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NBA lays out its vision for Disney restart to teams, players

June 16, 2020 Associated Press

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 very specific plans to players and teams for the restart on Tuesday, doing so in […]

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Jordan giving $100 million for racial equality, justice

June 6, 2020 Associated Press

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Michael Jordan and the Jordan Brand are giving $100 million to organizations dedicated to promoting racial equality and social justice. In a joint statement Friday on social media, Jordan and the Jordan Brand said money will be paid over 10 years with the goal of “ensuring racial equality, social justice and […]

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What’s next for the NBA? A plan for testing is the big key

June 5, 2020 Associated Press

For the NBA, it is not officially time to play. It’s getting closer, but the league isn’t there yet. The move to agree on a 22-team format for the resumption of the pandemic-interrupted season is a major step forward, but it was just the first of many major decisions that has to be completed before […]

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DAHLBERG COLUMN: Virus will make the timeline for sports, too

April 5, 2020 Associated Press

The unthinkable, at least for sports fans, already has happened. The games, as we know them, are shut down. We’ll never know if San Diego State was a Final Four contender or if Tiger Woods would have defended his green jacket at the Masters. There was no opening day in baseball. The odds are increasingly […]

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NBA telling teams to keep players, staff out of facilities

March 19, 2020 Associated Press

The NBA has told its teams to close its training and practice facilities to all players and staff starting Friday, saying the shuttering will last indefinitely in the latest response to the coronavirus pandemic. The league told teams of the new directive in a memo sent Thursday afternoon, a copy of which was obtained by […]

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NBA suspends season; March Madness going without fans

March 11, 2020 Associated Press

The NBA became the first major American sports league to suspend play because of the coronavirus pandemic, raising questions Wednesday night about the future of college basketball’s March Madness and other pro sports. It looked as if the NBA might be moving toward playing in empty arenas before it announced that a Utah Jazz player […]

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Giannis likely out one more game, as Suns race past Bucks

March 8, 2020 Associated Press

PHOENIX (AP) — Devin Booker scored 20 of his 36 points in Phoenix’s 47-point first quarter and the Suns beat the NBA-leading Milwaukee Bucks 140-131 on Sunday night, The Bucks played without MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo because of a minor knee sprain. Injured Friday night in a loss at the Los Angeles Lakers, he’ll also sit […]

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WILD WEEKEND: Bucks-Lakers tonight, Badgers play for Big 10 title Saturday

March 6, 2020 Rick Solem

The biggest basketball games of the season happen over the next two days for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Wisconsin Badgers. First, tonight, on WKTY, the Bucks travel to LeBron James and the LA Lakers in a showdown of the teams with the best records in the league. When they met back on Dec. 19, […]

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NBA-leading Bucks bounce back from loss to rout Pacers

March 4, 2020 Associated Press

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Bucks have the NBA’s best record in part by avoiding slumps. Giannis Antetokounmpo had 29 points, 12 rebounds and six assists and the Bucks bounced back from one of their weakest performances of the season to rout the Indiana Pacers 119-100 on Wednesday night. Two nights after losing 105-89 in […]

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Bucks face Brogdan’s Pacers tonight with Lakers looming Friday

March 4, 2020 Rick Solem

MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Coming off their two lowest point-scoring totals of the season, the Milwaukee Bucks head back home tonight to play the Indiana Pacers, with LeBron James and the LA Lakers looming Friday. In back-to-back games Sunday and Monday, the Bucks scored 93 and 89 points, respectively, losing the latter to the Miami Heat, […]

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