PORTLAND Ore. (AP) — Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard has had surgery to repair a core injury that has been causing him abdominal pain. Lillard will be evaluated in six weeks but there is no timetable for his return. The six-time All-Star has missed five games since the start of the year and 11 games overall this season because of the injury.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The NFL has no plans to move the Super Bowl to Arlington, Texas, or anywhere else despite the recent rise in COVID-19 cases and the accompanying health precautions in California. Both NFL officials and local organizers say the championship game isn’t leaving the Los Angeles area. The 56th edition of the Super Bowl will be held on Feb. 13.
NEW YORK (AP) Labor talks to end the baseball lockout have resumed for the first time in 1 1/2 months with little evident progress during a bargaining session that lasted about an hour, jeopardizing a timely start to spring training. Major League Baseball imposed the lockout on Dec. 2 as soon as the five-year collective bargaining contract expired, a few hours after talks broke off. The discussions Thursday were the first on core economic issues following a 42-day gap, and MLB made proposals it hoped would at least start to generate momentum. Players did not commit to a specific date to respond.
UNDATED (AP) — Las Vegas Raiders star tight end Darren Waller will be on the field when the Raiders visit Cincinnati in the wild-card round. Waller went through five tough weeks when he was absent from the team because of injuries and then a positive COVID-19 test. He says the hardest part wasn’t the rehabilitation, it was all the idle time he had to navigate as a person who battles daily to remain sober.
UNDATED (AP) — The New York Giants have interviewed Quentin Harris of the Arizona Cardinals and Ryan Poles of the Kansas City Chiefs for their vacant general manager’s job. Co-owners John Mara and Steve Tisch and senior vice president of player personnel Chris Mara met with Harris and Poles today by videoconference. The Giants have now spoken with four men over the past two days. They interviewed Bills assistant general manager Joe Schoen and Cardinals vice president of pro personnel Adrian Wilson on Wednesday. GM Dave Gettleman retired Monday, and the team fired coach Joe Judge the following day.
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