CenturyLink Field Events Center being converted to Army field hospital

The Events Center connected to CenturyLink Field, the home of the Seattle Seahawks, is being converted into a 148-bed Army field hospital to help relieve some of the strain on the health system in the Seattle area created by the spread of the coronavirus. Via Michael Crowe of KING5, the field hospital will be utilized [more]

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Browns to unveil new uniforms this month

Cleveland Browns Executive Vice President JW Johnson announced Wednesday night that the team’s new uniforms would be released later this month. The team announced new uniforms would be coming for the 2020 season just over a year ago. The current iteration of uniforms that debuted in 2015 received a lukewarm response and are being retired [more]

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Mark Cuban is willing to finish NBA season in a single city

The NBA is doing what the NFL should be doing: Coming up with any and every idea for figuring out how to play as many of its games as possible. With the NFL by all reports and accounts focused solely on conducting the draft, the NBA is identifying alternatives for playing the rest of its [more]

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Report: Open Championship in July to be canceled

Another major sporting event has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe. According to Joel Beall and Brian Wacker of Golf Digest, the 149th Open Championship set to be played at Royal St. George’s Golf Club in Sandwich, England in July has been canceled with official announcement expected as early as Thursday. [more]

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Report: Competition Committee now supports idea of sky judge

A year ago, the idea of a sky judge received “no support” from the Competition Committee. Apparently all it took to convince them was the one-year failed experiment that expanded instant replay to include pass interference. John Kryk of the Toronto Sun reports that the Competition Committee now supports having a sky judge to ensure [more]

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Mark Cuban no longer optimistic about NBA season starting mid-May

If it wasn’t obvious before Wimbledon’s announcement, it is now. Sports aren’t restarting anytime soon. Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, who expressed optimism last week that the NBA could return in mid-May, acknowledged Wednesday that no one can predict with any certainty when sports can resume. “I don’t know the date, and it won’t happen until [more]

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MLB star pledges to give every minor league player in his team's organization $1,000

Shin-Soo Choo, an outfielder and designated hitter for the Texas Rangers, is giving every player in the Rangers' minor league system $1,000 to help alleviate the financial hit they may take amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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