Новости за 17.02.2021

Karl-Anthony Towns excitedly waited for D’Angelo Russell at the airport last February after the longtime friends were finally NBA teammates. The jubilant scene ended with a hug between new teammates and a Timberwolves jersey for Russell after he was dealt from the Warriors to Minnesota for Andrew Wiggins and protected draft picks. There has been...

Ready or not, here we come to spring training. The novel coronavirus will dominate the proceedings, because we know by now that’s the way it works with this disease. However, we also know that a sport can stage a season amid COVID-19, with some audibles called along the way, so there’s every reason to think...

Derrick Rose has been around Tom Thibodeau for significant chunks of his NBA career, teaming up in previous stops in Chicago and Minnesota before reuniting again this month with the Knicks. Rose contends Thibodeau appears to be having more fun in his first season with the improving Knicks than the former league MVP can recall...

James McCann’s first opportunity to handle his new pitchers will come Wednesday in Port St. Lucie, Fla., but the brainstorming sessions are already underway. Though the Mets catcher has an entire staff to consider, one name stands above the others. For the 30-year-old McCann to succeed, finding the right comfort level with Jacob deGrom will...

Tyler Johnson has earned his way back from persona non grata into the Nets’ backcourt rotation. And on a loaded team with All-Star guards like James Harden and Kyrie Irving, that’s not a simple thing. “Well he’s worked really hard,” coach Steve Nash said. “He’s very competitive. And I think he’s earned an opportunity. I...

Aaron Boone will address the media Wednesday, a day before pitchers and catchers have their first workout in Tampa. Here’s a look at what the fourth-year manager likely will have to address Wednesday and throughout spring training: How to allocate innings among a new-look rotation: This will no doubt be a fluid situation from Day...