The National Hockey League and players reached a tentative deal Friday to hold a 56-game season in 2021, pending the approval of each side’s executive board and Canadian health officials. The season would start Jan. 13. Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly confirmed the sides have an agreement, pending the approval of various executive boards. The NHL…
NHL, NHLPA reach tentative agreement, season could start Jan. 13 — East Bay Times
GMs also have LaMelo Ball winning Rookie of the Year.
NBA GMs predict Lakers to win title, Antetokounmpo to win MVP (again) — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports
The Milwaukee Bucks’ five-year, $225 million extension of superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo has changed its plans around its jersey patch.
Milwaukee Bucks Credit ‘Giannis Effect’ for Uptick in Business, Now Rethinking Jersey Patch Plans — NBC Chicago
The Toronto Blue Jays have agreed to terms with the following free agents on Minor League contracts with invites to 2021 Major League Spring Training:
Ureña, 24, returns to the Blue Jays after spending the 2020 season with the Orioles. The native of San Francisco de Macoris, Dominican Republic, took part in 11 Spring Training games for Baltimore but did not see any Major League action during the regular season. The 6-0, 195 lb. switch-hitter batted .243 in 30 games for Toronto in 2019. Ureña originally signed with the Blue Jays as a 16-year-old in 2012 and holds a career .253 batting average over 91 Major League contests.
Wall, 25, batted .304 in 14 Spring Training contests for the Blue Jays last season and was invited to Summer Camp at Rogers Centre before spending the regular season at the club’s alternate training site in Rochester, NY. The left-handed hitting outfielder spent time with Double-A New Hampshire and Triple-A Buffalo in 2019, combining to hit .268 with a .773 OPS. The Winter Park, FL, native was acquired from the Rockies in 2018 and has a career line of .274/.353/.413 across six Minor League seasons.
White, 30, played nine games for the SK Wyverns of the Korean Baseball Organization in 2020, collecting a triple, a home run, and four RBI while posting a .685 OPS. The 5-11, 238 lb. first baseman split 83 contests between the Astros and the Dodgers during his 2019 campaign while also playing 70 games of Triple-A ball. Over the course of four Major League seasons, the native of Mooresboro, NC, holds a .236 batting average while registering 26 homers and 103 RBI in 256 games.
LOS ANGELES — The Clippers are cramming to master as much of new coach Tyronn Lue’s curriculum as possible before Tuesday’s test against the Lakers counts for credit. Basketball is a group project, of course, so in Thursday’s final preseason practice test against Utah, the focus was to be on vocabulary and speech. “The biggest…
Clippers close preseason play with a vocabulary test — Pasadena Star News
Grading the L.A. Clippers’ offseason.
Clippers throw money at chemistry problems — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports
The Toronto Blue Jays were able to fill a baseball void and pique additional team interest in Buffalo by playing so-called “home” games at Sahlen Field this year. The Toronto Raptors may have their work cut out for them to generate a similar buzz in Tampa. With the border still closed due to the COVID-19 […]
Raptors could have trouble generating buzz in Tampa — PressNewsAgency
Alex Cora seems pretty confident that J.D. Martinez will be back to his usual self in 2021. The Red Sox manager sat at home during his season-long suspension and watched Martinez fall to career-lows across the board over a 60-game sprint. The designated hitter was befuddled, his normal routine was taken away with a lack…
Alex Cora confident Red Sox DH J.D. Martinez will be better in 2021 — Boston Herald
Sign In The NBA bubble is no more, and a new season, one that’s sure to be unlike any other, is upon us. The 2020-21 season begins Dec. 22 as the league resumes non-bubble ball for the first time since shutting it all down in March due to COVID-19. Undoubtedly, the strange circumstances and long…
NBA Win Totals 2021: Spurs, Raptors Among Teams Who Deserve ‘Over’ Consideration — NESN.com
The injury bug has not only followed Gordon Hayward to Charlotte, but it’s still biting pretty hard.
Gordon Hayward Day-To-Day With Fractured Finger He Suffered During Hornets Debut — CBS Boston
Warriors centers Kevon Looney and Marquese Chriss have the green light to shoot 3-pointers this season.
Splash mountains: Why the Warriors are pushing their centers to shoot 3s — Santa Cruz Sentinel
Yes, the same super-max extension worth more than $228 million that Giannis Antetokounmpo just signed.
Report: Jazz offered Rudy Gobert standard max extension, but he wants super-max — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports
The view from left field 