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Anthony Duclair ought to be able to find a suitor soon, testing the free agent market. (Steven Kingsman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Well over 90 percent of NHL teams’ cap dollars are said to have already been spent, and there are still pages and pages of unrestricted free agents to sort through on any reasonably thorough free-agent tracker. Suffice to say, teams still mining for talent to fill out their rosters for the 2020-21 season are in an advantageous position now almost two weeks… Source link

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — NBA referees will join the players and coaching staff in gathering around the “Black Lives Matter” signage on the court to kneel during the playing of the national anthem to peacefully protest racial injustice in America, league sources tell Yahoo Sports. The 45 referees selected by the league to officiate the restart recently had a “spirited” debate on whether to insert themselves into the storylines and it was decided that they wanted to support the… Source link

Former First Lady Michelle Obama planned to meet with NBA and WNBA players on Sunday afternoon to talk about voting, Oklahoma City Thunder star and president of the Players Association Chris Paul said. Obama’s push on voting came just 100 days out from election day in November, part of the “When We All Vote” campaign. She announced on Sunday that they have already registered 100,000 new voters through that campaign, and hope to double that number before November. “We’re gonna talk about… Source link

Update: 8:33 p.m. ET After reporting 95 players league-wide with a “known positive test” for COVID-19 on Tuesday, the NFLPA later changed that number to 59. The union’s COVID-19 hub launched last week and initially reported 72 “known positive tests.” NFL Network’s James Palmer reports that the the initial number published Tuesday afternoon also included staff and that the updated tally of 59 reflects players only. The previous number included all known positives across the league,… Source link

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler plans to use his position to speak out against racial injustice and provide a voice for those who aren’t heard. Kapler and several of his players knelt during the national anthem before their 6-2 exhibition victory against the Oakland Athletics. Kapler shared his plans when he addressed the team earlier Monday, and he said everyone would be supported by the Giants no matter what they decided to do. ”I wanted them to know that I… Source link

Baseball didn’t need to wait until opening day to see whether any players would take a knee during the national anthem. Gabe Kapler, the new manager of the San Francisco Giants, and four players took a knee Monday night before the team’s preseason game against the Oakland Athletics. Mike Yastrzemski, Austin Slater, Jaylin Davis and Antoan Richardson were the Giants players who took a knee. Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford put his hands on the shoulders of Davis and Richardson. Here’s… Source link

[This is an excerpt from Yahoo Sports’ free morning newsletter. Tap here to get the best sports news in your inbox every morning.] Good morning, friends! Guess what: another sport, another possibility for labor strife. Sorry. Remember back in March and April, when we all said the NFL was the beneficiary of the calendar in the coronavirus pandemic? While basketball and hockey saw their seasons smashed like a pumpkin hit by a locomotive, and while baseball couldn’t even find the runway, much… Source link

“If I wasn’t who I was today, I’m no different than anybody else of color.” That was part of Jimmy Butler‘s logic for requesting a blank nameplate on the back of his jersey during the restart in Orlando, as Butler told Vincent Goodwill of Yahoo Sports. The idea of the blank nameplate has not cleared by the NBA “as of now”, reports Tim Reynolds of the AP (the Heat are prepping a “Butler” jersey currently, reports Ira Winderman of the Sun-Sentinal). Per sources, it appears as… Source link

ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski has reportedly been suspended without pay by ESPN for saying “f— you” to Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley in an email. Hawley had sent a letter to NBA commissioner Adam Silver, complaining about the social justice messages NBA players are allowed to wear on the back of their jerseys, and Woj was responding to a press release Hawley’s office had sent to him. Woj apologized publicly and to his ESPN colleagues, but it doesn’t appear that’s had an effect on his… Source link