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Danica shows she's willing to work

David Newton, ESPN.com

Not everyone with Danica Patrick's star power would slug it out in the minor leagues to learn their craft. That she's doing it with a smile at Daytona this weekend is a major reason she may succeed.

Story | Conversation | December 18, 2009

Here's Hoping Jerry Jones Isn't Allergic to Dogs. Or Marathoners.

SportsCenter

...host its first college basketball game, a match-up between Texas and UNC. And come February, the NBA All-Star Game will call Cowboy Stadium home. So while the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight that the stadium...

Blog | December 17, 2009

ESPN 100: Nos. 3-11

ESPN The Magazine

ESPN The Magazine's 100 best sports events of 2009 quiz, questions Nos. 3-11.

Story | Conversation | December 03, 2009

Crunching numbers after Homestead

Matt Willis

...ESPN, let's put it in the big picture. In the other four major sports (MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL), no team had pulled off a four-peat since Wayne Gretzky's Edmonton Oilers of the...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009

Jimmie Johnson Could Probably Play Football for the Browns, Too

SportsCenter

...championships, though that has to sting (Or does it? Does LeBron watch NASCAR? Does Jimmie watch the NBA? This post is spiraling.). The point is, it has to sting because Johnson has had success in...

Blog | November 23, 2009

Post-Chase odds and ends

Ryan McGee

...leave the racing world, the Boston Celtics are still the gold, er, green standard with eight-straight NBA titles. Led by Bill Russell, the Celts cut down the nets every year between 1959 and '66...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 23, 2009

Believe it or not, JJ not done yet

David Newton, ESPN.com

Even with four straight Sprint Cup titles in tow, it's too early to anoint Jimmie Johnson as the best driver in NASCAR history. And if he wins a fifth? Well, all bets are off.

Story | Conversation | November 22, 2009

Sunday, November 22

Today's Preview More NFL football for you today thrown in with some NHL, NBA and NASCAR action. Some notes for the early NFL games: The Lions are 3.5 favorites, the...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 21, 2009

Want Air Johnsons? You're outta luck

David Newton, ESPN.com

He has the looks. He's articulate. He has three Sprint Cup titles and is closing in on a fourth. So why aren't the advertisers beating down Jimmie Johnson's door?

Story | Conversation | November 17, 2009

Missing the Mark (Martin)

Ryan McGee

There is no one -- and I am including Jimmie Johnson here -- that doesn't want to see Mark Martin win a Sprint Cup Series championship. At 50, he now ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 16, 2009

Friday, November 6

...If those don't catch your fancy, there's plenty of night games on tap in the NBA and NHL. We wanted to find a soccer match that would end before the races, so we...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 05, 2009

No-bump rule frustrates fans, drivers

David Newton, ESPN.com

NASCAR's 11th-hour announcement that it would not tolerate bump drafting in the turns of Sunday's Amp Energy 500 drew widespread criticism in the garage -- and on the Internet.

Story | Conversation | November 01, 2009

Uni Watch NBA preview

Paul Lukas, Page 2

From uniforms to undergarments to warm-up to throwbacks -- it's all covered in the Uni Watch NBA preview.

Story | Conversation | October 26, 2009

Kennedy named most powerful

Associated Press

International Speedway Corporation chief executive officer Lesa France Kennedy has been tabbed as the most powerful woman in sports by Forbes.

Story | Conversation | October 15, 2009

Cup luck pays rent

Jay Cronley, Special to ESPN.com

Clearly, crazier things are happening than horses running for world championships on fake dirt.

Story | Conversation | October 12, 2009