Brown avoids jail time, gets 2 years of probation

NFL free-agent Antonio Brown pleaded no contest Friday to charges related to a fight with a moving truck driver outside his South Florida home earlier this year.

As part of a deal with Broward County prosecutors, Brown pleaded no contest to burglary with battery, burglary of an unoccupied conveyance and criminal mischief. He will serve two years of probation, undergo a psychological evaluation and follow-up treatment, attend an anger management course, perform 100 hours of community service and follow a stay-away order.

Soccer

Soccer finally resumed in Italy — in a surreal atmosphere. Juventus and AC Milan walked out separately to eerie silence for the second leg of their Italian Cup semifinal. Juve and Milan played the first leg to a 1-1 draw before the season was stopped March 9. Serie A is set to restart June 20.

• English Premier League jerseys will feature “Black Lives Matter” instead of player names for the first 12 games after the competition resumes Wednesday. The campaign logo will remain on jerseys through the July 26 end of the pandemic-delayed season.

• MLS will allow teams to sell advertising patches on players’ shorts, an initiative to help organizations offset considerable losses amid the shutdown caused by the novel coronavirus.

Colleges

Arizona State and Grand Canyon will meet in men’s basketball for the first time in 40 years next season as part of a home-and-home series.

• The University of Houston is suspending all voluntary workouts for its athletes after six tested positive for COVID-19 symptoms.

Auto racing

Formula One races in Azerbaijan, Singapore and Japan were canceled Friday because of issues arising from the coronavirus pandemic. The sport’s governing body said it still hopes to deliver up to 18 races in the rearranged 2020 season.

Elsewhere

The New Zealand government has relaxed border restrictions to allow personnel from American and British America’s Cup syndicates to prepare in Auckland for the famous sailing event, which is scheduled to be staged in March 2021.

Miguel Medina/Getty Images Cristiano Ronaldo was back in action for Juventus in an Italian Cup semifinal secondleg match against AC Milan Friday. It was the first match played in Italy since March 9.