The Los Angeles Clippers have announced the purchase of the Forum in Inglewood for $400 million in cash, ending a legal standoff with the venue's former owner, James Dolan and Madison Square Garden. Clippers owner Steve Ballmer has long sought a new arena for his team, which will now be built in Inglewood across the way from where the Forum currently stands.
The NBA’s season — on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic — could be suspended for at least three months, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported Sunday night.
Per the report, owners and executives are bracing for the possibility of mid-to-late June — a time when, in a normal year, the NBA Finals would typically be over — being the best-case scenario for play to resume.
After the spread of Covid-19 caused the NBA to suspend its 2019-20 season, the league is working on if and how it can play out its remaining regular-season games and postseason.
As of March 20, anything is on the table. The world outside of sports isn’t even sure when it will return to some state of normalcy. On Monday, the White House suggested everyday life as we knew it might not return until July or August. The CDC has recommended gatherings of fewer than 50 people for the next eight weeks.
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Lakers announced Thursday that two of its players have tested positive for the coronavirus.
"We learned today that two Lakers players have tested positive. Both players are currently asymptomatic, in quarantine and under the care of the team’s physician," the Lakers said in a statement.
The NBA season continues to be suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic. The league made the decision on March 11 following a positive test for the virus from Utah Jazz star Rudy Gobert. A day later, his teammate Donovan Mitchell tested positive for the virus as well. Christian Wood of the Pistons — who had a career game against Gobert and the Jazz on March 7 — became the third NBA player to test positive over the weekend.
The NBA announced that its season would be suspended indefinitely Wednesday night after Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for the coronavirus. Later Wednesday, his teammate and fellow All-Star Donovan Mitchell also tested positive, and Detroit Pistons center Christian Wood did so Saturday.
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Hourly employees at Barclays Center are the bedrock of the fan experience in the arena. Whether it's a big smile as fans enter the building or keeping the seats clean or making sure the concession stands are stocked with your favorite items, they are on the frontlines to make our fans feel special. They keep the lights on and the house clean, and they are the first ones to arrive and last ones to leave the building.
SALT LAKE CITY -- The Utah Jazz announced Saturday that Rudy Gobert is donating more than $500,000 to support both the employee relief fund at Vivint Smart Home Arena and COVID-related social services relief in Utah, Oklahoma City and within the French health care system.
