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Coronavirus and Sports,..The Effects.

Yankees put reliever Ian Hamilton on 7-day COVID injured list​


The New York yankees placed reliever Ian Hamilton on the seven-day COVID-19 injured list on Monday. The move is retroactive to Sunday for the right-hander, who is tied for second on the team with 19 appearances. Hamilton, 28, has no decisions and a 3.18 ERA with six holds and 19 strikeouts in 22⅔ innings.

The Yankees added left-hander Clayton Andrews to the active roster and designated right-hander Colby White for assignment in corresponding moves. Andrews, 27, made his major league debut last season with the Milwaukee Brewers. He is 0-2 with a 6.60 ERA in 12 relief appearances at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

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Former college football player pleads guilty in COVID scheme​


A former college football player pleaded guilty Monday in a scheme to fraudulently obtain COVID-related unemployment benefits, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Abdul-Malik McClain, 24, pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud for orchestrating a scheme that netted $283,063 and sought at least $1,056,092, the Justice Department said in a news release. McClain engineered the scheme with other football players while he was attending USC in 2020. He subsequently transferred to Jackson State, where he played one season, in 2021, at linebacker. The Justice Department said the government authorized Bank of America to issue debit cards to the players, which they allegedly used to make cash withdrawals to fund personal expenses. In some instances, McClain "sought and obtained a cut of the fraudulently obtained benefits for helping others file fraudulent UI applications," the government said.

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coco gauff heads u.s. tennis at paris olympics after missing tokyo
Gauff, ranked No. 2, will be joined by Jessica Pegula, Danielle Collins and Emma Navarro in women's singles, along with Taylor Fritz, Tommy Paul, Christopher Eubanks and Marcos Giron in men's singles. Gauff tested positive for COVID-19 days before the start of the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics in July 2021.[/size]

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Olympic tennis starts July 27 at Roland Garros, the site of the French Open.
 

Michael Morkov withdraws from Tour de France due to COVID-19​

Veteran rider Michael Morkov withdrew from the Tour de France before the 12th stage because of a COVID-19 infection, his Astana team said Thursday. The 39-year-old Dane tested positive Wednesday evening and Thursday morning. Morkov is retiring at the end of the year. He won a stage on the 2013 Spanish Vuelta and the gold medal in the Madison track race at the Tokyo Olympics three years ago. He is set to compete at the Paris Games. Stage 12 is a 126-mile flat stage from Aurillac to Villeneuve-sur-Lot in southwest France.

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Biden's physician gives update after president tested positive for COVID-19​

President Joe Biden is still experiencing mild upper respiratory symptoms and continues to take Paxlovid, after testing positive for COVID-19 this week, according to the president's physician. Biden doesn't have a fever and his symptoms remain mild, Dr. Kevin O'Connor said in a statement Thursday. Biden, 81, tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, following his first event in Las Vegas, the White House said. UnidosUS CEO Janet Murguía had also announced the diagnosis from the podium where the president was set to speak at the organization's conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday. First lady Jill Biden is in Rehoboth, Delaware, as well, as the president self-isolates following his COVID diagnosis. Jill Biden was already in Rehoboth prior to the president's diagnosis, her office said on Thursday. No additional family is in Rehoboth, according to her office.

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Olympics 2024: Adam Peaty has COVID-19 after Paris silver medal​

Adam Peaty tested positive for COVID-19 at the Paris Olympics on Monday, the British Olympic Committee (BOA) said, less than 24 hours after he was narrowly pipped to the line in his men's 100-meter breaststroke final. Peaty had been aiming to match Michael Phelps' record of winning the same swim race at three straight Olympics but he woke up on Sunday morning with a sore throat. He lost the race by just 0.02 seconds to Italy's Nicolò Martinenghi, meaning he shared the silver medal with Team USA's Nic Fink. He now has six Olympic medals, which includes three relay medals between Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020.

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Noah Lyles wins 200m bronze; COVID diagnosis revealed after race​

Moments after he finished in third place during Thursday night's 200-meter Olympics final, American sprinter Noah Lyles told reporters he ran the race with COVID-19, after having been diagnosed with the illness two days earlier. The moment the test came back positive, Lyles left the Olympic Village and was quarantined at a nearby hotel, he said. He also said he was administered whatever medications he could legally take without causing problems during postrace drug testing. Paxlovid was among the medications he took, a USA Track & Field spokesperson confirmed.

One day after losing the 200-meter semifinal to Letsile Tebogo of Botswana, Lyles was unable to surpass him once again in the final Thursday night. Tebogo ran an African-record 19.46 to earn the 200-meter gold medal. Finishing just behind him with silver was American Kenny Bednarek, who posted a 19.62. Bednarek was pleased to have received a second silver, having earned one in the 200 at the Tokyo Games, but he believed he had more he could have shown Thursday.

During Thursday's race, all eight runners got off to a somewhat even start. Lyles was in the hunt early. Around the 100-meter mark, Lyles' 200-meter showing followed his 9.79-second, personal-best effort in Sunday's close 100-meter dash. He earned the gold medal in the closest 100-meter final since at least Moscow in 1980 -- or perhaps ever. Back then, Great Britain's Allan Wells narrowly beat Silvio Leonard in 10.25 seconds in an era when timing didn't go down to the thousandths of a second.

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Final Four back to Atlanta in 2031 after 2020 cancellation​

The Final Four is returning to Atlanta after the pandemic nixed the city's previous bid four years ago. The NCAA announced Thursday that Atlanta will be the site of the 2031 Final Four, its first time hosting since the 2013 bracket and the sixth time the city has been awarded the event. The city also previously hosted the Final Four in 2007, 2002 and 1977. Atlanta was slated to host the 2020 Final Four but the COVID-19 pandemic led to the cancellation early in that year of all major sports, including March Madness two weeks before the tournament was set to start. The 2025 Final Four will be held in San Antonio, followed by Indianapolis in 2026 and 2029, Detroit in 2027, Las Vegas in 2028 and North Texas in 2030. UConn won its second straight national championship in Phoenix this past spring.

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