Basketball
Sources: NBA players briefed on security details
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Thursday, 25 June 2020 14:50
The NBA has shared with its players a security plan to help enforce the health and safety protocols it announced last week and secure its campus at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex for the resumption of the 2019-20 season, league sources told ESPN.The league will use local, state and federal law enforcement agencies, as well as experienced venue…
Source: Cauley-Stein opts out; Mavs to get Burke
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Thursday, 25 June 2020 12:44
Dallas Mavericks center Willie Cauley-Stein informed the team that he will opt out of the restart of the NBA season, opening up a roster spot the Mavs intend to fill by signing point guard Trey Burke, sources said.Cauley-Stein, who expects to become a father in July, averaged 5.2 points and 4.6 rebounds in 13 games for the Mavs after being…
Carter 'officially done' after 22 years in NBA
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Thursday, 25 June 2020 12:44
Vince Carter confirmed that he has retired from the NBA, ending his 22-year career.Carter, 43, announced his retirement on The Ringer's "Winging It With Vince Carter" podcast, saying he is "officially done playing basketball professionally."Carter initially announced last year, when he signed a one-year deal with the Atlanta Hawks, that 2019-20 would be his final season in the NBA.But the…
Lowe: Why Draymond Green believes 'the entire system is broken' for college athletes
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Thursday, 25 June 2020 12:44
It started eight months ago with a tweet: Chris Murphy, a Democratic U.S. senator from Connecticut, told the world how much he enjoyed Draymond Green's op-ed in The Washington Post labeling the NCAA "a dictatorship" and calling for increased compensation to college athletes.Green reached out to Murphy's office to thank him for the tweet. Murphy is a huge sports fan…
Knicks prez wants to have coach by end of July
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Wednesday, 24 June 2020 20:46
NEW YORK -- New York Knicks president Leon Rose said Wednesday that he intends to have the next permanent coach of the franchise in place by the end of July.Speaking in his first interview since being hired in March, Rose told MSG Network's Mike Breen that he intends to have "two phases" of interviews: conducting short meetings with candidates to…
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