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Sports briefs
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Two more WVU games postponed
The Big 12 announced Tuesday that West Virginia has postponed its next two men’s basketball home games – Saturday against TCU and Jan. 19 against Oklahoma State – because of COVID-19 concerns.
The announcement came a day after the 13th-ranked Mountaineers called off their game Tuesday night at No. 2 Baylor.
West Virginia said it will work with the Big 12 and the other schools to reschedule the games.
In the NHL
The National Hockey League says 17 of the 27 players that have tested positive for the coronavirus are on the Dallas Stars.
The league announced COVID-19 testing numbers from Dec. 30-Jan 11 on Tuesday. That included 12,000 tests administered to more than 1,200 players.
The NHL says most of the 17 Stars players are asymptomatic and all are recovering without complication. Dallas shut down its training camp Friday and resumed practices Tuesday with more than a dozen players still unavailable.
The regular season starts today. The Stars were scheduled to play their first game Thursday but will not begin until at least Jan. 19.
In the NBA
Joel Embiid had 45 points and 16 rebounds, Dakota Mathias’ only basket of the game was a go-ahead 3-pointer with 26.1 seconds left and the Philadelphia 76ers hung on to beat the undermanned Miami Heat 137-134 in overtime on Tuesday night.
Embiid had one of the great games of his career and carried the Sixers with a perfect third quarter and clutch buckets in OT to put them on the brink of victory.
n With five games called off this week already and more teams dealing with virus-related issues, the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association enacted additional rules Tuesday in the hope of keeping the season going safely.
For “at least the next two weeks,” the league and union said, players and team staff will have to remain at their residence when in their home markets and are prohibited from leaving their hotels when on the road – with exceptions primarily for practices and games.
Sabol returning to Wild Things
The Washington Wild Things announced Tuesday that lefty relief pitcher B.J. Sabol will be returning to the team for the 2021 Frontier League season.
Sabol his pro career with Washington in 2018. In the 2019 season, he had a 3.24 ERA in 44 games. Sabol logged 41.2 innings and struck out 56 batters against just 17 walks. Left-handed hitters batted only .143 against him. Against the 86 left-handed hitters Sabol faced, he allowed 11 hits, seven walks and struck out 35.
“We are pleased to have B.J. locked in for 2021. He adds a dynamic layer to our bullpen, historically being one of the most dominant arms versus left-handed hitters,” said Wild Things president and general manager Tony Buccilli.
In motocross
The 2021 motocross season will kick off Memorial Day weekend.
The schedule announced by AMA Motocross on Tuesday will begin May 29 at Fox Raceway National in Pala, California, and will zigzag across the country before returning to the West Coast.
The series will include races at High Point Raceway in Mount Morris on Saturday, June 19.
Series organizers anticipate allowing spectators at all races.