from www.myfox8.com/CLICK HERE UNC coach Roy Williams on COVID: ‘You’re damn right I’m afraid of it’ CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill men’s basketball head coach Roy Williams did not mince words when addressing COVID-19. “You’re damn right I’m afraid of it. Aware of it, respect it, yeah, but heck, I don’t want to get the thing. I’m serious, guys, over 250,000 people have died of it. So if you’re not afraid of it, you’re crazy,” Williams told Sports Illustrated. Second stimulus checks: Why you shouldn’t expect a deal before the end of 2020 The…
from www.myfox8.com: (More on FOX 8 Sports at 6pm) CANTON, Ohio– Pro Football Hall of Famer Fred Dean passed away Wednesday at the age of 68. The San Francisco 49ers and San Diego Chargers pass rusher had been hospitalized since last week due to coronavirus, according to a former teammate. Former 49ers safety Dwight Hicks said Dean was in intensive care in a post on social media. Dean was enshrined into the Hall of Fame in 2008. He won Super Bowls XVI and XIX with San Francisco. He was drafted in 1975 by San Diego and retired with the 49ers…
from Iliana Limon Romero at the Orlando Sentinel….from www.orlandosentinel.com….. Florida FSU coach Bobby Bowden, who has tested positive for COVID-19, was transported by ambulance to the Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Tuesday afternoon, according to multiple reports. Bowden’s wife, Ann, told the Tallahassee Democrat he was readmitted Tuesday as a precautionary measure due to fatigue. She told the newspaper Bowden, who turns 91 next month, was going to get a chest X-ray and other tests while doctors monitor him. “I feel sure he’s going to be OK,” Ann Bowden told the Democrat. “I am very positive. I am not an alarmist. He…
High Point Christian Academy has suspended in-school instruction for two weeks because students tested positive for COVID-19 HPCA_Athletics will not be able to hold practices or games during that time period….. No football for the next two weeks for High Point Christian Academy Cougars…. (HPCA head football coach Scott Bell told Joe Sirera, with the News and Record, that the COVID-19 cases that have been found, are not among any members of his HPCA Cougars football team.) There will be a five-game ONLY regular season now, for the HPCA Cougars football team…. High Point Christian Academy High School Moves to…
from www.myfox8.com: (See more on this story with Brad Jones and Cindy Farmer, on the FOX 8 News at Noon…Then more on the FOX 8 News at 4, 5, 6, 10 and 11 pm.) THOMASVILLE, N.C. — Chad Dorill, a 19-year-old basketball player and recent graduate of Ledford High School in Thomasville, has died of the coronavirus, according to a statement from the Piedmont Pacers. “The Piedmont Pacers family is devastated to learn of the passing of Chad Dorrill, due to complications from COVID-19,” the Pacers said. “This awful disease has taken this young man from everyone far too soon.…
Former WWE Champion The Rock/Dewayne Johnson and his family recently tested positive for COVID-19. from www.wrestlinginc.com: Rock posted an 11 minute video to Instagram today and revealed that he and his immediate family are currently recovering from the coronavirus. Rock, 48, and his wife Lauren Hashian, 35, have two daughters together – Tiana, who was born in April 2018, and Jasmine, who was born in December 2016. Rock also has a 19 year old daughter from his first marriage, Simone, who is signed to a WWE developmental deal. She apparently did not catch the virus. As seen in the video…
from Joe Giglio, with WRALSportsFan.com…..www.wralsportsfan.com… Based on the ACC’s COVID-19 protocols with contact tracing, the conference might have to move NC State’s game with Virginia Tech to Sept. 26. That could mean the Wolfpack will open the season on Sept. 19 at home with Wake Forest. NC State announced on Monday that there was a cluster of 27 positive tests within the athletic department and that all sports activities had been put on pause. According to two sources with knowledge of the situation, the football program was included in the positive tests and that one of the clusters the school…
from the News and Observer, in Raleigh, N.C./CLICK HERE to read all…. N.C. State announced Monday that all athletic-related activities are suspended due to a coronavirus cluster within its sports programs. In a statement on its website, N.C. State reported 27 cases within its athletic department, and of those, not all are athletes. A cluster is defined by the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services as five or more individuals. “Based on the information available to us, we are making the necessary and swift decision to pause athletic-related activities until we have additional information,” athletic director Boo Corrigan said…
Bars, Gyms, Bowling Alleys must remain closed until September 11….. from WFMY News 2 and be sure to CLICK HERE to read more…… (www.wfmynews2.com and be sure to follow WFMY News 2 as they begin The Good Morning Show, at 4:30am) RALEIGH, N.C. — Gov. Roy Cooper announced the state’s Phase 2 reopening plan will be extended for five weeks. Phase 2 was expected to expire on Friday. It’s been three weeks since Cooper originally extended the Phase 2 executive order. It means gyms, bars, and entertainment venues will remain closed since they first shut their doors in March. Cooper…
from MLB.com: Major League Baseball announced that two games scheduled to be played Monday night are postponed due to COVID-19 concerns. Monday’s games between the Marlins and the Orioles at Marlins Park and the Phillies and the Yankees at Citizens Bank Park have been postponed while MLB conducts additional COVID-19 testing. from ESPN.com: Miami just completed a series in Philadelphia, and seven more players and two coaches with the Marlins tested positive for the coronavirus. An outbreak has spread throughout their clubhouse and brought the total cases in recent days to at least 13, sources familiar with the situation told…
from www.myfox8.com: MyFox8.com/WGHP FOX 8… DALLAS, Texas (KETK) One of the top names in the National Football League has reportedly tested positive for coronavirus. According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, Ezekiel Elliott’s agent has confirmed the running back does have the virus. According to Rapoport’s Twitter post, the Dallas Cowboys have not confirmed the news, due to privacy laws. Ian Rapoport @RapSheet From the #Cowboys: “Due to federal and local privacy laws, we are unable to provide information regarding the personal health of any of our employees.” https://twitter.com/rapsheet/status/1272565764403404808 … Ian Rapoport @RapSheet #Cowboys star RB Ezekiel Elliott is one of…
States across the U.S. are opening up their doors again, and we are seeing restrictions being lifted in Georgia, Tennessee, Texas, South Carolina, Florida and more states… It’s back to the beaches in South Carolina and Florida, and in other states the bans on outdoor visits to the parks, are now becoming a thing of the past…At least for now… In South Carolina, it’s “Back to the Beach”, but South Carolina governor Henry McMaster announced Wednesday that all public K-12 schools will remain closed through the rest of the school year. Back on March 23, Virginia governor Ralph Northam said…
from Loren Kantor…. Loren is a passionate, curious Woodcutter/Writer living in Hollywood, California with a love for movies, music and old Los Angeles. Loren is a Woodcuttingfool and you can go to CLICK HERE and you’ll find out how to get a Howard Cosell woodcut, courtesy of Loren Kantor… Loren contacted us here at GreensboroSports.com with this info, and he has his woodcutter’s blog and if you will read below, you can get into the Blow-by-Blow of Joe Public, the U.S. citizen vs. the Coronavirus/COVID-19…. It is a good trip from memory lane, with Howard Cosell making a comeback to…
from the Nashville Tennessean and CLICK HERE for the full/complete article on the life and death of Joe Diffie….. CLICK HERE for the YouTube Video from Joe Diffie, “Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox(If I Die)”….Diffie sang, I want to go to heaven, I just don’t want to go tonight”….Joe Diffie died on Saturday night….Some kind of song here, and you need to check it out…Diffie also sang, “I a’int afraid of dying, it’s the thought of being dead”…. Joe Diffie, a country star, Grammy winner and longtime Grand Ole Opry member, died Sunday from coronavirus complications. He was 61.…
The Greensboro Sportsplex, a city of Greensboro Parks and Recreation Center, will offer shelter during the war on the Coronavirus…The Sportsplex will provide housing in the time of the COVID-19 storm, and each bed that is set up for the homeless will be set up six feet apart, so that the the homeless housing system will be in accordance, with the social distancing standards that are in place, to battle the Coronavirus/COVID-19… We are not sure if any meals will be offered, in addition to the housing that is be provided for the homeless….This is a great plan to assist…
from www.myfox8.com: GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. – Guilford County Commissioners issued a “stay at home” order on Wednesday afternoon. Anyone who lives in Guilford County must stay in their homes except to leave to provide or receive essential services. The order goes into effect on Friday at 5 p.m. and remains in effect until April 16. All non-essential businesses and government agencies must cease operations. People will still be allowed to leave their homes to get food, gas, medication and receive medical care and other essentials. Essential businesses and operations include: Stores that sell groceries and medicine Food, beverage and agriculture…
Here is the word out late Sunday/early Monday from the Centers for Disease Control, and we are monitoring their releases on a regular basis….. “CDC(Centers for Disease Control), in accordance with its guidance for large events and mass gatherings, recommends that for the next 8 weeks, organizers … cancel or postpone in-person events that consist of 50 people or more throughout the United States,” it said. “Events of any size should only be continued if they can be carried out with adherence to guidelines for protecting vulnerable populations, hand hygiene, and social distancing.” That makes it look like No more…
NCHSAA COVID-19 Update | Basketball Championships & all interscholastic athletics suspended indefinitely CHAPEL HILL, NC – Due to the threat from COVID-19, the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) has made the decision to postpone the 2020 Men’s and Women’s Basketball State Championships indefinitely. “As much as we would like this opportunity for our student-athletes, coaches, and their communities, we know that ultimately any decision we make must err on the side of caution,” said Commissioner Que Tucker. **********The Board of Directors also moved to suspend interscholastic athletics beginning at 11:59 p.m. on Friday, March 13, 2020 through at…
Commissioner Statement Each day more information is being shared by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relative to Coronavirus (COVID-19), and how it is impacting our country. Be assured that the NCHSAA is monitoring the latest information. Currently, we are planning for the State Basketball Championships, while the spring sports season is underway. At this time, there are no plans to cancel or suspend any sports. As we prepare for the state basketball championships this weekend, and as spring sports continue, we are asking participants, game officials, staff and fans to take individual responsibility to help prevent the…