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CELVELAND (AP) — Cavaliers center Andre Drummond plans to exercise his $28.7 million player option for the 2020-21 season and stay with Cleveland. Drummond was acquired in a February trade with the Detroit Pistons. He said on an ESPN podcast that he intends to pick up the option. Drummond’s decision had been expected, but this is the first time he’s publicly stated his intentions. Drummond must notify the Cavs in writing about the option by Oct. 17. The NBA’s offseason calendar has been pushed back due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
UNDATED (AP)— Acadia Insurance has declined to comment after fifteen minor league baseball teams filed a lawsuit alleging breach of contract by insurance providers after being denied claims for business-interruption insurance due to the coronavirus pandemic. Regardless of what happens in the Majors, the 160 affiliated minor league clubs are unlikely to play at all until at least 2021. Minor league franchises said in the suit filed Tuesday that even though they continue to pay yearly premiums to insurance providers for business-interruption insurance, they have been denied coverage after Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred indefinitely suspended their seasons in March.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Saints safety Malcolm Jenkins says his criticism of Drew Brees’ opposition about kneeling during the national anthem, and Brees’ later apology, is a microcosm of what the country needs. He made the comments Tuesday in an interview with Daily Show Host Trevor Noah. Jenkins was among Drew Brees’ harshest critics when the Saints quarterback made his comments about kneeling earlier this month. He told Noah the video he posted on Instagram criticizing Brees was filmed before he spoke with his teammate. Jenkins said he decided to post the video after they spoke because he thought people needed to see it.
PITTSBURH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin says the team will support players if they chose to kneel during the national anthem. Tomlin says the club has engaged in “intimate discussions” about social activism in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death last month. The team has set up structural committees designed to help players as they figure out what actions they might want to take. Tomlin says the organization is fine with whatever the players decide so long as they do things “thoughtfully and with class.”
ATLANTA (AP) — Tiffany Hayes has become the second Atlanta Dream guard to announce plans to sit out the 2020 season. The Dream says Hayes, a 2018 all-WNBA first-team selection, has said she won’t play this season. Hayes didn’t mention social protests or the coronavirus pandemic in her statement released by the team, but she said sitting out the season “is in my best interest with everything going on right now.” Earlier, Renee Montgomery said she will opt out of the season to focus on social injustice and voter registration. Last week the WNBA announced plans for a 22-game season in Florida without fans in attendance.
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