Another result of the Coronavirus scare

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In the latest news in the world of sports, the 2020 Hall of Fame induction ceremonies have been cancelled. The plan is to wait until 2021 to draw fans and players to Cooperstown, at which time both the 2020 and 2021 inductees will be honored.

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The Green Bay Packers have announced that their first two home games at Lambeau Field will be played without fans being allowed inside. The status of all home games after these two has yet to be determined.

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Just in: MLB has decided to cancel all remaining spring training games and also to delay the start of the 2020 regular season by at least 2 weeks.

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While a number of sports personalities have tested positive for COVID19, the virus has now affected two bigger names in sports.

Knicks/New York Rangers owner James Dolan has apparently tested positive for COVID 19, as has Jacksonville Jaguars legend Tony Boselli. In Boselli's case, the virus caused him to be hospitalized and placed in ICU.

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The NFL has officially announced that, due to COVID19 and problematic travel issues as a result of it, all NFL games originally scheduled to be played outside the U.S. have been relocated back to the U.S.

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The latest sports league to cancel their 2020 season is the Big Sky Conference of the NCAA. Big Sky announced earlier in the week that they were shutting down their football season for 2020.

The Big Sky Conference has 13 teams whose home universities are spread across the western half of the United States.

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Canceled sports seasons have not ventured north of our border due to COVID19. The Canadian Football League has announced a shutdown of the upcoming campaign.

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It was reported today that the greatest event in the tennis world...Wimbledon...has been postponed.

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In like manner as the NFL has already done, the NHL has also opted not to play any games in Europe during the 2020-21 season. This eliminates plans for 2 NHL teams to hold their training camps in Europe. Also moved back to North America are regular season games scheduled to be played in Prague and Helsinki.

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Some encouraging news from the NHL in regard to COVID19:

For the week of 7/27-81, NHL players, coaches and other employees of the league were tested over 7,000 times. COVID19 positive tests: 0.

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