COVID19

Posted on July 20, 2020

Weekly Update – Week of July 20, 2020 (COVID Week 19)

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Baseball: Blue Jays looking for a home. 2 players test positive.

Basketball: LeBron rookie card sets record. Nuggets get 2 players back. Exhibition games 10 min quarters.

Football: NFL camp opens next week but with no H&S plan yet. Raiders may not allow fans.

Golf: Rahm wins Memorial and World #1 ranking. Nicklaus and wife both had and recovered from COVID in March.

Motorsports: MotoGP first race craziness. Marquez out. Quartararo wins first MotoGP race.

Olympic Sports: US Olympic Museum to open next week. Japanese sports abusing problem. IOC Pres Bach up for reelection. 2020 Tokyo venues secured for 2021. Bode Miller opens winter sports school.

Soccer: Ballon d’Or canceled for 2020.

Posted on July 13, 2020

Weekly Update – Week of July 13, 2020 (COVID Week 18)

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Baseball: Braves to keep their name. Bolling dies of cancer.

Basketball: Rondo out again for hand injury. Leonard under quarantine protocol.

College Sports: NCAA March Madness video game tourney. Patriot and Ivy league cancel fall sports. Big 10 and Pac 12 move to only conference play for football.

Football: Redskins no more – new name pending. DeSean Jackson’s anti-Semitic comments and backlash. Oakley face shields.

Golf: No more fans for 2019/2020 season. Morikawa wins Workday.

Motorsports: New All-Star called SRX coming to you in 2021.

Olympic Sports: Noah Lyles glitched WR. UK in some trouble x2. RUS track president resigns. CHN cancels all international competitions for 2020. van Ruijven dies. Gray arrested for lewdness.

Soccer: 12 year old arrested for racism. Manchester City off the hook on appeal.

Posted on July 6, 2020

Weekly Update – Week of July 6, 2020 (COVID Week 17)

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Baseball: Who’s opting out. Who tested positive. Japanese League allowing fans.

Basketball: NBA travel rules. Heat for the slogans on back of players’ jerseys. Bucks and Kings closed practice facilities.

Football: Mahomes in KC til 2032. Redskins minority owners selling. Pats offer free parking.

Golf: DeChambeau wins 7th. Memorial not to allow fans. PGA Championship requires a negative test.

Soccer: MLS is back! FC Dallas pulls out of tournament.

Posted on June 29, 2020

Weekly Update – Week of June 29, 2020 (COVID Week 16)

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Baseball: Baseball is back as of July 23! KBO to allow fans this week. Pirates P Santana suspended for 80 games. Dodgers OF Toles went to jail for sleeping at a FedEx.

Basketball: NBA is back as of July 30. Chesapeake Energy, Thunder family founders and stadium naming rights, declares bankruptcy.

Football: Pats fined $1.1MM for illegally taping Bengals sideline but signed Cam Netwon as new QB.

Golf: DJ adds win #21 at the Travelers. Players starting to test positive. NBC to broadcast the US Open.

Olympic Sports: ITA ski team has 3 positive tests. Carlos leads the charge to overturn Rule 50. Berlin marathon canceled.

Posted on June 15, 2020

Weekly Update – Week of June 15, 2020 (COVID Week 14)

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Baseball: MLB scouting started. MLB draft is over. Yankees letter to be released. Jets QB eyes baseball. Turner Sports deal.

Basketball: Players split on return.

Football: Cowboys/Texans test positive.

Golf: Berger takes Charles Schwab. No positives = a huge positive for the return of sports. Phil trademarking coffee.

Olympic Sports: Asian Champ in 800m banned. St. John’s fencing coach (rightfully) fired! Fuchs gets well f’ed and tests positive for steroid from bf. USA swimming in trouble.

Soccer: Premier League is back! KD invests in Phili Union team.