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  2020-08-27

  Playing D1 Athletics during the Covid Pandemic

  I am on the women’s soccer team at Arizona State University, and the world’s way of handling sports during the pandemic was ever changing and interesting to say the least. This photograph depicts me playing soccer outside while fully masked. At the start of the pandemic, all sports were put on a complete hold and all athletes were sent home. The next progression was that we were able to return to campus, however we must practice fully masked and maintain no contact with other athletes. As you can imagine, running sprints in August in Arizona was no easy feat, but nobody complained and everyone was just happy to get back on the field. Within a couple of months, we were able to resume contact, remove masks, and play against other schools as long as weekly testing was enforced. As the year has progressed and vaccinations have become readily available, the restrictions for vaccinated individuals have been almost completely lifted and testing is no longer required. This pandemic has completely changed my outlook on sports and life in general. It is so easy to dread the early morning practices, the hard team workouts or count down the days until your next off day. However, once those things are completely taken away from you, you truly realize how lucky you are to even be on the field in the first place. This pandemic, in all that it has taken from us, has given me a sense of appreciation for all the little things that I used to dread. I find myself being much more optimistic in the hard moments than I was before, and I have been able to be much more grateful for the opportunities that I have been given. I truly do think that this lesson will carry over into my life beyond athletics, and that I will have a different outlook on seemingly dreadful tasks. You never know when a global pandemic could suddenly put your life on hold.
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  2020-09-10

  New research shows COVID-19 link to heart damage

  a press release from Banner Health encouraging cardiac screenings for student-athletes as new research has revealed potential heart damage as an after effect from the virus.
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  07/22/2021

  Research shows COVID-19 link to heart damage

  Banner Health experts are encouraging cardiac screenings for student-athletes as new research has revealed potential heart damage as a potential after effect from COVID-19 infection.
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  07/22/2021

  COVID-19 and myocarditis

  Interview with Medical Director Steven Erickson, MD, as well as a physical therapist and a patient about COVID-19 effects on myocarditis, including diagnosis and treatment.
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  2021-05-19

  I am Dylann Roof

  It's a personal essay about race in America and the need for white ownership.
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  2020-09-15

  Naomi Osaka Raises Awareness of Black Genocide

  Love this representation of Naomi Osaka by @_granddaughter (via @drcegreen ) Posted @withregram • @_granddaughter Naomi Osaka, a Black and Asian professional tennis player and the highest paid female athlete, will be wearing a different mask everyday of the US Open to raise awareness about the “continued genocide of Black people.” Whether you have a worldwide audience like Naomi or just a few insty followers, how are you standing up for what is right? Her murderers are still free 🤬 - Jonathan Mattingly, Brett Hankisom, and Myles Cosgrove must be arrested. . . . #breonnataylor #naomiosaka #usopen #black #asian #japanese #haitian #womenempowerment #justiceforbreonnataylor #nojusticenopeace #usopen2020 #queen #nike #blackwomen #blacklivesmatter #blm #asianwomen #womenofillustration #womensupportingwomen #womenoftype #biden2020 #bidenharris2020
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  2020-12-16

  Suffolk Masks

  Everyone has a mask these days and they are all so unique or plain. Suffolk created their own mask along with a few other styles that students could buy. It is easier to recognize suffolk students when wearing these masks. It is cool to see Suffolk step up and be a part of the pandemic and create new things for their students. Us athletes got a separate mask, seen in the second photo, it is called a gaitor. A lot of the athletes would wear them walking or at practice/in the gym. It separates the athletes from the regular students. Suffolk wanted to be a part of this history so they created these masks. These objects are important to Suffolk’s history through the pandemic and how they chose to help their students out. This is also significant in the year 2020 because everyone was designing their own masks and it was cool to see how all of the colleges and universities came together to create their own masks and contribute to today’s history.
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  2020-12-16

  Some College Athletes are Marginalized?

  This search really opened my eyes to all of the colleges that are not division I and how they are marginalized. I read an article from the ncaa explaining all of the covid guidelines and regulations regarding all of the different schools. Division I schools are still allowed to play but it was postponed due to Covid rather than lower division schools' seasons getting cancelled and their championships. All of the hard work that athletes train for and they don’t get to show how they’ve grown but division I athletes get to go further with their passion for sports. This is important to me because my team is directly related to this topic of not being able to play and having everything still up in the air while division I schools are allowed to participate. This is important to archivists showing the discrepancies regarding different level school along with the sports that are allowed to play.
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  2020-12-16

  Suffolk Softball During The Pandemic

  These photos were taken during the pandemic at our practices. As you can see, we are all wearing masks in the photo along with there only being a few of us in each of them. This really shows the differences between before and after Covid. There are no pictures of team events because we weren’t allowed to do anything with more than 10 people so we were on zoom a lot of the time for meetings and team things like study hall. This was a hard time for all of us and not being together through it all, a few people quit and stayed home so it was extremely different from times before everything happened. It was difficult to keep the mask on and breathing was quite hard as well, we took many socially distanced breaks to get a drink and pull our masks down for a minute or so. This is important to understand how different sports were throughout before the pandemic versus while we are in it and trying to figure out different solutions to problems. Every team had to go through the same thing we did with masks and social distancing and cleaning properly but it just adds to more about Suffolk Softball and how captured the moments throughout the pandemic which is important to archives.
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  2020-12-16

  Finding out our Season was Cancelled

  All of these photos were taken after our last game of the trip along with the last of our season. We found out our season was cancelled the day before and our coaches planned all of this in a day. Also two of our coaches who stayed in Boston flew all the way down to Florida to watch our last day of games and experience it all with us. It was crazy and overwhelming. The game before the last one got cut short because the other team’s coach got a call from their school saying they need to come back immediately because of Covid. This is when we knew it was real and it was over for real. It was a lot of sadness and the seniors did not want to go out like that. Every single senior athlete went through this same thing at every college and high school, all around the country. These photos give the viewer a personal aspect of Suffolk softball and how we dealt with it along with some words that our coach wrote in one of the Instagam posts. It allows historians to look back at how the pandemic affected athletes and maybe compare Suffolk softball to other schools and look at the timeline of before, finding out, and during the pandemic. These images are important to this archive because it is directly related with what is going on today and if people wanted to learn about this then there should be some sort of information on it because there are very little personal stories about athletics.
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  2020-12-16

  Suffolk Softball Before the Pandemic

  These photos represent what softball at Suffolk was all about before the COVID pandemic started. As a team, we did everything together and that was normal and we did not have to wear masks and socially distance. We did Christmas events together and team Thanksgiving and it allowed us to really bond as a team and have that comradery every team looks for. We also went on the annual spring trip to Florida to play softball and our coach planned fun events throughout the two weeks we were there. But it all ended so fast because Covid hit and that made our trip end differently than ever imagined. These photos are good for future historians to look at to be able to compare to suffolk softball before the pandemic versus after. Photos make it more realistic and really give people a look as to what we did as a team. This is important to this archive because people can relate to it along with using this information to research further.
• 2020-11-11

  Massachusetts School Sports Passes

  Throughout Massachusetts, parents and high school students feared their sports being canceled due to COVID. The state quickly came up with guidelines that would deter the spread of the virus. The guideline that affected not only the athletes, but the family and friends of the players was the spectator passes. Two spectator passes were given to each coach and player on the team to make sure there was no crowding occurring at the games. Spectators must also wear face coverings at all times even at outdoor sports. They also must stay 6 feet apart from any other families during the game. Locker rooms are closed, and players must dress before going to the game. The players while on travel and while they are not playing must wear face coverings when with non-family members. All these guidelines were made by the state to keep the players and family members of the players safe from the virus and they allow for high school sports to continue.
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  2020-11-06

  Not So Lost Season in the Big Sky State

  College Student/Athletes prep for a possible spring season in Big Sky country.
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  2020-10-27

  五輪コロナ対策会議　無症状陽性に複数回検査検討へ(2020年10月27日) - Olympic Corona Countermeasures Conference: Asymptomatic positive multiple test studies (October 27, 2020)

  27日に開かれる東京オリンピック・パラリンピックの新型コロナウイルス対策会議で、陽性と判定された選手が無症状の場合、複数回の検査を行うことを検討することが分かりました。 　大会に出場する選手が陽性と判定された場合、その選手が出場できないことも想定されます。このため、無症状でも陽性と判断された選手に対して複数回の検査を行うことが検討されます。また、濃厚接触者の特定にあたっては、チーム競技か個人競技かや、格闘技など多くの接触を伴う競技かを踏まえたうえで、試合直前までに陰性と証明されれば出場を認めることも検討されます。組織委員会は「感染症対策センター」を設置して、選手の健康状況を確認したい考えです。 On 27th, at the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics' New Coronavirus Countermeasures Conference, it was concluded that if athletes who test positive are asymptomatic, they have considered to do multiple tests. If a player who participates in the tournament is found to be positive, it is assumed that the player cannot participate. For this reason, it is considered to perform multiple tests on athletes who are asymptomatic but positive. In addition, if the participants were found to be in close contact with the infected participants, they have considered to allow participation if they prove that they are negative until right before the match, based on whether it is a team competition or an individual competition, or a competition that involves a lot of contact such as martial arts. The Organizing Committee wants to set up an "Infectious Disease Control Center" to check the health status of athletes.
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  2020-10-22

  Adjustments to How Athletes Warm-Up

  The object is a photograph of the Auxiliary Courts in the St. Mary’s University Athletics Center. To ensure the social distancing of athletes while they warm up to enter the weight room green and red tape have been placed on the courts. The first team entering the facility in the morning will use the space around the green tape and sanitize on their way out, the second group will use the red tape area to warm up and the rotation will continue.
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  2020-04-03

  CIF Statement Regarding 2020 Spring Sports

  State media release issued by the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) announcing the cancellation of all remaining spring sporting events for the remainder of the school year. Although many classes were able to transition to online learning, team sports were not replicable in quarantine with mandatory social distancing orders in place.
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  2020-05-15

  COVID-19 Through the Eyes of a Teenager

  A Colorado teenager describes their experience during COVID-19
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  2020-03-23

  FloSoftball

  The image is a college softball player that ran into the wall after going after a ball. The meme part of the tweet is a dialog friend: how's quarantine going? me: good I just stare at my wall. This tells us that student-athletes are bored being at home because of the pandemic.