IVy league CanCels winter spOrts beCause Of COViD- 19 Plans finalized to have 40 teams in Mohegan “Bubbleville.”
The Ivy League became the first Division I conference this year to cancel all winter sports, including men’s and women’s basketball.
The decision Thursday came 13 days before the scheduled start of the college basketball season. The league had decided this past summer, when it canceled fall sports, not to allow any of its sports to start play before early December.
The Ivy League has tried to be in front of the virus. The league was the first conference to scrap its postseason basketball tournament last March. All major college and professional sports were halted within days.
The Ivy League announcement affects not just basketball, but wrestling, indoor track and field, swimming, fencing and other sports. The league also said that spring sports are postponed through at least the end of February 2021.
Two more college games lost to COVID- 19.
Pittsburgh’s game at Georgia Tech and Rice at Louisiana Tech, both scheduled for Saturday, were called off Thursday. The number of games involving Bowl Subdivision teams to be postponed or canceled since revised schedules were set in late August is 57 — including 10 each of the last two weeks. The total number of FBS games played so far is 310, meaning about 15% of the schedule through 10 weeks has been impacted.
Reyna follows dad, mom as U. S. ties Wales 0- 0. Gio Reyna followed his father and mother onto U. S. national soccer teams, showing an insightful passing ability similar to his dad’s, and the Americans tied Wales 0- 0 in an exhibition at Swansea on Thursday night.
Reyna, who has gotten regular playing time at Borussia Dortmund, debuted a day before his 18th birthday and his distribution keyed the U. S. attack, much the way former U. S. captain Claudio Reyna did for many of his 112 appearances from 1994 to 2006.
Gio’s mother, the former Danielle Egan, played six matches for the American women in 1993 and married Claudio in 1997.
UNCASVILLE, CONN. » Final plans were announced Thursday for 11 days of college basketball this month inside a modified bubble at the Mohegan Sun resort casino in Connecticut.
The event, dubbed “Bubbleville” will include 40 teams playing 45 games in tournaments that were relocated or created to be played at the resort between Nov. 25 and Dec 5.
White Sox say they understand “seriousness” of La Russa case.
CHICAGO » The Chicago White Sox are sticking with new manager Tony La Russa for now, saying they understand the “seriousness” of his latest drunken driving case and will have more to say once it plays out in court.
La Russa blew out a tire on the grey Lexus he was driving in a collision with a curb that left the vehicle smoking when he was arrested on misdemeanor DUI charges in February, according to an affidavit filed by the Arizona Department of Public Safety. The case was filed on Oct. 28 — one day before his hiring — after tests taken the night of his arrest showed his blood alcohol concentration was .095 — above the legal limit of .08. He has pleaded not guilty.
Ex- football players sue Iowa, alleging racial discrimination.
IOWA CITY, IOWA » A lawyer for 13 Black former Iowa football players announced Thursday that he has filed a lawsuit alleging his clients suffered racial discrimination under longtime coach Kirk Ferentz. The plaintiffs, including former star running back Akrum Wadley and career receptions leader Kevonte Martin- Manley, suffered “serious and pervasive discriminatory treatment and harassment,” according to a press release from attorney Damario Solomon- Simmons.