The game between the United States and Switzerland at the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship on Tuesday has been canceled after two United States players tested positive for COVID-19.The game in Group B in the preliminary round was to be played at WP Centrium in Red Deer, Alberta.”We’re extremely disappointed, especially for our players,” United States general manager John Vanbiesbrouck said. “We’re operating in an ever-changing landscape and that’s very challenging. We’ve followed the tournament protocol from the outset and will continue to do everything we can to ensure our players have the opportunity to compete at the World Junior…
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No. 21 (down 3 spots): Frank Schwab – Yahoo! Sports The Vikings have lost five games this season when they had a positive turnover margin, via Ben Goessling of the Star-Tribune. That seems impossible. They’re the 23rd team in the Super Bowl era to lose five games in a season while winning the turnover battle, Goessling said. No wonder Vikings fans are fed up. No. 21 (down 2 spots): Pete Prisco – CBS Sports At 7-8, they have little room for error the rest of the way. They have to beat the Packers to survive this week. No. 21 (down…
Lately, the NBA has seen a rapid rise in COVID-19 cases. Therefore, the Philadelphia 76ers have not only dealt with their fair share of outbreaks on their roster, but they’ve also faced many shorthanded teams lately as other organizations continue to deal with numerous setbacks as well.The Sixers might be especially cautious over the next couple of days, considering the rise in cases on teams they played recently. Last Thursday, the Sixers hosted the Atlanta Hawks. A couple of days later, Hawks standout John Collins entered the health and safety protocol.Outside of Tyrese Maxey, who temporarily entered the protocol, the…
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Dan Szymborski | FanGraphs: The Phillies haven’t finished with more than 82 wins since they won 102 in 2011. If Philadelphia is to finish better than .500, Dave Dombrowski will need to add to a top-heavy roster. ZiPS loves Bryce Harper and Zack Wheeler, but it doesn’t love the depth. Blake Newberry | Viva El Birdos: In Alex Reyes’s first full season since 2016, he showed why he was such a highly-regarded pitching prospect. He displayed excellent swing and miss stuff albeit with little command. Harnessing his curveball could be the next step for the Cardinals’ reliever. RJ Anderson |…
Two spectators and one golf writer should have seen this coming.Jon Rahm finished the 15th hole at Muirfield Village during a practice round for the Memorial. Walking to the next tee, two spectators approached for an autograph.“I’m sorry, I can’t,” Rahm replied. “I’m in contact tracing.”That was a response never heard in the year since golf returned from its pause because of the pandemic, peculiar enough to wonder if that was the perfect answer to avoid having to stop to sign. And then a reminder of that moment returned three days later.Rahm walked off the 18th green with a six-shot…
You never know who may become a Fantasy hero in the playoffs. In Week 16, it was Rex Burkhead, who rushed for a career-high 149 yards and two TDs in Houston’s stunning upset win over the Chargers. In Fantasy Super Bowl week, it could be San Francisco rookie quarterback Trey Lance who propels your team to a victory. He will likely start in Week 17 because of Jimmy Garoppolo’s thumb injury. Also, Rams running back Cam Akers could make his return from a major Achilles injury with Darrell Henderson now out because of an MCL issue.Should Lance or Akers be…
KL Rahul scored a fine century on Day 1 at Centurion. At the SuperSport Arena, Indian cricket moved from darkness that had shrouded it for a fortnight, to light. A supreme first day performance with the bat, rare as they come in South Africa, brought the focus back on cricket, as it should be. Dispelling in one compelling day of cricket, the scandals and slander that had dominated the build-up, the negativity that had piled up, and the doubts and dervishes that lingered on. It was a day out of a dream. The openers not only survived the first session…
Gennadiy Golovkin and Ryota Murata were due to fight on Dec. 29 at the Saitama Super Arena in Japan on DAZN. However, on Dec. 3, the previously announced fight had to be postponed due to Japan reinstating strict border restrictions around the recent Omicron coronavirus variant. Matchroom Boxing head Eddie Hearn is nearing toward a solution to finally staging the middleweight unification matchup between the IBF and IBO titlist Golovkin (41-1-1, 36 KOs) and the WBA champion Murata (16-2, 13 KOs). “Gennadiy Golovkin was to fight Murata in December. It looks like it’s going to be rescheduled for March or…
Spanish tennis star Paula Badosa believes fellow compatriot Garbine Muguruza could end up winning all four Grand Slams. Muguruza, 28, is a two-time Grand Slam champion, having won the French Open in 2016 and Wimbledon the following year. Muguruza was also close to winning the Australian Open in 2020 but she ended runner-up to Sofia Kenin in the final. “Winning all four Grand Slams is what everyone dreams of, maybe saying it puts pressure on me, but that’s good, you have to dream big,” Muguruza told ESPN Deportes. Badosa, 24, wouldn’t be surprised if Muguruza achieved her goal. “She has…