8:40 PM ET Former Bellator MMA champion Michael Chandler is eagerly looking forward to making his UFC debut, but it will not be against Tony Ferguson next month. “There is a 0% chance I’ll fight Tony Ferguson in December,” Chandler told ESPN on Tuesday. “And I 100% know he knew that, because the UFC already
6:24 PM ET ESPN News Services SAN DIEGO — San Diego Padres pitcher Mike Clevinger will miss the 2021 season because of Tommy John surgery, the team announced Monday after reaching an agreement with the right-hander on a two-year, $11.5 million contract. San Diego said Clevinger’s surgery is scheduled for Tuesday. The Padres acquired Clevinger
1:26 PM ET ESPN News Services The Atlanta Braves signed left-hander Drew Smyly to a one-year, $11 million contract on Monday, the team announced. Smyly, 31, was 0-1 with a 3.42 ERA in five starts and two relief appearances last season for San Francisco, which signed him to a one-year major league contract in January.
7:45 AM ET Welcome back to our weekly Heisman Watch for the 2020 college football season. Throughout the season, ESPN.com writers will vote on their top Heisman Trophy candidates. To get the final rankings, we use the following methodology: 13 voters, five votes each. Points system: five points for first-place votes, four points for second-place
11:39 AM ET Sid LoweSpain writer Hidden cameras have a habit of removing the mask, stripping away any filters to reveal the truth — the truth is that Portugal’s Joao Felix is very, very good at football. It was half-time in Atlético Madrid’s Champions League meeting with Salzburg on Oct. 27 and down in the
3:41 PM ET Brett Peterson has been hired by the Florida Panthers, who believe that he is the first Black assistant general manager in NHL history. “If it means that we’re expanding opportunities for people in hockey, then I’m humbled. But this was a hockey hire,” Panthers general manager Bill Zito told ESPN on Tuesday.
2:46 PM GMT New Zealand Rugby chairman Brent Impey said on Tuesday that he would be resigning from a similar position with SANZAAR at the end of the year to make way for an independent head of the southern hemisphere’s governing body. Impey has spent the last five years as chairman of SANZAAR, a joint
7:56 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Imad Wasim, Karachi Kings’ captain, hailed the contribution of the late Dean Jones to the franchise’s title win after they beat Lahore Qalandars to lift the Pakistan Super League trophy for the first time. Jones died suddenly in Mumbai, where he had been working as a broadcaster for the IPL,
2:39 PM ET Max Holloway will return in 2021 for his first non-title fight in five years. The former UFC featherweight champion will fight Calvin Kattar in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Jan. 16, the UFC announced Tuesday. The fight is likely to take place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas,
12:13 PM ET ESPN News Services Chicago Cubs drought buster Theo Epstein will step down as president of baseball operations on Friday. Epstein, 46, has been with the Cubs for nine seasons. When he arrived, he tore the club down to rebuild it, and after a few lean years, the project culminated in the 2016