Day 126

• The mayor of Philadelphia has banned all large public gatherings into 2021.  Hence, it has been confirmed both the Eagles and Phillies will go fanless for any games played in Philadelphia this season.
• The Basketball Tournament, the million-dollar winner-take-all tournament, successfully completed last night with the Golden Eagles, a Marquette alumni team, winning the million over Sideline Cancer in the final.  The Marquette team was the runner-up last year.  The million is split where each player and the coach get $90,000 -- the general manager of the team gets $80,000. 
• Harrison Barnes of the Sacramento Kings is the fourth member of the team to test positive for the virus.
• James Harden of the Rockets just showed up in the bubble and has to go through the quarantine process. 
• Joe Smith of the Astros has opted out of playing this MLB season.
• FIFA has announced the World Cup for 2022 will be a November-December affair -- first match November 21, Grand Final December 18.
• The MLBotball All-Star Game was last night:  Won by the American League 7-4 after going out to a 6-0 lead.  The virtual MVP car went to D.J. Lemahieu of the Yankees.  
• Minor-league All-Star Games today on the channel, some minor-league and major-league action starts tomorrow to start the "second half".
• A hacking scheme has nailed accounts including Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Apple, Uber, etc., claiming to be giving out Bitcoin.  Oh for the love of...   
• Mike Bloomberg, Jeff Bezos, Barack Obama have also had their Twitters hacked by people claiming they will give out Bitcoin.
• Elena Delle Donne has told The Players' Digest she appears to be down to two choices:  Risk her life or forfeit her paycheck. 
• The St. Louis Cardinals will need to find someone new for the booth:  Tim McCarver has opted out of the 2020 season himself and will not call any games for the Cardinals this year. 
• Governor Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma, positive for the coronavirus and quarantining at home. 
• And if you Covidiots haven't figured out yet how serious this shit is:  The Tournament of Roses Committee has, IN JULY, already cancelled the 2021 Rose Parade!