New positive COVID-19 cases hurt U.S. sports return
Hope that sports will return as usual in the United States took a huge blow Friday, as positive coronavirus tests were seen in a number of leagues.
The PGA Tour, which just began play again last week after a three month hiatus, confirmed its first positive test: Nick Watney, who was removed from second-round play at the RBC Heritage in Hilton Head, South Carolina Friday.
Major League Soccer, the National Football League, the National Hockey League, and Major League Baseball were all among other leagues who confirmed positive tests in just over a 24-hour period.
Team training and practice facilities were shut down in many of these cases.
This news comes as Dr. Anthony Fauci - the nation's leading expert on infectious disease - on Thursday cast doubt on whether the NFL would get on the field this season at all, prompting President Donald Trump to tweet, "Tony Fauci has nothing to do with NFL Football."
Both the MLS and National Basketball Association are both set to resume their seasons - on July 9th and 31st respectively in Florida - a state which has seen a recent surge in COVID-19 cases.
Even the UFC - which was one of the first sports leagues to return to the states - is now worried about a second shutdown in the Sunshine State.
UFC President Dana White in a report by MMA Junkie said, “...I'm planning for a second shutdown, that it will happen again."
The UFC successfully held an event in Jacksonville on May 9th.
