12:27 PM ET ESPN News Services Patrick Mahomes, the star quarterback of the Kansas City Chiefs and reigning Super Bowl MVP, has become a member of the new ownership group of the Kansas City Royals. The Royals announced Mahomes’ partial ownership Tuesday, noting that he “spent a lot of time in clubhouses as a kid.”
7:27 PM ET Associated Press Arizona has suspended junior offensive lineman Edgar Burrola for violating school coronavirus protocols. Burrola confirmed the suspension on Twitter and said he stopped receiving his meal plan the day he was suspended. He also said his stipend has been taken away. Burrola started six games at right tackle in 2019
3:07 PM ET The PGA Tour has made a modification to its health and safety policy that will allow players and caddies who test positive for COVID-19 and have symptoms — but have gone 24 hours without a fever — to return to competition after 10 days. They also will be allowed to use the
3:18 PM ET Associated Press A women’s professional tennis tournament that was supposed to be played in Tokyo in November has been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, the latest event scratched from the sport’s calendar. The Toray Pan Pacific Open already had been postponed from September because of the COVID-19 outbreak that has put
7:55 AM ET Given the lack of tournament preparation, it doesn’t say much for Tiger Woods’ confidence in his own body that he is not in Memphis, Tennessee, this week in advance of next week’s PGA Championship. Sure, there are other compelling explanations to skip the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, chief among them the fact
8:48 AM ET Liverpool made one of the easiest title runs in the history of the Premier League, clinching the title with seven of 38 matches remaining. They finished the season with 99 points in league play, second-most ever, and fully 33 points above fourth-place Chelsea. Does that level of dominance portend a run of
2:17 PM ET Steve KimESPN Roy Jones Jr. believes it’s hard to pick a favorite for his eight-round exhibition bout against Mike Tyson on Sept. 12 in Carson, California. “It’s hard to say. Boxing is a strange sport,” Jones Jr. told ESPN’s First Take on Tuesday. “A lot of times people say the legs are
12:01 PM ET Washington football team coach Ron Rivera said he’s confident in what quarterback Alex Smith has done but wants to see more before he can pass the football physical. But if that happens, Rivera said, Smith becomes part of the quarterback competition. Washington placed Smith and linebacker Reuben Foster on the physically unable
12:39 PM ET The New York Mets have agreed to a deal with catcher Bruce Maxwell, according to ESPN and multiple reports. The deal was first reported Tuesday by Newsday, which also reported that Maxwell’s contract is pending a physical and coronavirus intake testing. Maxwell hasn’t played in the majors since 2018 with the Oakland
5:53 PM ET The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has suspended veteran MMA fighter Gilbert Melendez for two years, despite Melendez no longer being under UFC contract. Melendez, meanwhile, is arguing that USADA had no right to test him in the first place. USADA, the UFC’s contracted anti-doping partner, announced Monday that it had won