NFL
All Philip Rivers really wanted was a chance to play one more NFL season. So when the Indianapolis Colts gave him a shot, the eight-time Pro Bowler took it. Rivers officially ended his 16-year tenure with the Los Angeles Chargers on Saturday by signing the $25 million deal he agreed to earlier this week.
College Basketball
Sophomore Tre Jones will reportedly leave Duke to enter the NBA draft. The ACC player of the year averaged 16.2 points and 6.4
assists in his second season with the Blue Devils, who finished No. 11 in the season’s final AP poll. The 6-foot-3 guard is a native of
Apple Valley, Minn., who lead Duke in assists and steals while finishing second in scoring.
Former Ole Miss coach Andy Kennedy will be introduced as the new head coach at his alma mater, UAB, on Monday. Kennedy played for the Blazers under legendary coach Gene Bartow.
NBA
Commissioner Adam Silver said the financial situation for the league is “not a pretty picture” as the league is in its 10th day of shutdown. The commissioner said that the league remains open-minded about its plans going forward but that it is still too early to see how bad
the financial hit will be from the coronavirus outbreak. Silver had previously said on ESPN that the league would consider a
fund-raising tournament without fans in arenas as an option to return to the court as soon as it is safe.
NHL
A second Ottawa Senators player has tested positive for the coronavirus, four days after another Ottawa player was the first known positive case in the NHL. The Senators played a three-game California road trip from March 7-11 before the NHL suspended play, with games in San Jose, Anaheim and Los Angeles. A total of 52 people were with Ottawa on the road trip and have all been ordered to
self-quarantine, with eight people having been tested.
Olympics
USA Track and Field has joined the chorus of voices lobbying to have the 2020 Summer Olympics moved back a year. CEO Max Siegel
sent a letter to the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee asking the federation to advocate for a delay. The request came late
Friday, just hours after USA Swimming’s CEO sent a similar letter. the national federations of Norway and Brazil have already filed
requests to postpone the Games, and now the sports responsible for 65 of America’s 121 medals at the 2016 Olympics are asking the U.S. Committee do the same.