Author: Mike Brehm, USA TODAY

This season, the NHL will try to navigate another shortened season amid a surge in the COVID-19 pandemic, making for quite the experience in 2021.

Kurt Warner, a Pro Football Hall of Famer, said he won’t be in the NFL GameDay Morning studio this weekend after testing positive for COVID-19.

Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence, whose team lost to Ohio State in the Sugar Bowl, got unsolicited advice about his mustache.

Kirk Herbstreit said he and his family are feeling fine, but he’ll call the Ohio State-Clemson game from his home. Greg McElroy also has COVID-19.

Lindsey Vonn, the retired Olympic skier, and P.K. Subban, the New Jersey Devils defenseman announce, “We have decided to move forward separately.”

Phil Niekro, who learned the knuckleball from his father, recorded 318 wins and 3,342 strikeouts with the Braves and three other teams.

The Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning usually would play the runner-up Dallas Stars two times the next season, but now they meet eight times.

Virginia Tech had played in a bowl for 27 years in a row, but coach Justin Fuente said of players’ tough season, “I think they sacrificed enough.”

The Raiders are right behind the Colts in the playoff race, and Derek Carr and Philip Rivers will renew their rivalry.

The NFL said it came to its attention that players and staffers had out-of-town Thanksgiving guests. Teams playing Monday and Tuesday are exempt.