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With it looking likely that the 2020 college football season will soon come crashing down, Glenn Clark wonders whether this moment turns into a true turning point regarding the future of college football.
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Despite the early coronavirus outbreaks with the Marlins and Cardinals, former Orioles trainer Richie Bancells said he believes it will be possible to finish the season if players continue to abide by MLB protocols. “The biggest thing is following what the health professionals are telling us,” Bancells said.
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The American Athletic Conference, the conference in which Navy football competes, has announced its plan and timeline for the fall 2020 season, with the conference football schedule set to begin Sept. 19.
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The Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association (MPSSAA) has postponed the 2020 high school fall and winter competition seasons during the first semester.
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The Orioles and Marlins will begin a four-game series at Camden Yards Aug. 4, with a seven-inning doubleheader scheduled for Aug. 5.
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For epidemiologist Dr. Zachary Binney, the COVID-19 outbreak among the Marlins highlights concerns for both the MLB and NFL seasons. “I’m really worried about it,” Dr. Binney said. ” … Will it work for the NFL with more people and more contact? I think there’s evidence it may not.”
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After waiting four months for any sports at all amid the COVID-19 outbreak, Glenn Clark has now watched eight different American professional sports leagues play games. Here are his key takeaways.
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“The prime of my career is only going to last so long,” former Ravens DT Michael Pierce, now with the Vikings, said of his decision to opt out of the 2020 NFL season. “But what good is the prime of my career if I end up in the hospital and I don’t recover enough to even play?”
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To many of the Orioles players and coaches, the challenges that arose this week with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic were inevitable. “I think there is a little bit of concern,” Brandon Hyde said, “but we want to play, our guys want to play.”
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UMBC men’s soccer coach Pete Caringi wasn’t surprised the America East postponed fall sports. “I was actually pleased that they announced it when they did because any longer and it continues to get … the players’ hopes up,” Caringi said. “It’s very disappointing but understandable.”
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