Source: Bills-Titans, Broncos-Pats rescheduled by NFL due to virus

NASHVILLE, TENN. >> The Bills-Titans game has been moved from Sunday to Tuesday night as long as Tennessee has no more positive tests for COVID-19 in the interim, a person with direct knowledge of the switch tells The Associated Press.

The NFL also is rescheduling Sunday’s Broncos-Patriots game from Sunday to Monday night after New England had a smaller outbreak of COVID-19, the person said Thursday, speaking on condition of anonymity because the league and teams had not officially announced the changes.

Three games now have been postponed due to the pandemic: Pittsburgh at Tennessee in Week 3 was moved to Oct. 25.

Buf falo is scheduled to host Kansas City next Thursday, and that game will be rescheduled.

The Titans’ outbreak increased to 23 Thursday with tight end MyCole Pruitt and a defensive back from the practice squad put on the reserve/COVID-19 list Thursday afternoon. The Titans’ facility remains closed with the team still prohibited from any inperson activities.

Tennessee (3- 0) has had 21 positive tests returned since Sept. 29, though now 13 players are on the reserve/COVID-19 list, including four starters and a long snapper.

College football

KANSAS COACH LES MILES

TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 >> Kansas coach Les Miles tested positive for COVID-19 and is quarantining in his home, where he plans to fulfill his head coaching responsibilities remotely as the Jayhawks spend a week off before visiting West Virginia.

Miles announced his positive test in a joint statement with athletic director Jeff Long, who said the positive test came back through routine testing. The school is going through contact tracing protocols to notify anybody who has been in contact with Miles, including coaches and players from Oklahoma State, who beat the Jayhawks last weekend.

Arizona coach Kevin Sumlin tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this week.

Tennis

KENIN, 21, WILL FACE UNSEEDED SWIATEK, 19, IN FRENCH FINAL >> Already the owner of a major trophy from this year’s Australian Open, No. 4- seeded Sofia Kenin moved into the title match in Paris by beating No. 7 Petra Kvitova 6- 4, 7-5.

The 21-year- old American will carry a 16-1 mark in Grand Slam action this season into Saturday’s matchup against Poland’s Iga Swiatek, who defeated Argentine qualifier Nadia Podoroska 6-2, 6-1. Ranked 54th, Swiatek is the lowestranked women’s finalist at Roland Garros since the WTA computer rankings began in 1975.

Baseball

MLB FREE-AGENT QUALIFY

ING OFFER PRICE JUMPS TO $18.9 MILLION >> The price of qualifying offers for Major League Baseball free agents rose by $1.1 million to a record $18.9 million.

Determined by the average of the top 125 major league contracts this year, the figure announced is based on full salaries, not the prorated pay that players received in the pandemic-shorted season. WRIGHT, D’ARNAUD LEAD

BRAVES TO SWEEP MARLINS >> Rookie Kyle Wright dazzled for six innings in his postseason debut, and the Atlanta Braves rode their superb pitching to beat the Miami Marlins 7- 0 for a three-game sweep and their first trip to the NL Championship Series since 2001.

Atlanta had lost eight straight Division Series, including in each of the previous two seasons, before outscoring the Marlins 185, including 11- 0 in the final two games. The Braves are 5- 0 with a 0.92 ERA in the postseason, allowing five runs in 49 innings.

They will play Los Angeles or San Diego in the NLCS starting Monday.