ETC. C- USA games postponed
Two Conference USA games scheduled for the weekend, including No. 19 Marshall at Florida International, were postponed because of COVID- 19 issues.
Marshall was scheduled to play Friday night, but Florida International had to call off the game because of a lack of available scholarship players.
North Texas at Texas El Paso on Saturday was called off because a surge in COVID- 19 cases in El Paso has led to a stay- at- home order in the city.
Penn State running back Noah Cain will miss the rest of the season with a leg injury, another blow to the 18th- ranked Nittany Lions as they prepare to face No. 3 Ohio State.
Bethune- Cookman will not be participating in intercollegiate sports this coming winter or spring, announcing that it has canceled all athletic events for the remainder of the academic year because of concerns about the coronavirus outbreak.
NASCAR will make a fourth attempt to complete its playoff race at Texas Motor Speedway on Wednesday after persistent mist and cold temperatures continued the long delay.
The race began Sunday and drivers completed 52 of the scheduled 334 laps before mist and drizzle halted the action. The weather did not relent on Monday or Tuesday.
Novak Djokovic and Dominic Thiem overcame f irst- set slumps in their opening- round matches before advancing at the Erste Bank Open in Vienna. Top- seeded Djokovic lost four straight games and had to save a set point before beating Filip Krajinovic 7- 6 ( 6), 6- 3 in an all- Serbian match, and No. 2 Thiem nearly squandered a 5- 1 lead in his 6- 4, 7- 5 win over Vitaliy Sachko of Ukraine.
The Colorado Avalanche agreed to a four- year deal with newly acquired defenseman Devon Toews. The contract for Toews runs through the 2023- 24 season. ... An arbitrator awarded Detroit Red Wings forward Tyler Bertuzzi a $ 3.5- million, one- year contract. ... The Carolina Hurricanes signed defenseman Haydn Fleury to a two- year contract and said the restricted free agent’s deal had an average annual value of $ 1.3 million.