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Coronavirus and Sports,..The Effects.
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The Basketball Tournament, aided by health and safety plan, set for July
The Basketball Tournament, an event that has featured former college stars and overseas standouts competing for a seven-figure prize, will proceed this summer with the assistance of a comprehensive health and safety plan to minimize the risk of contracting or spreading the coronavirus, organizers announced Wednesday. Keys to the plan will be multiple rounds of testing for competitors before entering a sanitized venue, separating the participants and eliminating a team if one of its players tests positive. Starting in July, the TBT says it will host a 24-team, single-elimination tournament at a location to be determined, which organizers are calling "inner island," a quarantined "campus." Organizers are considering multiple locations.
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The Basketball Tournament, an event that has featured former college stars and overseas standouts competing for a seven-figure prize, will proceed this summer with the assistance of a comprehensive health and safety plan to minimize the risk of contracting or spreading the coronavirus, organizers announced Wednesday. Keys to the plan will be multiple rounds of testing for competitors before entering a sanitized venue, separating the participants and eliminating a team if one of its players tests positive. Starting in July, the TBT says it will host a 24-team, single-elimination tournament at a location to be determined, which organizers are calling "inner island," a quarantined "campus." Organizers are considering multiple locations.
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Basketball Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony pushed to 2021
Count the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame as the latest institution to have its best-laid plans felled by the coronavirus. Jerry Colangelo, the chairman of the board of the governors for the Hall, told ESPN Wednesday that enshrinement ceremonies for the Class of 2020, one of the most star-studded lineups ever which includes Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett and the late Kobe Bryant, will be moved to spring of 2021. Colangelo said the original dates of enshrinement weekend, Aug. 28-30, and the proposed alternate dates of Oct. 10-12 are "just not feasible" in light of the coronavirus pandemic that has killed over 100,000 in the U.S. and has rendered large gatherings taboo. The board of governors will convene on June 10, he said, to explore spring dates.
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Count the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame as the latest institution to have its best-laid plans felled by the coronavirus. Jerry Colangelo, the chairman of the board of the governors for the Hall, told ESPN Wednesday that enshrinement ceremonies for the Class of 2020, one of the most star-studded lineups ever which includes Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett and the late Kobe Bryant, will be moved to spring of 2021. Colangelo said the original dates of enshrinement weekend, Aug. 28-30, and the proposed alternate dates of Oct. 10-12 are "just not feasible" in light of the coronavirus pandemic that has killed over 100,000 in the U.S. and has rendered large gatherings taboo. The board of governors will convene on June 10, he said, to explore spring dates.
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Inside the excitement and uncertainty as NBA players return to facilities
Wearing a mask, Lillard steps into a makeshift check-in area, where a member of the health and performance staff aims a no-touch, infrared thermometer to check his temperature. Next, Lillard empties his pockets -- phone, car keys, wallet -- and places them into a ziplo.ck bag. He then washes his hands in the media bathroom, after which he is presented with a pair of rubber gloves. The whole process feels more like getting prepped for surgery than for a 90-minute training session. The Blazers were among the first two NBA teams to return to facilities three weeks ago, when eight of their rostered players showed up.
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Wearing a mask, Lillard steps into a makeshift check-in area, where a member of the health and performance staff aims a no-touch, infrared thermometer to check his temperature. Next, Lillard empties his pockets -- phone, car keys, wallet -- and places them into a ziplo.ck bag. He then washes his hands in the media bathroom, after which he is presented with a pair of rubber gloves. The whole process feels more like getting prepped for surgery than for a 90-minute training session. The Blazers were among the first two NBA teams to return to facilities three weeks ago, when eight of their rostered players showed up.
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Sources: NBA, NBPA discuss plan to allow for limited family members to join players
The NBA and National Basketball Players Association are progressing on a plan that would allow for a limited number of family members to join the players for the season's resumption inside an Orlando, Florida, bubble environment, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Conversations have centered on the timing of family arrivals at Walt Disney World Resort, which are likely to start once an initial wave of teams are eliminated and the number of people within the league's bubble decreases, sources said. Many players are eager to have family join them in Orlando, especially those on contending teams who anticipate lengthy stays in the playoffs. It is expected that teams would start to arrive in Orlando sometime in mid-July, but those timetables are still under discussion.
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The NBA and National Basketball Players Association are progressing on a plan that would allow for a limited number of family members to join the players for the season's resumption inside an Orlando, Florida, bubble environment, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Conversations have centered on the timing of family arrivals at Walt Disney World Resort, which are likely to start once an initial wave of teams are eliminated and the number of people within the league's bubble decreases, sources said. Many players are eager to have family join them in Orlando, especially those on contending teams who anticipate lengthy stays in the playoffs. It is expected that teams would start to arrive in Orlando sometime in mid-July, but those timetables are still under discussion.
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What could high school sports look like this fall amid coronavirus?
The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed local high schools and colleges over the past two months. Online classes became the norm to close out the spring term. Tony Thurmond, California state superintendent of public instruction, said the decision to reopen campuses will be left to each district. With that in mind, what will high school sports look like in the fall?The fall sports season includes the biggest draw in high school sports — football — in addition to cross country, girls' volleyball, girls' golf, boys' and girls' water polo, girls' tennis and field hockey.
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100 days to college football: The biggest questions as the sport looks to return
But given the coronvirus pandemic, the questions today are different. When will players be allowed back on campus? What kind of environments await them when they return? And what kind of season will they play?
But given the coronvirus pandemic, the questions today are different. When will players be allowed back on campus? What kind of environments await them when they return? And what kind of season will they play?
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Top Rank to host most of its June cards in Las Vegas, without fans
With boxing set to resume in the United States in June, Top Rank has put forth an early summer schedule of bouts, the majority of which will take place at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas and be televised on ESPN platforms.
"The goal was to start out with really good, competitive fights, with names that people are familiar with, who have been on ESPN shows," Bob Arum, the head of Top Rank, told ESPN on Saturday.Arum also said the promotional company eschewed title fights for the first couple of weeks to make things easier in terms of logistics. These cards will be staged without fans in attendance because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Nevada Athletic Commission has put special guidelines in place.
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California board passes emergency regulations for boxing to resume this summer
The California State Athletic Commission passed emergency regulations Friday with an eye to resuming combat events in the summer months.The commission met via video conference Friday morning and its guidelines were sent to the California Office of Administrative Law. "When that process is finished, we'll start," said Andy Foster, the CSAC's executive director.
Among the key parts of these regulations, according to Foster, is that, "the fighters will be tested between two and three weeks before their event for the COVID-19 virus. If they're clear, we'll accept them on the bout card and we'll approve the fights if they meet the other criteria."Then two days before they travel, they'll fill out a questionnaire and when they get to the hotel, they'll be isolated and tested again with their fight camps. Everybody involved in the promotion will be tested on that day," continued Foster. "Anybody that the promoter deems 'essential' to their promotion -- and we approve them to be there, and that could be media -- anybody that is in that building that's part of the promotion is going to need to be tested."
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With boxing set to resume in the United States in June, Top Rank has put forth an early summer schedule of bouts, the majority of which will take place at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas and be televised on ESPN platforms.
"The goal was to start out with really good, competitive fights, with names that people are familiar with, who have been on ESPN shows," Bob Arum, the head of Top Rank, told ESPN on Saturday.Arum also said the promotional company eschewed title fights for the first couple of weeks to make things easier in terms of logistics. These cards will be staged without fans in attendance because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Nevada Athletic Commission has put special guidelines in place.
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California board passes emergency regulations for boxing to resume this summer
The California State Athletic Commission passed emergency regulations Friday with an eye to resuming combat events in the summer months.The commission met via video conference Friday morning and its guidelines were sent to the California Office of Administrative Law. "When that process is finished, we'll start," said Andy Foster, the CSAC's executive director.
Among the key parts of these regulations, according to Foster, is that, "the fighters will be tested between two and three weeks before their event for the COVID-19 virus. If they're clear, we'll accept them on the bout card and we'll approve the fights if they meet the other criteria."Then two days before they travel, they'll fill out a questionnaire and when they get to the hotel, they'll be isolated and tested again with their fight camps. Everybody involved in the promotion will be tested on that day," continued Foster. "Anybody that the promoter deems 'essential' to their promotion -- and we approve them to be there, and that could be media -- anybody that is in that building that's part of the promotion is going to need to be tested."
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NASCAR can race in Virginia without fans, governor says
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said Thursday that racing will be allowed to resume in the state without spectators.The governor said that NASCAR will race at Martinsville Speedway on June 10 and that other forms of auto racing and horse racing also are cleared to resume. "These events will not be open to the public and no spectators will be allowed, among other restrictions," he said. NASCAR was originally scheduled to make its first of two stops at Martinsville in early May, but the event was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. It also is scheduled visit Richmond Raceway on Sept. 12 and conclude the season's events in the state with a return to Martinsville on Nov. 1.
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How a pandemic could be forever altering the golf cart
Golf courses and private clubs were naturally hesitant of the idea of adding something so different prior to this pandemic. An industry that is traditional and slow to adapt, it wasn't surprising that a scooter would be rejected in its infancy.
Texas to let fans attend pro sports events at 25% capacity
Abbott revised a decision to let pro sports leagues host events without fans starting in June as part of the state's move to reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Golf courses and private clubs were naturally hesitant of the idea of adding something so different prior to this pandemic. An industry that is traditional and slow to adapt, it wasn't surprising that a scooter would be rejected in its infancy.
Texas to let fans attend pro sports events at 25% capacity
Abbott revised a decision to let pro sports leagues host events without fans starting in June as part of the state's move to reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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NFL says camps must be at team facilities, joint practices can't be held
NFL teams must hold training camps this summer at their main practice facilities because of the coronavirus pandemic, commissioner Roger Goodell told all 32 organizations in a memo Tuesday obtained by ESPN. In addition, teams will not be allowed to hold joint training camp practices with other teams, the memo said. "The NFLPA was strongly in favor of these two decisions, which were made to limit exposure risks by avoiding the need for clubs to clean and maintain two facilities, by limiting the need for players and club staffs to travel to another location (sometimes located at a considerable distance from the home facility), and by limiting travel and contact between players on different clubs in the context of joint practices," Goodell said in the memo. "These steps are being taken for the 2020 preseason to address the current conditions and are not expected to be in place in 2021."
In 2019, 10 teams practiced away from their main practice facilities.
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NFL teams must hold training camps this summer at their main practice facilities because of the coronavirus pandemic, commissioner Roger Goodell told all 32 organizations in a memo Tuesday obtained by ESPN. In addition, teams will not be allowed to hold joint training camp practices with other teams, the memo said. "The NFLPA was strongly in favor of these two decisions, which were made to limit exposure risks by avoiding the need for clubs to clean and maintain two facilities, by limiting the need for players and club staffs to travel to another location (sometimes located at a considerable distance from the home facility), and by limiting travel and contact between players on different clubs in the context of joint practices," Goodell said in the memo. "These steps are being taken for the 2020 preseason to address the current conditions and are not expected to be in place in 2021."
In 2019, 10 teams practiced away from their main practice facilities.
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Oklahoma State's Amen Ogbongbemiga tests positive for coronavirus after Tulsa protest
Oklahoma State linebacker Amen Ogbongbemiga said Tuesday that he tested positive for COVID-19 after attending a protest in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Ogbongbemiga was one of 30 players to return to campus on Monday, the first phase of Oklahoma State athletes returning to campus in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. All of those players, as well as coaches and other staff members, were tested for the coronavirus, a source told ESPN. Per university protocol, which was developed by a school task force headed by OSU Center for Health Sciences president Dr. Kayse Shrum, Ogbongbemiga will be quarantined in separate on-campus housing. Ogbongbemiga will be retested Friday, a source said, and retested again at a later date.
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Oklahoma State linebacker Amen Ogbongbemiga said Tuesday that he tested positive for COVID-19 after attending a protest in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Ogbongbemiga was one of 30 players to return to campus on Monday, the first phase of Oklahoma State athletes returning to campus in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. All of those players, as well as coaches and other staff members, were tested for the coronavirus, a source told ESPN. Per university protocol, which was developed by a school task force headed by OSU Center for Health Sciences president Dr. Kayse Shrum, Ogbongbemiga will be quarantined in separate on-campus housing. Ogbongbemiga will be retested Friday, a source said, and retested again at a later date.
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