Adrian Wojnarowski: Last News

Brandon Choe Photo EditorA number of NBA players are showing their support Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPN’s top NBA reporter, who landed himself in hot water after emailing an expletive phrase excoriating Sen. Josh Hawley.

ESPN said Friday that it was aware of an email exchange between Adrian Wojnarowski and Republican Sen.Josh Hawley in which the veteran NBA reporter dropped an F-bomb. Wojnarowski was on an email blast from theMissouri lawmaker that criticized the NBA for its dealings with China and not being more supportive of law enforcement in the U.S.“Is the NBA prepared to allow its players to wear phrases in support of the United States, the American military, and U.S.

After the NBA announced in March that it would suspend its 2020 season due to ongoing coronavirus concerns, ESPN reports that the NBA is reopening team practice facilities as soon as May 1 for players in states and municipalities that are loosening stay-at-home restrictions.  "Teams will be allowed to make facilities open to players on a voluntary basis for individual work, but larger group workouts will still be prohibited," tweeted ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. "In NBA markets that aren't loosening restrictions, league plans to work w/ teams on other arrangements for players." The news comes after states like Georgia, Alaska and Oklahoma are beginning to re-open amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

By Erik Pedersen

“I’m doing well,” ESPN broadcaster Doris Burke told her colleague and fellow sports icon, journalist Adrian Wojnarowski, on the Mar. 27 episode of his podcast, The Woj Pod. Doris, 54, revealed that she tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus earlier in the month. However, she said that she was recovering and “doing quite well now, to be perfectly honest with you.” She said she noticed the first symptoms on Mar. 11, hours before a game between the Denver Nuggets and Dallas Mavericks. She felt better after taking an aspirin but said the symptoms returned the next day.

Four NBA players – all members of the Brooklyn Nets – have been diagnosed with Coronavirus. Their names have not been released at this time.

NBA star Donovan Mitchell has tested positive for the Coronavirus after his Utah Jazz teammate Rudy Gobert was also diagnosed.

Utah Jazz player Rudy Gobert is reportedly the first athlete to test positive for the coronavirus.

After several months on hiatus, the NBA made significant headway in returning to play. On Thursday's board of governors call with league commissioner Adam Silver, the owners approved a plan to finish out the remainder of the 2019-20 season at Disney World in Orlando, where eventually, a champion will be crowned, according to 's Shams Charania. The vote required three-fourths support to pass, and it received a 29-1 vote from owners on the call, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.

By Dade Hayes