(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill that would allow Salt Lake City to create a downtown sports and entertainment zone has won the approval of the Utah Senate. Proponents say the bill has the potential to keep the Utah Jazz playing downtown. With a vote of 21 to seven […]
NEW YORK (AP) – With four games called off this week already and more teams dealing with virus-related issues, the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association enacted additional rules Tuesday in the hope of keeping the season going safely. Among the new policies: for “at least the next two […]
SEACAUCUS, N.J.-Per a Monday announcement, the NBA confirmed it will allow in-person draft workouts. In news from ESPN draft expert Jonathan Givony, each team will get 10 live workouts with draft-eligible players. These include former BYU power forward Yoeli Childs and former Utah State star shooting guard Sam Merrill. From […]
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The Milwaukee Bucks were the first team that refused to take the floor in these NBA playoffs, and they’ll be in the first game when play resumes Saturday. The league released the weekend schedule and essentially kept all the games that were postponed together […]
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP)-One after the other, Luka Doncic and Donovan Mitchell turned in record book-worthy performances on the same court at Disney. In different series. And in different fashions, too. But the two young players have their opponents sharing a similar dilemma: How to stop them? Or at […]
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP)-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. The NBA numbers: nine more positive […]
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP)-Zion Williamson is about to get another chance at opening night. Injury kept him out of New Orleans’ appearance in the first game of this NBA season when the Pelicans started the year at Toronto, but now the big-name rookie will be in position to be on center […]
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP)-The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association have finalized terms of the deal that will allow the league to restart the season at the Disney World campus near Orlando, Fla. next month. The league and the union made the announcement Friday. Many of the details were already known, […]
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP)-Here’s some of what awaits NBA players going to Disney next month: game rooms, golf course access, cabanas with misters to combat the heat, fishing areas, bowling, backstage tours and salon services. It only sounds like vacation. The NBA described specific plans to players and teams for the […]
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP)-The NBA gave teams a more definitive timetable for the restart to the pandemic-interrupted season Friday, including required coronavirus testing that is set to begin this month and mandatory individual workouts in early July before training camps. The league is still working on completing the health and safety […]
