▶ Major League Baseball reaches deal with umpires over shortened season.
NEW YORK — Sources said MLB and its umpires reached a deal to cover a 2020 pay structure during the pandemic, including a 50 percent cut in May and nothing more if no games are played.
MLB has the right not to use instant replays of umpires’ decisions during the 2020 season. More MLB: Indians reliever Emmanuel Clase was suspended for 80 games by MLB for testing positive for a PED . ... Nationals manager Dave Martinez said his team will wait until fans are in the stands to celebrate its 2019 crown, including receiving World Series rings and hanging its title banner.
NBA: Former 76ers’ senior VP of player personnel Marc Eversley was named Bulls’ general manager . ... The NBA is indefinitely delaying its draft lottery and draft combine. Colleges: N.C. State signee Josh hall is staying in the NBA draft . ... Former tournament champion Notre Dame and Oregon headline the 2021 Maui Invitational field. NFL: Jacksonville declined to pick up the fifth-year option in running back Leonard Fournette’s rookie contract.
... Former first-round pick Charles harris was traded by Miami to Atlanta for a seventh-round choice in 2021 . ... Green Bay signed defensive lineman Treyvon hester.
... Backup QB Nick Mullens signed his exclusive rights tender with San Francisco and the 49ers also signed undrafted running back Salvon Ahmed to a three-year deal. Soccer: The English Premier League stepped up planning to try to resume in neutral stadiums . ... An Israeli bank and its Swiss subsidiary agreed to pay more than $30 million for their role in conspiring to launder more than $20 million in kickbacks to officials . ... MLS is allowing players to return to outdoor team training fields for individual workouts starting Wednesday . ... Three unnamed people at German club Cologne tested positive for the coronavirus.
Olympics: USA Badminton is off probation after the USOPC had been looking to decertify the organization because of noncompliance with a number of requirements designed to protect athletes from sex abuse.