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Offer to Nassar survivors: $215 million

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USA Gymnastics filed a bankruptcy plan that includes an offer of $215 million for sexual abuse survivors to settle their claims against the embattled organizati­on.

The $215 million total is the amount the insurance carriers for USA Gymnastics and the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee are willing to provide in hopes of ending years of legal battles with athletes who were abused by former national team doctor Larry Nassar. Survivors have been in mediation with USA Gymnastics since the organizati­on filed for bankruptcy in December 2018.

Nassar is serving decades in prison for sexual assault and possession of child pornograph­y in Michigan.

Auto racing: John Andretti, a member of one of auto racing’s most famous families and the first driver to attempt the Indianapol­is 500 and NASCAR’s 600-mile race in North Carolina on the same day, died after a three-year cancer battle. He was 56.

College football: Pro Football and College Football Hall of Famer Ed Reed will return to Miami as its new chief of staff. Reed, 41, a member of the Hurricanes’ most recent national title team in 2001 and the school record-holder for career INTs (21) and INT return yards (369), will assist coach Manny Diaz “in all aspects of the football program, including strategic planning, quality control, operations, player evaluation and player developmen­t,” the university said in a statement.

Golf: Wyndham Clark fired a 10-under 61 to take a two-stroke lead at the PGA Tour’s Phoenix Open when the first round was suspended due to darkness . ... The LPGA canceled the Blue Bay LPGA event scheduled for the first week of March on Hainan Island in China, citing concerns over the coronaviru­s outbreak . ... Gavin Green of Malaysia and Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland each shot an opening-round 6-under 64 to share a one-stroke lead over five players at the Saudi Internatio­nal . ... Stephen Ames shot an opening-round 9-under 63 to take a four-stroke lead at the Morocco Champions, the first PGA Tour Champions event in Africa.

NFL: The Panthers and three-time Pro Bowl TE Greg Olsen parted ways. Olsen, 35, said he’s still interested in playing.

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