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For the first time in the history of Major League Baseball, 16 teams will reach the postseason in 2020. MLB and MLBPA agreed on an expanded postseason format hours before Thursday night’s first pitch on opening day. There will be eight teams per league (which reportedly includes each second-place team) …

The NBA continues to get closer to its official restart. Four exhibition games were scheduled throughout the day Thursday with the Los Angeles Lakers from the Western Conference facing the Dallas Mavericks at 7 p.m. ET on the Walt Disney World campus. The game is one of two available on …

The defending World Series champion Washington Nationals Host New York Yankees at Nationals Park when Major League Baseball starts a season like no other. Giancarlo Stanton and Adam Eaton started the party by hitting the season’s first home runs in the first inning. The Yankees sent their new ace to …

Watch now: Next Steps for the DC NFL Franchise Going for the Washington Soccer Team (6:49) After weeks of uncertainty, the Washington NFL franchise went one step further by withdrawing its longtime nickname. On Thursday, Washington announced that they would be called the “Washington Soccer Team,” with immediate effect. This …

But in Vermont, positive antigen tests, a relatively new way to detect an active COVID infection, require confirmation by another test: a polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, test, the gold standard used by the government, hospitals and professional sports teams. . Of the 65 people who had received such positive …