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"We will work tirelessly to use our voices to influence change, encourage healing, and promote thoughtful action as we move forward," it wrote. … [Read more...] about ‘The cries for peace will rain down’ — Colin Kaepernick among sporting figures to pay tribute to George Floyd

Major League Baseball has proposed starting its season in early July at regular-season ballparks, if necessary without fans. Abbott’s order, however, may not impact the Texas Rangers and the Houston Astros because “stadiums with retractable roofs are not considered to be outdoors,” health department spokeswoman Lara Anton said. … [Read more...] about Texas to Allow Some Fans at Outdoor Sporting Events

Wood, a right-handed senior who graduated in May, said he felt program momentum building with the recent installation of new seats and a video board at Latham Stadium. Furman’s baseball team, founded in 1896, tied its win total record (33) in Wood’s freshman season. His senior year was canceled after 17 games because of coronavirus. … [Read more...] about “It blindsided me”: Discontinued sports at Furman University leave its Colorado athletes stunned

Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott added: “As states have either already opened or begin to open up access to parks, gyms and other training facilities, student-athletes should have the option at this time to be in, what for many, will be a much safer environment on campus, where they can have access to the best available health, well-being and training support.” … [Read more...] about In-person classes key for return of CU Buffs sports

The announcements come after officials said there was an outbreak linked to a church service in Hampshire County as well as cases cropping up after a livestock auction in Jackson County. Statewide, recent infections have ticked up after spikes in the eastern panhandle and at the Huttonsville Correctional Center, a rural prison in Randolph County where more than 100 inmates have tested positive. … [Read more...] about West Virginia Governor Will Allow Youth Sports To Resume With Fans In The Stands This Summer