Virus issue won’t affect Michigan IN OTHER NEWS
A two-week stay home order for University of Michigan students will not prevent the school’s football team from traveling to Minnesota this weekend for its season opener.
Washtenaw County issued the directive to stem an uptick in COVID-19 cases among the student body.
“We are planning to continue practicing and plan to play our games as scheduled,” Michigan spokesman Dave Ablauf. “We are following the direction of our medical experts.”
So far, Michigan athletics has avoided a coronavirus outbreak. Since testing began in June, 104 positive results have been recorded among the 11,889 studentathletes and staff members who have been examined. The most recent report of COVID-19 cases in Michigan athletics was released Friday.
Florida’s COVID-19 outbreak seems to be contained. The 10th-ranked Gators reported four new positives since the middle of last week, when they postponed two games because of the novel coronavirus.
Junior Stetson Bennett will remain the starting QB for Georgia despite throwing three INTs in the fourthranked Bulldogs’ 41-24 loss to No. 2 Alabama on Saturday.
The University of Connecticut has agreed to pay a total of just under $250,000 to seven women, including four members of Geno Auriemma’s 2014 women’s basketball coaching staff, after the U.S. Labor Department found they had been underpaid when compared with men in similar positions.
The New Orleans Saints will start having fans in the stands for home games after the mayor agreed with the team on a phased plan starting Sunday against Carolina. The plan announced Tuesday will start with 3,000 tickets for Sunday’s game, increasing to 6,000 fans for November games and up to 15,000 in December.
The Los Angeles Rams signed veteran kicker Kai Forbath from the Chicago Bears’ practice squad after a rocky start to the season for rookie Samuel Sloman.
Colombian sprinter Fernando Gaviria became the latest cyclist to test positive for the coronavirus and be withdrawn from the Giro d’Italia on Tuesday as the race heads toward an uncertain conclusion this weekend.