CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…Sunny.  Highs in the lower 80s. Northwest winds around 5 mph shifting to the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.

.TONIGHT…Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the Jamestown area, 50 percent in the Valley City area. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast winds around 5 mph shifting to the west after midnight.

.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers and

thunderstorms in the Jamestown area, 40 percent in the Valley City area. Highs around 80. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest winds

around 10 mph.

.SUNDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. West winds around 5 mph

shifting to the south in the afternoon.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear in the evening, then mostly cloudy

with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after

midnight. Lows in the lower 60s.

.MONDAY…Showers and thunderstorms likely. Highs in the lower

80s. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain

showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy

after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s.

.TUESDAY…Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers and

thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain

showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s.

.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of showers and

thunderstorms in the morning. Highs in the lower 80s.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.

.THURSDAY…Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of showers and

thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s.

 

Thunderstorms are possible Friday afternoon and evening. A few strong or possibly severe thunderstorms are possible overnight with winds to 60mph and hail up to an inch in size.

There is a chance for thunderstorms Saturday and again on Monday
and Tuesday.

 

NDDoH

COVID-19 Stats

Posted Thurs. July 9, 2020

Results listed are from the previous day.

COUNTIES WITH NEW POSITIVE CASES REPORTED THURSDAY

  • Benson County – 2
  • Burleigh County – 23
  • Cass County – 29
  • Cavalier County – 4
  • Dickey County – 1
  • Dunn County – 3
  • Grand Forks County – 1
  • McKenzie County – 2
  • Morton County – 5
  • Mountrail County – 1
  • Pembina County – 1
  • Ransom County – 2
  • Richland County – 1
  • Sioux County – 3
  • Stark County – 2
  • Stutsman County – 1
  • Stutsman Total 66
  • Stutsman Recovered 62
  • Walsh County – 10
  • Ward County – 2
  • Williams County – 6


BY THE NUMBERS

214,167 – Total Number of Tests Completed* (+5,980 total tests from yesterday)

 

117,849 – Total Unique Individuals Tested* (+2,010 unique individuals from yesterday)

113,779 – Total Negative (+1,911 unique individuals from yesterday)

4,070 – Total Positive (+99 unique individuals from yesterday)

1.7% – Daily Positivity Rate**

257 – Total Hospitalized (+5 individual from yesterday)

30 – Currently Hospitalized (+4 individuals from yesterday)

3,464 – Total Recovered (+17 individuals from yesterday)

85 – Total Deaths*** (+0 individual from yesterday)

 

* Note that this does not include individuals from out of state and has been updated to reflect the most recent information discovered after cases were investigated.

**Because the serial tests completed and added to the total number of tests completed can result in new individuals who test positive, the daily positivity rate will be calculated using the total positives for the day by the daily number of tests completed instead of the daily number of unique individuals tested.

*** Number of individuals who tested positive and died from any cause while infected with COVID-19.

For descriptions of these categories, visit the NDDoH dashboard.

For the most updated and timely information and updates related to COVID-19, visit the NDDoH website at www.health.nd.gov/coronavirus, follow on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and visit the CDC website at www.cdc.gov/coronavirus.

 

Jamestown  (JPD)  A news release from Jamestown Police Major, Assistant Chief, Justin Blinsky said,  on July 8, 2020  at 6:56-p.m., the Jamestown Police Department responded to a report of an injury accident at the intersection of 4 Ave SE and 4 St SE. The reporting party indicated one of the drivers was trapped inside his vehicle and in immediate need of medical treatment. Due to the information provided by the caller, the Jamestown Fire Department and Jamestown Area Ambulance also responded.

 

Upon arrival, Officers determined the trapped driver was able to get out of the vehicle, so the Jamestown Fire Department Rescue Squad was not needed. Jamestown Area Ambulance arrived and began to provide medical aid to the individuals at the scene.

 

During the investigation into the accident, it was determined that 24-year-old Wesley Possen of Jamestown was driving a 1999 Honda Civic westbound on 4 St SE, crossing over the 4 Ave SE intersection. 54-year-old Monica Moore of Jamestown was driving a 2015 Jeep Wrangler southbound on 4 Ave SE, crossing through the 4 St SE intersection. There was a 1998 Honda Accord driven by 17-year-old Elijah Tweeton of Jamestown, which had stopped at the yield sign, while traveling eastbound on 4 St SE, at the 4 Ave SE intersection. The intersection is controlled by yield signs for 4 St SE traffic.

Prior to impact, the southbound Jeep Wrangler driven by Moore attempted to swerve to avoid the accident. However, the Jeep Wrangler did strike the westbound Honda Civic in the front-passenger corner. The Jeep continued and struck the 1998 Honda Accord, which was stopped at the yield sign, before coming to rest.

 

Mr. Possen was transported by ambulance to Jamestown Regional Medical Center and was later life-flighted to a Fargo Hospital, for serious injuries. All 3 vehicles were towed from the scene. The investigation is on-going at this time and a report will be forwarded for review by the City Attorney’s Office for possible charges.

Jamestown  (CVHD)  The next drive thru COVID-19 mass testing in Jamestown is planned for Thursday, July  23, 2020 from 2-p.m., to 6-p.m., at the Stutsman County Fairgrounds.

Central Valley Health District, Unit Administrator, Robin Iszler says the date is somewhat tentative pending on the availability of the North Dakota National Guard for assistance on that date. If a change in date occurs she will update the information.

She says 500 tests are planned to be available for the second mass testing event in Stutsman County.

Valley City  (CSi)  A District 24 Candidate Forum is planned for Friday July 10 at 6:30-p.m. at Valley City’s Pioneer Park Amphitheater, at 800 4th Street Northwest.

Listen to the candidates and bring your questions.  To be answered via response cards.

Democratic Candidates:

State Senate:  Larry Robinson

State House:  Naomi Muscha

State House:  Bradley Edin

 

Republican Candidates:

State Senate: Mike Wobbema

State House:  Dwight Kiefert

State House:  Cole Christensen

 

Appropriate Social Distancing

Attendees are encouraged to wear face masks

Sponsored by the Valley City Chapter of, North Dakota Women’s Network.

www.ndwomen.org

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown Vector Control will be AERIAL spraying for elevated mosquito nuisance in the City on Saturday July 11th, 2020 starting at 7:45 P.M. for two (2) to four (4) hours, with Monday July 13th, 2020 as the contingent date.

 

Parents are advised to keep children out of the streets and indoors during above times.

The active ingredient in the ULV (Ultra Low Volume) spray is permethrin. This insecticide is labeled for use in residential areas and are found to be non-toxic to humans and pets.

Motorist’s should use extreme caution in the area.

All AERIAL spraying operations are contingent upon weather conditions.

For more information visit jamestownnd.org, click on Departments/ Vector Control or call 701-320-5503

Valley City  (VCPS)  Valley City Public School District by Superintendent Josh Johnson, has posted information through a newsletter posted at the school district website.

It says, “Our school district is planning and preparing for the reopening of schools this fall. We have been working very hard to research, listen, and learn from the professionals in the medical field to better understand COVID-19 and the Health and Safety needs of our students and staff. We have evaluated the feedback from our families and believe that there is a Strong Desire to SAFELY return students back to face-to-face learning this fall.

Guidance from North Dakota and Local Health Partnerships
As of today, ND PK-12 Schools have not been issued guidance from the Department of Public Instruction or Governor Burgum regarding the reopening of schools this fall. We are hopeful that new guidance will be provided soon. We will share our reopening plans with all parents, guardians, and families after the state has issued us their guidance.

Please know that we will continue to prepare our plans for school reopening with a strong focus of partnership and relationship with City-County Health and Essentia Health.

Educating All Students in Any and All Learning Environments
Most likely this school year, our students and staff will be required to move between learning environments due to COVID-19. Our staff will be prepared to engage students in these learning environments, including face-to-face and Virtual (Distance) Learning. Our reopening plans will further detail these learning environments and how/when we will be required to transition between them.

Families Choosing Virtual (Distance) Learning in ’20-21
If you WILL NOT be sending your child to school in 2020-2021 (regardless of safety precautions), we would greatly appreciate you completing a survey on the website. We need to be able to plan for developing a Virtual Learning plan for these students. Please complete survey by Friday, July 17th.

We understand that we continue to provide a lot of information to you. After we receive the state guidance, we will be prepared to share our preliminary reopening plans.”

Josh Johnson

Superintendent

Valley City Public Schools

(701) 845-0483

Jamestown  (Chamber)       Members of the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors held a ribbon cutting ceremony for I Will Fitness. They recently expanded and remodeled to add onto their current location. This business is located at 716 1st Ave S in Jamestown.

Businesses qualify for a ribbon-cutting ceremony if they open, move, remodel, are under new ownership or change their name.  For more information, contact Emily Bivens by emailing: director@jamestownchamber.com or call the chamber at 701-252-4830.

Bismarck  (CSi) Gov. Doug Burgum released a statement Thursday night after the White House announced that President Donald Trump has granted the governor’s request for a presidential major disaster declaration for widespread spring flooding estimated to have caused roughly $40 million in damage to roads and other public infrastructure in North Dakota.

Burgum asked the President on May 22 to declare a major disaster. With today’s declaration, the President ordered federal assistance to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by flooding from April 1 to April 25, including 18 counties: Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Foster, Grand Forks, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Nelson, Pembina, Ransom, Richland, Sargent, Sheridan, Steele, Stutsman, Traill and Walsh.

Burgum says, “We’re deeply grateful to President Trump for recognizing the hardship caused by significant flood damage to roads, bridges and culverts in North Dakota counties that were already heavily burdened by recovery costs from significant spring and fall flooding in 2019,” This presidential disaster declaration will assist our local governments and agencies in recovering from extensive infrastructure damage, while also making resources available to help communities reduce the long-term risk of future flooding. We thank FEMA and the administration for their swift response to our request, as well as Senators Hoeven and Cramer and Representative Armstrong for advocating for this much-needed relief for North Dakotans.”

A presidential declaration unlocks FEMA public assistance to help cities, counties and townships pay for the costs of repairing roads and other infrastructure damaged by flooding. Preliminary assessments indicated that damage in the 18 counties was expected to exceed $8.3 million, with an additional $2 million in damage estimated to still be underwater. The North Dakota Department of Transportation also reported damages totaling $29.7 million to its network of Federal Aid System (FAS) roads.

In addition, the declaration also allows the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program to be implemented on a statewide basis to make federal grants available to help communities pay for flood mitigation projects that increase resiliency and reduce costs in the long run.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Gov. Doug Burgum’s real estate development firm was among hundreds of thousands of businesses nationwide to get loans from the Treasury Department’s Payroll Protection Program. In North Dakota, more than 19,700 businesses got more than $1.7 billion in federal aid designed to soften job losses due to the coronavirus. Among the more notable applicants was the Kilbourne Group that Burgum founded in 1996. The company says it used $558,000 to temporarily cover payroll for 27 employees. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Shelley Lenz says she received $180,000 that helped that her business through the pandemic without laying off any of her 20 employees.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The owner of the Dakota Access Pipeline is continuing to fill it with North Dakota crude oil and has no immediate plans to shut down the line, despite a federal judge’s order that it be stopped within 30 days for additional environmental review. Pipeline owner Energy Transfer asked the court Wednesday to halt the order, and is seeking an expedited appeal. Pipeline spokeswoman Vicki Granado says the company is not defying the judge’s order but the line isn’t being shut down for now. She says the company is still taking orders to move oil in August.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A North Dakota man has been ordered to pay $74,000 in restitution for poaching a trophy mule deer buck in northwestern New Mexico. The state Department of Game and Fish says Cody Davis also was ordered to make a $3,000 donation to the Operation Game Thief program. Authorities say Davis killed a mule deer out of season and didn’t have a license. The investigation started in 2015 when game officers found a large headless buck near Lindrith. They put up surveillance and say they caught Davis when he returned to retrieve the severed head stashed nearby. An attorney for Davis did not immediately return a message seeking comment.

In sports…

Babe Ruth Baseball….

Thursday

Charlie Brown Field.

Valley City  Kings 16 Oakes  Tornadoes 6

Valley City Kings  12 Oakes  Tornadoes 1

Phil Brown Classic Baseball Tournament July 10 – 12 At Jack Brown Stadium, Jamestown

July 10

National Pool (N)

G1: Gillette (Wyo.) vs. LaMoure, 9 a.m.

G2: LaMoure vs. Fergus Falls (Minn.), 11 a.m.

G3: Gillette vs. Fergus Falls

Quarterfinal and semifinal games to follow on Saturday.

Saturday: Classic’s skills competition at 2:30 p.m

Sunday

Fifth Place Game: 10-a.m.

Third Place Game: Noon

Championship Game: 2-p.m.

Jamestown  (CSi)   Jamestown Drag Racing Association (JDRA) will host drag races on Saturday July 11, and Sunday July 12, at Jamestown Regional Airport.

Gates open at 7-a.m. each day.

The event will accommodate changes to allow safe viewing a participation, in line with Health Department guideline due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Registration is available before the Drags take place, the day of the event. The fee to race one day is at $50 and $90 for both days.

Admission is $10.  Those six and under are admitted free.

Participants will compete in  six categories of races.

Gates will open at 7 AM each day. For more information, contact Michael Trautman at 701-320-9177 or email info@jamestowndragracing.com.

The  Drag Races have received grant funding from Jamestown Tourism.

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Dakota Anglers will be holding a Fish Fry Tournament at Pelican Point Landing on Saturday, July 11th.  This is a fishing tournament for the contestants followed by a fish fry and potluck meal for the membership.

Two person teams may enter; at least one team member must be a Dakota Anglers member or pay $20 dues to become a member.

Registration is from 7-8 at Four Winds Sharpening.  Fishing starts at 8 am.  Weigh in at Pelican Point Landing at 3 pm sharp.

Teams may fish any one legal North Dakota water that must be declared at registration.  Payback is 100%.  Plaques will be awarded for each winning team member and for largest walleye and largest northern.  Call Nathan at 701-200-2327 if you have any questions.

NBA

UNDATED (AP) — The legal fight over NBA rookie Zion Williamson’s endorsement potential now includes an allegation his family received $400,000 from a marketing agency before playing at Duke. Prime Sports Marketing and company president Gina Ford filed a lawsuit last summer in Florida, accusing Williamson and the agency now representing him of breach of contract. Williamson had filed a lawsuit in North Carolina to terminate a five-year contract with Prime Sports.

In court filings Thursday in North Carolina, Ford’s attorneys included a sworn affidavit from a California man who said the head of a Canadian-based firm called Maximum Management Group (MMG) told him he paid Williamson’s family for his commitment to sign with MMG once he left Duke for the NBA.

Williamson’s attorney says those documents are “fraudulent.”

The documents include a marketing agreement signed by Williamson with MMG from May 2019, a December 2019 “letter of declaration” signed by Williamson and his stepfather agreeing to pay $500,000 to MMG president Slavko Duric for “repayment of a loan” from October 2018, and a copy of Williamson’s South Carolina driver’s license.

In other NBA news:

— Full-scale practices inside the NBA bubble at the Disney complex have started. The Orlando Magic became the first team to formally return to the floor. By the close of business, all 22 teams participating in the restart were to be checked into their hotel and beginning their isolation from the rest of the world for what will be several weeks at least. And by Saturday, all teams should have practiced at least once.

— The Brooklyn Nets filled one of the openings on their roster by signing veteran Michael Beasley as a substitute player for the remainder of the season. The Nets will resume play without Spencer Dinwiddie and DeAndre Jordan after they tested positive for the coronavirus. They are also without Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and Wilson Chandler. Beasley was the No. 2 pick in the 2008 draft and has averaged 12.4 points over 11 seasons. He hasn’t played in the NBA since appearing for the Lakers in February 2019.

MLB-2021 SCHEDULE

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball will open the 2021 season on April 1 and hopes to have every team play its first game on the same day for the first time since 1968.

The league released the full schedule Thursday with this year’s 60-game regular season schedule scheduled to begin July 23 as clubs set to play only division foes and regional interleague opponents — AL East vs. NL East, AL Central vs. NL Central, AL West vs. NL West — to limit travel.

Clubs will resume full intraleague schedules in 2021, and interleague play will again align regionally.

The New York Mets will host the cross-town Yankees at Citi Field on the 20th anniversary of 9/11, the first time the Subway Series will take place on Sept. 11. The Yankees will host the Mets during Fourth of July weekend.

Atlanta will host the 91st All-Star Game on July 13 at Truist Park. It’s Atlanta’s first All-Star Game since hosting in 2000 at Turner Field.

 

— Baseball has its answer to World Cup soccer’s penalty kicks, NFL overtimes or NHL shootouts. And it figures to stir just as much debate as all those other forms of tiebreakers. Major League Baseball will start each extra inning this season by putting a runner on second base. The minor leagues have used this extra-inning format since 2018. MLB is experimenting with the rule this year in part to prevent marathon games from causing long-term damage to pitching staffs in a pandemic-shortened season.

— Anthony Rendon mostly spent the first few months of his seven-year contract with the Los Angeles Angels changing his daughters’ diapers and throwing a tennis ball at a wall. The $245 million third baseman is more than ready to get to work earning his riches, and the World Series winner doesn’t think it will take long to get back into championship form. Rendon is getting to know his teammates again after his first spring with the Angels was cut short by the coronavirus pandemic before he even got a chance to play in Anaheim. The most coveted hitter on the free agent market even got his World Series ring this week.

— Cody Bellinger is ready for whatever baseball’s shortened 60-game season brings. The All-Star slugger is looking to pick up where he left off after a stellar performance for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2019. The reigning NL MVP batted .305 with 47 homers and 115 RBIs for the NL West champions last year. He says the season figures to be “a once-in-a-lifetime thing” because of the changes brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.

— Cleveland Indians outfielder Franmil Reyes (FRAHN’-meel RAY’-uhs) has apologized for putting himself and his teammates at risk by not wearing a mask or practicing social distancing at a weekend holiday party. Reyes says he’s “learned from it and it won’t happen again.” The club kept Reyes away from its training camp after he was spotted on social media attending a Fourth of July get-together. Reyes had to be re-tested for the new coronavirus and cleared by Indians medical personnel before he was allowed to practice. He was acquired last year in a trade with the San Diego Padres.

— J.T. Realmuto isn’t worried about his contract situation. The All-Star catcher and the Philadelphia Phillies had preliminary discussions about a long-term deal before the coronavirus pandemic but talks between the two sides haven’t progressed since baseball returned last week. Realmuto is eligible for free agency after the season unless the Phillies sign him before he can test the market. He’s expected to seek at least $20 million per season. Last week, Phillies general manager Matt Klentak said the pandemic has changed the landscape of baseball. Lost revenue could affect salaries around the majors going forward.

 

VIRUS OUTBREAK-SPORTS

UNDATED (AP) — The Big Ten Conference says it will not play nonconference games in football or several other sports this fall because of the coronavirus pandemic. The league cited medical advice in reaching its decision, the biggest yet by a power conference.

Besides football, the sports affected include men’s and women’s cross country, field hockey, men’s and women’s soccer and women’s volleyball.

The announcement came a day after the Ivy League Conference canceled sporting events until at least January.

In other developments related to the COVID-19 pandemic:

— The Atlantic Coast Conference is putting fall competitions on hold until at least Sept. 1 due to the coronavirus pandemic, a move that won’t affect football as of now. The league announced the decision Thursday impacting non-revenue sports such as soccer, volleyball, field hockey and cross country. North Carolina State and Louisville meet on Sept. 2 in the first football game involving any league teams. Schools won’t be able to hold exhibitions or regular-season competition before that date, and it will be up to the schools to determine whether to reschedule any affected events. But the ACC isn’t barring teams from holding workouts and preseason practices “in anticipation of a fall season.”

— North Carolina State says five people tied to Wolfpack sports have tested positive for COVID-19. Athletics spokesman Fred Demarest says those positives came after the school tested 315 athletes, coaches and staff starting May 29. That’s a positive rate of roughly 1.6%.

— NFL teams will be prohibited from post-game interactions within 6 feet of each other so players won’t be allowed to exchange jerseys after games as part of the guidelines to help limit the spread of the coronavirus. Players and coaches are not required to wear masks, but everyone else on the sideline is. The league and the players’ union still haven’t agreed on testing and screening protocols.

— The plan to have fans at the World Golf Championships event in Memphis has been scrapped. Officials announced Thursday that the FedEx St. Jude Invitational at TPC Southwind will not have any spectators due to what they call “an abundance of caution.” Ticket purchases will be refunded automatically.

— China says it won’t stage any international sports for the rest of the year, apart from trials for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing and a neighboring city. The order from the General Administration of Sports affects at least six WTA tennis events, including the WTA Finals in Shenzhen in November. China also has four ATP tournaments lined up. Shanghai was also due to host two big golf events, the men’s HSBC Champions, a World Golf Championship event two weeks after the LPGA Shanghai.

— The spokesman for the Tokyo Olympics expects the postponed games to go ahead in 2021 despite a recent poll in Japan in which 77% of respondents said they did not believe the games could be held next year. The poll by the Japan News Network said only 17% thought it could be held next year in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.

— CBS will get an early start on its Champions League deal by showing games next month when the pandemic-delayed competition resumes. The rights to the rest of this Champions League season and all of next season became available last month when Turner opted out of its 2018-21 deal for exclusive English language rights in the United States. This season’s competition resumes on Aug. 7 and ends with an eight-team knockout tournament in Lisbon, Portugal. The final is on Aug. 23.

— A horse named for Dr. Anthony Fauci has won his first race at Keeneland. The 2-year-old colt won by a length Thursday as the heavy favorite against 11 rivals in the $70,000 race at the Lexington, Kentucky, track. Fauci ran 5 1/2 furlongs on turf in 58.65 seconds under jockey Tyler Gaffalione and paid $4.20 to win. Fauci finished second in his career debut at New York’s Belmont Park last month.

— World champion sprinter Noah Lyles was the star attraction in a rare track meet in 2020 held on Thursday that didn’t go quite to plan. Lyles lined up in the 200 meters on a Florida track while two opponents started simultaneously in Switzerland and the Netherlands. It was the marquee race of storied Swiss meet Weltklasse which synchronized athletes competing in seven different stadiums across Europe and the United States. Turned out 200 meters for the others was only a 185-meter race for Lyles. And the clock that stopped at 18.90 seconds wasn’t a world record for Lyles ahead of Usain Bolt’s iconic 19.19. Lyles later tweeted his starting block was placed in the wrong lane.

— The imagery evoked by Dana White’s crazy idea for holding mixed martial arts fights on a tropical island was undeniably intoxicating. A few months later, the project that came to be known as Fight Island is real and ready for competition. And while Fight Island is not exactly the idyllic scene evoked by its name, the octagon inside an air-conditioned arena on Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island also sits inside a bubble that seems highly unlikely to burst. Fight Island will host four UFC events in 14 days, starting with three championship fights at UFC 251 this weekend.

MLS-NEWS

 

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Gustavo Bou scored in the 56th minute to give the New England Revolution a 1-0 victory over the Montreal Impact in the MLS is Back tournament Thursday night. Bou maneuvered atop the penalty area before a blast that goalkeeper Clement Diop couldn’t stop in the match played without fans at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports complex at Walt Disney World. Revolution goalkeeper Matt Turner preserved the victory in stoppage time with a big save on Ballou Tabla’s curling shot from distance.

In other MLS news:

— Nashville SC has withdrawn from Major League Soccer’s MLS is Back tournament in Florida after nine players tested positive for the coronavirus. Nashville is the second team to withdraw from the tournament. FC Dallas had to pull out after 10 players and a coach tested positive for COVID-19. The league is revising its schedule to reflect Nashville’s withdrawal. The tournament started Wednesday.

PGA-MEMORIAL-WOODS

 

DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Tiger Woods announced Thursday on Twitter he will play next week at the Memorial, a tournament he has won a record five times, as he goes after his record 83rd career victory on the PGA Tour.

It will end a five-month break from competition for Woods. He last played on Feb. 16 at the Genesis Invitational, where he shot 76-77 at chilly Riviera to finish alone in last place.

In other PGA news:

— Collin Morikawa had his first forced weekend off when he missed the cut two weeks ago for the first time in his pro career. He bounced back in a big way. Morikawa made a strong debut at Muirfield Village with a 7-under 65 for a one-shot lead over Adam Hadwin. It was a quiet day of work with no fans at the course Jack Nicklaus built. Phil Mickelson made noise early until a 41 on the back nine left him in danger of missing another cut. This is the first of two straight events at Muirfield Village.

– Dylan Frittelli says it was hard not to feel like an outcast at the Workday Charity Open. But at least he was playing. He was part of the COVID-19 grouping with Nick Watney and Denny McCarthy. All three tested positive for the coronavirus. They all self-isolated for 10 days or more. And then they all tested positive again. Under CDC guidelines the PGA Tour is following, they were cleared to play even with a positive test. Tour medical advisers says nasal tests can pick up the virus, but after 10 days it’s no longer believed to be contagious.

NASCAR-XFINITY-KENTUCKY

SPARTA, Ky. (AP) — Austin Cindric won the first of two NASCAR Xfinity Series races at Kentucky Speedway, charging past Chase Briscoe on an overtime restart Thursday night for his first victory of the season and first on an oval. Cindric spent most of the first two stages chasing Noah Gragson, the pole-sitter who seemed poised to dominate all three segments. Cindric then took charge on a series of restarts in Team Penske’s No. 22 Ford Mustang. On the last one, he went around Briscoe on the outside and pulled away before a last-lap wreck ended the race. The 21-year-old Cindric had eight top-10s on ovals before breaking through on the 1.5-mile Kentucky layout. His only other series victories came last year on road courses at Watkins Glen and Mid-Ohio.

NHL-

UNDATED (AP) — The New Jersey Devils have hired veteran coach Lindy Ruff to take over one of the NHL’s youngest teams. Ruff replaces interim coach Alain Nasreddine (ah-LAYN’ NAZ’-reh-deen), who guided the Devils to a 19-16-8 record after replacing John Hynes.

The 60-year-old Ruff had been an assistant coach with the New York Rangers. He previously coached the Dallas Stars and the Buffalo Sabres, leading the Sabres to the Stanley Cup Final in 1999.

New Jersey also removed the interim tag from Tom Fitzgerald’s title as general manager. Fitzgerald had served as interim general manager since January.

TENNIS-WTA CHANGES

 

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The WTA Tour will allow players to count results from March 2019 through December 2020 under a revised rankings system when tennis resumes next month. Players will count their best 16 results in singles and best 11 in doubles during that window to determine their rankings points. Results usually count over 52 weeks. Players cannot use the same event twice if it was played in both 2019 and 2020. The WTA also added two events to its provisional schedule Thursday. The Prague Open in the Czech Republic and the Top Seed Open in Lexington, Kentucky will be played the week of Aug. 10.

 

COLLEGE BASKETBALL-T25

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Texas Tech has signed 7-foot-1 Russian center Vladislav Goldin. Coach Chris Beard announced Goldin’s signing Thursday. Goldin is from Nalchik, Russia. Goldin played last season at Putnam Science Academy in Connecticut. He also played for Russia’s U18 and U19 national teams, and for three seasons with CSKA Moscow’s Junior Team. The center is the eighth player that has signed with the Red Raiders, including Division I transfers Mac McClung (Georgetown), Jamarius Burton (Wichita State), Marcus Santos-Silva (Virginia Commonwealth). There was also a junior college transfer and three high school signees.

OHIO STATE-TEAM DOCTOR

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A former Ohio State student health director faces potential discipline from the state medical board for failing to report several sexual misconduct complaints in the mid-1990s about a doctor now accused of abusing young men for two decades. The citation makes former director Ted Grace the first individual to face such action in the wake of allegations that Ohio State officials long turned a blind eye to misconduct by now-deceased doctor Richard Strauss. He now leads student health services at Southern Illinois University.

SYRACUSE-DIVERSITY DIRECTOR

UNDATED (AP) — Syracuse University has added an athletic director of diversity, culture and climate in a new position within the department of athletics.

Salatha Willis is charged with developing and implementing new ways to create an equitable culture for the university’s student-athletes, administrators, coaches and staff in the athletic department.

The move is a response to the racial tension that has wracked the country, including a period of social unrest on campus last fall. There were more than a dozen reports last November of racist graffiti and vandalism targeting Blacks, Jews, Asians and Native Americans.

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MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Fay has slightly picked up speed and strength as it moves closer to land and forecasters decreased projections for rain totals and flooding. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says Fay is expected to bring 2 to 4 inches of rain with the possibility of flash flooding in parts of the mid-Atlantic and southern New England. That’s down from earlier forecasts of 3 to 5 inches. The storm is producing top sustained winds of 50 mph, up from 45 mph. A tropical storm warning is in effect from Cape May, New Jersey, to Watch Hill, Rhode Island. The warning area includes Long Island and the Long Island Sound in New York.

 

BEIJING (AP) — Two World Health Organization experts are heading to the Chinese capital to lay the groundwork for a larger mission to investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. They will meet with Chinese counterparts in Beijing to set the scope and terms of reference for a WHO-led international mission aimed at learning how the virus jumped from animals to humans. The mission is sensitive because the U.S. has moved to cut ties with WHO over allegations it mishandled the outbreak and is biased toward China. More than 120 nations have called for an investigation into the origins of the virus.

 

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says she doesn’t expect her brother to meet President Donald Trump this year. Kim Yo Jong says there’s no reason for the North to gift Trump high-profile meetings when it’s not being substantially rewarded in return. She called for major concessions from Washington to keep alive diplomacy. Kim Yo Jong spoke as the U.S.’s top official on the Koreas is in Asia. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun earlier accused a senior North Korean nuclear negotiator of being “locked in an old way of thinking.” His remarks indicated Washington won’t likely make concessions to resume the talks despite the North’s pressure.

 

KNIGHTSEN, Calif. (AP) — A sheriff’s office in Northern California says three deputies were shot and a suspect is dead in a shooting that followed an hourslong standoff. The Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office says in a news release the shooting happened Thursday at a home in Knightsen. Deputies responded to reported domestic violence. Authorities say the suspect shot at deputies throughout the day but refused to surrender. Officials say the suspect later came outside and shot at deputies. Deputies returned fire. The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene. Two deputies were taken to the hospital. Their conditions are unknown.

 

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Joe Biden’s presidential campaign has tapped a senior team in Iowa. It’s a sign that Democrats see the state where Republican Donald Trump beat them handily in 2016 as within reach. The campaign told The Associated Press that Biden is naming veteran Democratic operative Jackie Norris as his senior adviser of a team in Iowa. Joining Norris as Biden’s Iowa campaign director is Lauren Dillon, who directed Amy Klobuchar’s Iowa caucus campaign. Trump beat Hillary Clinton by 9 percentage points in the state four years ago. A competitive race in Iowa likely signals trouble for Trump in states he won by smaller margins.