Calkins: Shocking news! Memphis and Lausanne show it’s hard to play football during a pandemic!
Two local football programs were put on hold Friday because of COVID-19. But don’t blame the players. Blame us.
Topic: COVID-19
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September 2020
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Tigers’ Sept. 18 game against Houston postponed after COVID-19 outbreak
The AAC said a makeup date will be determined later.
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Memphis wide receiver Coye’ Fairman opts out of 2020 season
Redshirt junior Coye’ Fairman said Tiger football’s recent spate of positive coronavirus tests led to his decision to opt out of the 2020 season.
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Shelby County reports five more COVID-19 deaths, 136 new cases
The health department has reported a total of 28,890 coronavirus cases from 269,693 tests performed in Shelby County, yielding a 10.7% positivity rate.
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Lausanne football team in quarantine after player tests positive
After one Lausanne Collegiate School football player tested positive for coronavirus, the rest of the team is in quarantine until Sept. 22.
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Memphis Tigers pause all football operations after positive coronavirus tests
School’s news release says increased number of positive tests has been linked to “social events.”
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State’s new COVID-19 reporting site shows 756 cases in K-12 schools
The Tennessee Department of Education has launched an online dashboard with COVID-19 case information at school and district levels. It shows 514 student cases and 242 staff cases statewide.
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Opinion: Trump’s vaccine claims are all about politics, not about medical science
President Donald Trump has done next to nothing to engender trust from African Americans. In fact, he’s done the opposite. He lies incessantly and shows an interest in Black people only when it suits him politically.
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Shelby County Correctional Center reports first COVID-19 death
It is the first reported death from the coronavirus at the facility.
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County to review suburban relief
Shelby County commissioners will consider distributing $3.4 million for the local suburbs in their meeting Monday.
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Health Department reports 125 new cases after 161 tests
The county reported 161 new coronavirus tests on Labor Day. Out of those tests, 125 were positive.
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Nimble UTHSC team sidestepped hurdles to set up COVID-19 testing lab
In a repurposed lab at 930 Madison, UTHSC analyzes about a third of the city's COVID-19 tests, reporting responses in 24 hours.
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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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Calkins: Memphis AD hopes for more fans at games later in year
Here's what athletic director Laird Veatch said of the season opener at the Liberty Bowl and what might get tweaked.
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Shelby County Health Department reports 140 new cases
Shelby County Health Department reported 140 new cases of COVID-19 Sunday, More than 10% of the reported tests were positive. Tennessee Department of Health reported 1,764 new cases, with a positivity rate of 9.45%.
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Williams-Sonoma begins hiring for peak
Williams-Sonoma said it will pay part-timers at least $16.50 an hour for seasonal jobs generally lasting from September through the end of December.
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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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FedEx hiring 70,000 to pull off biggest peak yet
FedEx plans to add about 70,000 to its 500,000-employee workforce, with the biggest hiring push coming in October, to cope with what’s certain to be a record peak season.
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Calkins: Yes, the Memphis band will be playing at Saturday’s game — right through their masks
How can the Mighty Sound of the South be heard during a pandemic? With creativity, determination and spit containers.
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Peabody lays off 57 workers
The Peabody has formally laid off 57 workers who had previously been off the job on furloughs, as COVID-19 continued to ravage the hospitality and tourism sector.
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Student-made COVID-19 treatments at Rhodes fill pipeline
Assistant professor Shana Stoddard is helping students design antiviral compounds for COVID-19, raising the bar for what remote learning can be.
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August 2020
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Collierville High School identifies 318 close contacts following 8 cases of COVID-19
There are 318 members of the Collierville High School community who are quarantined following eight confirmed cases of COVID-19.
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Shelby County Health Department reports 194 cases from 1,513 tests
Shelby County Health Department reported 194 new positive cases on Sunday from 1,513 reported tests. Tennessee Department of Health reports 835 new cases out of 11,958 tests.
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Sports 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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Bed bugs itching for post-COVID comeback
Pest control experts have seen a temporary reduction in bed bug infestations because of COVID-19's impact on personal mobility, but they expect the bugs to make a comeback.
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