The Adam Silver bubble in Orlando has not burst. Considering baseball’s COVID-19 plagued journey, that’s the most important element as the NBA’s 22-team reboot begins with an eight-game regular season Thursday at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports complex. . No player tested positive for the second week in a row. …
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11:00 pm ET Jeff passanESPN Near ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” After the coronavirus outbreak that infected nearly half of the Miami Marlins roster and caused the team’s season to be temporarily suspended, Major League Baseball is encouraging …
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Watch now: COVID-19 NFL Concerns Before the 2020 Season (2:06) Kenny Golladay and TJ Hockenson were among the five Detroit Lions players who were placed on the team’s reserve / COVID-19 list on Wednesday, according to M Live’s Kyle Meinke. A professional golfer for the first time in 2019, Golladay …
Read More »It was a well-intentioned tribute. It wasn’t great.Photo: Pittsburgh Penguins / Twitter Obviously, it is awkward for the NHL and its players to find a way to join the Black Lives Matter movement and the protests before and during their games. It is an almost completely white league, with a …
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On Wednesday night in Houston, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Houston Astros closed a two-game series that featured fireworks in Game 1 on Tuesday night. Dodgers reliever Joe Kelly received an eight game suspension (pending appeal) for deliberately pitching Carlos Correa and other Astros players. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts …
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