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While Florida posts alarmingly high coronavirus cases daily as the NBA prepares to send teams and personnel to the ESPN Wild World of Sports Complex for its 22-team model to crown a champion for the 2019-20 season, commissioner Adam Silver has admitted an outbreak among even one team could cause the league to postpone or cancel play. As noted … Continue reading Adam Silver: Coronavirus outbreak among players may force NBA to cancel season Continue Reading →

Rising star Jayson Tatum is reportedly “leaning toward” signing a max contract extension with the Boston Celtics, according to a report. A. Sherrod Blakely of NBC Sports Boston reported on the “Celtics Talk” podcast that despite the risk of the extension dropping in value due to the coronavirus pandemic, Tatum seems to favor signing it in the offseason.  … Continue reading Jayson Tatum reportedly ‘leaning toward’ max contract extension with Celtics Continue Reading →

With coronavirus cases and spikes growing throughout pockets of the United States as July approaches, SEC insider Paul Finebaum gave a grim update on the possibility of the college football season starting in late August, as planned, while speaking on ESPN’s “Get Up” Friday morning. “College football is just an absolute hot mess right now. … Continue reading Paul Finebaum: ‘Very good’ chance college football season is delayed Continue Reading →

In the wake of the killing of George Floyd and the subsequent protests over racial injustice throughout the United States and around the world, Barry Svrluga of the Washington Post wrote that the Washington Redskins should change the team’s name, either willingly or per the direction of the NFL. National Congress of American Indians President Fawn Sharp went one step further … Continue reading National Congress of American Indians urges Redskins players to sit out season in protest of team name Continue Reading →

Through a joint statement shared by ESPN’s Andrea Adelson and released on Friday, Oregon and Oregon State officially dropped the “Civil War” nickname for sporting events between the two rival schools. Oregon State president Ed Ray said:  “Changing this name is overdue as it represents a connection to a war fought to perpetuate slavery. While not intended … Continue reading Oregon, Oregon State drop ‘Civil War’ nickname for rivalry Continue Reading →

  If reports from earlier this week are true and multiple NFL teams are interested in bringing Colin Kaepernick back to the league, those clubs are keeping it to themselves. On Friday morning, Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk reported that no team has yet officially reached out to Kaepernick or his camp. The 32-year-old, who led the San Francisco 49ers … Continue reading No NFL team has reached out to Colin Kaepernick yet? Continue Reading →

The NHL and NHLPA have yet to finalize their return-to-play agreement, but the presumptive deal sets players to arrive in hub cities for competitive play in less than a month. While players will be quarantined during their time in the hubs, they are unrestricted right now, charged with managing their own exposure risk until hub-play … Continue reading Examining NHL’s decision not to quarantine for training camps Continue Reading →

Alexis Lafreniere will have to wait a little longer to find out where he’ll start his NHL career. And a massive wrinkle has just been added to the league’s return-to-play plan for its pandemic-hit season.   Chaos was the word that came to mind at the NHL draft lottery Friday as one of eight placeholder … Continue reading No. 1 pick in 2020 NHL Draft awarded to placeholder team Continue Reading →

The NBA released the full schedule for the seeding games of its return-to-play plan on Friday, and when the league does return from its COVID-19-induced pause, the Toronto Raptors‘ first opponent will be the Los Angeles Lakers on Aug. 1. After facing the Lakers, Toronto’s schedule for its remaining seven seeding games will unfold as follows: … Continue reading NBA releases seeding games schedule, Raptors to face Lakers first Continue Reading →

We know the results of Phase 1 of the 2020 NHL Draft Lottery, and yet we know nothing. Phase 1 of the lottery went down at the NHL Network’s studio in Secaucus, N.J., Friday night.   And the winner is… TBD! Relive the drama as we tracked all the news and reaction from one of … Continue reading NHL Draft Lottery Blog: Mystery team wins No. 1 pick as chaos reigns Continue Reading →