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The Jets were one of several NFL teams affected by a batch of false-positive COVID-19 tests this weekend. A lab in New Jersey used by the NFL to process testing is at the center of the problem. The Jets had 10 positive tests on Saturday after not having any for days. The Jets closed their …
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The NFL has hit its first snag in coronavirus testing. Saturday’s round of COVID-19 testing in the NFL produced a significant increase in positive tests and the league is looking into the matter, doing its best to Identify whether they are legitimate results since they all came from the same laboratory in New Jersey. The …
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So many negatives has never seemed so positive for the Mets. The team released a statement Saturday night saying two rounds of COVID-19 tests taken by the traveling party from New York to Miami late in the week have all returned negative. In addition, tests for all close contacts that remained in Miami were negative. …
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For the Mets it’s just spit and wait. After three straight days of COVID-19 testing — that involved spitting into a tube — the Mets continued to await notification from MLB on Saturday on the possible resumption of their season. The increased testing has occurred in the aftermath of a Mets position player and coach …
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When music’s biggest stars descend on New York for the Video Music Awards this week, NYPD cops will show up to check out the shows. But they won’t be judging the talent. Officers in the NYPD’s TV/Movie unit will see if the performers and their entourages are wearing masks and staying socially distant, city officials …
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What a Cloister f - - k! The East Village’s Cloister Cafe has been denied a temporary restraining order that would have reinstated its liquor license after it was suspended by the State Liquor Authority for allegedly committing a number of COVID-19 violations. Applying for the order, the bar, run by Nick Drobenko and Provocateur’s Mike Satsky and …
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California Governor Gavin Newsom has been receiving his full monthly salary, though he pledged to take a pay cut in May in solidarity with state workers who saw a 10 percent cut in pay as a result of budgetary fallout of the coronavirus. While elected state officials are exempt from such pay cuts, Newsom promised …
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The seduction has been easy, for those who’ve invited it in. There were some sports fans who’ve done what some of the athletes have done — they’ve opted out, either for now, or for the duration, or for good. They’ve done this for a variety of reasons: simmering resentment over baseball allowing its labor issues …
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Issa Rae’s “Insecure” is up for eight Emmys — but she’s giving COVID-19 some credit for the achievement. “I think the pandemic, being quarantined during a period when our humanity was questioned, in a more front-facing way, definitely helped” convince Emmy voters, Rae told the Hollywood Reporter. “We came on during a time when people …
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After watching a week’s worth of Jets training camp practices, here are some thoughts and observations: 1. Third-year quarterback Sam Darnold enters the season under the microscope. Is he the answer? Many Jets fans are hoping to say yes by the end of the season. So far in camp he’s looked a lot like … …
The Jets were one of several NFL teams affected by a batch of false-positive COVID-19 tests this weekend. A lab in New Jersey used by the NFL to process testing is at the center of the problem. The Jets had 10 positive tests on Saturday after not having any for days. The Jets closed their …
