3:45 PM ET Jamel Herring’s July 2 WBO junior lightweight title defense against Jonathan Oquendo has been postponed after Herring announced that he tested positive for COVID-19 last week. The Herring-Oquendo bout was scheduled to headline next Thursday’s Top Rank card on ESPN. Top Rank vice president Carl Moretti says an attempt is being made
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2:42 PM ET Six months after he was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare blood cancer, Philadelphia forward Oskar Lindblom practiced with teammates at the Flyers training facility on Tuesday. Lindblom skated as part of the NHL’s Phase 2 in its return to play program, which is voluntary sessions for small groups. The 23-year-old Lindblom
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2:41 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Players who choose to kneel during the national anthem will have the support of coach Mike Tomlin and the Pittsburgh Steelers organization, the coach said on a video conference call Tuesday. Speaking for the first time since the death of George Floyd while in police custody and the widespread protests
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1:54 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Despite having two players diagnosed with the coronavirus and an assistant coach test positive last week, Tampa Bay Buccaneers players are continuing to hold group workouts at a local high school. The Tampa Bay Times reported that Tom Brady and several teammates were at Berkeley Prep, working out on
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10:48 AM ET The University of Cincinnati will remove Marge Schott’s name from its baseball stadium, citing the late Cincinnati Reds owner’s “record of racism and bigotry.” The university’s board of trustees on Monday unanimously voted to remove Schott’s name from the stadium and from the university’s archives library. The decision is effective immediately. Former
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12:50 PM ET Last month we held our first fantasy football mock draft of the season, a 12-team PPR draft. Now, the ESPN experts have returned for a 10-team standard PPR draft. Create or join a league today >>Cheat Sheet Central >> The participants for this mock draft, in order of draft position, were: Matt
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7:27 AM ET Ferrari drivers Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc put a Formula One car through its paces for the first time since preseason at a test at Mugello on Tuesday. Vettel and Leclerc split duties in the team’s 2018 car, the SF71H, at the Tuscany circuit, which has been slated as a possible late
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10:35 AM ET The Detroit Lions are getting a new owner — and it is staying in the family. The Lions announced Tuesday that Sheila Ford Hamp will take over as the team’s principal owner and chairwoman in place of her mother, 94-year-old Martha Firestone Ford. Ford Hamp is expected to address the media later
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