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Mets say Donovan Mitchell Sr. negative for coronavirusNEW YORK (AP) Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell's father, who works for the New York Mets, tested negative for the coronavirus.Donovan Mitchell Sr. is the Mets' director of player relations and community outreach. The younger Mitchell confirmed Thursday he tested positive...

AP Sports WriterMLB allows players to leave after canceling spring trainingBy JAKE SEINERMESA, Ariz. (AP) Major League Baseball is allowing players to go home, making the decision a day after canceling the rest of the spring training schedule and postponing opening day by at least two weeks amid...

AP Sports WriterMLB allows players to leave after canceling spring trainingBy JAKE SEINERMESA, Ariz. (AP) Major League Baseball is allowing players to go home, making the decision a day after canceling the rest of the spring training schedule and postponing opening day by at least two weeks amid...

AP Sports WriterMLB allows players to leave after canceling spring trainingBy JAKE SEINERMESA, Ariz. (AP) Major League Baseball is allowing players to go home, making the decision a day after canceling the rest of the spring training schedule and postponing opening day by at least two weeks amid...

Ted Cox, ex-Red Sox with hits in 1st 6 at-bats, dies at 65MIDWEST CITY, Okla. (AP) Ted Cox, the first major league player with hits in his first six at-bats, has died. He was 65.Cox was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in November and died Wednesday at Hospice Quality...

AP Sports WriterMLB allows players to leave after canceling spring trainingBy JAKE SEINERMESA, Ariz. (AP) Major League Baseball is allowing players to go home, a day after canceling the rest of the spring training schedule and postponing opening day by at least two weeks amid the novel coronavirus...

Ted Cox, ex-Red Sox with hits in 1st 6 at-bats, dies at 65MIDWEST CITY, Okla. (AP) Ted Cox, the first major league player with hits in his first six at-bats, has died. He was 65.Cox died Wednesday, according to the Barnes Friederich Funeral Home in Midwest City, Oklahoma.Cox...

AP Sports WriterMLB encouraging players to go home after canceling springBy JAKE SEINERMESA, Ariz. (AP) Major League Baseball is encouraging players to go home, a day after canceling the rest of the spring training schedule and postponing opening day by at least two weeks amid the novel coronavirus...

MLB CalendarBy Associated Press(All dates set before opening day was postponed for at least two weeks.)March 26 - Opening day, active rosters reduced to 26 players.April 18-19 - San Diego vs. Arizona at Mexico City.April 28-30 - New York Mets vs. Miami at San Juan, Puerto Rico.June 3-4 -...

AP Sports ColumnistColumn: Even Yogi might wonder when it will really be overBy TIM DAHLBERGThe games are over, at least for now.There's only so much you can say about that when people are dying and the world is in danger. The playground has always been the place to leave...

Associated PressIndians' Lindor has more on mind than contract with outbreakBy GARY SCHATZGOODYEAR, Ariz (AP) Francisco Lindor didn't want to discuss money or his future. This certainly wasn't the time.Just days after the four-time All-Star shortstop and Gold Glove winner broke off talks with the Cleveland Indians about...

AP Baseball WriterMLB delays opening day at least 2 weeks because of virusBy RONALD BLUMNEW YORK (AP) Baltimore slugger Chris Davis was driving down Florida's west coast on Interstate 75 from Sarasota to Fort Myers for an exhibition game against the Minnesota Twins when he got the call.No...