Frank Vogel optimistic as Lakers wait to reopen practice facility
How long has this layoff lasted? Long enough that the Western Conference’s first-place team benefited from a reminder about just how well it was playing when the season was suspended March 11 after the Utah Jazz’s Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19.Lakers coach Frank Vogel said his staff has been studying film of the 49-14 Lakers in preparation for the season’s resumption, whenever that might be, and that they like what they see.“Our video guys … Dru Anthrop and Jon Pastorek have done an incredible job of putting together very detailed edits of high volume for us to be able to study the things were working for us, things we need to improve, and more importantly to remind us as we watch these tapes, how good a team we had,” Vogel said Wednesday during a Zoom video conference with reporters.“It’s something that makes me want even more to have the opportunity to finish our season when it’s safe and appropriate.” AD Quality Auto 360p 720p 1080p Top articles1/5READ MOREUCLA alum Kenny Clark signs four-year contract extension with PackersAbout that: In areas where that has been permitted by local public health officials, the NBA is permitting teams to reopen practice facilities Friday for voluntary, social-distanced workouts in accordance with the detailed safety protocols the NBA crafted with guidance from health officials, the CDC and infectious disease specialists.According to a release from the league, that means teams will have to abide by the following restrictions:• No more than four players will be permitted at a facility at any one time;• No head or assistant coaches can participate;• Group activity (including practices and scrimmages) remains prohibited; Trail Blazers beat Grizzlies in play-in, earn first-round series with the Lakers Trail Blazers, Grizzlies advance to NBA play-in game; Suns, Spurs see playoff dreams dashed • Players continue to be barred from using non-team facilities (such as public health clubs or fitness centers) to work out.Vogel avoided specifying a date that the Lakers hoped to reopen their UCLA Health Training Center in El Segundo, but The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported later Wednesday that the team is eyeing May 16.L.A. County announced Wednesday that a limited number of businesses – including golf courses as well as those selling toys, books, clothing, sporting goods, music and flowers – will be able to open Friday with safety measures in place.“There’s a handful of teams around the league that are going to be back on the 8th,” Vogel said. “Most of them will not. We’ll continue to see how things progress next week. …Related Articles How athletes protesting the national anthem has evolved over 17 years 
Lakers practice early hoping to answer all questions Lakers, Clippers schedules set for first round of NBA playoffs “Like the whole reopening of our country, it’s going to be done in phases,” added Vogel, noting that with so much time likely to pass before play resumes, he wasn’t concerned about whether there might be a competitive edge gained by teams that can sooner return to facilities offering, most importantly, courts on which to practice.“The NBA has rolled out what the first phase looked like for us,” Vogel said. “No more than four players at a time with one coach and there’s obviously limitations to what you can really get accomplished in that setting. However, that’s a big step from where they’ve been for the last six or seven weeks or wherever that is. I think we have to find that balance of pushing their conditioning without breaking down their bodies.“It’s a great unknown when you have players that have been unable to be on the basketball court for this long. No one has ever really been around this type of situation so I think we’re all going to put our heads together, rely heavily on the guidance of our sports performance team, the common sense of our coaching staff and try to build them up at the right pace and try to find that balance.” Newsroom GuidelinesNews TipsContact UsReport an Error
June 28USA 2, France 1 Megan Rapinoe led the team to victory, scoring both the opening goal and the match-winner. Rapinoe’s free kick in the fifth minute found its way untouched into the back of the net through heavy traffic. The match-winner — her fifth goal of the tournament — came in the 65th minute, scoring after Alex Morgan sent a cross beyond and behind Sam Mewis, but perfect for the on-running Rapinoe.The USWNT conceded just its second goal of the tournament in the 81st minute when Wendie Renard headed in a Gaëtane Thiney free kick , beating goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher and her mark, Julie Ertz. Regardless, the U.S. won 2-1 and advanced to the semifinals to face off against England.MORE: Film study shows England finally closing gap on U.S.England awaited the USA vs. France result after already booking its spot in the semis with a 3-0 victory over Norway. The Lionesses’ Ellen White scored her fifth goal of the tournament in the match, tying her for top spot in the Golden Boot race with the United States’ Rapinoe and Alex Morgan.The U.S. has a 10-4-2 all-time record against England, most recently having played to a 2-2 draw in 2019 during the SheBelieves Cup. It will be another highly anticipated match up as the both teams look to stake their claim as the best of the best. What TV channel is USWNT vs. England on today?Date: Tuesday, July 2Start time: 3 p.m. ET TV channel: FoxLive stream: Fox Sports Go | fuboTVFox will carry every USWNT game live during the 2019 Women’s World Cup. The network’s lead soccer broadcast team of JP Dellacamera and Aly Wagner will be on the call from France joined by reporter Alex Curry.In addition to Fox’s live broadcast, the match will be streamed on Fox Sports Go. You can also watch it online by signing up for fuboTV, which offers a seven-day free trial. DeCOURCY: USWNT vs. France as big as it gets — and as big as it’s ever beenWhen does USA play next? Women’s World Cup 2019 schedule, resultsGroup stageDateResultJune 11USA 13, Thailand 0June 16USA 3, ChileJune 20USA 2, Sweden 0Knockout stageDateMatchupTime (TV channel)June 24USA 2, Spain 1 USA vs. England: Live updates, game highlightsThe United States women’s national team has knocked out the hosts in its quest for back-to-back FIFA Women’s World Cup titles. July 2England vs. USA3 p.m. ET (Fox/fuboTV)
Falcons’ Julio Jones says he won’t hold out for new contract Related News The 33-year-old Quin told the Detroit Free Press earlier this year he actually tried to get the Lions to release him before the 2018 season. He lost playing time last year to rookie Tracy Walker. The Free Press reports the Lions freed $6.25 million in cap space with Quin’s release.Quin told ESPN that he “always only wanted to play 10 years.” “Playing professional sports was always a dream of mine. Football was the route I chose and God blessed me to be able to persevere through all the hardships and play 10 years in the NFL,” Quin told ESPN. “I’m so thankful for the opportunity I had to play in the NFL with such great players and two great organizations.”Football was never who I was as a person. It was always what I had done. I wanted to use football as a stepping stone into the rest of my life and not let football be my life. I always only wanted to play 10 years. Said if I was able to walk off the field after the last game in Year 10, it would be really hard for me to walk back on. I’m young, I’m healthy and I got a lot of life to live. So I’m walking away from the game of football.”Quin earned a reputation as an ironman, ending his career with 148 consecutive starts. He finishes with 24 interceptions, 84 passes defended and 740 tackles. He’s second all-time among Lions defensive backs with 423 tackles. Tom Brady throws to Rob Gronkowski in private LA workout, report says Former NFL player, ESPN analyst Tedy Bruschi shares health update after stroke After 10 seasons in the NFL, safety Glover Quin is calling it a career.The Lions released Quin in February after six years with Detroit that saw him earn second-team All-Pro and Pro Bowl honors in 2014. He began his career with four seasons for the Texans after they picked him in the fourth round in 2009.
MLB trade rumors: Here’s who the Yankees could want from teams targeting Clint Frazier MLB trade news: Athletics acquire pitcher Homer Bailey from Royals Max Muncy drew a bases-loaded walk and Alex Verdugo added an RBI single during a three-run 12th inning as the Dodgers handed the Red Sox their first interleague series loss at home since 2014.Max Muncy’s go-ahead walk in the 12th inning tonight was the first time the @Dodgers have had a bases-loaded walk in the 12th inning or later since Chad Kreuter and Paul Lo Duca had back-to-back RBI walks in the 15th inning at Oakland, 18 years ago today.#LABleedsBlue— Stats By STATS (@StatsBySTATS) July 15, 2019″You can see the way those guys played and their intensity and focus, they wanted this series,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told reporters (via Dodgers.com). “They wanted to get the second half off on a good foot. I thought it was very focused baseball and two very equal ballclubs. These are two clubs that can handle four-hour games.” Related News It wasn’t Game 3 of last year’s World Series, but it was a reasonable facsimile Sunday night (into Monday morning local time) as the Dodgers outlasted the Red Sox at Fenway Park, 7-3 in 12 innings.The two teams went 18 innings that took 7 hours, 20 minutes in the 2018 World Series. This time? It took “only” 5:40 to finish things, pushing the game past past 1:30 a.m. in Boston. 30The combined number of strikeouts by the two teams. You put all those on one side of the box score and it’s 10 innings of outs. That, more than anything, is a commentary on the game today.6The number of at-bats four players, two from each team, had in the 12-inning game (others had that many plate appearances). Among the four — Justin Turner and A.J. Pollock of the Dodgers, J.D. Martinez and Andrew Benintendi of the Red Sox — Pollock made the most of his at-bats, going 3-for-6 with four RBIs and two runs.1.7 and 6.0The overnight national rating and the Los Angeles-specific overnight rating. The nearly six-hour game was ESPN”s highest-rated “Sunday Night Baseball” game of the season, and the rating for LA is the highest in the market for a non-tiebreaker regular season MLB game since 1999. “Just one of those that we had our chances, we didn’t take advantage of it, and then at the end they did what they did and scored some runs,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora told reporters (via The Associated Press).Here are seven interesting numbers from Sunday’s marathon:15The combined number of pitchers used by the teams. Red Sox starter David Price went five innings, and Dodgers starter Hyun-Jin Ryu went seven. The Dodgers resorted to using closer Kenley Jansen in the bottom of the ninth in a tie game. He got out of a two-on, one-out jam to send it to the 10th. Joe Kelly, an October hero for the Red Sox, got his first Dodgers save against his former team.457The combined number of pitches by the 15 pitchers, an extraordinary 261 of them by Red Sox pitchers, and that’s because …61The number of foul balls by Dodgers batters. Think about that number. Price threw a season-high 113 pitches in his five innings of work. Sixty-one foul balls amounts to at least a few innings’ worth of pitches by the Boston staff. MLB wrap: Rays almost make history in win over Orioles
Trevor Bauer departs Indians disagreeing with clubhouse impact concern Is top Dodgers pitching prospect Dustin May’s MLB debut part of an October audition? Bell will serve his suspension starting Thursday and Hurdle will begin his on Friday.The full brawl began in the top of the ninth inning Tuesday, when Garrett charged the Pirates’ dugout. However, tensions were sparked in the seventh inning when Kela threw a ball over Dietrich’s head.It’s the second brawl between the two clubs, the first coming in April after Dietrich admired one of his home runs during a game in Pittsburgh. On top of the suspensions, those six players and both managers got undisclosed fines. Pirates pitcher Trevor Williams, Reds first baseman Joey Votto and Reds outfielder Phillip Ervin were fined, as well.Several other players who were involved in the brawl while on the injured list have been fined, too.“The incidents between these two clubs remain a source of concern, and it’s reflected by the level of discipline we are handing down today,” MLB chief baseball officer Joe Torre said in a statement. “Everyone on the field should be aware of the example they are setting for fans, particularly young people. I firmly expect these two managers and all others to hold their players accountable for appropriate conduct and to guide them in the right direction.”All six players have elected to appeal their suspensions and will be able to play until those appeals are resolved. 
A whopping eight members of the Pirates and Reds (and Indians) organizations were hit with suspensions Thursday after their benches-clearing brawl during Tuesday’s game.Six players and both managers received varying suspensions, with Reds manager David Bell getting hit with six games and Pirates skipper Clint Hurdle receiving two. Pittsburgh pitcher Keone Kela received the largest suspension of 10 games for “intentionally throwing a pitch in the area of the head of Derek Dietrich”, while Cincinnati pitcher Amir Garrett got an eight-game ban for initiating the brawl by charging the Pirates’ dugout from the mound.Pirates infielder José Osuna received a five-game suspension, while Reds pitcher Jared Hughes, Pirates pitcher Kyle Crick and former Reds outfielder Yasiel Puig, who now is with the Indians, each received a three-game suspension. Related News
On 24 February at 5 p.m. in sports hall Mojmilo, basketball match between Bosna ASA BH Telecom and OKK Borac will be played as a part of 18th round of Basketball League 12.This match will be the opportunity for Bosna from Sarajevo to keep it leadership position, but they will have a rather hard time since OKK Borac is a tough team.
After winning the Best Player of BiH Premier League Award, football player of Čelik Saša Kajkut received yet another recognition for his play in the last season, reports sportsport.baHe was chosen as the best football player of Čelik and the competition was organised by sports news portal sportzdk.ba.Saša Kajkut was born in 1984 in Banja Luka, as a teenager, he played for the local team Borac where he started his professional career. After that he moved to Croatian 2nd division teams Zadar and Pomorac. He played in Sheriff Tiraspol, Borac Banja Luka, FC Baku, and since 2012 he’s been playing for Čelik Zenica.(photo: drzavazeljo)
Muamer Hukic, alias Marco Huck, celebrated in the fight for the title of world champion in the category up to 90.7 kilograms by IBO Federation.Hukic won against British Ola Afolabi in Halle, Germany. The match was stopped after 10 rounds due to injuries that Hukic made to Afolabi.Huck was better than the British from the beginning to the end of the match, and he was particularly dominant in mid-rounds.This was the 4th clash of Hukic and Afolabi. German boxer won 3 times so far, with one draw.For video, please click here.(Source: Am. Dz./Klix.ba)
The 14th European Youth Olympic Winter Festival (EYOF 2019) was officially closed in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s (BiH’s) city of East Sarajevo on Friday with the medal ceremony and extinguishing of Olympic flame.During the medal ceremony, young sportsmen of Norway were the most successful participants of EYOF, winning 12 medals, out of which 6 gold, 1 silver and 5 bronze. On the second place were athletes from Switzerland with 12 medals as well, 5 gold, 5 silver, 2 bronze, while third ones were sportsmen from France with 11 medals, 4 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze.After the medal ceremony, all attendees were greeted by one of the hosts, mayor of East Sarajevo, who congratulated to young athletes on the results they had achieved, wishing organizers a successful organization and hosting of the next EYOF.The other host, mayor of Sarajevo Abdulah Skaka, said that the sport, youth and future were the key things of EYOF, and that this event was a project that linked people to great values.At the end of the ceremony, the Chairman of Presidency of BiH Milorad Dodik, said that Bjelasnica and Jahorina mountains were the venues of competition for the best medals.“We were all gathered here around the great thing, this would not happen without good cooperation between the two mayors and two cities along with support of all levels,”Dodik said, adding that this event was an opportunity to show that citizens of BiH are traditionally good hosts.Dodik wished young athletes a safe and happy return to home, wishing them to bring the best impressions from BiH.The ceremony of Olympic flame extinguishing in the capital of BiH was emotional for the thousands of visitors, and returned them 35 years back in 1984 when the 14th Winter Olympic Games were held in Sarajevo.Organizers handed over the flag to representatives of Finnish city of Vuokatti, the next host of EYOF. From Feb. 10-15, 2019, EYOF brought in Sarajevo and Eastern Sarajevo some 1,600 athletes aged 14-18 competing in eight sports: alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, short track speed skating, snowboarding and curling.(Source: Sarajevo Times, photo: FENA)