"I really wanted to earn my respect from the guys and earn that I belong here and wants to be here as well."

Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Robin Lehner railed against the National Hockey League on Wednesday, saying the league indicated it would relax coronavirus protocols for teams that reached a certain vaccination threshold and then changed course.

(Jose Sena Goulao, Pool via AP)The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:___The pit crew for NASCAR driver William Byron has been benched because of multiple positive tests for COVID-19. The crew member did not test positive for COVID-19, so the rest of Christopher Bell’s crew was unchanged. French players tested positive, forcing tournament organizers to call off the match in Dublin to prevent further infections within the team. Also, one member of the Scottish squad tested positive on Thursday. This is the first time a Chargers player has tested positive since the league’s daily testing started during training camp.

Twenty-five years ago, the Baltimore Stallions become the first and only U.S. team to win the Canadian Football League title. They had reached the 1994 Grey Cup game in their first year of existence, losing 26-23 to the B.C. The Grey Cup title was the first of three for Pringle, the others coming with Montreal (2002) and Edmonton (2003). It was the Grey Cup and the biggest game in Canada for the CFL, and we knew the significance of it.The euphoria was short-lived. We were all CFL players going after a CFL championship and I hope thats what people remember.