Cale Makar performed individual on-ice drills Thursday before Avalanche practice in a signal that Colorado’s standout rookie defenseman is nearing a return to training camp. Makar, one of three finalists for NHL rookie of the year, has not skated with the team since Saturday after being listed “unfit” to play; with league policy prohibiting teams
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COVID-19 will keep most fans out of Globe Life Field this season. Most fans. But thanks to the efforts of Rangers general manager Jon Daniels and his staff, one very special family was in attendance Tuesday night in a comfy, safe place. Jim and Tamara Hilliard, the parents of Rockies rookie outfielder Sam Hilliard, were
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — There’s no bench. The courtside broadcasters will not be courtside. And the stat crew will be doing their work inside what loosely can be described as an oversized hockey penalty box. The NBA comes back Wednesday with a very different look. The league’s marketing motto for the restart of the
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DENVER — The Denver Nuggets resume the 2020 season from Within the Orlando bubble Wednesday afternoon amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Nuggets will perform the Washington Wizards in Orlando, Florida in a scrimmage at 1:30 p.m. The Nuggets played with the Wizards on January 4 and then also lost 128-114. Wednesday’s match will be televised
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Day 3 of “Cale Makar Watch” concluded at Pepsi Center on Wednesday with still no indication of Colorado’s NHL rookie-of-the-year finalist in Avalanche training camp. The Avs designated Makar as simply “unfit” to play — under a new NHL policy made to safeguard player’s medical privacy amid the coronavirus pandemic — following a Saturday practice
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Nuggets little ahead Will Barton continues to be dealing with knee soreness and won’t perform Wednesday’s launching scrimmage from the Wizards out of conscience, according to a team source. Barton’s only been able to proceed through elements of training because the Nuggets arrived in Orlando more than a couple of weeks ago. Barton missed four
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If everything works out for Nathan MacKinnon this summer, the Avalanche star could very well score a hat trick off the ice. MacKinnon was named one of three finalists for the Hart Trophy, given to the NHL MVP by the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association, on Tuesday morning. It’s the third postseason award the 24-year-old center
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Nikola Jokic doesn’t know what sort of effects that are long-term COVID-19 might have on himbut he also doesn’t need to waste time considering it. Jokic, who’been at the Orlando “bubble” for over a week later he tested positive while at Serbia, stated the NBA’so doctors can’t forecast how the virus might impact him during
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If nothing else, at the Nuggets’ two players are within the bubble. After Nikola Jokic arrived last weekend in Orlando, not only was the organization able to breathe a sigh of relief, but it indicated that the unofficial beginning of the team’s resumption. After four months off, the equal of an entire offseason as Nuggets
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Conor Timmins’ rookie opinion at Avalanche training camp was powerful in 2017 that coach Jared Bednar faced a choice: Jumpstart rsquo & the second-round defenseman;s NHL career? Or ship him back to juniors for evolution? Colorado played it safe but knew his future was bright. “We had discussions about him playing (us),” Bednar said. “That’so
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