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Federal Loan Saved a Soccer Season Nearly Lost to the Pandemic

As the coronavirus pandemic spread early this year, shutting down large portions of the United States economy, the federal government handed out more than $520 billion in forgivable loans to more than five million small businesses. Called the Paycheck Protection Program, the money was to be used to replace the

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2020 Jul, 02

Sports Are Returning. Virus Cases Are Rising. How Many Is Too Many?

It wasn’t supposed to happen this way. The return of major sports in the United States from their coronavirus-caused breaks was supposed to coincide with flattened curves and reduced concerns about infection and death rates and hospitalizations. Instead, cases are skyrocketing, and concerns are rising with them. The worry is perhaps most

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2020 Jun, 30

Athletes Speak Out Against Returning: ‘People Are Still Dying’

One of the top soccer teams in Brazil came out to play its first game back carrying a banner objecting to playing the game. “A good protocol is one that respects lives,” the banner read. Before the game in Rio de Janeioro on Sunday, most of the Botafogo players had posted a

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2020 Jun, 29

Patriots Sign Cam Newton as N.F.L. Levies Fine in Video Scandal

Quarterback Cam Newton, the 2015 N.F.L. most valuable player who has been dogged by injuries in recent years, has signed a one-year contract with the New England Patriots, according to multiple reports. On Sunday, the N.F.L. fined the Patriots $1.1 million and would take its third-round draft pick in 2021 as

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2020 Jun, 29

The First Pick in the N.H.L. Draft Goes to … TBD

The National Hockey League on Friday held the first part of its draft lottery, an annual ritual of pro sports leagues meant to lay out an order of business for the rest of the draft process. The night’s primary revelation, however, was that this year’s draft order is still as

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2020 Jun, 27

French Soccer’s Renegade President Would Like a Word. With Everyone.

Jean-Michel Aulas has been watching a lot of soccer in recent weeks. His emotions have been mixed. On the one hand, Aulas, the president of the French club Olympique Lyonnais, loves the sport. And even though games across Europe are being played against the surreal and sterile backdrop of fan-free stadiums,

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2020 Jun, 27