The Latest: Mississippi pauses football activities thru Wed
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:___Mississippi has paused football team activities until at least next Wednesday because of new COVID-19 cases. Ole Miss will work with the Southeastern Conference to determine the effects of the pause on those games. ___The Cleveland Browns got two more players back from the COVID-19 list, activating starting linebacker Sione Takitaki and defensive end Joe Jackson on Friday. Earlier this week, the team activated star defensive end Myles Garrett, who missed the past two games after getting sick. He was placed on the COVID-19 list Nov. 24.
Packers without leading rusher Aaron Jones vs. Texans
Titans: CB Joshua Kalu, LB Derick Roberson, LB David Long Jr., OL Daniel Munyer, T Isaiah Wilson, DL Matt Dickerson. Washington: T Geron Christian, WR Isaiah Wright, DE James Smith Williams, WR Robert Foster, LB Thomas Davis, DE Casey Toohill. ___DETROIT AT ATLANTALions: QB David Blough, CB Desmond Trufant, S Miles Killebrew, OL Logan Stenberg, WR Quintez Cephus, RB Bo Scarbrough. ___GREEN BAY AT HOUSTONPackers: QB Jordan Love, CB Kevin King, S Darnell Savage, RB Tyler Ervin, RB Aaron Jones, T David Bakhtiari, DL Tyler Lancaster. Texans: WR Keke Coutee, CB John Reid, LB Peter Kalambayi, T Charlie Heck, TE Jordan Akins.
Undefeated Titans getting healthy after COVID-19 outbreak
The undefeated Titans are healing up from the NFL’s first COVID-19 outbreak. DeCastro will miss his third game of the season after sustaining an abdominal injury last week against Philadelphia. Johnson, Pittsburgh’s second-leading receiver, is out because of a back injury suffered on a punt return last week. Cincinnati also will be missing starting defensive tackle D.J. Eagles: RT Lane Johnson, WR DeSean Jackson, WR Alshon Jeffery, CB Avonte Maddox, S Marcus Epps, LB Duke Riley, QB Nate Sudfeld.
Miami in the NFL: Week 2
Week 2 of a very abnormal NFL season is in the books. As the sun sets on the first fortnight of the pro football season, here’s how some of the finest former Miami Hurricanes did. Safety Rayshawn Jenkins (’13-’16) made one solo and three total tackles and linebacker Denzel Perryman (’11-’14) added another three total tackles. – Linebacker Shaquille Quarterman (‘16-’19) made two solo tackles for Jacksonville. – Running back Travis Homer (’16-’18) carried the ball three times for 21 yards for Seattle and returned three kickoffs for 89 total yards, including a 44-yard runback.
themiamihurricane.com'A dark past': MVPs say time to pull Landis name off plaques
FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2006, file photo,a Joe DiMaggio 1947 MVP Award Plaque is displayed at a news conference in New York. The plaque features the name and image of Kenesaw Mountain Landis. The other name engraved on the trophy: Kenesaw Mountain Landis. If you have the Jackie Robinson Award and the Kenesaw Mountain Landis Award, you are at diametrically opposed poles, Thorn said. Larkin recalled that shortly after he was voted MVP, he got a call from two-time NL MVP Joe Morgan.
Baseball plans game at Field of Dreams, but will they come?
Visitors play on the field at the Field of Dreams movie site, Friday, June 5, 2020, in Dyersville, Iowa. Small town Iowa, baseball is still a big thing here, he said. The Field of Dreams site is open to visitors, who at no charge can run the bases and see if they can smack a ball into cornstalks that now stand about a foot tall. For Go the Distance Baseball, the company that now owns the Field of Dream site and plans to build a complex of youth baseball and softball fields, the talk of playing a game began five years ago. We understand the best choice for Major League Baseball in 2020 comes first.___Follow Scott McFetridge on Twitter: https://twitter.com/smcfetridge
In his hometown, Jimmy Carter unites Trump supporters and Democrats. To a point
Just behind City Hall, the old train depot that operated as Jimmy Carters presidential campaign headquarters is a museum festooned with a large 1970s banner proclaiming Jimmy Carter! They visit Jimmy Carters high school and the Jimmy Carter Boyhood Farm. Guests begin arriving the day before to attend the Sunday school class taught by former President Jimmy Carter. President Carter, with wife Rosalynn in 2015, was a good sport when 2-year-old Lennon Case-Simonson wasnt in the mood for a photo with him. To continue to love other people and to get outside the church walls.It is a mission Mayor Godwin believes in.
latimes.comCoral Gables Museum Board gathers for annual meeting
The Coral Gables Museum Annual Board Meeting followed by the Annual Members Meeting brings together a nice gathering, Pictured (l-r) are David Evensky, John Medina, Christopher Spuches, John Allen, Lynn Bauer, Manuel Rodriguez, Humberto Comellas, Joe Jackson and Chip Whithers. During the meeting there was a passing of the gavel from outgoing chair Lynn Bauer, who termed out, to incoming chair Christopher Spuches. Coral Gables Mayor Raul Valeds Fauli officiated over the installation. Connect To Your Customers & Grow Your Business Click Here
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