The NBA is close to deal with New Orleans officials to move the 2017 All-Star Game to the city, ESPN has confirmed.The game is scheduled to take place on Feb. 19, 2017. A formal announcement is expected to take place next week, according to the Baton Rouge Advocate, which first reported the story.Last month, the NBA moved the game from Charlotte, North Carolina, because of the leagues objection to the states House Bill 2, which limits antidiscrimination protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the state. The league said it hopes to reschedule the game for Charlotte in 2019.Several other NBA cities were options for the relocated 2017 game, including Chicago and New York/Brooklyn, sources told ESPN. Louisiana, Illinois and New York all have state protections that forbid discrimination against LGBT people.New Orleans has hosted the All-Star Game twice in the last eight years -- in 2014 and 2008. Adidas Yeezy Boost España . Bradwell was scheduled to become a free agent Tuesday. Born and raised in Toronto, Bradwell is entering his sixth CFL season, with all six played for his hometown Argonauts. Zapatillas Adidas Yeezy Baratas . Numbers Game examines the deal that sees Michael Del Zotto and Kevin Klein switch places. The Predators Get: D Michael Del Zotto. http://www.adidasyeezybaratas.es/ . Miikka Kiprusoff had just announced his retirement after a decade-long run in Calgary and it would be up to Berra and Ramo to fill the void. Comprar Adidas Yeezy Baratas .J. -- Seven games into a disappointing season, New York Giants defensive catalyst Jason Pierre-Paul is getting the feeling hes back. Adidas Yeezy Boost Baratas . -- Adam Snyder returned to the San Francisco 49ers this season because the offensive lineman thought it was his best opportunity to win a championship.Steve Borthwick says Eddie Jones guidance is the reason he is on the brink of joining the Lions coaching staff. Warren Gatland will next month name his backroom staff for the 2017 tour of New Zealand, and Borthwick is a candidate to make the trip as forwards coach.Jones worked with Borthwick during his time in Japan and recruited the 37-year-old shortly after taking charge of England, who have since won the Grand Slam and beaten Australia away from home. Those successes make Borthwick an obvious choice for Lions consideration, and he said: If Im asked the question by the Lions, it would be an honour to be asked and a privilege to do it.I have definitely benefited from working under Eddie Jones, who has been phenomenal for me as a young coach developing. Sky Sports Black Friday sale Upgrade to Sky Sports now and get 12 months half price! I have an awful lot to learn, but I feel very fortunate that Ive got a head coach like him and some excellent assistant coaches that I work wwith.dddddddddddd.Borthwicks influence on the pack has been praised by England prop Mako Vunipola, a former Saracens team-mate.He said: Steve was a great coach when he was still playing. It was like having your forwards coach out there with you. It made it very easy for us as players and it is the same now that he is coach. That detail makes it very easy to understand. Mako Vunipola is a former Saracens team-mate of Borthwick He picks up on anything. From my job as a lifter, you think you have a great lift but he will pick up on where your feet are positioned.Even the smallest things make a massive difference for him. He is all about getting the basics right first and the rest will come along with it.Upgrade to Sky Sports now and get 12 months half price. Hurry, offer ends December 4! Also See: Rugby on Sky Follow @SkySportsRugby Pundits Fixtures and results ' ' '