Former Wake Forest quarterback Jamie Newman has opted out of his senior season at Georgia to prepare for the NFL draft amid coronavirus concerns. … Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver, who was instrumental in the New York Mets’ World Series championship in 1969, has died at the age of 75. … Wake Forest has moved its Sept. 26 home game with Notre Dame from Charlotte to Truist Field in Winston-Salem. … East Carolina has announced that it will not have fans in Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium in Greenville at its first football game of the season against Central Florida on Sept. 26. … In college football tonight, Central Arkansas visits Alabama Birmingham at 8 p.m. (ESPN 3) and Southern Miss hosts South Alabama at 9 p.m. (CBS Sports Network). … In the NBA playoffs on Wednesday night, Miami took a 2-0 series lead over Milwaukee with a 116-114 win as Jimmy Butler hits two free throws with no time remaining. Houston edged Oklahoma City, 104-102, to advance to the second round. James Harden blocked a 3-point try by Lu Dort of the Thunder with 4.8 seconds left.