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Athletes giving back during quarantine

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Reading Time: 2 minutesANTHONY GETTINO Assistant Sports Editor During these trying times, many people are stuck at home, unable to work due to the coronavirus. Anyone deemed nonessential hasn’t been getting paid nearly as much as they were, if at all. This is true in the different sports leagues, as workers at the......
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What to watch with the disappearance of sports

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Reading Time: 2 minutesDANTE LASTING Sports Editor The coronavirus has brought a new reality of self-isolation, recommended at-home lockdowns, and no group gatherings for people all over the world. This virus has had a major impact on the sports world that people are only starting to see the ramifications of.  Sports networks like......
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How sports leagues are reacting to coronavirus

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Reading Time: 2 minutesANTHONY GETTINO Staff Writer Coronavirus has affected almost everything in our daily lives, from going to school, hanging out with friends and the way we watch and play sports. As of right now, there are currently no professional sports being played in the U.S.  While football isn’t in season, it......
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Opinion: Houston Asterisks face slap on the wrist … how on Earth can they recover from this?

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCAROLYN MULLARKEY Staff Writer Cheating and baseball. They kind of go hand in hand since the 1919 Black Box scandal. It has evolved over the years, of course, from corked bats, Pete Rose’s betting, pine tar, steroids, and now technology. By now, the world knows the Astros will be exposed......
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Top 5 sports moments of the last decade

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Reading Time: 4 minutesCAROLYN MULLARKEY and DANTE LASTING Staff Writer and Sports Editor We are now more than a full month into 2020. For the last decade, across all sports, many firsts have happened. Athletes have blossomed, retired and it seems as though it would be virtually impossible to rank the top five......
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Curses, jinxes and hexes, oh my!

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Reading Time: 2 minutesCAROLYN MULLARKEY Special to The Leader Throughout various sports, there are legends and tales about certain jersey numbers, scorned fans and other associated tales of hexes and jinxes. There is no better time than Halloween-Eve to discuss all the crazy “curses” some teams and athletes have gone, or are still......
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The World Series winds down as the suspense winds up

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCAROLYN MULLARKEY Special to The Leader Baseball season is finally over and the Boston Red Sox are no longer the reigning World Series champions. This last series between the Houston Astros and Washington Nationals was full of surprises. At the end of the day, it was just simple, good baseball.......
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The road to the World Series

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCAROLYN MULLARKEY Special to The Leader The NLDS and ALDS are both well underway. The Washington Nationals are up against the St. Louis Cardinals for the National League Division Series Championship title in hopes of making it to the Series. The American League Division Championship series is between the New......

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