Three New Orleans Pelicans players have tested positive for COVID-19, according to Pelicans Executive Vice President David Griffin.
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By Yoo Jee-ho
SEOUL, June 30 (Yonhap) — When fans return to baseball stadiums sometime in July, they will be asked to sit apart from one another to maintain a safe distance. And they’ll not be allowed to bring in any outside food.
This will be part of a new normal in fan experience in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) during the coronavirus pandemic.
The KBO released a new health and safety manual for fans Tuesday, as it prepares to swing open gates to baseball enthusiasts.
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The 2020 season opened on May 5 without fans in the stands amid the pandemic, and the league’s 10 clubs have been struggling financially without zero gate revenue. In a welcome relief, the government announced Sunday that sports stadiums would reopen on a limited basis, as long as teams adhere to stringent quarantine measures.
To that end, the KBO put out the manual to ensure safe environments across the league’s nine stadiums.
Fans must wear masks and keep them on during the course of the game. When they stand in a line at the entrance, bathrooms or concession stands, they must maintain a safe distance from others. Teams will put stickers, set 1 meter apart, on their stadium floors to indicate where fans should stand.
Fans must go through temperature checks at the gate, and those who check in at over 37.5 C will be turned away.
Once inside the stands, they must also sit at least one seat from each other, even when they have company.
Though cheering is a major part of KBO fan experience, it will be missing during the pandemic. The KBO manual says singalongs, chanting and other types of cheering that may include contact will be limited.
Tickets can only be purchased in advance online with credit cards, so that health authorities will be able to trace contact information in case of positive COVID-19 tests. Box offices at stadiums will be closed to minimize person-to-person contact.
The KBO said fans will be strongly discouraged from buying tickets from scalpers because it is illegal, and it poses infection risks through direct contact or droplets.
Concession stands will be open on a limited bases but eating from the seats and bringing food from outside will be prohibited. Fans will have to consume their food in the concession areas.
While in their seats, fans will only be allowed to drink water and non-alcoholic beverages.
Teams will only sell tickets to reserve seats at first, and other ballpark amenities, such as children’s playgrounds, will be closed to prevent a crowd from gathering. Smoking rooms will remain shuttered.
Fans will be discouraged from bringing in preschool children due to safety concerns, and those who come in with young children will be asked to take extra care.
“There will be some inconvenience for our fans following these restrictions during the pandemic,” the KBO said. “However, in order to prevent COVID-19 infections and to ensure a safe viewing experience, we’ll need our fans to follow these rules.”
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The Nets have a bit of a situation on their hands. Brooklyn stars Spencer Dinwiddie and DeAndre Jordan announced Monday they’ve tested positive for COVID-19. Dinwiddie reported experiencing symptoms, “including fever and chest tightness,” according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania. Jordan has since opted out of the NBA’s resumed season, and Dinwiddie appears to be considering the…
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The Nets have a bit of a situation on their hands.
Brooklyn stars Spencer Dinwiddie and DeAndre Jordan announced Monday they’ve tested positive for COVID-19. Dinwiddie reported experiencing symptoms, “including fever and chest tightness,” according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania. Jordan has since opted out of the NBA’s resumed season, and Dinwiddie appears to be considering the option as well.
“Found out last night and confirmed again today that I’ve tested positive for Covid while being back in market,” Jordan tweeted Monday night. “As a result of this, I will not be in Orlando for the resumption of the season.”
Found out last night and confirmed again today that I’ve tested positive for Covid while being back in market. As a result of this, I will not be in Orlando for the resumption of the season. — DeAndre Jordan (@DeAndre) June 30, 2020
“I was ready and prepared to rejoin my teammates as we were to be an early entry team in the resumed season,” Dinwiddie said. “I flew private to return to New York, passed multiple COVID-19 tests over my first several days in New York and was able to participate in a couple practices within the first week. “Originally, we were supposed to be one of the teams to enter into the Orlando bubble early, but training camp got switched back to New York and unfortunately I am now positive. Given that I have experienced symptoms … it is unclear on whether or not I’ll be able to participate in Orlando.”
According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Nets plan to sign someone in place of Jordan. Dinwiddie’s situation remains unclear. The Nets currently are seventh in the Eastern Conference. More NBA: Rudy Gobert Hasn’t Fully Regained Se
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Diamondbacks pitcher Mike Leake is the first player to elect to sit out the 2020 season amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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MLB.com’s Steve Gilbert is reporting that Diamondbacks pitcher Mike Leake will opt out of the 2020 season. He is, at the present moment, the only MLB player to have opted out of the season, but it is highly unlikely he will be the only one.
Per Joel Sherman of the New York Post, Leake’s agent Dan Horwits said, “During this global pandemic, Mike and his family had many discussions about playing this season. They took countless factors into consideration, many of which are personal to him and his family. After thorough consideration, he has chosen to opt out of playing in 2020. This was not an easy decision for Mike. He wishes the best of luck and health for his Diamondback teammates this season and he’s looking forward to 2021.”
Leake, 32, is in the final guaranteed year of his contract. Both sides can agree on a mutual option worth $18 million for the 2021 season, otherwise Leake will be bought out for $5 million. In 2019, between the Mariners and D-Backs, the right-hander posted a 4.29 ERA with 127 strikeouts and 27 walks across 197 innings of work.
Leake’s absence will likely mean that Alex Young and Merrill Kelly will duke it out for the fifth spot in the D-Backs’ rotation.
On Friday, Nationals 1B Ryan Zimmerman wrote for the Associated Press that he was “still deciding whether to play” this season amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. Unless the player opting out is considered “high risk,” he will forfeit both pay and service time in doing so.
Last year, Nationals reliever Daniel Hudson received criticism when he left his team during the NLCS for the birth of his child. There will, no doubt, be critics of players who choose to sit out the season because of COVID-19. It will be completely undeserved, just as Hudson’s criticism was undeserved. Players should receive full support from their teams, from their peers, from the media, and from fans for sitting out the season for any reason.
Major League Soccer (MLS) has said 20 players and six club staff have tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the ‘MLS is Back Tournament’ set to begin on July 8. A total of 668 players had been tested since the resumption of full team training on June 4, with 18 testing positive ahead of traveling […]
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n a week remaining before it returns to action, MLS announced Sunday that the league has 26 positive COVID-19 tests out of 668 taken among players and staff.
There were 24 positive tests prior to teams heading to the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at the Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Fla., for the MLS is Back Tournament, with two more positives once teams started arriving for the World Cup-style tournament.
Tests began among players and staff when teams returned to full training on June 4. The numbers equate to a 2.7 percent positivity rate, compared to the 5.3 percent rate for NBA players ahead of that league’s return in late July.
The two positive results in Orlando were out of 329 tests among five teams in the city thus far: Columbus Crew, FC Dallas, Minnesota United, Orlando City SC and the San Jose Earthquakes. None of the players or staff who tested positive were identified.
WATCH | Details of MLS’ resumption plan:All 26 teams will take part in a tournament to be held at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort in the Orlando area beginning July 8. 1:37
Anybody who tests positive will be moved to a hotel isolation area to receive medical care and follow-up testing until receiving a clean bill of health.
MLS has no plans, as of yet, to cancel or postpone the tournament, which will be played among the league’s 26 teams. Group play will be followed by a knockout stage.
The tournament is set to kick off July 8, with Orlando City facing expansion Inter Miami FC. The semifinals will take place Aug. 5-6, followed by the final on Aug. 11.
Each MLS team had played just two games when the season was suspended in mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Their bags are packed and the Toronto Blue Jays are set to fly north. Read More
Sources: Blue Jays heading home to Toronto for Spring Training, games — Toronto Sun
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Updated:June 28, 2020 5:17 PM EDT
Their bags are packed and the Toronto Blue Jays are set to fly north.
Sources told the Toronto Sun that government clearance for the Major League Baseball team to return to Canada is expected early in the week. With that in mind, the team is making arrangements to transport staff and players to the Rogers Centre around midweek. Some were training in the Dunedin, FL. area, others at various spots around North America.
The team expects to play all 30 of its 2020 home games at Rogers Centre against its regular American League East opponents, as well as those from the National League East. Major League Baseball has restructured its divisions to make travel easier in this most unusual shortened season.
There will be no fans in the stands at any of the games at Rogers Centre, per previous comments from team president Mark Shapiro.
Various Blue Jays players and staffers recently tested positive for COVID-19, which is an obvious concern. Shapiro has acknowledged that they expect more positives. Having said that, the team is confident that it can be safe and that its players will follow safety protocols above and beyond what is recommended in MLB’s 100-page return to play manual.
“Any time you do comprehensive tests, the numbers go up,” Shapiro said on a Friday conference call with Jays beat reporters. “We are testing every single person at intake. That’s going to be part of the transition process into creating the closed environment as much as possible around our players,” he said.
“I think it will be very important for it to be a collaborative effort that will take a partnership between us and the players. There are many things within our control that enable us to stay healthy. The players are going to be constantly educated on that and provided protection wherever possible.”
The team is not yet confirming any of the details of the return to Canada, but general manager Ross Atkins is expected to comment later in the week.
The Blue Jays organization, Shapiro in particular, had been lobbying all levels of Canadian government for six weeks now. The other 29 American-based MLB teams are planning to play their home games in their normal parks, but there currently is a non-essential travel ban between Canada and the U.S. to navigate.
“There is more comfort coming to Toronto and conducting training camp here under the conditions and circumstances here,” Shapiro had said on Friday.
Shapiro spoke then of “creating “a modified quarantine for our players and if we move to a regular-season scenario for visiting players. “That would be in addition to the MLB protocol,” Shapiro said.
He had said the Blue Jays weren’t seeking “extreme special treatment” from Canadian governments and health authorities and that the team is “understanding and deferential to public health and safety” concerns.
Shapiro had also thanked on Friday Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Toronto mayor John Tory for their openness during discussions.
“Their guidance and support has been very strong throughout the entire time I’ve been talking,” Shapiro had said. “It’s been encouraging.”
Toronto revealed most of its 60-man player pool for the return to play later Sunday. Top prospect Nate Pearson was on the list, as expected, along with several of the club’s other most glittery youngsters and there is room for recent No. 5 overall draft pick Austin Martin should he be signed.
It’s been 3 1/2 months since the NBA suspended its 2019-29 season after Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19. But the Utah Jazz star says he’s still feeling the effects of the virus. During a recent interview with French outlet L’Equipe, Gobert said he’s regained his sense of taste, but his sense of smell hasn’t…
Rudy Gobert Hasn’t Fully Regained Sense Of Smell Since Getting COVID-19 — NESN.com
It’s been 3 1/2 months since the NBA suspended its 2019-29 season after Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19. But the Utah Jazz star says he’s still feeling the effects of the virus.
During a recent interview with French outlet L’Equipe, Gobert said he’s regained his sense of taste, but his sense of smell hasn’t completely returned. Loss of taste and smell, of course, are two key signs of the coronavirus. “The taste has returned, but the smell is still not 100 percent. I can smell the smells, but not from afar,” he said, according to NBC Sports via Google Translate. “I spoke to specialists who told me that it could take up to a year.” Yikes. Gobert and Jazz teammate Donovan Mitchell were the first two NBA players to test positive for the coronavirus March 11.
The two were medically cleared March 27, though Gobert’s carelessness surrounding the virus put a major strain on the pair’s relationship.
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Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty ImagesIn a poll conducted by ESPN, 77 percent of baseball fans said they support MLB’s plan to hold a 60-game season, which will begin July 23 or 24.According to ESPN, 73 percent of sports fans polled were in favor of the plan.After lengthy negotiations between MLB and the MLBPA, Commissioner Rob…
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In a poll conducted by ESPN, 77 percent of baseball fans said they support MLB‘s plan to hold a 60-game season, which will begin July 23 or 24.
According to ESPN, 73 percent of sports fans polled were in favor of the plan.
After lengthy negotiations between MLB and the MLBPA, Commissioner Rob Manfred set the schedule for the 2020 season Tuesday. The players agreed to report to camps by Wednesday and play what would be the shortest season in history.
The season was supposed to start March 26, but things were put on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic. While a season is going to happen, there is some belief MLB and the MLBPA erred in not returning sooner to play more games and get more eyes on the sport.
In the ESPN poll, which involved 1,003 sports fans, 58 percent agreed that the “slow return was a ‘missed opportunity.’” But 64 percent of those polled said that will not impact their viewing habits.
Players are scheduled to report to camps next week, meaning they will have about three weeks to prepare for the season. The camps will almost exclusively be held in the teams’ home cities since spring training facilities in Florida and Arizona were shut down last week amid a number of COVID-19 cases in baseball.
While playing just 60 of the usual 162 games isn’t ideal, many baseball fans are excited to watch the sport they love in any capacity.
As part of the shortened season, teams will play only their divisional opponents and interleague games against the corresponding division, meaning American League East teams will play AL East and National League East opponents, and so on.
There will also be a universal designated hitter, which could be included in the new collective bargaining agreement when the current one expires after the 2021 season.
One thing that won’t change is the playoff format, as five teams from each league will qualify.
The 2020 season will mark the first shortened season since 1995, when teams played 144 games after the start of the campaign was delayed by a players’ strike that began in August 1994.
Three days after announcing he had tested positive for COVID-19, Sacramento Kings forward Jabari Parker was spotted playing tennis in Chicago without a mask, after reportedly going out to a restaurant recently. TMZ published pair of photos showing Parker playing tennis without a mask, and said the photos were taken earlier that day. The outlet […]
Kings’ Jabari Parker seen playing tennis after positive test: Report — Canoe
Three days after announcing he had tested positive for COVID-19, Sacramento Kings forward Jabari Parker was spotted playing tennis in Chicago without a mask, after reportedly going out to a restaurant recently.
TMZ published pair of photos showing Parker playing tennis without a mask, and said the photos were taken earlier that day.
The outlet also reported, “Jabari was recently seen out at a restaurant there in the Windy City.”
Jabari Parker Out Playing Tennis Mask-less After COVID Announcement https://t.co/9AVLfAlx04— TMZ (@TMZ) June 27, 2020
While it is unknown exactly when Parker tested positive or the current status of his recovery, the club released a statement to the Sacramento Bee on Saturday afternoon after the TMZ report surfaced.
“We are aware of the report and are gathering additional information,” the statement read. “We have no further comment at this time.”
The NBA requires any player who tests positive for COVID-19 to refrain from physical activity for a minimum of 14 days.
Parker, 25, said in a statement Wednesday he tested positive for COVID-19 “several days ago” and that he was isolating in Chicago. He added he planned to join his teammates next month at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex near Orlando, Fla., when the NBA season resumes.
Teammate Alex Len also announced Wednesday that he, too, tested positive for the virus. Fellow Kings player Buddy Hield also reportedly tested positive for COVID-19, though neither the Kings nor Hield have made any announcement.
Teams will begin arriving in Florida for training camp by July 11, and the season will resume July 30.
The NBA season went on a hiatus on March 11.
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