The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:

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Mississippi has paused football team activities until at least next Wednesday because of new...

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Browns didn't dodge COVID-19 on the holiday.

Cleveland placed defensive end Porter Gustin on the reserve/COVID-19 list Thursday, further weakening a group already...

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Browns are already busy reshuffling their defensive line.

Cleveland went to the waiver wire on Sunday to add some depth and claimed defensive end Joe Jackson and tackle...

DYERSVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Spurred by a voice telling him, “If you build it, he will come,” the Iowa farmer played by Kevin Costner dutifully carved a baseball field out of his cornfield and then...

CINCINNATI (AP) — "People ask me what I do in winter when there is no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.” — Rogers Hornsby (1896-1963), baseball Hall of...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — In a different time, it was an attractive little two-bedroom home, constructed in the early 1940s out of red brick and owned by one of the greatest players ever to grace...

CINCINNATI (AP) — Baseball history buffs can delve next week into the Cincinnati side of the 1919 World Series known infamously as the "Black Sox Scandal."

"If you build it, he will come."

Puh-lease.

Thirty years after the release of "Field of Dreams," it's time for a major reassessment.

Joel Puckett was in the stands at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium on July 4, 1985, for the famous rain-delayed 19-inning game that ended with the New York Mets beating the Braves at 3:53 a.m....

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — The last time Miami won a home game against Florida State, the Hurricanes wound up celebrating on the turf of the fabled Orange Bowl.

That stadium was bulldozed a decade ago.

The Hurricanes haven't won at home over their biggest rival since 2004, a streak that No. 17 Miami (4-1, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) will once again try to snap when they play host to the Seminoles (3-2, 1-2) on Saturday.

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The Turnover Chain became the Touchdown Chain.

Miami tied a school record with three defensive touchdowns, N'Kosi Perry threw for a score in his first start and the No. 16 Hurricanes downed North Carolina 47-10 on Thursday night.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jackson family patriarch Joseph Jackson has been buried in the same Southern California cemetery as his late son Michael.

A source close to the family who is not authorized to speak publicly said Joe Jackson was laid to rest Monday in a private ceremony at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale.

Jackson died Wednesday in Las Vegas at age 89 and is survived by wife Katherine, eight children and dozens of grandchildren.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paris Jackson has posted an online tribute to her grandfather, Joe Jackson, who died at the age of 89.

On Instagram , the 20-year-old shared a photo Wednesday of her and her grandfather holding hands in what appears to be a hospital. The caption reads: RIP The HAWK. Joseph Jackson.

She wrote "being able to tell you everything I needed to tell you before saying goodbye was such a blessing."

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Jackson family is thanking the public for its support as they grieve the death of patriarch Joe Jackson.

The family that includes Janet, Jackie, Jermaine, Marlon and Tito Jackson released a joint statement Thursday saying they mourn the loss of their father and thanking the public for respecting the family's privacy.

"We mourn the loss of our father and celebrate the life of a man who sacrificed so much to give us the life and success we have today," the statement said.

NEW YORK (AP) — Joe Jackson once had his own dreams of success. He tried to be a boxer and then played guitar with a group called The Falcons. But he realized early on that there was an overwhelming pool of musical talent in his children, particularly a little bright-eyed boy named Michael.

Reaction to the death of Joseph Jackson, the patriarch of musical Jackson family, who died Wednesday at age 89.

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"I will always love you! You gave us strength, you made us one of the most famous families in the world. I am extremely appreciative of that, I will never forget our moments together and how you told me how much you cared. #RIP Joe Jackson," La Toya Jackson wrote on Twitter.

NEW YORK (AP) — Joe Jackson, the fearsome stage dad of Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson and their talented siblings, who took his family from poverty and launched a musical dynasty, died Wednesday. He was 89.

Clark County Coroner John Fudenberg told The Associated Press that Joe Jackson died at Nathan Adelson Hospice in Las Vegas.

Fudenberg said he did not have full details, and a determination was not immediately made about whether his office would handle the case.

Each October, the baseball season concludes with the sport's most prestigious event - the World Series. There was one Series, however, that is etched in history, not for the glory of the game but for a sad and sorry legacy.

The 1919 World Series between the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox was fixed, the outcome arranged to benefit gamblers who hovered over the sport like vultures. Eight White Sox players were implicated in the event, the ugliest episode in baseball history.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police say Michael Jackson's father, Joe Jackson, has been taken to the hospital after a car crash in Las Vegas.

Las Vegas police said Friday the Jackson family patriarch was riding as a passenger in a car when it was hit by another vehicle that was attempting to make a left-hand turn. The crash west of the Strip happened just after 11 a.m. Friday.

NEW YORK (AP) — "Shoeless" Joe Jackson's game bat has sold for $583,500.

Christie's says it went to an online bidder Wednesday on the first of a two-day auction of baseball memorabilia.

The items come from the National Pastime Museum, an online museum based on a private collection of baseball artifacts, photographs and memorabilia.

Shoeless Joe's "Black Betsy" bat is one of two known to survive from his career, and the only one with his full signature in script stamped into the barrel.

ATLANTA (AP) — For all the questions about his history at Georgia and his long record of success as a visiting coach at Georgia Tech, Mark Richt was only thinking about his ACC debut.

Shaquille Quarterman and Joe Jackson each returned fumbles by Georgia Tech quarterback Justin Thomas for touchdowns in a span of less than a minute in the second quarter and No. 14 Miami beat the Yellow Jackets 35-21 on Saturday.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Chris Archer set a Tampa Bay record for losses in one season, and old nemesis David Ortiz played the key role.

Ortiz hit a two-run homer off Archer in the first inning to set the RBIs record for a player in his final season, and the AL East-leading Boston Red Sox beat the Rays 2-1 on Friday night for their ninth straight win.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Boston's clubhouse was buzzing about David Ortiz's high-and-deep homer in the first inning, a drive that provided the winning margin as the Red Sox moved close to a postseason berth in the slugger's final season.

Ortiz hit a two-run shot to set the RBIs record for a player in his final year, and the AL East-leading Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1 on Friday night for their ninth straight win.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — David Ortiz has set the record for most RBIs in a final season.

Boston's 40-year-old designated hitter hit a two-run homer off Tampa Bay's Chris Archer in the first inning Friday, giving him 124 RBIs.

Ortiz has one more RBI than Shoeless Joe Jackson in 1920. Ortiz's 37 homers are two more than old mark for most in a final year, set by Dave Kingman in 1986.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canadian novelist W.P. Kinsella, who blended magical realism and baseball in the book that became the smash hit film "Field of Dreams," has died. He was 81.

His literary agent Carolyn Swayze said in a statement that Kinsella's death on Friday in Hope, British Columbia was doctor-assisted. Details about his health were not disclosed. Assisted deaths became legal in Canada in June.

NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 500 baseball artifacts including a "Shoeless" Joe Jackson game bat and material from the Negro Leagues will be auctioned off by Christie's this fall in New York.

The items come from the National Pastime Museum, an online museum based on a private collection of baseball artifacts, photographs and memorabilia.