12:35 PM ET UFC women’s flyweight contender Joanne Calderwood has decided against waiting for a title shot. Calderwood, who was supposed to fight UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko in June before Shevchenko injured her knee, has agreed to fight Jennifer Maia on less than two weeks’ notice after Maia’s original opponent, Viviane Araujo, withdrew
2:29 PM ET ESPN News Services The NFL is planning to allow players to have decals on the back of their helmets bearing names or initials of victims of systemic racism and police violence, a league source told The Undefeated’s Jason Reid. Individual players will be given the option to choose different names, the source
2:24 PM ET In 2020, Kansas City Chiefs general manager Brett Veach has won a Super Bowl, signed quarterback Patrick Mahomes to a record-breaking contract extension and last week picked up an honor in his hometown. Veach, who is in his third year as the Chiefs’ GM, had a two-block stretch of street leading to
2:19 PM ET Andy Hoffman, the father of Nebraska Cornhuskers fan and brain cancer patient Jack Hoffman, has been diagnosed with a brain tumor. Andy Hoffman revealed the news Monday in a Facebook post, saying he had a seizure Sunday while running in Atkinson, Nebraska. An MRI revealed a “massive brain tumor,” Hoffman wrote. Hoffman,
2:29 PM ET Colleges and universities in New York can play football and other sports this fall, but they will have to do so without fans in the stands because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to an order from Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday. “Fanless, the game can go on, the game can be televised,
1:28 PM ET Edmonton Oilers center Leon Draisaitl, Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon and New York Rangers winger Artemi Panarin are the finalists for the Hart Trophy, awarded annually to the NHL player “judged most valuable to his team.” The winner, which will be revealed during the conference final round set to begin Aug. 1,
1:23 PM ET North Carolina coach Mack Brown said he and his staff plan to wear face shields and use sticks to make sure they are staying 6 feet away from their players when enhanced workouts begin Friday. For the first time since the coronavirus shut down practices in March, the enhanced summer access period
2:06 PM ET With the ACC, Big 12 and SEC waiting until next week to make a decision about their respective season schedules, three prominent Chick-fil-A Kickoff Games remain in limbo. If those three conferences follow the Big Ten and Pac-12 into going to conference-only play due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Florida State–West Virginia,
1:52 PM ET Gavin Lux, a popular pick to win the National League Rookie of the Year Award, won’t begin the season on the active roster. The Los Angeles Dodgers announced Tuesday that they would instead option him to the minor leagues — a luxury they can afford given the presence of Enrique Hernandez and
1:11 PM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — CCM Hockey is partnering with former NHL player Akim Aliu to promote diversity and inclusion, while making it easier for disadvantaged children to enter the sport. The Montreal-based hockey equipment and apparel maker announced on Tuesday that it reached an endorsement agreement with Aliu, who is co-chairman of