With Major League Baseball slated to open “spring training 2.0” camps in the coming days, the teams had to present their starting pool of 60 players on Sunday. You can still add players with many teams that list less than 60 names, but this at least gives us an idea …
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50% of COVID-19 patients suffer from weakness, distress after recovery
More than half of patients diagnosed with coronavirus exhibit general weakness and respiratory distress even several weeks after recovery, according to a new study by the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem. The study, conducted by the hospital’s pulmonary institute and based on preliminary data obtained from dozens of patients …
Read More »Revisited ‘The Decision’: How LeBron James Used Free Agency to Train Players to Control Their Own Narratives
For most of NBA history, free agency for the league’s best players barely amounted to the freedom to choose your own destiny. Even after players gained the right to unrestricted free agency in 1988, the price they generally ended up paying for individual agency was their reputation. Chicago Bulls owner …
Read More »California family lost father to coronavirus, 28 family members became infected, son says
© courtesy of Richard Gamay Vidal Garay Richard Garay, a Southern California resident, tested positive for coronavirus in early June, around the same time that his father also became ill, he said. Loading error About two weeks later, her father, Vidal Garay, died of Covid-19. At least 28 family members …
Read More »New “seriously bizarre” extinct family of giant Wombat relatives discovered in Australian desert
An artist’s impression of Mukupirna nambensis living in central Australia that was much greener 25 million years ago. Credit: Peter Schouten / UNSW A giant marsupial that roamed prehistoric Australia 25 million years ago is so different from its wombat cousins that scientists have had to create a new family …
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