Another result of the Coronavirus scare

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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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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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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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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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The NHL Carolina Hurricane's next game is being postponed due to COVID19 problems. This will be the 4th consecutive game for the team that was postpones due to the pandemic. Carolina has now rescheduled 7 upcoming games as a result.

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The NBA scheduled a game on the fly on 2/17, with the Pistons visiting Chicago to play the Bulls.

The unplanned game came about due to the postponement of scheduled game for both Chicago and Detroit. The Bulls were to play a road game in Charlotte tomorrow night, but contract tracing related to COVID19 on the Hornets postponed that matchup. The Pistons game in Dallas was also postponed, but not due to pandemic-related reason, but for extreme weather condition in Dallas.

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An agreement with local DC government entities has resulted in the Washington Nationals being given the OK to begin their 2021 home season with admitting fans up to a limit of 5,000 per game.

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