The NBA, NHL, and MLS have been suspended for over a month, while the start of the MLB regular season was postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak. The NFL remains confident its campaign will kick off as scheduled on September 10, though it is unclear whether it will do so with fans in the stadiums or behind closed doors. In his daily coronavirus briefing on Thursday, Trump suggested the latter was a far likelier option and that fans will be then gradually allowed into venues over the coming months....

Trump built up some goodwill with those in attendance by waving the famous Terrible Towel and talking about Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. “We love Big Ben. Big Ben’s a friend of mine,” Trump said. MORE: Sports figures who supports Donald Trump If Roethlisberger is indeed Trump’s “friend,” he should help him work on that towel-waving form. Trump then kicked off his speech with an insane (and most likely untrue) story about golfing with Roethlisberger....

Taking to Twitter, the President wrote: “Tonight,@FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!” Melania Trump also tweeted: “As too many Americans have done this year,@potus & I are quarantining at home after testing positive for COVID-19. We are feeling good & I have postponed all upcoming engagements. Please be sure you are staying safe & we will all get through this together....

Overall, Trump paid no federal income taxes for 10 of the 15 years before he was elected, The Times reported. Like Trump, millionaires and billionaires pay very little or no taxes in a complex tax system of rules and regulations under laws passed by Democrats and Republicans and enacted during administrations of both parties. Democrats controlled both the Senate and the House of Representatives for the first two years of Obama’s presidency, which lasted from January 2009 to January 2017....

Tommy Tuberville told reporters on Wednesday that he informed the then-president that Pence was being escorted to safety in a phone call during the January 6 disorder. Trump had called to ask for the Alabama representative’s help in delaying the Senate’s confirmation of Joe Biden’s election victory, Tuberville said, but the call was cut short. “Well, I don’t know if you’ve ever talked to President Trump. You don’t get many words in, but he didn’t get a chance to say a whole lot, because I said, ‘Mr....

Former President Barack Obama won Iowa in the 2008 and 2012 elections. But former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton lost to Trump in the midwestern state by nearly 10 percent in 2016, 41.7 percent to 51.2 percent. Now new polling from the Des Moines Register/Mediacom shows that Trump currently has the upper hand over both Biden and Sanders. The survey found that in a hypothetical match-up between Biden and Trump, the incumbent president is currently backed by 51 percent of voters, while the former vice president is only supported by 41 percent....

Sarah Swain, owner of the Donut Hole in Tulsa, Oklahoma, had to repair her store for the second time after a man shattered the glass door with a baseball bat and threw a Molotov cocktail inside. Surveillance video captured the vandal on October 31. Only two weeks earlier, Swain had replaced a smashed door and windows from another attack. “Emotionally [it] has been hard for us,” she told Newsweek. “Fear and uncertainty and the seemingly endless topic of discussion....

She borrowed a line from a scene in "Remember the Titans." [via Guyism]

During a studio segment Wednesday night, the former Providence women’s point guard took a handoff from colleague Jalen Rose and . . . (Source: CJZero) MORE: Top NBA moments in 2014 For the record, Burke (then known as Doris Sable) played four years at PC in the mid-’80s and was all-Big East in 1987. She’s still second all time in career assists at the school. Providence inducted her into its Athletic Hall of Fame in 2000....

After his third-quarter score, the Seahawks wide receiver pretended to pull down his pants and squat over the brown football, portraying that he was relieving himself. Almost immediately, NBC’s broadcast cut away from an act that made Marshawn Lynch’s crotch grabs look innocent. Baldwin was penalized 15 yards for unsportsmanlike conduct for the touchdown celebration. MORE: NBC director explains why cameras turned away | Baldwin says he targeted a group...

Then again, Batea Mahuida is no typical ski resort. Puel is the lonko, or chief, of the Mapuche Puel, a group of native Argentines who run the project, deep in the heart of an indigenous reserve. The Mapuche (“People of the Earth”) revere the environment, asking the earth permission before crossing a river or mountain. Said Abel Carlos Balda, who helped designed Argentina’s leading ski centers and the only outsider on the project, “I had to threaten to quit before they agreed to build a security road....

The Humane Society of Weld County, an animal welfare non-profit located in the north of the state, said in a Facebook post Wednesday that it had received news of a hoarding case involving 35 cats. This figure was later revised to 39. “Hoarding case incoming… again,” the non-profit said in the Facebook post. “We just received notice that we have 35 cats arriving at our facility today. Yes, you read that right 35 cats....

Fauci, who also serves as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told Savannah Guthrie on NBC News’ Today program that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was currently reviewing data on the vaccine. “We could see, literally within a week or so, that they wind up getting the emergency use authorization. I don’t want to bet ahead of the FDA, but I would not be surprised, Savannah, if this happens within the next week or two,” Fauci said....

If you have never played daily fantasy sports (DFS) on DraftKings, selecting your team is a little bit different from traditional season-long leagues. You are given a $50,000 salary cap to build your roster for the night. Each player is given a value based on past performance and projected fantasy score. Draft your team by selecting: 2 Centers, 3 Wingers, 2 Defensemen, 1 Goalie, and 1 Utility player (any skater)....

Our lineup last week had some big hits (Dameon Pierce, Marquise Brown, Chris Olave, Eagles’ D/ST), but our primary stack of Kirk Cousins and Justin Jefferson failed to produce, while David Montgomery’s early injury officially doomed us. We still had the right process, though, and we’re targeting some of this week’s highest over/unders to help piece together a winning roster. Before we break down all of our picks, here are the most notable scoring rules for DraftKings contests: Full-point PPR, four-point passing TDs, three-point bonuses for 100 rushing yards, 100 receiving yards, and 300 passing yards....

The NFC Championship Game kicks off between the 49ers and Eagles on Sunday afternoon and sports bettors can sign up with a new DraftKings promo code offer for $200 in bonus bets. The best thing about this offer is that the bonus bets will appear in your account as soon as you wager $5+ on 49ers-Eagles. Prospective bettors can register without needing a DraftKings promo code as long as they click on one of the links on this page....

DraftKings is hosting a one-day Fantasy Hockey Contest with $25,000 in prizes and a buy-in of just $20. First place takes home $5,000 at the end of the night. This kind of Salary Cap contest is all about finding value. New to fantasy hockey or need help polishing your game? Here are four tips that can make building your lineup a lot more efficient. 1. Choose your goalie wisely. This one may sound obvious, but make sure your goalie is in the starting lineup....

According to an Instagram post from the museum, the event was booked weeks in advance and was to be a private event after the museum closed on Saturday, which meant it was unaffiliated with the museum’s programming. “Over the past few days, the Lincoln Children’s Museum and event host OutNebraska have both received an overwhelming number of threats of violence against our organizations, many going as far as death threats,” the post read....

For the past several years, school officials pushed for Drake (the person) to book a show in central Iowa and stop by the school that bears his name. They started a social media campaign with the hashtag #bringdraketodrake. MORE: Kentucky tells Drake to cease and desist It finally happened, but apparently nobody was awake to see it in central Iowa. The performer made a late-night visit to the school after his concert at Wells Fargo Arena in downtown Des Moines....

Steen's drive with 21.1 seconds left trickled through Crawford and lifted the Blues to a 3-2 victory against the defending Stanley Cup champions on Wednesday night. Steen broke down the left side as part of a 3-on-1 rush. Instead of passing, he let go a shot from just inside the left circle. "You pick a spot," Steen said. "I don't know that it's really how hard it is. It's more where you put it....