Dodgers’ Jansen now at camp after having coronavirus
Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen reported to summer camp on Sunday, nine days later than it started, and said the delay was because he, his wife and their three children had contracted the coronavirus.
Jansen said there were symptoms of the virus, but none too severe, and that everyone is now feeling well. His son Kaden was the first to test positive after running a fever in the middle of the night, Jansen said, and then the rest of the family was confirmed to have it. Jansen’s first test was negative, but then he tested positive.
“I was feeling better on day 4 already when I had it almost three weeks ago now,” Jansen said Sunday afternoon, via Zoom.
Jansen expects to be ready for the season opener on July 23, when the Giants visit Dodger Stadium.
Jansen said he thought he did everything he could to avoid the coronavirus, and still isn’t sure how his son caught it. Jansen also had some words of wisdom.
“It’s serious,” he said. “Just wear your mask all the time if you can. Trust me, it happens so fast. I mean, once my son got it, I see how fast the virus spreads. We tried to do everything, but we all got it in the house.”
Jansen said he’s lucky that he and his family are all in good shape, “so it didn’t hit us as hard.”
Jansen in 2018 underwent a second procedure to correct an irregular heartbeat in 2018. That made testing positive for coronavirus a bit more unnerving than it might have been.
“I mean, it was definitely scary and a definite disappointment,” Jansen said. “When my son had it, it was more disappointment of, ‘Why my son has it? Why not me?’ ... And next thing you know, we all got it.”
FISH WINS CELEBRITY GOLF EVENT >> U.S. Davis Cup captain Mardy Fish won the American Century Championship in Stateline, Nev., holding off former Buffalo defensive tackle Kyle Williams a day after a record-setting round. The 38-year-old former tennis player jumped into Lake Tahoe in celebration.
“I’ve wanted to play well here for a long time,” said Fish, a six-time winner on the ATP Tour. “It just doesn’t suit my eye very well, so I haven’t put it all together. And thankfully I put it all together yesterday because it wasn’t today and it wasn’t Friday.”
The celebrity tournament was played without fans at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Fish birdied the par-5 16th and 18th holes for a 21-point day and 76-point total — nine better than Williams — under the modified Stableford scoring system.
Hall of Fame pitcher John Smoltz was third with 58 points after a 21-point round.
Warriors star Stephen Curry was fourth. He closed with a 26-point day to finish with 56 points.
Former Dallas quarterback Tony
Romo, the winner the last two years, withdrew after injuring a wrist late in the second round Saturday. He was tied for fourth after two rounds. WARREN WIN FIRST EUROPEAN EVENT >> Carrying his own bag, Marc Warren closed with a 2-under 70 for a one-shot victory at the Austrian Open, the first European Tour event since the coronavirus pandemic shut down the tour in March.
It was the fourth European Tour victory and first since 2014 for the 39-year-old Scot, who finished at 13-under 275 at Diamond Country Club in Atzenbrugg.
Germany’s Marcel Schneider closed with a 69 to finish alone in second.
Motorsports
ROSENQVIST EARNS FIRST WIN >> Felix Rosenqvist passed Pato O’Ward on the next-to-last lap and earned his first career victory in the second half of an IndyCar doubleheader at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis.
Rosenqvist won by 2.8699 seconds and became the first driver other than Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Scott Dixon to take an IndyCar race this year. Dixon’s three-race winning streak ended with a 12th-place finish.
O’Ward and Rosenqvist were both chasing their first career victories, and they traded the lead throughout the second half of the race. HAMILTON TAKES F1 RACE >> Lewis Hamilton won the Styrian Grand Prix from the pole position on a raindrenched track at Spielberg, Austria, to clinch an 85th career win and move within six of Michael Schumacher’s Formula One record.
Most of Schumacher’s wins were during a dominant spell with Ferrari, but his old team is struggling badly. For the second time in the past four races, Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel crashed into each other and went out.
TORRENCE WINS IN NHRA’S RETURN >> Billy Torrence won in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series return, beating Doug Kalitta in the Top Fuel final in the NHRA Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis.
Matt Hagan won in Funny Car,
Jason Line in Pro Stock and Ryan Oehler in Pro Stock Motorcycle.
Soccer
MLS POSTPONES MATCH DUE TO CORONAVIRUS >> Major League Soccer postponed a match between Toronto FC and D.C. United shortly before it was scheduled to begin in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., because of one unconfirmed positive test and one inconclusive test for the coronavirus.
The unconfirmed positive test was for a D.C. United player, while a Toronto player returned the inconclusive test. Players and staff are tested the day before each game during the MLS is Back tournament. Because of the positive and inconclusive tests, the league’s protocol for the tournament called for both teams to undergo another set of testing on Sunday.
The league announced the match was rescheduled for today at 6 a.m. after all players on both teams had tested negative during the additional round of testing.
MINNESOTA SCORES TWO IN STOPPAGE TIME TO WIN >> Kevin Molino scored in the seventh minute of second-half stoppage time as Minnesota United rallied with two late goals to beat Sporting Kansas City 2-1 in the MLS is Back tournament. The opener of Group D was highly entertaining and switched midway through the second half after Kansas City was the dominant side early in the match. Minnesota pulled even in the second minute of stoppage time.
Mixed martial arts
USMAN RETAINS TITLE AT UFC 251 >> Kamaru Usman retained his welterweight title with a smothering victory over short-notice challenger Jorge Masvidal at UFC 251 late Saturday in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Alexander Volkanovski retained his featherweight title with a narrow split decision over Max Holloway, and Petr Yan won the vacant UFC bantamweight championship with a fifth-round stoppage victory over José Aldo on Yas Island, the UAE tourist spot turned into a secure bubble by the UFC during the coronavius pandemic.