Ryan McGee

3 weeks ago | espn.com | Ryan McGee

BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Florida Atlantic hired LeAnn Freeland as its new women's basketball coach on Tuesday. Freeland comes to the Owls after 13 seasons as the coach at Division II's Nova Southeastern, which is only about 30 miles south of FAU's campus. Freeland went 274-124 in her 13 seasons at Nova Southeastern, including 27-7 this past season. "Having lived and coached in this area for quite some time, I've seen first-hand the awesome things happening at Florida Atlantic," Freeland said.

3 weeks ago | espn.com | Ryan McGee

3... They have to take a shot!2... Wait, are they gonna take THAT shot?!1... They made that shot! They won! They live! My bracket lives! We're all going to live! Everything is OK with the world after all!If March Madness is the feel-good force that drags us out of the long, cold winter and into the springtime, one bracket line at a time, then buzzer-beaters are light itself.

3 weeks ago | espn.com | Ryan McGee

To a familiar mixture of cheers and boos, Denny Hamlin climbed onto his No. 11 Toyota's doorsill and unfurled a blue flag emblazoned with "11 Against The World."Waving it at the Martinsville Speedway crowd, Hamlin seemed to be celebrating his 55th Cup Series victory on Sunday while also taunting those who thought he was done winning on NASCAR's premier circuit. "That's me," he said, adding that if he can't trash talk it takes away his superpower. "I'm not nearly as good.

3 weeks ago | espn.com | Ryan McGee

MARTINSVILLE, Va. -- Denny Hamlin ended an agonizing 10-year winless streak at Martinsville Speedway, holding off teammate Christopher Bell in his home state. The Joe Gibbs Racing star, who was raised a few hours away in the Richmond suburb of Chesterfield, leads active Cup drivers with six victories at Martinsville. But Sunday was Hamlin's first checkered flag on the 0.526-mile oval in southwest Virginia since March 29, 2015.

4 weeks ago | espn.com | Ryan McGee

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The two teams suing NASCAR over antitrust allegations said Wednesday in a filing that a countersuit against 23XI Racing, Front Row Motorsports and Michael Jordan's manager is "an act of desperation" and asked that it be dismissed. NASCAR's countersuit contends that Jordan business manager Curtis Polk "willfully" violated antitrust laws by orchestrating anticompetitive collective conduct in connection with the most recent charter agreements.