COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Aaliyah Nye
had 17 points as the Illinois women’s team routed Wisconsin, 67-42, Tuesday in the first round of thew Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis.
The Badgers (5-19) started the game going 0-18 from the field in the first quarter, scoring only two points off free throws in the period. Illinois (5-17) led, 24-2, at the end of the period.
NBA
Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid will both be unable to start the second half of the season with the Philadelphia 76ers, though neither all-star will be missing from the Eastern Conference leaders’ lineup for long.
Both will miss Philadelphia’s game Thursday in Chicago, and Simmons will also miss the 76ers’ contest on Friday against Washington. Provided both continue to test negative for COVID-19, they would be cleared after those games, the 76ers said.
Simmons and Embiid both traveled to Atlanta for Sunday’s All-Star Game, only to learn the night before that they were flagged by contact tracing data.
BASEBALL
Cleveland Indians third baseman José Ramírez and slugger Franmil Reyes have rejoined the team after being banned for breaking COVID-19 protocols.
Ramírez and Reyes had been isolated at their temporary spring training homes since Saturday after they went out to dinner indoors, a behavior that violated virus guidelines set last season by Major League Baseball and the players’ union.
GOLF
The RBC Canadian Open, the fourth-oldest national championship in golf, has been canceled for the second straight year because of circumstances related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The tournament, which dates to 1904, was to be played June 10-13 at St. George’s Golf & Country outside Toronto.