Tennis at Indian Wells postponed
The BNP Paribas Open, featuring the men’s and women’s pro tennis tours, won’t be held in March as originally scheduled.
Tournament organizers said Tuesday they are working with the ATP and WTA tours as well as the title sponsor to confirm dates later in 2021 for the event in Indian Wells, California. It was originally set for March 8-21 at Indian Wells Tennis Garden.
The decision to postpone the event was made after consulting with state and local public health officials and tournament owner Larry Ellison.
This year’s tournament was the first major U.S. sporting event called off after a case of COVID-19 was confirmed in the Coachella Valley in March.
Brink, Zegras power U.S.
EDMONTON, ALBERTA » Trevor Zegras had two goals and three assists, and the United States beat the Czech Republic
7-0 to clinch a spot in the quarterfinals of the world junior hockey championship.
Bobby Brink, the Flyers’ secondround draft pick in 2019, had two goals for the U.S., and Spencer Knight made
22 saves. The Americans improved to
2-1 in Group B.
The United States grabbed control with three goals in the second period. Brink made it 1-0 at 5:33 when he collected the rebound off a Brett Berard shot and beat Czech goaltender Lukas Parik. After Zegras scored off a nice cross-ice pass by Henry Thrun, Brink made it 3-0 when he angled a shot past Parik from the top of the crease.
Quinton Byfield had two goals and four assists, leading Canada (3-0) over Switzerland (0-3), 10-0.
Gisin ends Shiffrin-Vlhova winning slalom streak
SEMMERING, AUSTRIA » Michelle Gisin earned her maiden World Cup win, becoming the first Swiss skier to win a
women’s slalom in nearly 19 years.
Gisin trailed Mikaela Shiffrin by two-hundredths of a second after the opening run but posted the secondfastest time in the final as the American dropped to third, 0.57 behind.
Gisin’s win ended a streak of 28 slaloms that were won by either Shiffrin, who triumphed 19 times, or Petra Vlhova. That streak started in January 2017.
Vlhova was nearly nine-tenths off the pace in sixth after the first run before the Slovakian skier, who leads Gisin in both the overall and the slalom standings, improved to fourth with an attacking final run.
Twins sign reliever Robles
MINNEAPOLIS » The Minnesota Twins have signed right-handed reliever Hansel Robles to a $2 million, one-year deal.
The 30-year-old Robles had 23 saves and a 2.48 ERA for the Los Angeles Angels in 2019 but couldn’t replicate that success last season. He lost some zip on his fastball and posted a 10.26 ERA in 18 games in 2020, and the Angels declined to offer him a contract for the 2021 season, granting him free agency instead.
Blackhawks’ Towes out
CHICAGO » Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews will miss the start of training camp because of an illness, and there is no timetable for his return.
Toews, 32, said he has been experiencing symptoms that have left him feeling “drained and lethargic.”
“I am extremely disappointed, but it wouldn’t be fair to myself or my teammates to attempt to play in my current condition,” Toews said in a release.
Cochran-Siegle dominates
BORMIO, ITALY » Just 10 days after his first career World Cup podium, American Ryan Cochran-Siegle followed it up with a surprising victory on one of Alpine skiing’s most iconic courses.
Cochran-Siegle won the super-G on the Stelvio course in the Italian Alps by a huge margin for his first World Cup win.
He had a precise and smooth run on one of the circuit’s most challenging slopes to finish 0.79 seconds faster than Vincent Kriechmayr of Austria.
“It’s definitely a shock to me,” said Cochran-Siegle, the first male American skier to win a World Cup super-G since Bode Miller won in Hinterstoder, Austria, in 2006.
MLS invokes clause reopening CBA discussions
Major League Soccer has invoked a clause in the agreement with its players that could lead to renegotiation of the collective bargaining agreement between the league and union.
The “force majeure” clause invoked by the MLS obligates the league and the MLSPA to negotiate modifications to the existing collective bargaining agreement in good faith for 30 days.
If an agreement on the modifications can’t be reached, the CBA agreed to in June when the league returned with the MLS is Back tournament could be terminated.
The players association had expressed concern over the league trying to reopen negotiations on the CBA following a season when MLS said its clubs lost “nearly $1 billion” due to the pandemic.