The customary parade and celebration for the World Series winners, in this case the Los Angeles Dodgers, has been postponed indefinitely due to lingering concerns regarding the pandemic.
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The customary parade and celebration for the World Series winners, in this case the Los Angeles Dodgers, has been postponed indefinitely due to lingering concerns regarding the pandemic.
Dave Miedema
A COVID19 outbreak on the Nebraska NCAA football team has led to a cancellation of this coming weekend's game with Wisconsin.
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An outbreak of COVID19 positives on players and staff members of the Wisconsin Badgers has caused a cancellation of their Big Ten football game against Purdue.
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Two more Saturday NCAA football games will not be played due to positive COVID19 tests. Army/Air Force and Tulsa/Navy have fallen by the wayside.
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Add Utah/Arizona to the mix of Saturday games not being played due to a run of positive COVID19 tests.
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After being on the verge of doing so, Gillette Stadium and the New England Patriots have back tracked, announcing that they will not be admitting fans to watch Patriots games for the rest of the season.
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The Ivy League has announced that they will be cancelling their winter sports schedules for 2020-21, including men's and women's basketball. They are the first NCAA Division 1 conference to issue a blanket shutdown of this nature.
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Two of college football's Saturday games have been shelved due to COVID19. These include Utah at UCLA and also Ohio State at Maryland.
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New lockdown orders for COVID19 by Gov. Whitmer (D-MI) have resulted in the Detroit Lions being required to play their annual Thanksgiving for 2020 without any fans in the stands.
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Two Pac-10 NCAA FB games set for Saturday...Washington State/Stanford and Arizona State/Colorado...will not be played due to COVID19 outbreaks on one of the participating teams in each game.
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It's been announced that the beginning of the NBA 2020-21 season will find the Toronto Raptors playing their home games in Tampa, FL due to COVID19 restrictions in Canada. How long this setup will go has not been determined at this time.
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As late as this morning, SEC fans woke up to the news that the Clemson/Florida State football game had also bitten the dust for COVID19-related reasons.
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Friday's annual Pac-10 rivalry game between Washington and Washington State has been cancelled and declared a no-contest due to COVID19 issues.
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OVID19 concerns have caused a postponement of an off-field MLB event. This time the affected event is the meeting of the MLB HOF Veterans Committee that was schedule for the Golden Era players.
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If you tuned in to NBC earlier this evening expecting the Steelers/Ravens prime time game and saw something else, you're not alone. Based on COVID19 problems affecting the Ravens, the game has been postponed and will be played on Sunday 11/29.
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Several NCAA football games for this weekend have either been postponed or outright cancelled based on COVID19 problems. These include:
USC/Colorado
Oklahoma/West Virginia
Wisconsin/Minnesota
Utah/Arizona State
The Oklahoma/West Virginia game has been rescheduled for 12/12.
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Two NCAA basketball teams have decided to postpone their first 4 home games of the season based on COVID19 problems. This affects the Ole Miss mens' team and UConn's female hoopsters.
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Due ti a temporary law initiated by Santa Clara County (CA), the 49ers will be temporarily kicked out of Levi Stadium for their first 2 home games in December.
The law prohibits pro or college sports from hosting games or having practices in sports where direct bodily contact is common. The law goes into effect this coming Monday and runs through 12/21.
The temporary law also affects San Jose State, Stanford, and the San Jose Sharks (NHL).
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The Big Ten football game between Northwestern and Minnesota scheduled for later this week has been cancelled due to a COVID19 outbreak in the Gophers' football program.
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On the heels of the announcement of the cancellation of the Las Vegas Bowl, both the Rose Bowl and the Fiesta Bowl have been directed by their respective state governments that, if the games are played, no fans are to be admitted.
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It looks like Mike and Vanessa Baxter (Last Man Standing) won't be talking any trash to each other this weekend regarding Ohio State (Vanessa's alma mater) and Michigan (Mike's), as COVD19 has wiped out this annual rivalry contest.
Also being cancelled due to the Coronavirus (so far) are Cincinnati/Tulsa and Texas A&M/Ole Miss.
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Two more Saturday matchups, both title and/or ranking-related, both NCAA but in different sports, have been reported.
The Pac-12 North title game between Washington and Oregon has been cancelled due to pandemic-related issues.
So has the basketball game pitting #1 Gonzaga against #2 Baylor. The game will be rescheduled at a later date.
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Two more Saturday matchups, both title and/or ranking-related, both NCAA but in different sports, have been reported.
The Pac-12 North title game between Washington and Oregon has been cancelled due to pandemic-related issues.
So has the basketball game pitting #1 Gonzaga against #2 Baylor. The game will be rescheduled at a later date.
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The Washington Redskins, after experimenting with allowing small crowds of fans into their home games, has reversed course and have opted to not admit fans to their remaining home games of the current season.
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For Sunday's game at Lucas Oil Stadium, the Indianapolis Colts have opted to reduce the maximum attendance from 12,500 to 10,000. A recent spike of COVID19 cases in Indiana is said to be the cause for the decision.
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Recent NHL COVID19 news:
The extension of several pandemic-related laws has now caused the San Jose Sharks to follow the NFL 49ers to Arizona for both preseason camp and an undetermined number of early season games.
The Dallas Stars have announced that they are planning to admit 5,000 fans per game during the upcoming season.
The 7 teams located in Canada will not likely be allowed to travel to the US for road games, nor will American teams get the OK to go to the Great White North to play games either. In fact, the government of British Columbia will not allow any teams to fly into Vancouver for games, nor will they allow the Canucks to travel on the road for any contests.
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Two positive COVID19 tests from employees of the Detroit Lions organization have prompted the team to close their practice facilities. As of now, there are no plans for the Lions to postpone or cancel their game this coming weekend.
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The Opening Night NBA game between Houston and Oklahoma City was postponed due to a wave of COVID19 positive tests on the Rockets. Only 8 players were available before the game.
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Good news and bad news from Cleveland.
The good news is:
Based on a crowd size variance passed by the State of Ohio, the NBA Cavaliers have increased their maximum crowd size for games from 300 to 2,000.
The bad news is:
The NFL Browns have had to close their facilities temporarily due to a surge of COVID19 cases among team employees.
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Two NHL teams have announced their plans to seat fans for their home games:
The Florida Panthers will open the season with a capacity limit of 25%, which is roughly 5,000 fans.
The Coyotes will begin their schedule with about 3,500 fans per game to be admitted for the first month of the season. The team will work with state officials in Arizona to review monthly in terms of increasing or decreasing the crowd size limits.
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The Green Bay Packers, hosting a divisional round playoff game at Lambeau Field, announced that they will allow as many as 6,000 fans in to watch the game.
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Today's NBA game between Boston and Miami was postponed due to the Heat being unable to field a team due to COVID19.
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Based on COVID19 protocol established by the State of Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh Penguins will not be admitting fans to any of the 4 home games they play during January.
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MLB has indicated that, for the 2921 season, fans will NOT be subjected to COVID19 protocol in regards to vaccinations, testing and related exams.
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The big event on the WWE scheduled, Wrestlemania 37, has been postponed and moved to a new location.
Originally scheduled for Los Angeles late next month, COVID19 concerns, mainly the roughly 1 million positive tests in the area, the event is now planned for April 10-11 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa.
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