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Headlines for March 1, 2021

Baseball

Atlantic League
Local sports officials catch a small break as Gov. Wolf eases COVID-19 restrictions - Lancaster Intelligencer Journal

Eastern League
Changes to state gathering restrictions could mean more fans at games - Erie Times-News
Shawn Williams to return as manager of Reading Fightin Phils for 2021 season - Reading Eagle/Reading Times

International League
Lehigh Valley sports fans, concert-goers see ray of hope as crowd restrictions ease - Allentown Morning Call
MLB opts to delay opening of Triple-A season until May - Buffalo News
With WooSox, Worcester joins populous cities just 'this close' to the majors - Worcester Telegram & Gazette

South Atlantic League
Crawdads Corner: Hickory's first home game in more than 600 days set for May 11 - Hickory Daily Record

Basketball

Canadian Elite Basketball League
River Lions add another veteran to 2021 roster - Niagara Falls Review

NBA G League
NBA Daily: 6 G League Players Deserving of NBA Call-Ups - Basketball Insiders
From missing the Big Dance to the NBA G-League: Bronx's Desure Buie persevering in times of COVID-19 - Bronx Times
Erie BayHawks win, clinch NBA G League playoff berth - Erie Times-News
Rookie shines in Ants' loss - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Stanley impresses, but Mad Ants can't hang on to win - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
RGV Vipers win third straight, improve record to .500 - KGBT
Missoula's Tres Tinkle 'fortunate' to begin professional basketball career in NBA G League - Montana Sports
Smiley gets stuffed by rim on dunk attempt in G League win - NBC Sports Bay Area
Brian Shaw: Ignite must adjust 'mentality' over last three games - Rookie Wire
VIDEO: Mamadi Diakite Scores 21 PTS in Lakeland Magic's Win (March 1) - YouTube
VIDEO: Freddie Gillespie Records His Fifth Double-Double in Memphis Hustle Win (March 1) - YouTube
VIDEO: Top Plays of the Day - 03/01/2021 - YouTube
VIDEO: Greensboro Swarm vs. Lakeland Magic - Condensed Game - YouTube
VIDEO: Agua Caliente Clippers vs. Memphis Hustle - Condensed Game - YouTube
VIDEO: Kobi Simmons with 25 Points vs. Lakeland Magic - YouTube
VIDEO: Mamadi Diakite with 21 Points vs. Greensboro Swarm - YouTube
VIDEO: Malik Fitts with 20 Points vs. Memphis Hustle - YouTube
VIDEO: Freddie Gillespie (14 Points) Highlights vs. Agua Caliente Clippers - YouTube
VIDEO: Jordan Ford with 23 Points vs. Memphis Hustle - YouTube
VIDEO: Sean McDermott with 21 Points vs. Agua Caliente Clippers - YouTube
VIDEO: Henry Ellenson Drops 31 PTS in Raptors 905 OT Win (March 1) - YouTube
VIDEO: Braxton Key Hits New Season High in Points & Threes in Blue Coats Win (March 1) - YouTube
VIDEO: Canton Charge vs. Raptors 905 - Condensed Game - YouTube
VIDEO: Henry Ellenson with 31 Points vs. Canton Charge - YouTube
VIDEO: Delaware Blue Coats vs. G League Ignite - Condensed Game - YouTube
VIDEO: Henry Ellenson (31 Points) Highlights vs. Canton Charge - YouTube
VIDEO: Nik Stauskas with 22 Points vs. Canton Charge - YouTube
VIDEO: Matt Mooney (17 Points) Highlights vs. Canton Charge - YouTube
VIDEO: Malachi Richardson (19 Points) Highlights vs. Raptors 905 - YouTube
VIDEO: Matt Mooney with 6 Steals vs. Canton Charge - YouTube
VIDEO: Brodric Thomas with 24 Points vs. Raptors 905 - YouTube
VIDEO: Sheldon Mac with 20 Points vs. Raptors 905 - YouTube
VIDEO: Sheldon Mac (20 Points) Highlights vs. Raptors 905 - YouTube
VIDEO: Michael Frazier with 20 Points vs. G League Ignite - YouTube
VIDEO: Rayjon Tucker with 21 Points vs. G League Ignite - YouTube
VIDEO: Justin Robinson (13 Points) Highlights vs. G League Ignite - YouTube
VIDEO: Omer Yurtseven Scores 34 PTS, Grabs 13 REB against Long Island Nets - YouTube
VIDEO: Long Island Nets vs. Oklahoma City Blue - Condensed Game - YouTube
VIDEO: Omer Yurtseven with 34 Points vs. Long Island Nets - YouTube
VIDEO: CJ Massinburg with 22 Points vs. Oklahoma City Blue - YouTube

Women's National Basketball Association
Dream sign Odyssey Sims to one-year deal - Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Breaking down the WNBA's new ownership landscape after sale of Atlanta Dream - Axios
C. Vivian Stringer Is the Thread Between the W.N.B.A.s Emerging Stars - New York Times
Four-time WNBA champion, league legend Sue Bird re-signs with Seattle Storm - Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Football

Canadian Football League
CFL, San Jose State running back Brandon Rutley retires from football - 247Sports
Each CFL team's most iconic player - 3 DownNation
Italy postpones CFL Combine due to COVID-19 - American Football International
REAL prepared for return of Riders, CFL - Regina Leader-Post

Hockey

American Hockey League
Penguins to allow limited number of fans - Citizens Voice
Sharks Karlsson on Blues goalie Binningtons meltdown: He just kind of zoned out - East Bay Times
COVID-19 concerns abruptly force Monsters-Rockford game postponement - Lorain Morning Journal
Hogs game at Cleveland postponed due to Monsters' COVID-19 protocol - Rockford Register Star

ECHL
ECHL hockey 2020-21: Icemen vs. Orlando, February 28, 2021 - Florida Times-Union
Komets' goalie earns 1st shutout - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Guindon stops 19 shots, K's shut out Fuel - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
K's continue to dominate Fuel, win 3-0 - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Rush avoid shutout but fall 3-1 to Wichita - Rapid City Journal
Nailers Take Two Of Three From Utah - Wheeling Intelligencer/News-Register

Federal Prospects Hockey League
Winston-Salem Thunderbirds will spend shortened hockey season playing all away games - Winston-Salem Journal
Road Warriors: Thunderbirds will spend entire FPHL shortened season playing all away games - Winston-Salem Journal

North American Hockey League
Magicians overcome Ice Dogs, 6-2 - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Janesville Jets complete weekend sweep of Kenai River - Janesville Gazette
Roundup | United boys fall in Heritage Conference title game | Sports | tribdem.com - Johnstown Tribune-Democrat
Tauros suffer weekend sweep in Minnesota - Minot Daily News
Junior hockey: Johnson, Wilderness sweep Minotauros - Pine Journal
Warriors win 11th straight, set NAHL record - Wichita Falls Times Record News
VIDEO: NAHL Stars of the Week - February 22-28, 2021 - YouTube
VIDEO: NAHL Weekend Recap - 3/1/21 - YouTube

Ontario Hockey League
OHL Commissioner says conversation with Public Health is ongoing, goal to return this year - Guelph Today
Peterborough Petes goalie Tye Austin serving as practice goalie for AHLs Belleville Senators - Peterborough Examiner
Hockey connections help former Peterborough Petes defenceman Adrian Robertson in business career - Peterborough Examiner

Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League
Glace Bays Logan Shaw named captain of AHLs Senators - Cape Breton Post
Journey to Eagles debut came with disappointment, determination - Cape Breton Post
Mooseheads' Zachary L'Heureux named QMJHL player of the week - Halifax Chronicle-Herald
Nova Scotians Saulnier, Turnbull attending Team Canada camp in Halifax this week - Halifax Chronicle-Herald
Mooseheads find silver linings in latest shutdown - Halifax Chronicle-Herald
QMJHL Roundup: Dawson Mercer's two-point night pushes Chicoutimi Sagueneens over Quebec Remparts - TSN
QMJHL Roundup: Dawson Mercer's two-point night pushes Chicoutimi Sagueneens over Quebec Remparts - TSN
QMJHL Roundup: Dawson Mercer's two-point night pushes Chicoutimi Sagueneens over Quebec Remparts - TSN
QMJHL Roundup: Dawson Mercer's two-point night pushes Chicoutimi Sagueneens over Quebec Remparts - TSN
VIDEO: Isaac Belliveau: Espoirs Du Repechage LNH 2021 / 2021 NHL Draft Prospects - YouTube
VIDEO: Entrevue Avec Mikael Lalancette Sur Son Livre : Georges Vezina, L'Habitant Silencieux - YouTube

United States Hockey League
Special teams lead Storm past Sioux City - Grand Island Independent
Stars' Mayorov emerges as bright spot in loss to Fargo - Lincoln Journal Star
Sioux City Musketeers end the weekend with loss at Tri-City - Sioux City Journal
USHL: David collects 100th victory - Telegraph Herald

Western Hockey League
Broncos settling into the Regina Hub - Southwest Booster
Central Division opens WHL 2020-21 regular season - Southwest Booster
Broncos Make Pair of Moves Before WHL Trade Deadline - Swift Current Online

Lacrosse

National Lacrosse League
National Lacrosse League brings Joe Resetarits back to Albany - Albany Times-Union

Premier Lacrosse League
Paul Rabil Dealt to Cannons in Another PLL Blockbuster Move as Drafts Loom - Inside Lacrosse
2021 PLL Teams Expansion Draft Protection Lists Breakdown - Lacrosse Bucket

Other

Major League Rugby
Meet The Giltinis: LA's New Rugby Team To Play March 1 - Patch

Soccer

Canadian Premier League
Armas likes what he sees in Toronto FC camp but there are still issues to resolve - Hamilton Spectator

Major Arena Soccer League
Digest: Missouri gets four-star quarterback from Georgia - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Major League Soccer
3 Atlanta United players out of U.S. Olympic qualifying camp - Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta United striving for balance with rebuilt midfield - Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Austin FC starts its first preseason training March 8 - Austin American-Statesman
A.J. DeLaGarza should bolster the Revolution backline right from the start - Boston Globe
Matt Turner has proved himself a real stalwart as the Revolutions goalkeeper - Boston Globe
The Revolution opened training camp on Monday. - Boston Herald
MLS preseason schedule: FC Cincinnati players report - Cincinnati Enquirer
Red Bulls sign M Youba Diarra on loan from RB Salzburg - Gwinnett Daily Post
Loons 'just the beginning' for Twin Cities-raised soccer dreamer Weah - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Nashville SC will begin preseason March 3 with six games - Nashville Tennessean
Orlando Citys Benji Michel, Andrs Perea called up for U-23 USMNT - Orlando Sentinel
Deal on the table for naming rights to Real Salt Lake stadium - Salt Lake Tribune
Seattle Sounders begin preseason play against USL's Tacoma Defiance in late March - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sacramentos MLS expansion franchise in doubt as Burkle exits as investor - SportsPro Media
4 talking points as Minnesota United starts preseason - St. Paul Pioneer Press
Armas likes what he sees in Toronto FC camp but there are still issues to resolve - Toronto Star
VIDEO: MLS Players Poised for Breakout Seasons in 2021 - YouTube
VIDEO: Why Atlanta United and LA Galaxy Will be Contending for Trophies Again in 2021 - YouTube

National Women's Soccer League
Red Stars new investor group headlined by Olympic gold medalist Kendall Coyne Schofield - Chicago Sun Times
Chicago Red Stars have expanded ownership, investment group - Chicago Tribune
'We have a lot to prove': KC NWSL embracing 'blue collar' mentality in new season - FOX 4 KC

United Soccer League Championship
New Mexico United to open preseason March 20 at home - Albuquerque Journal
East Hartford's Ofori makes the cut - Journal Inquirer
New Mexico United releases preseason schedule - KOBTV
New Mexico United to host academy trials in March - KOBTV
New Mexico United releases preseason schedule - KRQE
Dunivant will take over as Sacramento Republic FC president - Sacramento Bee
Sacramento Republic FC president Gumpert steps down - Sacramento Bee
Santa Fe schools plan to stream prep sports | Notes From The North | santafenewmexican.com - Santa Fe New Mexican
VIDEO: HER Impact - Annie Marum - YouTube

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