NBA season suspended ‘until further notice’
Memphis Grizzlies had left for three-game road trip hours before announcement
Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert (right), seen here March 9, 2020, in Salt Lake City, tested a "preliminary" positive for COVID-19, according to a league release. The Jazz were scheduled to play the Thunder in Oklahoma City tonight. (Rick Bowmer/AP)
The NBA season has been suspended "until further notice" after a Utah Jazz player tested positive for COVID-19.
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Chris Herrington has covered the Memphis Grizzlies, in one way or another, since the franchise’s second season in Memphis, while also writing about music, movies, food and civic life. As far as he knows, he’s the only member of the Professional Basketball Writers Association who is also a member of a film critics group and has also voted in national music critic polls for Rolling Stone and the Village Voice (RIP). He now splits his time between Minneapolis-St. Paul, where his wife works, and Memphis.
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