The Warriors will debut their new "Oakland Forever" City Edition uniforms tonight at home against the Spurs. The jerseys design, "which the 'We Believe' Warriors made famous" during an '07 playoff run, are blue with Oakland in gold lettering with an orange outline. Warriors coach Steve Kerr: "I love the jerseys. ... The fact that they say Oakland on them is just awesome." The Warriors "wore the white version of the 'We Believe' jerseys during the final regular-season game at Oracle Arena" in the '19 season, but "this will be the first time the group can wear a jersey that actually says Oakland on it" (ESPN.com, 1/20).

It was not lost on the Warriors that the uniform's on-court debut coincides with Inauguration Day, and the team produced a video in which one of the jerseys is gifted to new Vice President and Oakland native Kamala Harris. The Chase Center court will have an "Oakland Forever" design tonight, and jersey patch partner Rakuten has developed digital elements to accompany the campaign. The Warriors also partnered with local apparel company Oaklandish on a complementary limited-edition collection (THE DAILY).

The Hurricanes, with five players on the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol list, have had their next two games against the Panthers "postponed by the league." As the Hurricanes continue to "navigate their way through various COVID-related issues, including quarantine," the decision was made by the NHL today to postpone the team's "scheduled home opener Thursday and Saturday’s game with the Panthers at PNC Arena." The postponements were announced a day after the league postponed the Hurricanes’ game against the Predators. The league said that the Hurricanes' training facility "has been closed, effective immediately, and that the NHL is reviewing and revising the Hurricanes’ schedule" (Raleigh NEWS & OBSERVER, 1/20).

NCAA officials next week are expected to arrive in San Antonio for a "site inspection of facilities that could accommodate" the entire '21 women’s basketball tournament. Pending the outcome of that visit, the city, which is already hosting the Final Four, "could learn as soon as early next month whether it will host the landmark 64-team event." San Antonio Sports Senior VP & COO Jenny Carnes said NCAA officials "want to see all venues and hotels before final decisions are made." She added that this "will be the NCAA’s first in-person site visit in San Antonio since February 2020" (BIZJOURNALS.com, 1/20).

Startup sailing league SailGP has finalized the schedule for its second season, which will feature eight events taking place around the globe. The season kicks off in Bermuda in late April, with subsequent stops in Italy, the U.K., Denmark, France, Spain, New Zealand and the U.S. SailGP’s first season, in '19, featured five events. Seven of the eight venues are paying a hosting rights fee this year, a stark contrast from '19, when only a single event host paid a fee. The series’ initially planned second season began in Sydney, Australia, last February, but the remainder of the schedule was later canceled due to public health concerns related to COVID-19.

The second season will run through the Grand Final, which is slated to take place in March '22 in S.F., where the season champion will be awarded a $1M prize purse. CBS Sports has domestic broadcast rights for the series, and international broadcast partners include Fox Sports (Australia) and DAZN (Japan).

The Washington Football Team shuttered its training facility and "could keep it closed for the remainder of the week after it learned a number of coaches and staff members tested positive for the coronavirus." The positive cases were "traced back to a small gathering that took place away from the team’s facility after the season ended," according to a sources. The person added that "no players have tested positive and that Coach Ron Rivera has not tested positive." Washington had "only two players test positive for the coronavirus during the season" (WASHINGTON POST, 1/20).

The “Total Soccer Show” looked at CBA negotiations in MLS. Co-host Sam Stejskal noted the league sent an offer last week, but because the union has not responded, MLS Commissioner Don Garber "decided he was going to speak to the media" and "essentially apply some pressure to the MLSPA."

MAN OF TROY: Fox’ Troy Aikman went on SI’s “Media Podcast” and speculated about one day working in an NFL front office. Aikman stopped short of calling it a professional “goal,” but if it was “something I was really adamant about attempting, I believe I could reach out to half a dozen clubs and get a role of some kind.”

TIERS FOR FEARS: The hosts of “Ballfields & Blackboards” looked at an apparent paradox: The same few college football programs have dominated the CFP, but under that top tier, “there is a lot of competition.”

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Sources said that tonight's Trail Blazers-Grizzlies contest has been postponed "because of contact tracing" (TWITTER.com, 1/20).

Law firm Arent Fox has added former MLS Exec VP & General Counsel Bill Ordower to its practice. Ordower joins the firm’s N.Y. office as a Partner and will advise sports industry clients (Arent Fox).

New Univ. of Georgia AD Josh Brooks "pledged $100,000 to create a need-based scholarship that will support Georgia students that have graduated" out of the Athens-Clarke County school system (ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION, 1/20).

The ATP Tour Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship will not be held as scheduled April 3-11, 2021, at River Oaks Country Club in Houston (THE DAILY).

"He's certainly going to look to sports and sports figures to help bring us back into alignment as Americans" -- Francis Biden, the younger brother of newly sworn-in President Joe Biden (ESPN.com, 1/20).

“If you’re a coach of color, you may or may not get an opportunity. And if you do, you may only get one. And if you don’t blow the doors off, that’s probably it for you. … Everybody sees the disparity” -- 49ers CB Richard Sherman, on the lack of minority coaching hires in the NFL this offseason (“The Cris Collinsworth Podcast Featuring Richard Sherman,” 1/20).

"What she’s doing is she’s shining the light on the fact that women are just as good as men in everything. ... If you know the game, you know the game" -- Former WNBAer Jennifer Azzi, on Spurs assistant coach Becky Hammon (THEATHLETIC.com, 1/20).

“There is a lot of money to spend, so the world is their oyster right now” -- MLB Network’s Bruce Schein, on the Blue Jays being more than $85M under the luxury tax threshold even after signing free agent CF George Springer to a six-year, $150M contract (“High Heat,” MLB Network, 1/20).

Every four years, a transition. A new chapter of an old story. Hope for advancement and a better future. Hope for a return to what we once knew.

Good luck to Tiger Woods on his latest back procedure.

— Jason Sobel (@JasonSobelTAN) January 20, 2021

Team Penske confirms Austin Cindric to attempt to qualify for the Daytona 500 in a Penske car (an open car). Car number 33. Miles Stanley, engineer for Blaney, will be Cindric crew chief for D500 & other Cup races (TBA). Stanley to work with Blaney when Cindric doesn't race Cup

— Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass) January 20, 2021

Auston Matthews said the pucks with the chip technology didn't seem to slide as well as the regular ones. He and Jason Spezza compared them and found the weight to be off, too.

The NHL announced yesterday that they'll be taken out of circulation until a new batch can be made.

— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) January 20, 2021

ATP calendar update:

-- 1 year licence for tournaments in Singapore (week after AusOpen) and Marbella (week after Miami)
-- Houston not happening in 2021
-- Dubai from 32 to 48 players in 2021
-- Budapest moves to Belgrade
-- Bigger qualifying draws in many events

— José Morgado (@josemorgado) January 20, 2021

Guessing I wasn’t the only one who sat with his young daughter today and got choked up watching the historic inauguration of our nation’s first female vice president. Tate isn’t likely to remember it, but her dad will never forget it. Pretty powerful moment. #GirlDad #DoAnything

— Josh Whitman (@IlliniAD) January 20, 2021

#Inauguration2021 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/A7qYlFJEhd

— jlo (@JLo) January 20, 2021

The latest episode of Bleacher Report's animated NFL spoof show, "Gridiron Heights," takes cues from the beloved Japanese series "Dragon Ball Z."

5 -- Universities that have "graduated both a US President and a Super Bowl winning QB." The schools are Michigan (Gerald Ford, Tom Brady); Navy (Jimmy Carter, Roger Staubach); Stanford (Herbert Hoover, Jim Plunkett/John Elway); Miami (Ohio) (Benjamin Harrison, Ben Roethlisberger); and now Delaware (Joe Biden, Joe Flacco) (TWITTER.com, 1/19).