Author: Mike Brehm, USA TODAY

Speaking in Edmonton before a playoff game, Minnesota Wild defenseman Matt Dumba said, “Racism is everywhere, and we need to fight against it.”

NHL season, which has been shut down since March because of the coronavirus pandemic, gets back underway with five games Saturday.

Minnesota Twins and St. Louis Cardinals stop play at Target Field in fifth inning to pay tribute to George Floyd, who died in police custody in May.

Pittsburgh Penguins say nine players had contact with an “individual who had contact with a person that has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus.”

The NHL is hoping the precautions it is taking at training camp and at hub cities in Toronto and Edmonton will allow it to award the Stanley Cup.

Monday morning, President Donald Trump tweeted about Bubba Wallace and NASCAR; in the afternoon, he addressed the Washington NFL team and Indians.

Atlanta Braves right fielder Nick Markakis mentions Freddie Freeman’s positive test, lack of fans in the stands as reasons for skipping 2020 season.

Former NHL player Georges Laraque, hospitalized with COVID-19 last week, says quarantining players for two to three months would be “unfair.”

Georges Laraque, who had been training for a marathon before contracting COVID-19, says, “I can’t even get up without losing my breath.”

The clean-shaven Joe Thornton was unveiled Saturday in a funny Sharks tweet in which his daughter, Ayla, does an “I Dream of Jeannie” imitation.