Columbus Blue Jackets right wing Josh Anderson underwent season-ending surgery for a posterior labral tear in his left shoulder, the team announced.

Anderson was expected to be a desirable commodity at last month's trade deadline, but his injury appeared to derail talks.

He sustained the injury during a Dec. 14 game against the Ottawa Senators.

"When Josh suffered the injury, the options were to have it surgically repaired and miss the rest of the season or rest and rehabilitate with a chance to return to the lineup," Blue Jackets general manager Jarmo Kekalainen said in a statement. "Unfortunately, the injury has not responded as any of us had hoped to the latter and the decision was made to have the surgery now so that Josh will be fully healthy and ready to go next season."

The timeline for the injury is four to six months, the Blue Jackets said, meaning he is likely to be ready for the start of training camp in the fall.

Anderson, 25, had one goal and three assists in 26 games this season, and he has 65 goals and 50 assists in 267 NHL games, all with Columbus.

The most star-studded pro-member tournament in the world took place Monday in Juno Beach, Florida, and it was Johnson Wagner bringing home the victory.

Wagner and partner John T. McCoy teamed up to capture the gross title, shooting 64 to win by a shot over two teams, Matt Kuchar and Carlton Forrester and Richy Werenski and Robert Long III.

Ian Poulter and NBC Sports president Pete Bevacqua shot 66 and tied for fourth with Carlos Ortiz and Christie Flanagan, who fired a 62 net score to take home the other indian head trophy. (Teams can't collect both trophies.)

Other notable gross scores: Kevin Streelman and Seminole president Jimmy Dunne (69), Rickie Fowler and former Walker Cupper and Walker Cup captain Buddy Marucci (70), Rory McIlroy and his dad Gerry McIlroy (70), Adam Long and MLB commish Rob Manfred (76), and Jack Nicklaus and former USGA president Tom O'Toole Jr. (85).

PITTSBURGH -- Mike Sullivan's voice was calm as he urged patience and understanding, qualities that tend to be in short supply around the NHL when the calendar flips to March and the number of regular-season games dwindles.

Those are traits the Pittsburgh Penguins' coach hasn't had to rely on much during his four-plus years on the bench, which include back-to-back Stanley Cup championships. Yet with the Penguins mired in their longest losing streak since 2012 -- a six-game skid that's rendered their appearance at the top of the Metropolitan Division two weeks ago a mere cameo -- the typically fiery Sullivan has taken a more muted approach.

"There's no easy stretch," Sullivan said Monday. "That's just the nature of the league."

It's a nature the Penguins have largely been immune to for years. Yet they have looked decidedly vulnerable while getting outscored 24-8 against a schedule littered with teams basically playing out the season. A winless road swing through California last week culminated with a 5-0 loss to San Jose that led captain Sidney Crosby to place the blame squarely on his shoulders.

Though Crosby -- who has just one point since a 5-2 romp over Toronto on Feb. 18 pushed Pittsburgh into first place in the Metropolitan -- hasn't quite looked like himself of late, neither have the 19 other guys in the lineup on a given night. Asked if there was any one common thread for a swoon no one saw coming, Crosby shrugged.

"It's hard to point the finger at one specific thing, but I think putting the puck in the net a little more would give us some breathing room," he said.

Of course, for the puck to go into the net, the Penguins actually need to shoot it. It's something one of the league's most talented offensive teams has struggled to do lately. While on the surface Pittsburgh's average of 33 shots per game during the losing streak looks healthy, the reality is that the Penguins have fallen into the habit of trying to make the pretty play instead of the right one.

Ugh. pic.twitter.com/3ikgJh64gL

— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) March 1, 2020

"Sometimes the ESPN highlight reel kind of gets in your mind," forward Jared McCann said. "But I feel like sometimes, especially with the way things are going right now, we've just got to throw pucks on net. We've got to throw it at a goalie's feet. We've got to make the easy shot, sometimes it'll go in."

McCann attributed Pittsburgh's scoring issues partly to bad "puck luck," that inexplicable phenomenon associated with the whims of a one-inch piece of vulcanized rubber. Though the Penguins have had the lead just once at the end of their past 24 periods, McCann insists the players aren't frustrated. There are times when they feel they've played well for extended stretches only to have nothing to show for it thanks to a bounce here or a bounce there.

"You've got to laugh at it," McCann said. "What are you going to do? Sit there and mope? And you'll just dig yourself deeper and make it worse. I'm trying to stay positive with it."

Having the NHL's longest active playoff streak helps. Pittsburgh hasn't missed the postseason since 2006 and despite its current funk is still in relatively good shape. The Penguins are third in the Metropolitan Division and have three games in hand over Columbus, which currently holds the final wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference. The schedule also is division-heavy over the final month, giving Pittsburgh opportunity make up lost ground.

"We have the ability to control our own destiny," forward Bryan Rust said.

Also, the Penguins, who have been ravaged by injuries for much of the season, are close to having some familiar faces back on the ice.

Defensemen Brian Dumoulin -- out since Nov. 30 with an ankle injury -- and John Marino -- out since Feb. 6 after taking a puck to the face -- are both game-time decisions on Tuesday night when Pittsburgh hosts Ottawa. Forward Nick Bjugstad has been cleared for full contact and is close to playing for the first time since mid-November. While forward Dominik Simon is week to week with an upper-body injury and All-Star forward Jake Guentzel won't be ready until late April at the earliest as he recovers from shoulder surgery, new arrivals Patrick Marleau, Conor Sheary and Evan Rodrigues give Pittsburgh versatility, speed and, in the 40-year-old Marleau, another veteran voice.

There's no need to panic yet. Still, the wiggle room Pittsburgh enjoyed during its torrid play through December and January is gone. Team owner Mario Lemieux took in practice on Monday with president David Morehouse and general manager Jim Rutherford. Sullivan's voice -- unlike the tone he used while addressing the media -- boomed through PPG Paints Arena as he tried to steer his club back on track.

"A team goes through points in the season where it comes a little easier than other points," Crosby said. "We're facing some adversity right now. We've faced it all year long with different things. It's a good test and a good challenge for us."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

For the first time, the National Hockey League is allowing a sportsbook to stream live regular-season games.

FanDuel Sportsbook announced Monday that it will offer livestreaming of NHL games within its mobile wagering app, as part of a new partnership with streaming and data firm IMG Arena.

It will feature up to two livestreams each day through the end of the regular season. The games will be available only to "customers who have a funded sportsbook account or placed a wager on the event."

NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly told ESPN that a deal like this was a natural progression of the league's partnerships in the sports wagering space.

"Once we made the jump to allowing our brand to be associated with sports betting companies, this was not a far leap. We're supplying footage, we're supplying feeds of our games," he said.

Which games will be streamed? FanDuel betting sites are available in four states at the moment: New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Indiana and West Virginia. But the most popular teams in those regions will not end up in games on the app, as FanDuel has to adhere to local and national broadcast blackout restrictions. The games will feature out-of-market teams.

The FanDuel deal came together after IMG Arena recently secured the rights to provide legal U.S. sports betting operators with livestreams of select out-of-market games. That firm has been combining live games with live wagering in Europe for some time, mainly for soccer and tennis.

Tennis was FanDuel's first foray into this space, having streamed the Australian Open for the past two years while offering in-match wagering.

"As we continue to innovate and expand nationwide, the ability to further enhance the live game and live betting experience is increasingly important to our customers," said Niall Connell, general manager and senior vice president, FanDuel Group. "Our goal is to become a one-stop shop for all sports and betting content, and livestreaming professional sports like hockey is one of the many ways we are reaching that goal."

Since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in May 2018 to allow states to legalize, regulate and tax sports wagering, the NHL has secured deals with a handful of sportsbook partners. The league has agreements with MGM, William Hill and FanDuel.

The NHL's deal with MGM will include access to puck and player tracking data once the league gets that system up and running, which could lead to a variety of different types of in-game wagers.

Is having that kind of in-game wagering paired with livestreaming of games on a gambling app the eventual endgame for this "leap" taken with FanDuel? Daly said that would require a bit more dealmaking.

"I don't think this specific deal would pertain to [player and puck tracking]. The player and puck tracking data is subject to a different agreement. We have baked that into our MGM agreement, but we haven't baked it into any other agreement," he said. "To the extent any of our partners in the sports wanted player and puck tracking, we'd have to make separate deals."

In the latest Golf Central Podcast, Will Gray and Nick Menta recap the Honda Classic and look ahead to a Tiger-less Arnold Palmer Invitational, while also recapping some news from the past week and, of course, offering their food recommendations for this week in Orlando, Florida:

PORTSMOUTH, England -- Having experienced the white heat of a Flamengo-Fluminense derby and the frenzied expectation of the Copa Libertadores knockout rounds, Pablo Mari would not have been unduly worried by the prospect of a trip to Fratton Park, but he could have picked a less intimidating venue for his Arsenal debut all the same.

If Arsenal's progress to the FA Cup quarterfinals, courtesy of a 2-0 win, was comfortable enough in the end, the early stages were anything but. Portsmouth's players showed a readiness to get physical from the off, with Arsenal's young forward line coming in for some particularly rough treatment, and there were only 17 minutes on the clock when Lucas Torreira had to be carried from the field on a stretcher after his ankle buckled when he was caught by a robust challenge from Pompey centre-back James Bolton. The Uruguay midfielder left the stadium with his ankle in a brace and will now be assessed by the club's doctors.

There were fleeting echoes of the kind of roughhouse tactics that Arsenal would routinely face on away trips during the more fragile periods of the Arsene Wenger era. As Torreira lay on the pitch in agony receiving treatment from Arsenal's medical staff, a sizeable proportion of the home crowd cruelly chorused: "You're going home in a f---ing ambulance!" Even Tony Pulis, former manager of Arsenal's long-term betes noires Stoke City, was in attendance, albeit as a pundit on BBC radio rather than a glowering presence in the opposition dugout.

Mari, who has signed on loan from Flamengo until the end of the season, is likely to face sterner tests than that presented by League One promotion-chasers Portsmouth, whose manager, Kenny Jackett, made six changes to his starting XI, but the tall Spanish centre-back played an active role in helping Arsenal to withstand the hosts' early aggression.

Playing to the left of David Luiz, he consummately shut down livewire Portsmouth striker Ellis Harrison and won an important share of headers, most notably when bravely clearing a dangerous cross from Marcus Harness after the winger had smuggled his way past Sokratis Papastathopoulos on Arsenal's right flank in the early stages. But it was with the ball at his feet that Mari really caught the eye. Befitting a player who spent three years on the books at Manchester City, where he is likely to have come to the attention of his new manager Mikel Arteta, he looked smooth in possession and regularly sought to break the lines with penetrating passes into the feet of the visitors' attacking players.

"I think he looked comfortable," Arteta said. "He's very vocal, he's very comfortable on the ball and he's always commanding the back four. He looked like he'd played here for months."

Mari is the first left-footed centre-back to have signed for Arsenal since Thomas Vermaelen arrived from Ajax in 2009, and he therefore gives the team passing angles from the back that they have not possessed for some time. In a mirror image of Luiz, the 26-year-old regularly hit long, high diagonal passes out to the right flank, with one such delivery presenting Reiss Nelson with an opportunity to wriggle to the byline on the right and put in a cross that Gabriel Martinelli headed over the bar.

Nelson had made a quiet start to the game prior to that moment, but the 20-year-old came to life late in the first half and ended up delivering the crosses from which Sokratis and Eddie Nketiah scored the goals, either side of half-time, that put Arsenal in the hat for the last eight.

Nketiah has scored three goals in six games since being recalled from his loan spell at Leeds United, and increasingly has the look of a viable alternative to Alexandre Lacazette, whose past three Arsenal goals were spread across a period of more than two months. Nelson, meanwhile, showed the kind of incisiveness against Portsmouth that is often glaringly absent from the game of record signing Nicolas Pepe.

Arsenal should not really need alternatives in attacking positions, given the firepower at Arteta's disposal, but as last Thursday's calamitous Europa League exit against Olympiakos demonstrated, for all their ability, Lacazette, Pepe, Mesut Ozil and even Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang cannot always be relied upon to finish the job. Arteta left all four out of his starting XI at Fratton Park, with Joe Willock joining Nketiah, Nelson and Martinelli in a very fresh-faced front four, and the manner in which they refused to be cowed by Portsmouth's physicality put a smile on the manager's face.

"The kids responded really well," he said. "It's risky to play them in these competitions, but it's worth that risk."

Arsenal's Europa League elimination was the first black mark of Arteta's reign, cutting off as it did the club's most likely pathway to Champions League qualification, but he retains credit in the bank. Liverpool's surprise defeat at Watford on Saturday, which prevented Jurgen Klopp's side from emulating Wenger's 2003-04 Invincibles, unexpectedly gave Arsenal's fans something to smile about and there were joyful chants of "49, 49, undefeated!" from the away end as the clock ticked down against Portsmouth.

Arsenal will not want to keep harking back to that achievement forever, and the scars of Olympiakos are likely to take some time to heal, but in Mari's assured debut and the effervescence of Arteta's young players, there were hints of better days ahead.

The Memphis Grizzlies have signed veteran forward Anthony Tolliver to a 10-day contract, the team announced Monday.

In the corresponding roster move, Memphis waived forward Jordan Bell.

Tolliver will be postseason eligible for the playoff-hopeful Grizzlies after being bought out by Sacramento. He gave the Kings back $144,901 -- the same amount to a 10-day contract. Because Tolliver was on a veteran's minimum, Sacramento still will have a cap hit of $1.6 million and will receive minimal savings from the buyout.

Memphis holds a three-game lead over the Pelicans for the No. 8 spot in the Western Conference. Tolliver will be in uniform for Memphis' game Monday night against the Hawks.

Tolliver signed with the Trail Blazers in the offseason, but Portland shipped him to Sacramento at last month's deadline. The 34-year-old is averaging 3.3 points and 2.9 rebounds in 15.1 minutes per game this season. He's a career 37.3 % shooter from 3-point range in his 12 NBA seasons.

The 6-foot-8 Tolliver also should help a Memphis team currently without the injured Jaren Jackson Jr. (knee) and Brandon Clarke (quad). Both are expected to miss at least an additional week.

Information from ESPN's Bobby Marks was used in this report.

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- Stephen Curry became the most accomplished player in NBA history to participate in a G League practice as he suited up for the Santa Cruz Warriors on Monday morning. The star Golden State Warriors guard went through the entire practice without any issues and appears to be on track for a return to an NBA floor soon as he continues his rehab from a broken left hand, potentially as early as Thursday's game against the Toronto Raptors at Chase Center in San Francisco.

But as Curry finishes up the final stretch of a four-month rehab process, he left the group of G League Warriors with a memory that will last a while. As the team's 5-on-5 scrimmage ended, Curry found himself in a familiar position. With his team trailing 49-48, the clock running down and three defenders crowding him, the former two-time NBA MVP rose up, releasing a high-arcing jumper that could have won the game. Everybody inside Kaiser Permanente Arena expected the same result.

"You expect him to make it, right," Santa Cruz Warriors forward Roger Moute a Bidias said with a smile after practice. "It was crazy how high he shot it, too. I think [Isaiah] Reese asked him, 'Did you mean to shoot it like that?' And he was like, 'Yeah, I did.' You expect him to make that shot, but it's a scrimmage, so ..."

Curry, the man whose career has been defined by making big shots late in games, missed.

In a season full of setbacks and surprises, it was another reminder that the charmed life Curry and the Warriors have enjoyed over the past five years of Finals appearances and championships doesn't always get a storybook ending.

"We actually ran a play that I think [Golden State coach] Steve Kerr drew up in the last Finals series against Toronto," G League Warriors coach Kris Weems said. "Try to get him a look. And of course all the attention went to him. So we got a shot off, but maybe not the best shot we could have gotten."

Given the circumstances, Curry's miss at the buzzer was just a footnote to an otherwise productive day for both himself and a team full of players who enjoyed competing against the most talented player the G League has ever seen.

"We had Steph Curry, the greatest shooter of all time, in the gym," Moute a Bidias said. "So it was a great experience for us to have him come down and obviously help him get ready to come back on the court."

Curry, 31, originally hoped to get back on the floor March 1, but that return was delayed because Kerr and the team's medical staff wanted him to get some more scrimmage time. With the NBA Warriors in the midst of an injury-riddled stretch without much practice time, a G League practice in Santa Cruz became the best option. Curry drove himself down to the G League affiliate Monday, arriving about 9:15 a.m. PT at an arena that sits across the street from tire shop. Curious locals tried to catch a glimpse of Curry inside the small venue, but shades were pulled so onlookers couldn't see into the gym.

As media members walked inside after practice, Curry, who participated in the scrimmage that consisted of three seven-minute periods, found himself in the middle of a team picture at center court as Santa Cruz Warriors players and staff members smiled around him. Curry didn't speak to reporters, but his game did plenty of talking, despite the miss at the end. So, how did he look?

"Like Steph," Santa Cruz guard Jeremy Pargo said. "Like Steph of old. Made some shots that was Steph of old. His game is going to be his game, and he's going to be amazing at what he does no matter what. The confidence level speaks to that, and the shots he made today speaks to that."

Moute a Bidias spent a few minutes with Curry after practice, discussing the finer points of getting his feet set before taking a shot. After the scrimmage, Curry spent well over an hour getting his regular shooting routine in under the watchful eye of Warriors staffers Seth Cooper, Jacob Rubin and Rick Celebrini, the director of sports medicine and performance, all of whom traveled to Santa Cruz to help with the workout.

Steph Curry getting some shots up after GLeague practice in Santa Cruz. pic.twitter.com/VxRSUyhdsg

— Nick Friedell (@NickFriedell) March 2, 2020

"He brings a tremendous spirit, he's so positive," Weems said. "I knew he would bring that to Santa Cruz. When he walked in, he was dapping everybody up, shaking hands, smiling, but he did his prep to get his body right. All his warm-up stuff, and that's important, too, that the guys, especially our younger guys, see the way his approach is, in terms of being a professional."

The Golden State Warriors have gone out of their way not to put a specific date on Curry's comeback from the Oct. 30 injury. They want him to get comfortable from a conditioning standpoint and understand that with a league-worst 13-48 record, there is no incentive to bring him back if he's not ready. But all signs point to Curry's imminent return. No more G League practices are scheduled.

"His wind looks really good," Weems said. "You always worry about that when you haven't had any game experience or game live action. But he's been doing conditioning, clearly. The real thing is getting bumped around, the physicality of the game, setting screens, fighting over screens. Maybe jamming that wrist or that hand on a fall. You have to have those things to feel like you're ready to go, and so hopefully we gave him that in that three quarters that we played. And so he'll be able to bring that experience. ... Whenever they deem him fit to be able to play, he'll be ready to go."

Whenever he does, Weems and the rest of his team will always have a nice reminder of the day one of the game's best players came down to the G League to get his work in -- just like every other player trying to find a way to make it to the NBA. Weems had to smile while discussing the fact that he lost a scrimmage with Curry on his team, but he never second-guessed who was taking the last shot.

"Why would I draw it up for anybody else?" Weems said. "I'm trying to keep my job."

Among the NBA's short-term recommendations to teams in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, players should utilize fist-bumps over high-fives with fans and avoid taking items such as pens, balls and jerseys to autograph, according to a memo to teams obtained by ESPN.

Among larger concerns being addressed in NBA front offices and the league office is the possibility that pre-draft combines, on-site workouts and international scouting events could become more limited in scope, or even be canceled, based on the possible escalation of the coronavirus outbreak.

The NBA and National Basketball Players Association have been consulting with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and infectious-disease experts, including a renowned researcher at Columbia University, the memo said.

"The coronavirus remains a situation with the potential to change rapidly," the league told teams in the memo.

The NBA issued a statement to the AP, saying, "The health and safety of our employees, teams, players and fans is paramount. We are coordinating with our teams and consulting with the CDC and infectious disease specialists on the coronavirus and continue to monitor the situation closely."

The league has also been constantly updating teams with the latest information available on dealing with coronavirus.

The Corona Virus has officially hit Oregon. More specifically Lake Oswego...Make sure y'all washing y'all hands with soap for 20 or more seconds & covering ya mouths when you cough. I am officially taking a break from signing autographs until further notice.

Sincerely,

CJ

— CJ McCollum (@CJMcCollum) February 29, 2020

The Trail Blazers' CJ McCollum tweeted over the weekend about the need to take precautions and that he was taking a break from signing autographs for now.

But the Celtics' Kemba Walker said Monday that while he will be cautious, "I'm pretty sure I'm still going to sign some autographs, but maybe I'll just walk around with my own marker."

As the number of cases in North America starts to increase, there's been no impact in terms of curbing of league travel or games. An NBA player who contracted the coronavirus would expect to miss two weeks, one team medical official told ESPN. NBA front offices are preparing for scouting events such as the global Hoop Summit in Portland, Oregon, in April, and the NBA draft combine in Chicago in May, events that host of hundreds of players, coaches, front office personnel and medical staff.

MESA, Ariz. -- Joe Maddon hugged Anthony Rizzo, shared an in-game microphone with Kris Bryant, slapped hands with the Cubs' mascot and drew a warm reception from the Chicago fans at Sloan Park.

As if he'd never been away at all.

The manager who guided the Cubs to an elusive World Series championship in 2016 and parted ways with the team after last season returned on Monday, now guiding the Los Angeles Angels.

The mini-reunion came during a spring training exhibition, with a split-squad of Cubs topping the Angels 9-4.

"It's very comfortable," Maddon said before the game. "You talk about wonderful memories, it was five years, but it was a very eventful five years. There's nothing to lament, it was wonderful. It was life-altering for me and my family to be part of this organization."

The Angels and Cubs don't meet in the regular season, so the short trip from Tempe to Mesa provided Maddon a chance to meet old pals.

Maddon was embraced by new Cubs manager David Ross, who retired as a player after the Cubs beat Cleveland to end their 108-year World Series drought.

The Cubs averaged 94 wins per season during Maddon's tenure, and made the playoffs in the first four. Last year, after Maddon's contract was not extended following an early playoff exit, Chicago slumped to 84-78 and missed the postseason, and the Cubs front office moved on from Maddon.

Maddon ended up back with the organization where he spent most of his previous time in the game, including as a coach on the Angels' 2002 World Series winners.

"Stuff happens along the way," Maddon said. "Eventually it's for the best that you do something else. It's good for you and for them. There's nothing adversarial. I just texted Theo [Epstein, Cubs president] and we'll try to get together."

"The method of the world today is everyone's looking for adversarial. It's not. We won together, it was a great moment," he said.

Maddon teamed up with Bryant and Rizzo during the game, all three of them wired together on microphones to talk at the same time during the ESPN telecast.

"Last year we went off the rails a little bit. But we don't win 95-plus games without a real good method in place and really good players. I don't take it personally. I like change. It's got to be for all the right reasons," Maddon said.

Maddon hasn't changed his unique methods in returning to the Angels' organization. Monday morning's guest speaker in Tempe was basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley, who addressed the team and hit a few golf shots in the outfield.

"He's great," Maddon said of the NBA great who lives in the Phoenix area. "It's energy and enthusiasm. If you can do something that adds to that, I'll take it. I think that's overlooked.

"Players love that stuff. We're going through the tedious, grinding schedule of spring training and anything you do to lighten up the day, I think, is good. I think you can feel it in the clubhouse."

Barkley, a Phillies fan from his days with the Philadelphia 76ers, has admired New Jersey native Mike Trout for a while and was glad to get the chance to talk to the Angels' star on Monday.

"I've only met him one time. I just happened to run into him on an elevator, and I was so excited to meet him. I was like, I didn't want to bother him. It was just quick," Barkley said.

"It was in L.A. I told him it was an honor to meet him. Obviously being from Philadelphia, we knew a lot about him. I'm a fan, but I just said hello to him kind of quickly. I was kind of fanboying on him a little bit."

One thing Maddon will miss about leaving the National League is the style of play -- and certainly don't count him among the supporters of the universal designated hitter.

"The National League game is a better game. I know we'll probably go to the DH. I think it's awful. I don't understand where it adds interest to the game, I think it subtracts from it," he said.

"Don't keep talking about offense, that's boring. There's other ways to score points. There's more to think about," he said. "If you want to teach young kids, teach them the National League game -- it makes you think. I think it [the DH] should be dropped right now. You can make all the arguments you want."