1. Explained: How English football will welcome fans back to stadiums By Matt Slater and Chris Waugh (The Athletic) 2. Saliva-based coronavirus test funded by NBA, NBPA gets emergencyauthorization from FDA By Zach Lowe (ESPN) 3. Striker Shkurin refuses to play forBelarus while Lukashenko in power By Angel Krasimirov (Reuters)
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What They're Saying: Dr. Carlos del Rio
“We have hit the iceberg, and we’re trying to make decisions of what time should we have the band play. We need to focus on what’s important. What’s important right now is that we need tocontrol this virus. And not having fall sports this year and controlling this virus, to me, would be the No. […]
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Saturday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. U.S. Open Cup canceled as a result of pandemic By Brian Straus (SI.com)2. Gamecocks fall sports coaches left in limbo after NCAA cancels fall championships By David Cloninger (Charleston Post & Courier) 3. Mass. teen who played hockey out of state contractsCOVID-19 By Bob Hohler (Boston Globe)
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Friday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. St. Louis soccer fans, meet your MLS team: It’s St. Louis City SC By Ben Frederickson (St.Louis Post-Dispatch) 2. I had COVID-19, and these are the things nobody tells you By Bill Plaschke (Los Angeles Times) 3. After losing a coach to coronavirus, Texas football team braces for aseason of unknowns By Roman Stubbs […]
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Reggie Cannon disgusted by booing: 'I even knew when we decided to kneel that it was going to happen'
More than five months after MLS play was shut down and a monthafter it was removed from the MLS is Back Tournament following more than a dozen positive cases of COVID-19 to players and staff in its traveling party, FC Dallas returned to the field inWednesday. FC Dallas even opened Toyota Stadium to fans for […]
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Thursday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. Sources: MLS, players discussing opt-out plans By Jeffrey Carlisle (ESPN FC)2. Tyler Adams explains why RB Leipzig could benefit from tweaked Champions League format vs. Atletico Madrid By RogerGonzalez (CBS Sports) 3. Parents & players upset after Lone Peak High girls soccerteam quarantined By Dan Rascon (KSL TV)
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Wednesday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. After ‘absolute chaos’ in Orlando, FC Dallas can’t wait to get started again By Sam Stejskal (The Athletic) 2. College football’s demise perfectly represents America’s handling ofcoronavirus By Dan Wolken (USA Today) 3. The bubble’s best TV innovationdeserves a longer look By Andrew Keh (New York Times)
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Return to play: Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer bucks governor's recommendation
The Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer Association, one of the largest youth soccer organizations in the country, has decided to go ahead with fall activities after its board voted on Thursday eveningto sanction activities, including team training, scrimmages and competitions, despite Governor Tom Wolf‘s recommendation that all youth sports (pre-kindergarten through 12th grade) be postponedthrough the […]
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What They're Saying: Dr. Steven Pergam
“What we see in the health care industry is that the majority of people who get exposures or have [COVID-19] are not getting it in hospitals, where there are procedures and policies in place. It’shappening in communities. So I think that’s the issue, that you can control what you can control during travel, but it’s […]
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Sunday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. ‘We didn’t invite a crowd’ Dismissed Louisville soccer player shares his side of the COVID story By Eric Crawford (WDRB.com) 2. The MAC canceled football. Its players? ‘We all wanted to play’ By HenryBushnell (Yahoo Sports) 3. Parents of college students worry, Should they stay or go?By Constance Sommer (New York Times)