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Jerome Miron-USA TODAY SportsThe COVID-19 pandemic still hovers over professional sports. As training camps slowly begin to creep over the horizon, the NHL unveiled its COVID-19 protocols for the upcoming 2022-23 season, announcing this new policy in a seven-page document released on Tuesday evening in conjunction with the NHL Players’ Association. As stated in the official document, these protocols have been created by the NHL in recognition of the health of player and club personnel remaining the NHL’s priority, the high vaccination rate of club hockey operations and player personnel, the high positivity rate of COVID-19 in the NHL from mid-December 2021, to February 2022,…

The NBA announced Monday that there will be no games played on Election Day – Tuesday, Nov. 8 – as a way to encourage fans, players and staff to head to the polls and vote.As part of what the league is calling a “civic engagement night,” all 30 teams will instead play the night before the election.”The scheduling decision came out of the NBA family’s focus on promoting nonpartisan civic engagement and encouraging fans to make a plan to vote during midterm elections,” a tweet posted by the NBA Communications team said. The NBA today announced that no games will…

Jared C. Tilton | Getty Images NASCAR officials penalized the No. 18 Kyle Busch Motorsports team Tuesday for an unsecured lug nut after last weekend’s events at Richmond Raceway. Chandler Smith drove the No. 18 KBM Toyota to his third victory of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season in Saturday night’s Worldwide Express 250. His truck was found with a single unsecured lug nut in a post-race check by officials, a violation detailed in Section 8.8.10.4a in the NASCAR Rule Book. RELATED: Chandler Smith wins Richmond | Truck Series standings As a result, crew chief Danny Stockman was fined…

The 2022 Major League Baseball season has roughly seven weeks to go and while the most important item to track would be the standings, the individual awards are pretty fun in their own right. We looked at the MVP races in each league last week, so now let’s take a look at the Cy Young races. All odds via Caesars Sportsbook as of Aug. 16.American LeagueTop five favoritesBefore we dive into where we stand, we should note that the Astros-White Sox game Tuesday night pits the top two favorites against each other. That should be fun. Verlander is 15-3 with a 1.85…

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The University of Kentucky men’s golf team has announced its 2022-23 schedule and will compete in four fall events and five spring events in preparation for the postseason. “What a great schedule we put together for the 2022-23 season,” UK head coach Brian Craig said. “We have a wide array of championship golf courses and strong fields. A highlight is definitely going to the world-renowned Maidstone Club which is directly on the Atlantic Ocean in Long Island, N.Y. “We have also revised the SEC Match Play Championship which will be 54 holes of stroke play, followed by…

Story Links OXFORD, Miss. – Ole Miss senior goalkeeper Ashley Orkus has been named to the TopDrawerSoccer Preseason Best XI First Team, announced Tuesday.   It is the second consecutive year that the two-time defending SEC Goalkeeper of the Year has been named to the first team. Orkus has also received postseason Best XI honors from TopDrawerSoccer the last two seasons, earning a first team nod in 2020 and landing on the third team in 2021.   The laurel is the latest in a swath the Rebel shot stopper has received throughout her illustrious career. After garnering United Soccer…

England have been in a good form in Test cricket since skipper Ben Stokes and head coach Brendon McCullum took over. They will look to continue their winning run in their upcoming red-ball fixture against South Africa. The first match of the three-match series is scheduled to take place at Lord’s and will start on Wednesday, 17 August, at 3:30 PM IST. The Proteas are also not in a mood to leave any room for the visitors as they beat them 2-1 in the three-match T20 International series and finished the ODI series at 1-1. However, the Test encounter will…

By Charles Brun: Dillian ‘The Body Snatcher’ Whyte states that he plans on being involved in a “big fight” in November when he returns to the ring for the first time since being knocked out in six rounds by WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury last April. Despite having lost two out of his last three fights, Whyte is gunning for the top fighters in the division, wanting a clash against one of these fighters: Anthony Joshua Tyson Fury Joe Joyce Daniel Dubois Deontay Wilder Considering that Whyte (28-3, 19 KOs) has lost two out of his last three fights, it’s…

By Richard Pagliaro | Tuesday, August 16, 2022   Karolina Pliskova powered through 11 of the last 13 games defeating Venus Williams 7-5, 6-1 in what may have been the 41-year-old superstar’s Cincinnati farewell.Photo credit: Dylan Buell/Getty Queen City fans came out to honor tennis royalty.Karolina Pliskova crashed the party.More: Medvedev’s Message for Taunting FansPliskova powered through 11 of the last 13 games defeating Venus Williams 7-5, 6-1 in what may well have been the 41-year-old superstar’s final Cincinnati singles match.  Up and running in Cincy 👉Former champion 🇨🇿 @KaPliskova secures a spot in the second round…

Are you smarter than Charles Barkley? With the exception of a few potential blockbusters in limbo, most of the NBA offseason player movement is over. The final tally? 90 players have changed teams via free agency or trade, per Keith Smith of Spotrac. Were you able to keep up with every transaction? Rather than making fun of Sir Charles for his lack of basketball research, put your NBA knowledge to the test with The Sporting News’ version of the “Who He Play For?” quiz. Tag us on Twitter or Instagram with your results! MORE: The Andrew Wiggins All-Stars: Players who will shine in new…