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MLB is a guinea pig, a crash test dummy. The league is trying to learn in real time how to play a regular season in a pandemic, which falls into the category of trying to learn to swim while surrounded by great white sharks. Maybe you will succeed, but good luck. Additional members of the …
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Add Marqise Lee to the growing list of players opting out of the New England Patriots’ season. The 28-year-old veteran receiver, who signed a one-year deal with the team in the offseason, becomes the seventh Patriot to choose to sit the year out. He became a father in February and cited his daughter Alia as …
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Following news that the United States had suffered its worst-ever GDP contraction amid the coronavirus pandemic, both MSNBC anchor Brian Williams and CNN anchor Chris Cuomo incorrectly characterized the numbers as they took the opportunity to criticize President Trump. The Commerce Department said Thursday that national gross domestic product fell 9.5 percent from April through …
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When the Marlins can finally get back to playing baseball, they’ll do so without second baseman Isan Diaz. The 24-year-old Puerto Rican infielder became the first Miami player to opt out of the season as the team battles a coronavirus outbreak that has affected 21 members of the traveling party. The Marlins — who have …
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Lena Dunham on Friday revealed that she battled the coronavirus in mid-March — and that she’s still experiencing crushing after-effects of the disease. The 34-year-old creator and star of HBO’s “Girls” gave a detailed account of her illness in an Instagram post titled, “My Covid Story.” “It started with achy joints,” Dunham wrote, “then the …
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Billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson has promised to keep paying the US employees of his casino empire until at least the end of October, even as the coronavirus cripples the gambling industry. In a letter to the roughly 8,000 US staffers of Las Vegas Sands Corp., which owns the posh Venetian hotel and casino in …
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The nightmare is in sight. see also MLB's coronavirus problem is spreading quickly MLB’s coronavirus problem is spreading quickly. The Brewers-Cardinals game Friday… Just four days after Rob Manfred declared that the Miami Marlins’ COVID-19 outbreak was not a “nightmare” situation, the MLB commissioner reportedly told MLB Players Association executive director Tony Clark that the …
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Reese Witherspoon’s Draper James is draped in cash. The Oscar-winning actress’ clothing company received a PPP loan between $350,000 and $1 million, according to the online database. Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, Draper James employed 44 people. The influx of cash was approved on April 11, 2020, just as the company came under fire for …
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Aroldis Chapman is close to reclaiming his role as Yankees closer. After testing positive for COVID-19 early in July, Chapman is now reportedly free of the virus and is eligible to return to the Yankees on Friday, according to ESPN’s Marly Rivera. A player needs two consecutive negative tests before being permitted to rejoin a …
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With more than 30 million Americans on some form of unemployment benefits, the additional $600 per-week unemployment insurance boost expired Friday as partisan fighting has marred the path forward on a new coronavirus relief deal. While Democrats have proposed extending the $600 benefit, which began in March, until January, most Republicans have called the benefits …
MLB is a guinea pig, a crash test dummy. The league is trying to learn in real time how to play a regular season in a pandemic, which falls into the category of trying to learn to swim while surrounded by great white sharks. Maybe you will succeed, but good luck. Additional members of the …
