It is a year of experimenting for baseball. Just hours before Opening Day, MLB and the MLBPA agreed to one more change. The postseason for the 2020 season will be expanded from 10 teams to 16. For now, it’s a one-time thing. This is the first expansion of the playoffs …
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Florida men’s basketball coach Mike White joined Sportscene with Steve Russell this past week to discuss how Florida basketball is about to change. The Gators finished at 9-12 last season and finished fourth in the SEC with a record of 11-7. With high hopes for the upcoming season, White talks …
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The NFL sets more COVID-19 measures as the season approaches. While these primarily impact players and staff, it will affect the fans too. The league ruled that fans who attend games must wear a face mask. League spokesman Brian McCarthy made it clear on Twitter Wednesday by posting a selfie …
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It took several weeks of agonizing back-and-forth talks, but baseball is finally here, and so is Opening Day! Amid a global pandemic, the sport known for its drawn-out and lengthy season, will play full-speed ahead. Two big match-ups will grace our screens tonight: Yankees vs. Nationals, and Dodgers vs. Giants. …
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Last time we saw the Tampa Bay Rays in action, they went down in the ALDS in five games to the Houston Astros. Many gave the Rays credit for forcing a Game 5. This year for the Rays, that won’t cut it. It’s been 12 years now since their trip …
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The 2020 MLB season is finally back tomorrow, July 23. Baseball returns four months after its original starting date. This restart is facing a lot of new changes to their usual set-up as they adjust to the coronavirus health guidelines. One of these changes is the number of games on …
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The world of sports is still trying to adjust its schedules to COVID-19’s uncertainties. Some professional leagues have already restarted their seasons. Others are close to doing so. The next up to decide its fate is college athletics; more specifically, the fate of college football. Conferences have started to develop …
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While other states move to delay high school football, the FHSAA is full-speed ahead. While it was not totally unexpected, it still caught people by surprise. Trenton football head coach Bill Wiles and Buchholz football head coach Mark Whittemore joined the Sportscene to discuss their thoughts on the matter. Wiles …
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Training camps are set to open in just over a week across the NFL. And while the start date remains firm, there could be some changes coming to the league’s preseason schedule. On Monday night, the league proposed having no preseason games to the NFLPA. This comes after back-and-forth discussions …
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Zero is the new magic number for the NBA. Since July 13, none of the 346 coronavirus tests taken by players at the league’s Orlando bubble have come back positive. Previously, the NBA announced that of its initial tests, two out of 322 bubble players tested positive. According to ESPN’s …
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