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According to Loyola, Krutwig will be the seventh member of the 2018 Final Four team to play professionally overseas, joining Clayton Custer (Poland), Donte Ingram (New Zealand, Netherlands), Aundre Jackson (Iceland, Ukraine, Cyprus), Ben Richardson (Poland, Czech Republic, Switzerland), Carson Shanks (Malta) and Marques Townes (Spain, Estonia).
Fans, media and players voted in 36 players as part of a pool that the league’s 12 head coaches chose from to compile the WNBA’s All-Star team. Elena Delle Donne, who hasn’t played all season while she recovers from back surgery, was part of that pool thanks to strong fan support. Nneka Ogwumike, who was surprisingly left off the U.S. Olympic team, was also in the 36-player pool, but not chosen by the coaches. She’s been sidelined by a sprained knee since early June.
Fans, media and players voted in 36 players as part of a pool that the league’s 12 head coaches chose from to compile the WNBA’s All-Star team. Elena Delle Donne, who hasn’t played all season while she recovers from back surgery, was part of that pool thanks to strong fan support. Nneka Ogwumike, who was surprisingly left off the U.S. Olympic team, was also in the 36-player pool, but not chosen by the coaches. She’s been sidelined by a sprained knee since early June.
Jan. 20, 2021: Mets fire GM Porter after he admits to harassing female reporter. Thosar: Women who work in sports media have to endure this kind of behavior far too often. Jared Porter, who was hired by Mets last month, sent more than 60 unwanted texts and lewd photos to reporter while working for Cubs. (New York Daily News)
Cubs catcher José Lobatón winces in pain after a collision at first base during the ninth inning of a 2-1 loss to the Brewers on Tuesday in Milwaukee. Lobatón suffered a sprained right shoulder in the collision, and the Cubs placed him on the 60-day injured list Wednesday. (Aaron Gash / AP)
Toews, 33, last played for the Hawks on Aug. 18, 2020, a 4-3 elimination loss to the Vegas Golden Knights during the return-to-play postseason in the Edmonton, Alberta, bubble after the regular season was shortened to 70 games by the COVID-19 pandemic.
This should not be enough to derail this option, however. Hosting an Olympics is not any city’s birthright. Many NFL cities never get to host a Super Bowl (cough, Chicago, cough). They get over it, and the same would be true for the Games. As for fans who want to see events unfold live, technology allows them to stream to their hearts’ content — regardless of what time it is.
Most managers, including the Chicago White Sox’s Tony La Russa and Milwaukee Brewers’ Craig Counsell, continue to rely on Zoom to communicate with reporters at the expense of regular on-field interviews, with the obvious exception of in-game interviews on national telecasts. La Russa conducted one on-field interview with Sox beat writers recently in Houston, but he also Zoomed for the rest of the media not in Houston.
“It was kind of nice,” Sheets said. “It switched from making your debut to being a big part of the game, and that was really nice for me to step in the box. It wasn’t as much about, ‘Hey, I’m in the big leagues.’ It was, ‘Hey, I’ve got to get a job done here.’
“Been a tough stretch of games, but it’s a long season,” Davies said. “We still have quite a while until the trade deadline, and that’s typically when teams make decisions on where their season is going to go. This is a professional ballclub that knows their job, and they know there are highs and lows of a season. Hopefully we get out of this low as quick as possible.”