They’re still the Toronto Blue Jays–technically. Their home ballpark is still Rogers Centre–technically. However, for the 2020 MLB Season, they’ll have to find an alternative ballpark in another city. Check that: in another country. The Blue Jays were denied by the Canadian Government from playing in their usual home for …
Read More »NCAA releases COVID-19 guidelines
The NCAA has released guidelines on medical testing to reduce the risk of COVID-19. This is an attempt to create uniformity across Power 5 conferences. According to CBS Sports, those minimum guidelines include testing requirements, response strategies, contact-tracing methods and specific protocols for games to be canceled amid numerous positive …
Read More »Sante Fe Adjusting to NJCAA Moves
There is still a chance to catch a basketball game at Santa Fe College this year. However, the NJCAA announced these sports will be moved to the spring. So, everyone will have to wait until then. While on the Sportscene, Santa Fe’s Athletic Director Jim Keites commended the NJCAA for …
Read More »NASCAR hosts 20,000 fans in the biggest crowd in pandemic history
Fans in the stands? That’s crazy. Well, for NASCAR, it was a welcomed feeling. After months of postponed events and empty crowds, 20,000 eagle-eyed viewers packed into Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee. It is the largest crowd since the coronavirus arrived on our shores. About 20,000 fans attend a NASCAR …
Read More »Tiger Woods Returns to PGA Tour
Tiger Woods re-joins the PGA Tour after not playing for five months. He will return to the tour on Thursday, July 16th as he joins fellow athletes in Ohio for the Memorial Tournament. Woods has won this event five times in his career. The coronavirus pandemic shut down the PGA …
Read More »College Football Faces Uncertainties
The college football season is much closer than we realize. The Florida Gators’ first game is scheduled for Sept. 5 against Eastern Washington. From that standpoint, the season is a little over seven weeks away. Keep in mind, players still need a sufficient amount of time beforehand to prepare before …
Read More »Gainesville Native Named President of Oregan State
Oregan State University named former President of LSU King Alexander to be their next president. Alexander has built a strong university president track record. He served as president at Murray State from 2001 to 2005. Then, he served as president of Cal State, Long Beach from 2006 to 2013. Most …
Read More »Baseball is back. But for how long?
Baseball is back. But for how long? After commissioner Rob Manfred announced a 60-game season, the players and staff had to prepare for a return to their playing cities from all over the world. As expected, this meant some positive COVID-19 cases. According to NBC, the MLB tested 3,748 people …
Read More »Big Ten will play conference-only in Fall
The Big Ten conference announced that all fall sports programs will have a reduced schedule made up of conference-only matchups on Thursday. This news is a punch in the gut for sports fans who were holding out some hope that the fall season wouldn’t be affected by the virus. However, …
Read More »Stanford cuts 11 sports programs
Once the 2020-2021 school year subsides, Stanford plans to cut 11 of their 36 varsity sports. This decision came earlier this week in an attempt to reduce the programs and staffing. Stanford sports What sports will be seeing their last season? The 11 sports cut include men’s and women’s fencing, …
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