News Roundup 03/26/20
2020 Olympics Postponed
On March 24, it was officially announced that the 2020 Olympics will be postponed. The postponement is an effect of COVID-19 global virus outbreak. This will be making history because the Summer Olympics has never been postponed. The International Olympic Committee and the Japanese Government decided that this would be the right move to help limit the spread of the virus. Two days ago before officially postponing the olympics, Team Canada announced that they would drop out of the Olympics. The Olympics was meant to start on July 24 will now be postponed until 2021.
Source: USA Today
Source: Bleach Report
The Weeknd Drops “After Hours”
Abel Tesfaye, also known as The Weeknd, released his highly anticipated album “After Hours”, on Mar. 20. He released a seven track project called “My Deah Melancholy” in 2018, but this is his first album since his 2016 platinum selling record ‘Starboy.” The album's leading singles were “Blinding Lights”, “Heartless” and “After Hours”. There will be music videos for “Blinding Lights” and “Heartless.” On March 7, he performed one of his songs from the album called “Scared to Live” on the hit television show, Saturday Night Live. It is stated that he will be starting his tour on June 11 and will be having special guests Sabrina Claudio and Don Toliver go on tour with him. The album is currently on streaming services everywhere.
Source: Pitchfork
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Tom Brady is a Buccaneer
Former Patriots quarterback, Tom Brady has signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The six time Super Bowl quarterback has signed a two-year contract, which fully guarantees him $50 million, and can earn incentives. Brady will be joining a team with receivers Mike Evans and Chris Godwin, both having at least 1,000 yards each and combining for 17 touchdowns. The head coach, Bruce Arians has had some experience with great quarterbacks such as Kurt Warner, Peyton Manning and Andrew Luck. Brady will be entering his 21st season at the age of 43 years old.
Source: Pro Football Reference
Source: NFL
NBA Plans on Finishing Season
The National Basketball Association has plans on continuing the rest of the 2019-20 season. The season was postponed earlier this year due to the COVID-19 global virus outbreak. No matter the dater, the players and owners have a strong interest in finishing the season. ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne states "’If that's in July, if that's in August, if that's in September -- so be it, I don't think anyone wants to start a new season without crowning a champion from this season."’ Once the virus dies down, the commissioner will weigh his options on when the season will continue, whether they finish the regular season or jump straight into the playoffs, only time will tell if the season will come back.
Source: NBC Sports
NFL Draft Is Still On
The National Football League still has plans to have the NFL Draft on April 23-25, but with some exceptions. Due to the COVID-19, the draft will no longer be held in Las Vegas, Nevada as originally planned, but will instead be in a television studio like setting. The league had originally just cancelled the fan fest activities but was still planning on having the draft in Las Vegas, but scrapped the plan because of the seriousness of the coronavirus outbreak. The plan so far is to have analysts talk about the draft and cut to the team’s draft room for their selections. The draft will still be on television, so the rest of the world will be able to see, and will be airing on ESPN and NFL Network.
Source: USA Today