AMES, Iowa (AP) — Former DePaul guard Jalen Coleman-Lands is joining Iowa State as a graduate transfer. He averaged 11.1 points per game for the Blue Demons last season. He will be eligible immediately pending his graduation from DePaul. Coleman-Lands began his career at Illinois, where he led the team in 3-pointers made in each of his two seasons. The Indianapolis native was granted a sixth year by the NCAA in early April after sitting out the 2017-18 season as a transfer and being limited to just nine games in 2018-19 because of injury.
Update on the latest in sports:
VIRUS OUTBREAK-NHL
NHL to move straight into playoffs
UNDATED (AP) —The NHL will abandon the rest of the regular season and go straight into the playoffs with 24 teams instead of 16 if it is able to resume play.
The decision, announced Tuesday by Commissioner Gary Bettman, is not a guarantee that games are coming back. The NHL and the NHL Players' Association must still figure out health and safety protocols and solve other issues, including where to play.
Still, ironing out the format represents significant progress since global sports were largely shut down in March as the coronavirus outbreak turned into a pandemic. Bettman has said the goal has always been to play again and award the Stanley Cup, but details remain uncertain.
Instead of limiting the Cup chase to the usual 16 teams that qualify for the playoffs, the league and players agreed to expand the field to 24 of its 31 teams because of the unusual circumstances.
The top four teams in each conference ranked by points percentage will play separate round-robin tournaments to determine seeding. The remaining 16 teams will be seeded by conference.
Games are expected to be played in two hub cities and Bettman said and 10 are in the running: Chicago, Columbus, Ohio, Dallas, Las Vegas, Pittsburgh and Minneapolis/St. Paul in the U.S. and Edmonton, Toronto and Vancouver in Canada.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-NFL-ROSS
Dolphins owner says there will be a 2020 season
MIAMI (AP) — Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross says there definitely will be an NFL season in 2020.
In an interview on CNBC, Ross says the question is whether there will be fans in the stadiums.
The NFL has said it expects to play a full schedule beginning Sept. 10 but is preparing contingency plans in case the coronavirus pandemic makes venue changes or games without fans necessary.
Ross says the NFL's flexibility will allow the league to start on time. He says the country needs sports entertainment.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-BASEBALL
Players call MLB economic proposal `extremely disappointing'
NEW YORK (AP) — A rookie at the major league minimum would make a higher percentage of his salary than multimillionaire stars like Mike Trout or Gerrit Cole under a sliding-scale proposal by big league teams that players found "extremely disappointing."
Major League Baseball made the proposal to the players' union on Tuesday during a digital meeting rather than the 50-50 revenue-sharing plan that owners initially approved for their negotiators on May 11. In addition, the union said "the sides also remain far apart on health and safety protocols" aimed at starting the pandemic-delayed season around the Fourth of July.
Salaries in the major leagues range from $563,500 at the minimum to $36 million each for Trout, the three-time MVP outfielder on the Los Angeles Angels, and Cole, the pitcher signed by the New York Yankees as a free agent. According to a study by The AP, 369 of 899 players have salaries of $600,000 or less, according to the rosters frozen in March.
In other MLB news:
The Oakland Athletics are placing their scouts and selected other front office employees on furlough and cutting the salaries of other executives as part of a cost-cutting move in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A person familiar with the plans said Tuesday that the furloughs will begin next week, although the team's amateur scouts are expected to stay on through the draft June 10-11. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the team hadn't announced the moves.
The furloughs will apply to professional and amateur scouts and other front office employees on the business side. The A's will continue to pay the health care, 401K and pension costs for their employees.
WORLD TEAMTENNIS-FANS
World TeamTennis hoping to play before fans within weeks
UNDATED (AP) — World TeamTennis says it is planning to allow up to 500 spectators at outdoor matches during its three-week season from July 12 to Aug. 2 at a resort in West Virginia.
All tennis events sanctioned by the ATP, WTA and International Tennis Federation are on hold at least until late July because of the coronavirus pandemic. But World TeamTennis is not affiliated with those tours and no ATP or WTA ranking points are available for its matches.
World TeamTennis is increasing its prize money to $5 million. That is $1.5 million more than for its 2019 season.
NASCAR-BUSCH-MASKS
Kyle Busch supports wearing a mask in public
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Kyle Busch says he supports wearing a mask in public so "we all can take care of our neighbor" amid the coronavirus pandemic. It's a rare instance of the two-time NASCAR champion wading into a social issue.
Busch entered the debate after images from short tracks over the weekend showed packed grandstands with little social distancing and few people wearing masks.
He retweeted a photo from South Alabama Speedway in Ozark, Alabama, and added his own message. Busch applauded fans for supporting their local short tracks but suggested mandatory masks for admission for "healthier practices."
The reigning Cup Series champion rarely speaks on non-racing issues.
In other developments related to the coronavirus:
—Iowa State athletic director Jaime Pollard is telling Cyclones fans that football home games will be played at no more than 50% capacity at Jack Trice Stadium, pending a change in state and local health guidelines. That means no more than 30,000 fans. About 22,000 season tickets have been renewed, leaving about 8,000 seats to be filled.
— Formula One carmaker McLaren says 1,200 jobs will be lost across its entire group's operations because of the coronavirus outbreak. It was not immediately clear how the cuts would affect the group's F1 operation. The sport has yet to start its 2020 season amid the pandemic. The cuts represent about a quarter of the group's workforce.
— New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy tweeted that as long as the NFL's Giants and Jets and the NHL's Devils follow health and medical protocols, they could open training camps or even hold competition. The NFL's preseason and training camps wouldn't begin until midsummer — teams are doing virtual workouts in place of the usual on-field activities because of the coronavirus pandemic.
— The top men's soccer league in Ukraine will resume Saturday in empty stadiums after a suspension because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Ukrainian Premier League says it has received approval from the country's health ministry to restart. No games have been played since March 15.
COLLEGE ADMISSIONS-BRIBERY
Prosecutors say guilty plea coming in college bribery case
UNDATED (AP) — A Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty to bribing Georgetown University's former tennis coach to get his daughter admitted as a fake athletic recruit.
Robert Repella pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud. Prosecutors are recommending a sentence of 10 months in prison and a $40,000 fine.
Charging documents released Tuesday say Repella paid Georgetown tennis coach Gordon Ernst $50,000 in 2017 to get his daughter admitted as an athlete.
Repella is the 55th person to be charged in the nationwide college admissions bribery scandal.
NBA-WIZARDS-WALL
Wall says he's fully recovered
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Wizards point guard John Wall says he is fully recovered after two operations that sidelined him for the past 1½ years. He also says he is "itching" to get back on the court next season.
The five-time All-Star has not played in an NBA game since December 2018. Surgery for bone spurs in his left heel ended that season and while he was working his way back from that, he tore his left Achilles tendon and needed another operation in 2019.
That held Wall out for all the current season, which was suspended in March because of the coronavirus pandemic.
He spoke during a video call to discuss his relief program to help pay rent for people in the nation's capital affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
BAFFERT-HORSE DRUG TESTS
Reports: 2 horses trained by Bob Baffert fail drug tests
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Published reports say that two horses from the barn of two-time Triple Crown-winning trainer Bob Baffert have tested positive for a banned substance.
The New York Times and Louisville Courier-Journal have cited unidentified sources in reporting the positive tests occurred during the recent meet at Oaklawn in Arkansas.
The Times says one of the horses to test positive for lidocaine was Charlatan, considered a top contender for the Belmont Stakes in June.
Baffert says he's disappointed the Arkansas Racing Commission has violated its rules about confidentiality until the stewards have weighed in with a ruling.