Another result of the Coronavirus scare

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An outbreak of COVID19 among individuals connected with the team has caused the Memphis Tigers to cancel their 9/18 college football game with the Houston Cougars.

Seeking to fill the suddenly empty space on their schedule, Houston is currently negotiating with Baylor University to play them in Waco that weekend.

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Saturday's Conference USA football game with Southern Mississippi hosting Florida Atlantic has been postponed due to COVID19 related problems.

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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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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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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 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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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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Today's NBA game between Boston and Miami was postponed due to the Heat being unable to field a team due to COVID19.

Dave Miedema

The Celtics' COVID19 breakout will postpone another game, this one being Tuesday night against the Bulls.

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Some good news out of New York:

Gov. Cuomo has given all pro sports teams in the state the go-ahead to admit fans to their games. I'll add to this tomorrow with specifics.

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Some good news out of New York:

Gov. Cuomo has given all pro sports teams in the state the go-ahead to admit fans to their games. I'll add to this tomorrow with specifics.

Dave Miedema

The specifics:

All teams in New York state will be allowed to admit fans up to 10% crowd capacity, as long as the stadium/arena's total seating capacity is over 10,000.

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