8:40 PM ET The Minnesota Wild on Wednesday became the third team this week to postpone multiple games due to the NHL’s COVID-19 protocols, while adding five players to the league’s growing list of absent players. Minnesota postponed Thursday night’s game at the Colorado Avalanche, two games at home against the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday
Month: February 2021
7:40 PM ET Associated Press No additional NBA players have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past week, the league said Wednesday, after nearly two dozen games had to be called off in the past month because of virus-related issues. That continued a good two-week trend: After 27 players were positive in results released between
6:45 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors big man Kevon Looney will be out at least the next two weeks as he continues to recover from a sprained left ankle, the team announced Wednesday. Looney suffered the injury late in the first half of Tuesday’s 111-107 loss to the Boston Celtics and had
4:50 PM ET Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love has begun individual basketball activities as he continues to recover from a right calf strain suffered at the start of the season, the team said Wednesday. Love has not played since Dec. 27 after initially suffering the injury during the preseason and aggravating it against the Philadelphia
6:13 PM ET USA Basketball is in the planning stages of creating a pre-Olympic bubble in Las Vegas for Team USA, Australia and Spain to train and play exhibition games against one another before leaving for Tokyo, managing director Jerry Colangelo told ESPN. With NBA players expected to make up the core of all three
9:16 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers and LA Clippers might have missed each other in the playoffs last year, but Lakers reserve Jared Dudley, in a new book, revealed his team was primed for the “Battle for L.A.” because of Paul George. “We hear some of those guys talking about how
7:36 PM ET ESPN News Services Several NHL teams had players added to the league’s COVID-19 protocol list on Wednesday. Five Minnesota players were added, making it six for the Wild. The team also postponed games — four total — through Tuesday. Colorado, which most recently played Minnesota, had one player added. Four more New
6:40 PM ET Danny Lewis The transfer window may have slammed shut, but that doesn’t mean the rumour mill has shut down! Speculation over summer moves are heating up so check out the latest gssip below, and see all official deals here. Bale’s struggles worry Real in hopes of move Real Madrid may have dealt
4:26 PM ET The National Women’s Hockey League is suspending its Isobel Cup playoffs in Lake Placid, New York, due to “new positive COVID-19 tests and resulting safety concerns for players,” it announced Wednesday. The season, which started Jan. 23, has not been canceled. The league is holding out hope that the tournament could be
7:11 PM GMT Wales have suspended wing Josh Adams for the first two matches of the Six Nations after he breached the team’s strict COVID-19 protocols, coach Wayne Pivac confirmed on Wednesday. Adams attended a family gathering on Sunday after the squad were given two days off from training. 2 Related “We are extremely disappointed