Donald Trump believes recent controversies have negatively impacted NASCAR’s viewership, but the TV ratings tell a different story. The United States President on Monday lashed out at Darrell Wallace Jr., calling for him to apologize for last month’s noose controversy, which he believes is a “hoax.” Additionally, Trump claimed that the story, along with NASCAR’s…
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General Manager Mike Rizzo said “Without accurate and timely testing it is simply not safe for us to continue with Summer Camp.”
Washington Nationals cancel workouts after not getting COVID-19 test results back — HardballTalk | NBC Sports
Overnight we learned about testing delays and, by extension, team workout delays due to what has been, quite frankly, Major League Baseball’s incompetence with respect to getting its COVID-19 testing program up to speed as camps open. That specifically impacted the Oakland Athletics, the Los Angeles Angels and, per Ken Rosenthal, two other teams. Now we know one of the other teams: the World Series champion Washington Nationals.
The Nationals have canceled today’s workouts because they have still not received the results from tests administered on Friday. General Manager Mike Rizzo released a sternly-worded statement explaining his decision to cancel today’s work:
Per MLB’s protocol, all players and staff were tested for COVID-19 on Friday, July 3. Seventy-two hours later, we have yet to receive the results of those tests. We cannot have our players and staff work at risk. Therefore, we have canceled our team workout scheduled for this morning. We will not sacrifice the health and safety of our players, staff, and their families. Without accurate and timely testing it is simply not safe for us to continue with Summer Camp. Major League Baseball needs to work quickly to resolve issues with their process and their lab. Otherwise Summer Camp and the 2020 season are at risk.
Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association’s agreement to play the 2020 season was premised on all personnel from every team to undergo saliva or nasal swab test every two days from the time camps opened until the season is over. That multiple teams have already experienced lags and delays in excess of that, mere days into the beginning of the testing process, speaks very poorly for how that plan is being put into action.
Providing there isn’t a snag in health and border issues adding another delay, the Blue Jays hope to hit the Rogers Centre field on Monday to begin preparations for the 2020 MLB season. And when pitchers take the mound and batters get behind the plate, it will end the longest drought of the team’s inactivity […]
Blue Jays prepare for quick, safe preparation at Camp Quarantine — Toronto Sun
[nesn_embed service=dailymotion src=”https://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/x7usix5″ width=”640″ height=”360″] It’s been three years since Jared Sullinger has played in the NBA. But the former Boston Celtics center is ready for his second act. Sullinger spent all three seasons with the C’s before signing with the Raptors as an unrestricted free agent in June 2016. Sullinger played just 11 games […]
Ex-Celtics Center Jared Sullinger Gearing Up For Potential NBA Comeback — NESN.com
The Sacramento Kings have shut down their practice facility after obtaining a positive Coronavirus test. In the past couple of days, fans have witnessed a multitude of teams shut down their facilities due to positive COVID-19 tests. The Kings are the most recent team to do this. With the transfer over to the Orlando bubble […]
Sacramento Kings Shut Down Practice Facilities — LEAGUE ALERTS
The Sacramento Kings have shut down their practice facility after obtaining a positive Coronavirus test.
In the past couple of days, fans have witnessed a multitude of teams shut down their facilities due to positive COVID-19 tests. The Kings are the most recent team to do this.
With the transfer over to the Orlando bubble happening in just a couple days, Sacramento is lucky they aren’t missing too much practice time. With that said, depending on who the positive test actually was, this could affect the team drastically.Advertisements
As of right now, the test was not specified. This means anyone in the King’s traveling party could have it, whether that be player, coach or trainer.
Closing facilities are starting to become a common theme amongst NBA teams. Whether or not this will affect the continued season is unbeknownst to teams and fans alike.
Kevin Durant may not be joining his Nets teammates in the “Orlando bubble,” for the NBA season restart, but that doesn’t necessarily mean (…)
Nets GM: Kevin Durant remains ‘loud voice’ in building for future — The Sports Daily
Kevin Durant may not be joining his Nets teammates in the “Orlando bubble,” for the NBA season restart, but that doesn’t necessarily mean he isn’t in constant communication with the team.
The Nets have a big decision ahead of them in regards to their head coaching position, with interim coach Jacque Vaughn having a difficult task ahead of him, considering the big-name guys currently out there on the market.
It’s been said that Durant and Kyrie Irving will have input on the team’s head coach going forward, which is a trend we’ve seen in the NBA, as it’s a superstar-driven league. That’s why it was no surprise that Nets general manager Sean Marks told SNY’s Ian Begley that KD continues to be a “loud voice” in the building.
“He continues to be a very loud voice in terms of where we’re going in the future and what we’re doing and I involve him like the other players and staff and how we’ll continue to build this team and how we move forward,” Marks said.
He continued:
“Look, I don’t want to speak for him but he seemed to be in good spirits,” Marks explained. “He’s obviously aware of everything that’s going on whether it’s pandemic and some of the issues going on in society. We’ve had great conversations about all of that.”
It’s still surprising that KD and Kyrie won’t be joining their team in Orlando, regardless.
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4 Sports) – The Utah Jazz head to Orlando on Tuesday to continue practicing for the NBA restart later this month. On Sunday, the media had a chance to hear from Jazz head coach Quin Snyder and guard Jordan Clarkson. Clarkson has been active in the Black Lives Matter movement, and he […]
Jordan Clarkson had doubts about NBA restart — ABC4 Utah
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4 Sports) – The Utah Jazz head to Orlando on Tuesday to continue practicing for the NBA restart later this month.
On Sunday, the media had a chance to hear from Jazz head coach Quin Snyder and guard Jordan Clarkson.
Clarkson has been active in the Black Lives Matter movement, and he said he had doubts about whether the return of basketball would overshadow the fight for social injustice.
“It isn’t the ideal situation for us to go play now but we are going in,” he said. “I know a lot of players have agendas and things they want to put out using their platform.”
Clarkson has used his platform by participating in marches and being active on social media. And he has strong words for those who think athletes should just stick to sports.
“I think that everybody who is saying shut up and dribble, maybe they should shut up and go look in the mirror,” he said. “Really think to yourself, there really is something wrong so you got to face it and something has to change, its a problem that everybody is noticing.”
Clarkson was one of the players who thought hard about not going to Orlando, for fear of risking injury coming in to a contract year.
“After I read through a lot of stuff, I don’t think the NBA is going to put us in any kind of harms way,” he said. “I want to go hoop! I’m bored sitting at home and ready to go back to work.”
But the players will be going to work without their teammate, Bojan Bogdanovic, who is out after having wrist surgery. So everyone is going to need to step up.
Head coach Quin Snyder says flexibility is going to be a key.
“I think one of the key things to this experience is being able to adapt,” Snyder said.
“All of us are going to have to step up, Royce, Mike, Donny, just go down the list,” Clarkson added. “That’s a big loss for us but everybody is going to have to step up and make it happen.”
Snyder always preaches defense, but he knows finding more offense with Bogdanovic out will be important as well.
“I think we need to get a lot of shots, I think we need to play with confidence,” Snyder said. “We’re a group that needs to be in attack mode.”
Even though the Jazz have yet to be on the court at the same time, Snyder feels like his team is ready to go.
“The enthusiasm right now is around playing basketball,” he said. “The format is foreign to everybody, it’s new, but the courts and the baskets and the balls are the same whether there are fans or not. Guys are going to compete and I know our guys are looking forward to having that opportunity.”
The Jazz will restart the NBA season July 30th against New Orleans.
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Grizzlies rookie Ja Morant detailed his two goals heading into the season restart this month at the Walt Disney World Resort.
Tyler Herro studied Ray Allen, Klay Thompson during quarantine — The Rookie Wire
Miami Heat rookie Tyler Herro said this week that he spent part of his time in quarantine studying some of the best shooters the NBA has ever seen on the hardwood.
Herro has been touted as a strong 3-point shooter himself, converting on 39.1% of his 5.4 attempts per game. Of course, there is always room to improve so the former Kentucky Wildcats guard took it upon himself to study some of the greats.
Herro said on a conference call with reporters, according to Ira Winderman of the Sun-Sentinel, that he specifically looked at those players that were great at the catch-and-shoot.
I’ve watched the same guys. Klay Thompson, Ray Allen, CJ McCollum, Steve Nash and Bradley Beal are the guys that’s I’ve watched — but just picking different things from each player.
Klay and Ray, they do the catch-and-shoot very well. So that’s the thing that I pay attention to when I’m watching them. But every player that I watch, or the coaches have me watch, I can dissect something new or something different from their game to try to add it to mine.
Herro missed 15 games prior to the season shutdown with an ankle injury but said this week that he is 100% healthy again and ready to play. Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra said it will be a process integrating Herro back into the lineup so the eight seeding games figure to be important for the team to finalize a rotation prior to the start of the playoffs.
In a multi-part series, the Bay Area News Group will be discussing racial justice in America with former Warriors players from the last six decades. Jamaal Wilkes supports the police, up to a point. The former Golden State Warriors forward said he’s proud to be an American and wants law and order while at the…
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With a rebuilt rotation anchored by ace Hyun-Jin Ryu, the Blue Jays are armed and ready to have considerably more stability on the mound in 2020 than they did this past season. Read More
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Ibaka looks around him and sees a team primed to defend its title — Toronto Sun
Major League Soccer announced Saturday that it would be postponing the first match of the MLS is Back Tournament scheduled for Thursday after several FC Dallas members tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving in Florida. MLS issued a statement announcing that the game between FC Dallas and Vancouver Whitecaps FC would be postponed to an […]
MLS postpones opening match of tournament after several FC Dallas players test positive for COVID-19 — 360APROKO
Major League Soccer announced Saturday that it would be postponing the first match of the MLS is Back Tournament scheduled for Thursday after several FC Dallas members tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving in Florida.
MLS issued a statement announcing that the game between FC Dallas and Vancouver Whitecaps FC would be postponed to an undisclosed later date after 9 players and one coach on Dallas tested positive for coronavirus.
FC DALLAS SEES 9 PLAYERS TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 AHEAD OF MLS TOURNAMENT: REPORT
The league also said that Vancouver was delayed in arriving at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Disney World in Orlando earlier this week after two players’ test results came back inconclusive for COVID-19 during the teams pre-travel screening.
The results eventually came back negative and the team will arrive on Monday.
The decision to cancel the first match of the tournament comes just after news broke that several members of FC Dallas tested positive upon arriving for the tournament.
The club initially confirmed Wednesday that six players were infected but reports emerged later that day that three more players and one coach had also tested positive.
“In consultation with MLS medical officials, FC Dallas took proactive steps to isolate the newly affected players as well as all FC Dallas players and staff in Orlando out of an abundance of caution. All members of the club delegation are following MLS health and safety protocols and will remain quarantined in their hotel rooms pending the results of further COVID-19 testing,” the statement read.
Both teams will play their first game on July 15.
“The later match date will allow both teams additional training days in Orlando in advance of their first match,” the league said in a statement.
The view from left field 