB DRESSEL TOUCHED the wall in his last final — the 50-meter freestyle — at the U.S. Olympic swim trials and looked up to the large screen, the No. 1 flashing next to his name. He smiled, and immediately swam over to the second-place finisher, Michael Andrew and gave him a…