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Acadia University students could return to campus this fall
The university's official COVID-19 informational webpage will provide frequently updated content related to return planning, including university communication , potential return scenarios and information for students, parents, faculty and staff, according to the announcement. [Full Article...]
After diagnosis, Clemson WR Justyn Ross seeks 'best chance' to play again
Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney announced Monday that receiver Justyn Ross is out for the 2020 season due to a "congenital fusion" in his spine, according to Pete Thamel of Yahoo Sports . Higgins was picked by the Cincinnati Bengals with the No. 33 pick in the 2020 NFL Draft. He was again likely to be a top target for Lawrence this season. [Full Article...]
Sides deadlocked after Major League Baseball rejects latest Players Association proposal
Players made their proposal Sunday, up from an 82-game regular season in management's offer last week. The sides agreed to a deal March 26 in which players accepted prorated salaries in exchange for $170 million in advances and a guarantee that if the season is scrapped each player would get 2020 service time matching what the player accrued in 2019. [Full Article...]
West Indies include Chemar Holder, Bonner for England Tests
With the second and third Tests being played in a bio-secure environment at Emirates Old Trafford, we'll get the lowdown from Paul Allott, Director of Cricket at Lancashire, on how the ground and its staff are shaping up for July. Our line-up is completed by Surrey and England opener Rory Burns to get his reaction to the news and to discover how he's finding training - and what sort of form he f... [Full Article...]
Amazon Prime's live Premier League games will be free-to-air
After a successful first season as a part-time Premier League TV rights holder, Amazon has confirmed that it will be showing a bonus four EPL football games in the post-break season and, best of all, they'll be free to air for all. As it stands, England's top flight is due to return on June 17th, but Liverpool could be hit harder than any other Premier League club if that date is put back agai... [Full Article...]
Meet George Floyd baby mama, daughter
George Floyd's 6-year-old daughter has only been told that her dad died "because he couldn't breathe", as her mother tries to protect her from the truth that has sparked national outrage. A drawing of George Floyd plastered to a light pole during a demonstration in Minneapolis, 02-06-2020. "I watched it only for a moment because I was like, 'I can't believe, '" she sobbed. [Full Article...]
National Basketball Association to invite 22 teams to resume season in Orlando
As a result, Dave McMenamin of ESPN reports that said teams have been having discussions on how they might be able to restore any type of edge in lieu of home-court advantage. If the ninth seed is four or fewer games behind, the eighth and ninth seed will enter a play-in tournament that is double-elimination for the eighth seed and single-elimination for ninth. [Full Article...]
National Hockey League to have 24-team postseason if play resumes
The NHL is now looking to move to Phase 2 of their four-phase return-to-play plan. Tuesday's news conference held significance in that it offered a pathway for a return to the ice, even as specifics remain unclear and uncertainties linger. The top four teams in each conference will have a bye for the first round. The NHL, like Major League Soccer , gets the vast majority of its overall revenue fr... [Full Article...]