NHL players won’t take part in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, multiple outlets reported Tuesday. An official announcement is expected within 24 hours. An agreement to keep the players home was made jointly by the league and the NHL Players Association against a backdrop of rising COVID-19 cases worldwide. Effective Wednesday, the league will be on pause through Dec. 26, with no games or practices and team facilities closed. As of Tuesday, 50 NHL games had been postponed, and the NHL could use part of the Olympic break for makeup games, ESPN reported. In their collective bargaining agreem…