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COVID is an increasingly serious problem across professional sports

Related Topics: COVID-19, National Hockey League

Professional sports have a serious problem.

It isn’t CBA negotiations (except baseball). It isn’t off-field conduct, either. It’s still COVID, and the implications on all three active major sports is unprecedented.

As of Tuesday, the NFL had 100 players in COVID protocol. Wednesday morning began with news that Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stafanski, who has received both shots and a booster, has tested positive as well.

Browns’ QB Baker Mayfield has tested positive for COVID-19, sources tell @FieldYates, @ByKimberleyA and me. Unless he produces two negative tests between Saturday, he’s out vs.