Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue is taking a leave of absence from the team to address health issues that have included chest pains and loss of sleep.
Lue said in statement that tests have offered no conclusion about what the issue is and offered no timetable for his return. The coach said he feels he needs to step away ”and focus on trying to establish a stronger and healthier foundation” from which to coach the rest of the season.
Associate head coach Larry Drew will run the team in Lue’s absence. Drew said he received a text message from Lue at 1:30 a.m. saying Youth Oakland Raiders Jerseys , ”It’s your show.”
LeBron James said he was informed of Lue’s decision at morning shootaround, saying it was ”probably well overdue.”
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – A winter storm expected to hit the Northeast is forcing at least one college basketball team to alter its travel plans for the third round of the NCAA Tournament.
West Virginia’s athletic department announced the Mountaineers will leave a day early for Boston. WVU says it will depart Morgantown on Tuesday instead of Wednesday.
Fifth-seeded West Virginia meets top-seeded Villanova in the East Region semifinals at TD Garden on Friday night.
The National Weather Service says the bulk of the wind-driven snow and sleet is expected to hit New Jersey, Maryland Billy Price Jersey Elite , Delaware and parts of eastern Pennsylvania before heading off to Massachusetts early Thursday.
A winter storm in the East during the 2017 tournament also prompted teams to scramble their travel plans.
PRO FOOTBALL
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – The Indianapolis Colts finally made a splash in free agency by signing tight end Eric Ebron.
Terms of the deal were not immediately available.
Ebron was released last week by the Detroit Lions, the team that made him a first-round pick in 2014.
The 6-foot-4, 2532-pound Ebron gives quarterbacks Andrew Luck and Jacoby Brissett another receiving threat. He will be paired with Jack Doyle, who appeared in his first Pro Bowl last season.
