NHL postpones seven games
Seven more NHL games have been postponed because of COVID-19 problems with New Jersey, Buffalo and Minnesota.
Three upcoming Devils games, two Sabres games and two Wild games have been postponed, with no clarity yet on new dates. New Jersey won't play Thursday or Saturday against Philadelphia or next Monday against Boston and currently has 16 players on the league's COVID protocols list.
The Devils haven't played since Dec. 31, when they visited Buffalo. The Sabres also haven't played since then either because of an outbreak, and their games Thursday and Saturday against Washington have been postponed with nine players on the COVID list.
Minnesota, which has nine players on the list, had games against St. Louis on Thursday and Los Angeles on Saturday postponed.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Shaun Snee on Monday was named Wisconsin's director of football strength and conditioning.
Snee, 32, replaces Ross Kolodziej, who recently was promoted to defensive line coach.
Snee has been an assistant strength and conditioning coach for the past six seasons under Kolodziej.
NBA
The Chicago Bulls expect forward Lauri Markkanen to miss two to four weeks because of a sprained right shoulder.
The Bulls said Monday an MRI confirmed he has a sprained acromioclavicular joint. Markkanen was hurt Friday at Orlando when he was fouled by Magic forward Gary Clark early in the third quarter.
Markkanen is averaging a career-high 19.1 points and 6.1 rebounds coming off a disappointing season.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
The No. 2 Baylor men's basketball team has postponed three more games because of COVID-19 issues and won't play again until at least Feb. 20.
The Bears didn't play Saturday's scheduled home game against TCU and had already postponed Wednesday's game at No. 12 Oklahoma before the latest changes announced Monday.
Now postponed are next Saturday's home game against No. 7 Texas Tech, then two games next week at No. 14 West Virginia. That includes a Feb. 15 game at Morgantown, and then a Feb. 18 game in Waco that was supposed to be the makeup of a game postponed in January because of COVID-19 protocols in the Mountaineers program.
Baylor's next scheduled game is Feb. 20 at home against No. 23 Oklahoma State.
AUTO RACING
Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton will stay with Mercedes for a ninth season after signing a one-year deal, the team said.
Since joining Mercedes for the 2013 season, Hamilton, 36, has won six world championship titles – moving him level with Michael Schumacher on a record seven for his career.