Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving latest Brooklyn Nets players to enter NBA’s health and safety protocols

The Nets’ roster has been crushed by COVID-19, with 10 players now in protocols, including Durant, Irving, James Harden and LaMarcus Aldridge. Nets general manager Sean Marks said the decision to bring Irving back, reversing course after deciding on Oct. “I walked to the arena today, and there’s several lines out there for COVID testing, […]

Lakers’ Russell Westbrook clears COVID protocol; team signs Isaiah Thomas to 10-day contract

Thomas joins the roster under the hardship exemption, which allows a team to exceed the 15-player maximum. I will say if Russell didn’t play, we definitely intended to split up Russell’s minutes with Rondo and I.T. Avery Bradley, Talen Horton-Tucker and Dwight Howard will miss Friday’s game as they remain in the league’s health and […]

Chicago Bulls cleared to return to practice; DeMar DeRozan out of protocols

Chicago has not played since last Saturday night against the Miami Heat after a teamwide COVID-19 outbreak put 10 of its players in the league’s health and safety protocols. “We’re dealing with a conditioning factor, we’re dealing with a rhythm and timing situation,” Bulls coach Billy Donovan told reporters on Zoom earlier this week. Although […]

Wisconsin knocks off previously unbeaten Louisville, to play Nebraska in NCAA women’s volleyball final

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Louisville volleyball coach Dani Busboom Kelly was named the national coach of the year and got a contract extension Thursday. “I always hoped to coach a team that really understood what it took to be in this position,” said Busboom Kelly, who was hoping to become the first female head coach to […]