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The National Baseball Museum and Hall of Fame Board of Directors voted unanimously to postpone the then-Committee’s two elections this winter due to considerations of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hall of Fame President Jane Forbes Clark said the era committee procedure requires a face-to-face discussion involving members of the 16-person voting committee. In light of these concerns, he stated that the Board of Directors had the Golden Days Committee and the Early Days Committee to meet in the winter of 2021.
The Golden Days Committee considers Hall of Famers whose main contributions to the game came here from 1950 to 1969, and the Early Baseball Committee considers applicants whose primary contributions predate 1950. Each committee will review a survey of 10 candidates compiled through baseball Writers’ Association of America’s Historical Overview Committee, and those applicants will be announced in the fall of 2021. Both committees will review the surveys later that year and those elected will be registered in 2022.
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Clemson’s coach, Dabo Swinney, and men’s basketball coach Brad Brownell are among the 15 members of the school’s sports branch who are undergoing a 10% voluntary pay cut to compensate for the expected losses due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The university also announced a leave program on Monday for affected workers from September 1 through the end of the year.
Clemson said a portion of his full-time workers will be affected by cost-cutting measures. The president of the university, Jim Clements, is also subject to the voluntary pay cut of 10%.
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A lawyer representing the families of 11 Nebraska football players said Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren responded to a letter requesting documents and other documents describing the main points of the conference resolution to play football in the fall.
Mike Flood said his “clients feel that transparency in decision-making is not too much to ask when the fitness of student-athletes, their long-term opportunities and the very survival of male and female sports systems are at stake.”
A former nebraska legislature spokesman, Flood asked the convention to produce documents related to the vote of university presidents, such as meeting minutes, audio and video recordings, and transcripts of voting meetings. He also requested copies of the studies, clinical knowledge and medical data or reviews reviewed through the presidents.
Flood threatened to take federal action if it obtained the requested material.
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The Iowa Department of Sports is looking for a $75 million loan to cushion the $100 million loss in expected gains due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Athletic director Gary Barta said the Hawkeyes built a forged monetary base before the coronavirus forced the cancellation of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament and led to the postponement of Big Ten football after January 1.
Iowa announced initial budget cuts in July, and after Big Ten ended the fall before this month, the Hawkeyes announced Friday that they would abandon men’s gymnastics, men’s tennis, and male and female swimming and diving.
Barta said there were no plans for other sports and it would take about 15 years for the sports industry to settle the loan. He said he had a “guest estimate” of how much cash Iowa could bring after January. 1 football, however, refused to reveal the figure.
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The Baltimore Ravens will have no home gaming enthusiasts for the first game of the upcoming season of the coronavirus pandemic.
The team had defined a plan to accommodate a crowd of 7,500 people, but did not “based on recommendations from public fitness experts.”
In a statement, the team said that “at this time, it is in the interest of the general public and our organization that enthusiasts do not attend the games.”
The Ravens said they would continue to work with fitness officers to find a way to make the stadium safe for home gaming enthusiasts.
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Jamaica world record holder Usain Bolt has said on social media that he is expecting the effects of a coronavirus and is quarantined as a precautionary measure.
The retired 34-year-old sprinter, who won gold in the hundred meters and two hundred meters at the last 3 Olympic Games, posted a video on his official Instagram account on Monday explaining the situation.
“Good morning, everybody. I just woke up. Like everyone else, I checked social media and saw social media say they showed me COVID-19,” he said. “I did a check on Saturday, because I’m working. I go out to be responsible, so I’m going to stay and stay here for my friends.”
Bolt added he had no symptoms.
“Just to be sure, I’ll quarantine myself and calm down,” he said.
Bolt set world records in the hundred meters and two hundred meters at the two hundred9 world championships in Berlin. He retired after the 2017 world championships.
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Cleveland Browns coach Kevin Stefanski was one of many false COVID-19 positives reported Sunday through the NFL’s Spouse Lab.
Stefanski at home with his wife and 3 children when he found out he might have the virus.
“It wasn’t a laugh, ” said Stefanski in a call from Zoom. ‘I can laugh about that now, but it wasn’t fun to have that phone call very early in the morning and not know it was a possible mistake until later.”
Stefanski said he left his home without delay to avoid endangering his circle of relatives. He went to a condo near the amenities of the team where he stayed before moving his circle of relatives from Minnesota to Ohio off-season. He spent the last thirteen seasons with the Vikings.
Stefanski took four hours to find out it was negative. He was unable to practice Sunday, when the Browns first canceled his practice before hugging him when they learned of the lab’s results.
Stefanski did not reveal how many false positives affected the Browns. He said 12 other players will have to be retired before they can exercise on Monday.
The 38-year-old coach praised the Browns for treating “a chimney drill” with their virus protocols.
– Tom Withers from Cleveland.
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The Army has completed its football schedule and the Black Knights will play 11 games, 8 of them at home. The military and air force on the calendar.
Participation in the first two games at West Point, New York, will be limited to the Cadet Corps and will exclude the general public.
Decisions about fan participation in the remaining home games at Michie Stadium will be made later.
The Black Knights open the season on September 5th in the house opposite the middle state of Tennessee. The rest of the host list includes Louisiana-Monroe, BYU, Abilene Christian, The Citadel, Mercer, Air Force and Georgia Southern.
The road will be played at UTSA, Tulane and Philadelphia for the 121st game between the Army and Navy.
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The Bundesliga Schalke team has reported a positive case of coronavirus in an unidentified member of the at their education camp in Austria.
“The affected user is recently self-a isolating after the result. Contact search is already underway,” the club says on its website.
Schalke was due to face the Wurzburgers Kickers in a friendly later on Monday, but this was cancelled as the club conducted additional tests.
The team’s physician, Patrick Ingelfinger, collaborates with the local government on what the club will do next.
“We will do whatever the government asks of us. The physical condition and protection of all involved is the ultimate,” said athletic director Jochen Schneider.
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Duke will open its season for football and other fall sports without home gaming enthusiasts due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Duke says the classic parking lot used by enthusiasts on game day will be closed. The school will touch football enthusiasts who have purchased season tickets or for a singles game or who have seating and suite contracts at Blue Devil Tower related to possible options.
The school will allow enthusiasts to buy a cut for a user or puppy to place it in the seats for football matches. The school will offer a variety of packages and positions at the stadium, as well as weekly draws and the opportunity to have the autographed cut through football coach David Cutcliffe.
The school says the proceeds will pass to Duke Athletics to the student-athletes.
Athletics director Kevin White says it’s “imperative to be adaptable and obedient before welcoming enthusiasts in the near future.”
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The Norwegian government has announced that it will make an exception to its ban on hosting a League of Nations football match opposed to Austria on September 4 in Oslo.
The Minister of Culture and Sports, Abid Q. Raja, said: “We are making this exception in the sense that any of the groups can box with a full team.
Raja adds “this is not a general exception fix … is an exception for this game.”
Norwegian captain Omar Elabdellaoui and striker Alexander Soerloth play in Turkey.
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