St. Louis Cardinals’ game postponed after two positive COVID-19 tests
The Cardinals join five other Major League Baseball teams that are in a holding pattern after players tested positive for the coronavirus.
Don Wade
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Don Wade has been a Memphis journalist since 1998 and he has won awards for both his sports and news/feature writing. He is originally from Kansas City and is married with three sons.
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July 2020
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August 2020
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SportsSports Notebook: For NBA, protesting social injustice in America is the easy part; SEC keeps football in the family
In this week's Sports Notebook: ESPN takes a deep look at the NBA's relationship with China; college football conferences amending schedules amid the pandemic; St. Louis Cardinals one of six MLB teams shut down, and the season might be at risk.
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Metro Even in taking life, COVID-19 doesn’t get to write whole story for Marino family
COVID-19 claimed Tom Marino's life and maybe his brother Steve's, too. Family and friends don't treat that as summary of Tom's life, but more of a footnote to be heeded.
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Memphis GrizzliesOpinion: It’s a youth thing — Grizzlies 0-2 in bubble, but their hopes haven’t been burst
The Grizzlies are 0-2 so far in the Orlando bubble, and slow starts to games have hurt them. But the confidence of young stars Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr. is as strong as ever.
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Sports Room Without a View: Former Redbirds manager Stubby Clapp is trapped
Positive COVID-19 tests have postponed seven Cardinals games and left the team, including the first base coach, stranded in a Milwaukee hotel.
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Memphis Tigers FootballSports Notebook: Memphis AD’s confidence in a football season ‘hour-to-hour;’ opting out no option for FSU star; and dancing in the rain
Laird Veatch warily eyes the status of the football season; Mike Norvell's best player makes his position clear; and an innocently made but still offensive gesture at a baseball game lands a coach in trouble.
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Education Amid a pandemic, tens of thousands of Memphis-area kids return to school: What happens when they do?
Health officials offer no guarantees but believe the odds of getting through the school year – albeit with some positive COVID-19 cases or even clusters – is reasonably good, assuming all those involved remain vigilant about social distancing and wearing masks and the overall community's transmission rate continues the recent downward trend.
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Memphis Grizzlies Sports Notebook: The heart of the college football matter, and a possible hoops bracketology
Some doctors have sounded the alarm about the effects after recovering from COVID-19; it's not too early to consider alternate NCAA basketball tournament formats; and Christian Brothers University has shut down some fall sports until Jan. 1
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CoronavirusSix months in, we’re all living in ‘COVID World’
The Yellow Fever epidemic of 1878 in Memphis spawned new words, such as "Stranger Fever," and changed people's thoughts and actions. The COVID-19 pandemic, with its "social distancing" and "new normal" is not so different. History has provided an echo.
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Memphis Tigers FootballOpinion: It’s their calculated risk: For Memphis Tigers to win, they have to play
Doing all they can to avoid the fate of the conferences that have shut down.
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High School Sports Friday night football lights shine on Houston vs. CBHS, but stands won’t be packed
If you hold a high school football game amid a pandemic, they will come — but only about 400 of them, because that's what social distancing and other protocols will allow.
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Memphis GrizzliesSports Notebook: Farewell, Jeff Green Experience; Precious Achiuwa’s slot in the NBA draft is a conundrum
After five years, the debt on Jeff Green is finally paid ... unless it's not. Some draft projections have Precious Achiuwa slipping. And broadcaster Thom Brennaman has probably silenced himself for a while.
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Memphis GrizzliesSports Notebook: ‘The Process’ still has runway in Memphis
Also, the Big Ten considers winter football in domes, and Memphis football's opener gets a prime-time slot on ESPN, which will benefit recruiting.
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September 2020
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Memphis Tigers Football COVID-19 makes first U of M home game like no other
On Saturday night, Memphis and Arkansas State will play a college football game at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium but ESPN's announcers will be in a Bristol, Connecticut, studio. But this is what it takes to make college football happen.
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Memphis GrizzliesSports Notebook: A StubHub stink; Memphis hoops move up, and Conley’s bad luck
Memphis 901 FC's Tim Howard gets a second gig, and two towering figures who died this week: John Thompson Jr. and Tom Seaver.
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Sports Brent Rooker’s major league debut comes in empty stadium
But not even a pandemic could lessen the joy Terry Rooker felt when he saw his son playing for Minnesota Twins on TV.
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Coronavirus Pandemic poses challenges for Youth Villages’ LifeSet program
Young adults in Youth Villages' LifeSet program already were living on the edge. And then the COVID-19 pandemic hit and things got tougher. Fortunately, many of the LifeSet clients have, with help, found a way to march on toward their goals.
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Sports Fantasy Football: It just makes real life better, especially now
In a pandemic-altered world, these Memphis attorneys are among those appreciating diversion and Thursday's return of the NFL.
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Memphis Grizzlies Sports Notebook: What declining TV ratings for NBA, NFL mean
Is it possible that the COVID-19 pandemic taught the American sports fan how to live without being glued to the TV? And find out how former Memphis pitcher Jonathan Bowlan is doing.
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Public Safety It’s a hard time to be a cop
Cops are confronting COVID-19 in an era of national "anti-police" sentiment. Local police acknowledge some reform is required, noting the emphasis on "duty to intervene." But they also say the current environment is chipping away at officer morale and may keep some young people from choosing law enforcement as a career.
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SportsSports Notebook: Nike banks on QB No. 7
Also, a sports talk radio host’s job-costing flub, and Shelby County Schools playing high school football in the spring is a nice idea, but it’s not happening.
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Education From ‘air hugs’ to lunch at desks, private school students learn to adjust
Students at Harding Academy and Evangelical Christian School are attending classes in a pandemic-altered world. It’s not ideal, it’s not 100% safe from COVID-19, and it’s going to be. But for most, it’s the better alternative. Even if you can’t hug your best friend.
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Shelby County Youth Villages’ Patrick Lawler to receive Jefferson Award, but it’s not last chapter
It’s probably not even possible to measure the full impact Pat Lawler has had in the 40 years he has been running Youth Villages. But the nonprofit’s growth, while insisting on tracking the effectiveness of programs, has led to a national model.
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Memphis Tigers FootballSports Notebook: Pac-12 calls a reverse, drones invade ballparks, MJ goes NASCAR
While the Memphis football team remains on the sideline another week because of positive COVID-19 tests, the Pac-12 says it will start play in November.
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Metro A new world: Amid pandemic and a stressful 2020, nothing seems quite the same
Research shows Americans’ depression levels have risen during the pandemic while the CDC reports that suicide among young people increased 57% from 2007 to 2018 -- suggesting there is now enhanced risk.
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