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Seven members of the New York Yankees’ coaching and support staff have tested positive for Covid-19 despite being inoculated with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, the baseball team’s manager said. Six of the seven do not have symptoms, Aaron Boone said Wednesday. The single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine was 72% effective against Covid-19 among US

Seven members of the New York Yankees’ coaching and support staff have tested positive for Covid-19 despite being inoculated with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, the baseball team’s manager said. Six of those seven people do not have symptoms, Aaron Boone said Wednesday. The single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine was 72% effective against Covid-19 among

On the court, six-time NBA champion and basketball Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was famous for the goggles he used to play in. Off it, Abdul-Jabbar had his eyes on a very different prize — to use his platform to highlight the importance of social issues and the need for reform. In recognition of his

The Champions League final between Manchester City and Chelsea is to be played in Porto instead of Istanbul, European football’s governing body UEFA said on Thursday. UEFA opted to move the showpiece event to Portugal as the country is one of few places Britons can travel to easily amid Covid-19 restrictions. Turkey, on the other

It’s a tweet that’s received 265,000 likes, been retweeted more than 88,000 times and prompted almost 12,000 comments. In a widely shared Twitter post, Liverpool and Egypt star Mo Salah urged world leaders, specifically British Minister Boris Johnson, “to do everything in their power to make sure the violence and killing of innocent people stops

Manchester City can finally celebrate becoming the new English Premier League champion after fierce rivals Manchester United lost to Leicester City 2-1 on Tuesday. United needed to win the game to keep its title hopes mathematically alive, but goals from Caglar Soyuncu and Luke Thomas condemned Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s much changed side to defeat, despite

Russell Westbrook of the Washington Wizards has notched his 182nd career NBA triple-double, breaking Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson’s record for the most in league history. The record had stood since 1974, the year Robertson retired. “Russell Westbrook, I’m very happy for you,” Robertson said in a recorded video message. “Your family is very proud