A third NBA player reportedly has tested positive for coronavirus, and the first from a team other than the Utah Jazz. According to The Athletic’s Shams Charania, Christian Wood of the Detroit Pistons has been diagnosed with COVID-19. The Pistons faced the Jazz last Saturday, and Wood had 30 points and 11 rebounds against center…
NBA Rumors: Pistons’ Christian Wood Tests Positive For Coronavirus — NESN.com
Minor leaguers haven’t been paid since August, and only one team has said that they’ll be paying their part-time staff during the shutdown.
Payment for minor league players and stadium employees in limbo — HardballTalk | NBC Sports
Players aren’t paid during spring training. They’re given meal money, but that’s it. That’s not a big issue for big leaguers who make, at the very least, six figures per season. It’s a very big issue for minor league players, who are generally paid less than the minimum wage and often have to work other jobs during the offseason just to live.
Spring training is over for the time being because of the coronavirus pandemic, which means players aren’t even getting meal money anymore unless they’ve elected to stay in camp and keep working out. And they can’t live on that forever. …
Rick Pitino will repatriate his basketball-coaching skills. Iona College athletic director Matt Glovaski told CBS’ Jon Rothstein the school will hire the legendary coach to lead its men’s basketball team next season. BREAKING: Iona will hire Rick Pitino as its next head basketball coach, per Gaels’ Athletic Director Matt Glovaski. — Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) March…
Rick Pitino To Return To NCAA Basketball As Coach Of This School — NESN.com
Spencer Dinwiddie is proposing a March Madness-style NBA playoffs upon the league’s resumption, but we can take this idea even further. There is no telling how long the NBA’s current hiatus will last. The league is planning on reevaluating the situation in 30 days, but there’s no guarantee the league will be ready to resume […]
Brooklyn Nets G Spencer Dinwiddie proposes interesting playoff format — New York City Ticketron
When the National Hockey League returns is anyone’s guess. Read More
Leafs had expected playoff spot when NHL hit pause, even if path had twists and turns — Toronto Sun
LOS ANGELES — Unlike many gyms in many places, the Lakers’ practice facility was not empty on Friday. But it wasn’t vibrant, either. On Wednesday, which turned out to be the last day of practice the Lakers will have for a still unknown stretch, the session wrapped up with banter, shooting games and laughter. Two…
Lakers faced unimaginable season together … now, they face it apart — Daily News
GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Dodgers were in the process of counting heads and raised hands on Friday, trying to determine exactly where all of their players are headed now that they were granted the ability to choose from a number of options. After a Major League Baseball Players’ Association meeting on Friday regarding the coronavirus…
Dodgers weighing options amid coronavirus shutdown — Daily News
The NHL is at a pause due to the coronavirus outbreak, but Gary Bettman is optimistic there will be a 2019-20 Stanley Cup champion. The NHL commissioner joined NHL Network on Friday and addressed the paused season, how there originally were plans to continue the season without fans until Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested…
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman Optimistic Stanley Cup Champion Will Be Crowned — NESN.com
The NHL is at a pause due to the coronavirus outbreak, but Gary Bettman is optimistic there will be a 2019-20 Stanley Cup champion. The NHL commissioner joined NHL Network on Friday and addressed the paused season, how there originally were plans to continue the season without fans until Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19. Bettman even shared his thoughts about the Stanley Cup Final. According to Los Angele Times’ Helene Elliott, Bettman believes “we will be able at some point to get through the season and award the Stanley Cup.” When the season hit the pause button, the Boston Bruins were atop the NHL standings with 100 points and were in the midst of a stellar season after losing Game 7 of the Cup Final last June. Of course, only time will tell who the 2019-20 champion will be, if the season indeed is able to resume.
Read more at: https://nesn.com/2020/03/nhl-commissioner-gary-bettman-optimistic-stanley-cup-champion-will-be-crowned/
In light of all the uncertainty involved at the moment, this makes a great deal of sense
Players are being sent home from spring training camps — HardballTalk | NBC Sports
This morning various team officials around baseball said that the plan was to keep spring training facilities open and for players to continue to come in, work out and train, at least at some level. After a day of meetings between the league and union officials that has changed. Players are now going home.
That’s the word from Jon Heyman, who says that an agreement has been reached between MLB and the MLBPA to that end. It’s possible, Heyman says, that some could remain, but formal workouts will not be held.
Underlying all of this, obviously, is the uncertain amount of time until play actually resumes — people inside the game are now saying that it’ll be no sooner than May — and the fact that players are concerned about their families and want to be home with them.
Given this development, it would also seem likely that before the season can begin, a second spring training will have to take place to get players back into game shape. Such mini-camps were held in the past after the resolution of work stoppages, usually lasting a week or two.
The WNBA season doesn’t tip off until May 15, but the worldwide cancellation of sports competitions in response to the coronavirus outbreak already is affecting the league and its players, many of whom are making their way back from their international playing gigs as league officials “scenario plan” for upcoming events and the season. For…
WNBA, Sparks navigate concerns over coronavirus — Daily News
LOS ANGELES — The arenas are empty. The schedule is clear. The only thing accruing about the NBA is uncertainty. A day after the league took the unprecedented step of suspending the season, there were countless unknowns. While the general consensus of league sources who spoke to Southern California News Group is that the NBA…
How the NBA is handling coronavirus: the biggest questions — Press Telegram
The clock was ticking, but Adam Silver did not know how little time he had. The NBA commissioner had spent hours on Wednesday in meetings discussing the league’s handling of the coronavirus. Would they play games without fans? Would they put the league on hiatus? What was the latest from health experts? How did team…
NBA commissioner Adam Silver says ‘it’s possible’ season could be canceled — Press Telegram
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