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The Southeastern Conference has long touted itself as the nation's toughest football league from top to bottom.

A weekend road series between the St. Louis Cardinals and Milwaukee Brewers has been postponed after multiple positive COVID-19 tests within the Cardinals organization for the second straight day.

The Cardinals and Brewers still hoped to play Saturday night, and to make up Friday's game with a pair of seven-inning games Sunday under a newly approved MLB plan for doubleheaders.

Dozens of team employees across Major League Baseball have been entrusted to carry out the critical task of contact tracing

The NBA had a strong, powerful re-opening night message.

AP source: Southeastern Conference will limit football season only to conference games because of pandemic.

The Cardinals, after winning their first two games against Pittsburgh, have scored four runs on 15 hits over a three-game losing streak.

Danny Duffy allowed only three hits in five innings for the Royals.

Missouri State University's athletic department has announced that since they started testing in May, they've so far seen 31 positive tests for COVID-19 among the approximately 400 athletes in their various sports....and that's before other students arrive on campus for the fall semester that the local health department believes will probably bring more cases on campus.

The 28-year-old Williams had 290 yards and six touchdowns in three postseason games — two TDs in the Super Bowl — for the Chiefs.

Cardinals starter Carlos Martínez (0-1) was pulled after 3 2/3 innings, when the homer by Donaldson ended his night.

St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Miles Mikolas will have season-ending surgery to repair a tendon in his strained right forearm, creating an opening in the rotation.

Kansas City starter Kyle Zimmer pitched two scoreless innings.

"I'm honored to become a part owner of the Kansas City Royals," said Patrick Mahomes. "I love this city and the people of this great town. This opportunity allows me to deepen my roots in this community, which is something I'm excited to do."

The two teams get things rolling Sunday in Edmonton by facing each other to kick off a round-robin tournament to determine seeding in the West.

Salvador Perez, Jorge Soler and Brett Phillips also homered for Kansas City.

The NFL is putting a number of safety measures in place ahead of the start of training camp this week.

The league gave the Chiefs and Texans, who play in the season opener Sept. 10, the go-ahead to have rookies, quarterbacks and select veteran report last week.

The Miami Marlins’ home opener Monday night against Baltimore has been postponed as the Marlins deal with a coronavirus outbreak that stranded them in Philadelphia.

The 2020 Price Cutter Charity Championship is won by Max McGreevy with a -21.

The Sooners said the NCAA approved a waiver request from both schools to change the date to allow more schedule flexibility amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The Kansas City Royals a 3-2 win over the Cleveland Indians in just the third major league game decided by the debated extra-inning runner rule.

After receiving a waiver from the NCAA to move their 2020 football season opener, Missouri State University and the University of Oklahoma announced Saturday they will now play on Saturday, Aug. 29, a week earlier than the originally-scheduled contest, when the programs square off at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.

The St. Louis Cardinals remain perfect in a pandemic-shortened 2020 season following a 9-1 victory Saturday over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was on every call involving the NFL Players Association and took a significant role in putting in place the return-to-play protocols for training camp.

Brady Singer will make his big league debut on the mound for the Kansas City Royals in their second game Saturday in Cleveland.

Home runs from Tyler O’Neill, Dexter Fowler and Paul DeJong lifted the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-4 victory on Opening Day.

The Royals struck out 18 times.

The deadline to opt out is Aug. 3, but Duvernay-Tardif made the decision before Chiefs veterans were due in camp.

Similar to other teams around Major League Baseball, the St. Louis Cardinals carried out a plan to display a unified message on racial injustice ahead of the 2020 season opener.