March 31, 2020 3:45 am
UNDATED (AP) – Free agent safety Eric Reid wants the NFL’s new collective bargaining agreement invalidated over language added following ratification of the pact earlier this month.
He is calling for an investigation and a re-vote. In a letter to the NFLPA on Monday, Reid’s lawyers said language posted on the players association’s website after passage of the agreement by a 1,019-959 vote on March 15 contains different language than the one players signed off on. The letter highlights a difference in wording in the section about the league’s disability plan that affects hundreds, and potentially thousands, of ex-players who applied for Social Security disability insurance payments before Jan. 1, 2015. In the version the players received and approved, those offsets applied only to players who applied after Jan. 1, 2015. The new CBA is set to begin with the upcoming 2020 season and extend through 2030.
March 30, 2020 3:45 am
UNDATED (AP) -The defending Super Bowl champs have their top four receivers in the fold. DeMarcus Robinson has accepted a one-year deal with the Kansas City Chiefs, who are maintaining an aerial attack that includes receivers Tyreek Hill, Sammy Watkins and Mecole Hardman. Robinson grabbed 32 passes for 449 yards and four touchdowns last season, his fourth since being taken by the Chiefs in the fourth round of the 2016 draft. Although Watkins is signed through next season, he may be asked to restructure his hefty contract or take a pay cut in the coming days.
March 30, 2020 3:42 am
UNDATED (AP) – Four-time All-Star outfielder Jim Edmonds is being treated with pneumonia as he also awaits test results for the coronavirus. The 49-year-old Edmonds sent a video update Saturday night on his Instagram Story saying he was back home after testing positive for pneumonia for the first time in his life. He announced on his Instagram page that he went to the hospital to be tested for the coronavirus after displaying some symptoms. Edmonds ended his 17-year major league career in 2010 after earning eight Gold Gloves. He was a lifetime .284 hitter with 393 home runs, 1,199 RBIs and a .903 OPS.
March 29, 2020 7:00 am
UNDATED (AP) – Tokyo Olympic organizers seem to be leaning away from starting the rescheduled games in the spring of 2021. More and more the signs point toward the summer of 2021.
Organizing committee President Yoshiro Mori suggested there would be no major change from 2020. International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach had left open the possibility of spring dates after announcing Tuesday that the Tokyo Games would be postponed. The postponed games were to have opened on July 24 and closed on Aug. 9. Mori suggested some decisions could be made as early as this week when the organizing committee’s executive board meets.
March 27, 2020 3:44 am
UNDATED (AP) – NHL stars Alex Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby think the league should go directly to the playoffs once it resumes play. The two rival Metropolitan Division captains shared their views Thursday. Crosby says he understands the need to try to play as many games as possible. But he says he wouldn’t mind beginning with the playoffs. Ovechkin had the same idea. There is no timetable for when play will resume. It has not been determined whether the league will complete the regular season.
March 26, 2020 2:47 am
With the start of the 2020 Major League season postponed until at least mid-May, the Pirates Radio Network will re-broadcast a number of “classic” Pirates games, including Thursday’s presentation of Game 7 of the 1960 World Series. Other games on the schedule include the 2013 Wild Card game at PNC Park (the Cueto game) and four games of the 1979 World Series. The complete schedule, listed below, can be heard live on WJPA-AM (1450).
Thursday, March 26, 1 pm–1960 World Series Game 7
Monday, March 30, 8 pm–1990 NLCS Game 5
Thursday, April 2, 1 pm–2013 NL Wild Card Game
Wednesday, April 8, 8 pm–1991 NLCS Game 1
Monday, April 13, 8 pm–1991 NLCS Game 4
Wednesday, April 15, 8 pm–1979 World Series Game 2
Monday, April 20, 8 pm–1979 World Series Game 5
Wednesday, April 22, 8 pm–1979 World Series Game 6
Monday, April 27, 8 pm–1979 World Series Game 7
Wednesday, April 29, 8 pm–To Be Determined
March 25, 2020 3:37 am
TOKYO (AP) – The Tokyo Olympics have been postponed until 2021. The International Olympic Committee has decided that the Tokyo Games cannot go ahead as scheduled this year because of the coronavirus outbreak. The IOC says the games will be held “not later than summer 2021” but they will still be called the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The announcement was a nod to the reality that training and qualifying schedules have been ruptured beyond repair as the coronavirus spreads. Next up for the organizers is picking a date when it might be safe again to hold such a massive event. They’ll also have to rearrange the 2021 global sports calendar.
March 24, 2020 3:46 am
The PIAA has extended the postponement of the restart of the winter basketball and swimming championships and the start of the spring sports season. No date for resumed play has been determined. The PIAA halted its basketball and swimming championships in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. The earliest students could return to school is April 6, tentatively.
The spring sports season was scheduled to begin last week for most sports. The basketball championships would have been last weekend in Hershey. The swimming championships at Bucknell were halted before the two-day Class AA meet had begun.
March 22, 2020 7:57 am
PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Two former Steelers found new jobs on Saturday after becoming unrestricted free agents. Former 2016 first-round pick Artie Burns reportedly signed a one-year deal with the Chicago Bears. He was the final player to leave the Steelers from the draft class of 2016, joining Javon Hargrave, Sean Davis and Tyler Matakevich earlier in the week. Pittsburgh also saw tight end Nick Vannett join the Denver Broncos on a two-year deal. Vannett was acquired early in the 2019 season for a 5th-round pick from the Seattle Seahawks.
March 20, 2020 5:37 pm
PITTSBURGH (AP) – The Pittsburgh Steelers have agreed to terms with veteran tight end Eric Ebron, giving quarterback Ben Roethlisberger another proven red zone target. Ebron reached the Pro Bowl in 2018 while catching 13 touchdowns but was limited most of last season while battling an ankle injury. Pittsburgh hopes Ebron’s arrival can provide a welcome jolt to an offense that struggled in 2019 with Roethlisberger sidelined most of the year with a right elbow injury. They also signed free agents guard Stefen Wisniewski and added to their defensive line depth by trading a fifth-round draft choice for Ravens defensive end Chris Wormley and a seventh-round pick, a rare deal between two bitter rivals.
