Pac-12 plans for 10 games

The Pac-12 is finalizing a plan for a 10-game, conference-only football schedule, amid a backdrop of rising COVID-19 cases in the region.

The Pac-12’s proposal would call for a Sept. 19 start to the season, two weeks after most of the conference’s schools were originally scheduled to open the season. Teams would have 14 weeks to play 10 conference games, which would include one more opponent than usual from the opposite division.

— Ryan Kartje

The NHL’s newest team is the Seattle Kraken, named for a mythical, tentacled sea monster. The announcement of the name and colors (dark and light blue) came at Climate Pledge Arena, though fans have already informally renamed it the Krak House.

The Kraken are scheduled to begin play in the 2021-22 season in the Pacific Division.

— Helene Elliott

The Baltimore Orioles and the state of Maryland have had talks about the team sharing Oriole Park at Camden Yards with the displaced Toronto Blue Jays amid the coronavirus outbreak. The governor of Connecticut is offering to have the Blue Jays play at the double-A ballpark in Hartford . ... Boston Red Sox pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez will be shut down from baseball activities for at least a week after a setback in his return from COVID-19.

Adrian Garcia Marquez will do the play-by-play and Francisco Pinto the color commentary on the Chargers’ Spanish-language radio broadcasts this season on 105.5/94.3 FM.

— Jeff Miller

Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, 54, will fight four-division champion Roy Jones Jr., 51, in an eight-round exhibition Sept. 12 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson.

The finish line for the Los Angeles Marathon will move from near the Santa Monica Pier to Century City beginning next year. The race still will begin at Dodger Stadium.

— Jeff Miller

Murrietta Valley High tight end Jack Yary, who had committed to USC, has switched allegiances to Washington.

—Ryan Kartje

The Diamond League track meet in England, scheduled for Aug. 15, was canceled because of the coronavirus . ... The annual Ironman World Championship triathlon in Hawaii was canceled for the first time in its 43-year history.

John Blake, the former Oklahoma football player and coach who was the school’s first Black head coach in any sport, died Thursday. He was 59.