The NHL hasn’t had best-of-five playoff series since 1986. That changes this year with the league expanding to 24 playoff teams as part of its restart.
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Game on: NBA finally set to see games that count again
The season resumes Thursday in Florida, where the remaining 22 teams will battle to reach the NBA Finals.
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Ridiculed and alone, Rudy Gobert was the face of coronavirus in sports. Now he’s ready to return.
Utah Jazz center was the first NBA player to test positive for the coronavirus, setting off the complete shut down of sports across the world.
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With Marlins battling virus outbreak, will they play again?
The Miami Marlins have become the talk of baseball while coping with a coronavirus outbreak that forced MLB to suspend their season through at least Sunday.
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Portland Water District begins looking for COVID-19 in wastewater
Working with a lab at Saint Joseph’s College, the Portland Water District is part of a growing number of utilities nationwide using wastewater as a potential sentinel for COVID-19 case surges.
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Bates group pressures college to change its plan to bring all students back to campus
A petition circulating among students, faculty and staff at the Lewiston college says its reopening plan is too dangerous.
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Dodgers, Astros benches clear as Kelly fuels feud over sign-stealing scandal
So much for social distancing as Joe Kelly – with Boston in 2017 when Houston beat Los Angeles for its tainted World Series title – jumps into the battle.
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Colby College requiring students to live in campus housing
A local landlord said that she has been put in a tough situation after students who had signed lease agreements to live in one of her rental units were told that they had to live on campus.
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Maine loosens restrictions, will allow 100 people at outdoor gatherings and events
The limit on indoor gatherings remains at 50 people, but state officials said a growing body of research indicates outdoor activities are safer than previously thought when it comes to COVID-19.
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Paris branch of Northeast Bank expected to reopen Thursday following COVID-19 testing
The Main Street bank closed Monday after an employee reported a potential exposure to the virus, but a company vice president said, “we do not have a confirmed COVID-19 case.”