Sports

As Florida virus numbers rise, NBA arrivals draw closer

Published on Fri, 07/03/2020 - 2:43pm

The coronavirus numbers kept climbing Thursday, with a single-day record for new cases being set in Florida and the NBA revealing that the count of players and staff from the 22 remaining teams that have confirmed diagnoses of COVID-19 continues to grow.

Cubs’ pitcher cuts thumb washing dishes, has surgery

Published on Fri, 07/03/2020 - 2:43pm

CHICAGO (AP) — Already concerned about the depth of their rotation, the Chicago Cubs will have to get by for at least a little while without one starter because of a freak injury.

Left-hander José Quintana had surgery to repair nerve damage in his pitching thumb Thursday after he cut himself washing dishes.

Chicago did not have a timetable for his return.

Grizzlies’ Morant adds 12 pounds before heading to Florida

Published on Fri, 07/03/2020 - 2:39pm

Ja Morant has taken advantage of the NBA’s hiatus, adding 12 pounds of muscle to help absorb contact when the NBA’s likely rookie of the year fearlessly attacks the basketball.

And the Memphis Grizzlies point guard knows exactly what he wants when he leads his team to Orlando. 

“Going out there to win, prove people wrong,” Morant said Thursday in a Zoom video call.

After renovation, Hoops Hall ready to show off new look

Published on Fri, 07/03/2020 - 2:38pm

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Workers wearing black masks and white gloves move through the corridors of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, pushing a cart loaded with high-top sneakers from some of the sport’s biggest stars. 

The gloves are to protect the collection; the masks are to protect each other. 

Braves still searching for win, swept by Belgrade

Published on Thu, 07/02/2020 - 2:49pm
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The Livingston Braves were swept by the Belgrade Bandits in a doubleheader on Wednesday in Belgrade. Both games ended after the fifth inning due to the 10-run rule. 

 

Braves 3 – Belgrade 13

(5 Innings)

Belgrade had an answer for every score in a 13-3 win over the Braves in the first game of the doubleheader.

The Braves got on the board first in the top half of the first inning on an RBI double from River Smith that scored Brayden Duncan.

Prep Sports Schedule

Published on Thu, 07/02/2020 - 2:48pm

Braves

 

NEXT WEEK

 

Monday***, July 6

vs. Butte (DH), 4 p.m.

 

Thursday, July 9

@ Dillon (DH), 3 p.m.

 

 ***Denotes Home game

Asterisk on the NBA title? Coaches, players say not a chance

Published on Thu, 07/02/2020 - 2:47pm

The 2020 NBA champion, if one is crowned, will have emerged as the ultimate winner from a season that lasted more than a full year from start to finish. A season that saw political unrest between the NBA and China, the deaths of David Stern and Kobe Bryant,racial issues across the nation and, if that wasn’t enough, a pandemic.

It is a season like none other.

So, an asterisk-bearing champion? Not a chance.

Utah DC to keep job after review

Published on Thu, 07/02/2020 - 2:46pm

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley will remain on staff but will take a pay cut and must undergo diversity training after being suspended for using a racial slur in a 2013 text message.

Utah announced Wednesday that Scalley will participate in diversity and inclusion education and have his salary cut from $1.1 million to $525,000.

His contract also was trimmed from a multiyear deal, which he signed last year, to a one-year deal, and he will no longer be the designated head coach in waiting.

NFL cutting preseason in half, pushing back start

Published on Thu, 07/02/2020 - 2:45pm

The NFL will cut its preseason in half and push back the start of exhibition play so teams have more time to train following a virtual offseason made necessary by the coronavirus pandemic, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press.

The person spoke Wednesday on condition of anonymity because the league hasn’t announced that the preseason will be cut from four games to two. 

Cards replace Yanks at Field of Dreams

Published on Thu, 07/02/2020 - 2:45pm

NEW YORK (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals have replaced the New York Yankees as the opponent for the Chicago White Sox in the Field of Dreams game on Aug. 13 at Dyersville, Iowa.

The schedule change caused by the new coronavirus pandemic meant the White Sox no longer play the Yankees this season. The new opponent, first reported by The Des Moines Register, was confirmed to The Associated Press by a person familiar with the arrangements who spoke on condition of anonymity Wednesday because the matchup has not been announced.