Of the many sporting and other events that have fallen victim to the coronavirus pandemic since it began in earnest about a year ago, one of the first was the beloved NCAA March Madness basketball tournament. Office bracket pools were left high and dry, Vegas missed out on one of its most lucrative weekends of the year and sports fans were robbed of the opportunity to watch Cinderella teams from mid-major conferences go dancing in March against some of the top talent in college basketball.
This year, the Madness has returned, albeit with some additional safety protocols in place. Most notably, the entire tournament will take place in Indianapolis this year as opposed to holding games for each round in various cities across the country. The field of 68 was chosen on Sunday and Gonzaga University enters the tournament as the top overall seed at 26-0, looking to become the first team since Bob Knightâs Indiana Hoosiers in 1976 to win the tournament and finish the season with a per
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UConn Head Coach Geno Auerimma has tested positive for the coronavirus and won t be able to join his team until the second round of the NCAA women s basketball tournament.
Her historic confirmation is also symbolic, as the agency was long a tool of oppression against Indigenous peoples. Haaland will be key to President Biden s ambitious efforts to combat climate change.
Peter Daszak of the investigative team sent to Wuhan says the farms were probably where the coronavirus first jumped from bats to another animal before infecting humans.
The two men are Julian Elie Khater, 32, of State College, Penn., and George Pierre Tanios, 39, of Morgantown, W. Va. They were arrested Sunday.
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What to Know Now that LA - and Much of California - Is In the Red Tier
Los Angeles is opening back up.a little. We are officially in that less restrictive RED tier .and so is a lot of California, for that matter. That means people can eat indoors, watch a movie in a theater and eventually go to Disneyland. But this does not mean, we can let all our inhibitions go. We get some expert advice on how to mov forward.
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Dr. Dean Blumberg, professor of medicine and chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at UC Davis Children s Hospital.