MLB
Another player with the Miami Marlins has tested positive for the coronavirus, bringing the team’s total to 16 players, according to a report from The Athletic. Major League Baseball has suspended Miami’s season through Sunday and created a patchwork schedule affecting four other teams while the Marlins deal with their outbreak. Two Miami staff members also have tested positive in recent days. The Marlins remain stranded in Philadelphia, where they played last weekend.
NFL
Rookie quarterback Tua Tagovailoa from Alabama passed his physical when he reported to Miami Dolphins training camp and will practice without restrictions as he begins his bid to overtake veteran Ryan Fitzpatrick for the starting job. The all-clear will allow Tagovailoa to practice for the first time since a career-threatening hip injury ended his college career in mid-November.
NBA
ESPN reports National Basketball Players Association executive director Michele Roberts as saying unless COVID numbers trend downward, she expects the NBA to play in a bubble for the 2020-21 season. In the current NBA bubble in Orlando, no positive cases of COVID have occurred.