2:08 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — One major league player was positive for COVID-19 during the past week among 14,845 tests, a positive rate of 0.007%. There have been 13 positive tests — 10 for players, three for staff — among 58,733 monitoring tests during spring training, a rate of 0.2%, the commissioner’s
1:45 PM ET When looking at a particular type of fantasy production, there are a few ways to parse the data. While taking a look at power-play fantasy points, I was torn between looking at the statistics raw, as a rate or as a percentage. So I settled on a little bit of all three.
2:28 PM ET Associated Press The NHL has paused the Boston Bruins after four more players entered the league’s COVID-19 protocol. Bruins games Saturday against the Buffalo Sabres and Tuesday against the New York Islanders were postponed and team facilities closed until at least Wednesday. They’re the 36th and 37th games to be postponed this
2:21 PM ET Associated Press Parents of former Oregon State volleyball players urged the school’s trustees to consider president F. King Alexander’s handling of abuse allegations in that program while they’re debating his future because of his response to unrelated sexual misconduct cases while he was at LSU. Two volleyball parents offered comment — one
1:31 PM ET JuJu Smith-Schuster has agreed to re-sign with the Pittsburgh Steelers, he announced on Twitter on Friday. Sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter that the Baltimore Ravens made a hard push to sign the receiver, but Smith-Schuster wound up taking significantly less money to stay with the Steelers on a one-year deal. “This is
10:38 AM ET The Cincinnati Bengals signed offensive tackle Riley Reiff on Friday, the team announced. Terms were not disclosed. Reiff, 32, spent the previous four seasons with the Minnesota Vikings and has experience playing the right and left tackle positions. The signing comes on the heels of a season in which Bengals quarterback Joe
12:33 PM ET The Denver Broncos and franchise safety Justin Simmons have reached agreement on a four-year, $61 million deal that includes $35 million in guaranteed money, sources tell ESPN. The Broncos placed the franchise tag on Simmons, for the second consecutive year, before the March 9 deadline. He would have made approximately $13.73 million
11:14 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville Jaguars coach Urban Meyer knew free agency was going to be different from recruiting, but he wasn’t really prepared for one of the most glaring discrepancies: Signing guys without meeting them. Teams are only allowed to contact the agents of players that will become free agents during the
11:36 AM ET HOUSTON — Four more civil lawsuits have been filed against Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson, alleging similar inappropriate conduct and sexual assault to the previous three that had been filed. This brings the total to seven lawsuits filed against Watson by Houston attorney Tony Buzbee, who has said on Instagram that there
11:36 AM ET Canelo Alvarez will continue his pursuit to unify the super middleweight division May 8 vs. Billy Joe Saunders at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, where more than 60,000 fans will be allowed in attendance, Matchroom Promotions said Friday. Alvarez, boxing’s biggest star and one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world,