Pennsylvania says no to Jays’ PNC Park bid

The state of Pennsylvania won’t allow the Toronto Blue Jays to play at PNC Park in Pittsburgh amid the coronavirus pandemic, health officials announced July 22, becoming the second jurisdiction to say no to the team as the baseball season begins this week.

Canada already denied the Blue Jays’ request to play in Toronto because the regularseason schedule would require frequent travel back and forth from the United States.

BETTS, DODGERS HAVE DEAL » Even before Mookie Betts played his first game in Dodger Blue, the superstar outfielder decided his future is in Los Angeles. Betts and the Dodgers have struck baseball’s first big-money deal since the coronavirus pandemic decimated the sport’s economics, with

Betts agreeing to a $365 million, 12-year contract through 2032.

NFL

HASELRIG DIES AT 54 » Carlton Haselrig, a Pro Bowl right guard for the Steelers in the early 1990s who is also the only wrestler in NCAA history to win six individual national championships, died July 22. He was 54.

College sports

GRAHAM WANTS SOMETHING DONE » The Senate Judiciary Committee wants to have a bipartisan plan in place to regulate the way college athletes can be compensated for name, image and likeness rights by Sept. 15, Sen. Lindsey Graham said. The Republican from South Carolina also conceded during a hearing on college athletics: “I don’t know if we can pass a bill between now and the end of this Congress.”