Basketball
Stevens: Smart doing 'great' dealing with virus
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Friday, 27 March 2020 11:14
Boston Celtics coach Brad Stevens said that guard Marcus Smart is doing "great" in the wake of testing positive for the coronavirus last week."Great. He's great. Great spirits. Joking as always," Stevens said Friday morning on a conference call with local media. "We had a Zoom [video conference call] with the team, told the team we were going to give…
Japan, Russia hoops leagues cancel seasons
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Friday, 27 March 2020 08:10
Attempts to resume professional basketball games have fallen flat in Asian countries where the coronavirus first appeared, creating pessimism for a return to normalcy in the United States and Europe, where the race to contain the pandemic is in much earlier stages.The Japanese B League is the latest to suffer a setback, after a league-wide meeting determined that the rest…
Sources: NBA executives to see 20% salary cut
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Thursday, 26 March 2020 13:48
In the midst of a shutdown for the coronavirus pandemic, the NBA is reducing base salaries by 20% for about 100 of the league office's top-earning executives around the world, sources tell ESPN.Many of the executives and officials who are impacted work in the league's New York headquarters, including commissioner Adam Silver and deputy commissioner Mark Tatum, sources said.These reductions…
Harlem Globetrotters legend 'Curly' Neal, 77, dies
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Thursday, 26 March 2020 13:21
Fred "Curly" Neal, the face of the Harlem Globetrotters for 22 years, died Thursday morning in Houston at the age of 77, the team announced on Twitter.Neal, with his slick ballhandling skills, recognizable shaved head and playful banter, in 2008 became just the fifth Globetrotters player to have his jersey retired, joining Wilt Chamberlain, Marques Haynes, Meadowlark Lemon and Goose…
Jazz players, staff now cleared of coronavirus
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Friday, 27 March 2020 10:33
All Utah Jazz players and staff have been cleared by the Utah Department of Health after completing their respective periods of isolation and quarantine following exposure to the coronavirus, according to a team official.More than two weeks ago, Jazz center Rudy Gobert was one of three NBA players to test positive for COVID-19, prompting the NBA to suspend play.One day…
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