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Orlovsky returns to the Great Danes after one year as defensive line coach and junior varsity head coach at Division III Muhlenberg. He spent the 2018 season at UAlbany as an assistant working with the offensive line. He previously worked at Fordham, Old Dominion, Connecticut and Miami.

The rapid spread of the coronavirus since it was first reported in China has dealt an unprecedented shock to the global economy.

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 350,000 people and killed over 15,000. The COVID-19 illness causes mild or moderate symptoms in most people, but severe symptoms are more likely in the elderly or those with existing health problems. More than 98,800 people have recovered so far, mostly in China.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lower court ruling in favor of a black media mogul and comedian who’s suing cable giant Comcast alleging racial discrimination.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar announced Monday that her husband, John Bessler, has tested positive for the coronavirus.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Reserve did what it could to help financial markets and the economy Monday. But investors are still waiting for Congress and the White House to do the same.

Postponed is now canceled.

As expected, the New York State Public High School Athletic Association made the decision Monday to cancel the remaining winter championship events in boys' basketball, girls' basketball, hockey, boys' bowling and girls' bowling as the nation continues to deal with the coronavirus.

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the fall of 2008, an unlikely alliance of lawmakers, regulators and Bush administration officials banded together to rescue an economy they feared was hours away from collapse. They also unwittingly reshaped American politics, unleashing a populist furor that lingers in both parties to this day.

NBA point guard Kyrie Irving is 28. Director Mark Rydell is 91. International Motorsports Hall of Famer Craig Breedlove is 83. Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is 68. Singer Chaka Khan is 67. Actress Amanda Plummer is 63. Actress Catherine Keener is 61. Actress Hope Davis is 56. Actor Richard Grieco is 55. Musician Kevin Griffin is 55. Actress Marin Hinkle is 54. Rock singer-musician Damon Albarn is 52. Actor Kelly Perine is 51. Actress-singer Melissa Errico is 50. Musician John Humphrey is 50. Читать дальше...

We are not going to know for a long time when the baseball season is going to start — if ever. Amid some predictions the country could still be in the grips of the coronavirus into midsummer, we cannot rule out the possibility there may be no baseball season at all this year.

Toronto

With no sign of when training camps can resume, Toronto Blue Jays president Mark Shapiro says he thinks Major League Baseball would need at least a month of workouts and exhibition games before regular season play can begin.

Opening day has been postponed until at least mid-May because of the coronavirus.

Shapiro cautioned that training camps aren't likely to reopen for some time yet.

"It certainly looks like we are not dealing with days and likely not weeks, but closer to months," he said. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, becoming the first case of COVID-19 in the Senate and raising fears about the further transmission of the virus among Republicans at the Capitol.

The rapid worldwide spread of the coronavirus since it was first revealed in China less than three months ago has dealt an unparalleled shock to the global economy.

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A strong earthquake in Croatia on Sunday caused panic, the evacuation of hospitals and widespread damage including to the capital's iconic cathedral — all amid a partial coronavirus lockdown.

The board overseeing New York City’s jails urged officials to start releasing vulnerable populations and those being held on low-level offenses as the coronavirus outbreak hit the notorious Rikers Island complex and nearby jails — infecting at least 38 people.

Joe Douglas stayed true to his word in the first week of free agency by obsessing over improving the beleaguered offensive line.

A worldwide group representing Olympic hopefuls is calling on the IOC to postpone the Tokyo Olympics until the coronavirus pandemic is under control — a decision the IOC says could be as much as four weeks away.

The drive-in theater, long a dwindling nostalgia act in a multiplex world, is experiencing a momentary return to prominence.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The Patriots have agreed to terms on a one-year contract with veteran quarterback Brian Hoyer. The Boston Globe first reported the agreement.