Another result of the Coronavirus scare

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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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There is a decent possibility that the games that the 49ers can't play in their own stadium may be relocated to the Arizona Cardinals' home field. The Cardinals are willing to do this, but other hurdles need to be cleared to make this official.

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Santa Clara County in California has extended the duration of the COVID19 special regulations mentioned above. One of perhaps several results of this is the 49ers will not play any more NFL games in Levi Stadium for the duration of the current season.

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

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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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