andy scholes has more on the bleacher report. >> some team executives want to just cancel the rest of season. but king james says that's not what he's hearing. lebron tweeted, that's absolutely not true. nobody i know is saying anything like that. as soon as it's safe, we'd like to finish our season. i'm ready and our team is ready. nobody should be canceling anything. boston celtics co-owner told cnn erin burnett, he agrees with lebron. >> lebron is consistent with what adam silver is trying to do. he's looking at the data every day. he's a fact-based commissioner. his big concern, he wants the players to go back safely and fans to be safe when fans come back. >> nascar, meanwhile, officially announcing that drivers will restart their engines may 17th. the green flags at darlington raceway in south carolina. but there will be no fans in the stands. nascar plans to hold seven races over 11 days when they return to the track. but there will be no celebrations at the little league world series this summer. for the first time since 1947 when the event began, the tournament has been cance

andy scholes for us. thanks very much.ight now. >>> this weekend, texas reported its most dramatic increase in the coronavirus cases. >> we would test everybody there. we would do contact tracing in isolation. >> these tools allow us to be reopened. >> the cdc let the country down with the testing. thid a bad test. that did set us back. >> when you hear the talk, you can tell there's an agenda. >> he was an incompetent president. that's all i can say. grossly incompetent. >> finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they're doing. >> this is "new day." welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is "new day." this morning, why are coronavirus cases spiking in texas? what does that tell us? the largest single-day increase in cases we have seen there yet. why are cases up in a third of the country and down in another third? what does that tell us. these are the questions so important now that restricting are being lifted across the country. beaches in n

andy scholes with much more in the bleacher report.resting. >> it is interesting. good morning to you. thousands of major league baseball players took part in what researchers are calling the largest national antibody study to date. and of the more than 5700 participants which ranked from players to team employees to even vendors at stadiums, researchers say only 60 of the 5700 tested positive for covid-19 antibodies. that comes to a positive test rate of .7%. the scientists say the studies had not been peer reviewed and small number of tests may be difficult to draw conclusions about the extent of the pandemic in large maetropolitan areas, they also say the results of the study won't have any bearing on when major league baseball will be able to begin the 2020 regular season. in the meantime, patriots owner robber kraft doing his part to help feed frontline workers during this pandemic. he told cnn's wolf blitzer that he's actually auctioning off one of his six super bowl rings to try to raise money, john. the auction, up to $330,000

berlin upset hoffenheim byron's win against promoted side only on berlin was less of a surprise yes scholes and points count even in ghost games but how many weeks can this new situation go on. the continuation of the bundesliga season as more front yard how for 4 days have the final say individual teams 2nd division side to namo able to restart best season this weekend is up to 2 of their players tested positive for the coronavirus resulting in the entire team name sent into quarantine for 2 weeks. the question now hangs over the entire league put this also happen to other teams even in the top flight. this weekend was supposed to be the final match day of the season but there are still 8 more rounds to go by and munich remain 4 points ahead of dortmund with gladbach and leipzig close behind. on top the bottom half of the table followed by character and rooney on berlin and . things are still looking for patter born raymond and they're sold off. so they did it to the bundesliga navigated some pretty tricky social and political waters to restart before any of the other top tier. but will th

beckham, scholes, giggs and a young lad called luke chadwick.asy. he was vilified, not for the way he played, but for the way he looked. it was quite childish, things around spots on my face, teeth sticking out and that sort of thing. although, i think it's more the repetition of being said over and over again, more than one specific thing which probably, in the end, it sort of lowers your self—esteem a lot and feels like that's all that i'm known for. it wasn't just fans at the game, the humiliation went further in online forums, doctored pictures and national television. there's a tv show called, "they think it's all over", that was on years ago that was really popular and i sort of became a picture of fun on that, on most episodes. still, it's not the first time a man united photograph has been wrecked, this photo of luke chadwick was ruined when luke chadwick turned up. laughter and applause. one of the show‘s team captains gary lineker has today apologised on social media. the host of the programme expressed his profound regret. i'm appalle

beckham, scholes, giggs and a young lad called luke chadwick. for the way he played, but for the way he looked. it was quite childish, things around spots on my face, teeth sticking out and that sort of thing. although, i think it's more the repetition of being said over and over again, more than one specific thing which probably, in the end, it sort of lowers your self—esteem a lot and feels like that's all that i'm known for. it wasn't just fans at the game, the humiliation went further in online forums, doctored pictures and national television. there's a tv show called, "they think it's all over", that was on years ago that was really popular and i sort of became a picture of fun on that, on most episodes. still, it's not the first time a man united photograph has been wrecked, this photo of luke chadwick was ruined when luke chadwick turned up. laughter and applause. one of the show‘s team captains gary lineker has today apologised on social media. the host of the programme expressed his profound regret. i'm appalled, i'm appealled, really.

to spend a lot of time washing our hands and we have to be attentive to the clean ups conducted in scholes many people desperately want their kids to have some structure back in their lives and they're being asked to leave the house and work if they can these are hard choices with uncertain science but. i'm not that worried of explaining to my daughter one has to be done in any case i had to go back to work in childcare. 5 months without school would have been difficult that's what was scaring me inevitably there's a lot of pushback in the u.k. nearly half a 1000000 people have signed a petition calling on paris to have a choice about whether they have to send children back potentially next month and so too in france the matter of nice couldn't agree more. from a purely for me it's important for families to have a choice all the families who want to their kids to go back to school i've wanted for them to do it in the best possible conditions. excited children totally understandable and just parents equally so in the new normal it seems everyone has to accept to some degree or another that

andy scholes is with us.h terps closer to home. >> reporter: that's right, john, at least for now we have something we can wash. this could provide a glimpse of what we could be see when baseball does return. south korea baseball league, they didn't, of course, did not have fans, but they put up signs of fans, and they all had masks on, which was kind of an interesting sight. no cheering, but there's images of people watching. they had police officer introductions and the national anthems, they were all wearing masks as well. they were standing within six feet. then when it came to the actual game on the field, i definitely had a different field you had umpires with gloves and masks, coaches wears gloves and masks, and then, you know, look at this home run. no fans in the stands. the commentators had no idea where the ball was, because there were no fans to react. they have rules for the organization right now while they're playing. john, there's no spitsing, no high-fives, but as you can see some of the guy

andy scholes has more in the bleacher report. >> if all goes well, we could potentially have the nball both back on tof by the end of july. the athletic reporting that they sent a memo saying the players and the nba, they want to resume the regular season and have the playoffs. commissioner adam silver, meanwhile, held a conference call with the board of governors yesterday. according to espn, adrian woej now ski say the discussions focused on the health and safety concerns. a big step is getting everyone comfortable with the idea that the league would not shut back down if one person tests positive for covid-19. how many positive tests would shut down the league again? that's being discussed. according to woj, and commissioner silver, they will make a decision on restarting the season. cnn reached out to the nba and the union about these conversations but has not heard back. the one site idea seems to be the likely scenario for the return. according to woj, it's on walt disney world and las vegas. michael bass tells cnn, we have been approached by multiple properties regarding poten

andy scholes has more in the bleacher report. andy? >> good morning, jim.have a big live sporpting event back this weekend to watch. it was so much fun. the match of champions for charity, it pitted tiger woods and peyton manning against phil mickelson and tom brady. a difficult 2020 fashion, it was pouring rain for much of the event. but i'll tell you what, tom brady, he was out there making all of us mortals feel great about our golf game. he was struggling badly early on. could not find the fairways. charles barkley, notoriously bad golfer was telling brady he could even beat him. then brady went out and did this. >> you made it. >> oh! >> shut your mouth, chuck. take medicine. >> shot of the day. brady earning $100,000 for charity with that shot. he also split his pants in the process, which is great. in the end, it was tiger and peyton winning. no losers here. these four and our parent company helping raise more than $20 million for covid-19 relief efforts. i tell you what, jim, it was a lot of fun watching these four out there going through 18 holes.

andy scholes with the details and the bleacher report. andy, this is different, it is unusual. guess at least they're going to play. >> yeah. i mean, it's what they have to do. we're going to get this season in >> there's still a lot of details to be worked out. but we should have hockey this summeras you said. they outlined the return to play plans yesterday. he said the regular season is over. 24 of the 31 teams are going to return to the ice and go straight to the playoffs. betman did not say when the games will begin. he announced the earliest training camps to open would be july 1st. the plans to be named in two hub cities without fans in the stands. >> as we see some return to normalcy, this is an important day, particularly for nhl fans. i know i join sports fans everywhere when we say we cannot wait for our players to hit the ice again. >> the nhl now has a plan. as for the nfl, the plan has never changed. miami dolphins owner steven roth believes the season is going to start on time. >> i think it definitely will be a football season this year. the real question is, wi

live sports champions for charity andy scholes has it all in the bleacher report.y. >> i'm impressed at your love for tom brady, it has not wavered at all even though he left your patriots this off-season. when you think about iconic sports rivalries between individuals, over the last two decades, it doesn't get bigger than brady versus manning, tiger versus phil. we're going to get them all on the same golf course this sunday afternoon. the trash talk started right away between the four. brady posting this picture to instagram. phil won the inaugural match over tiger back in 2018. brady says he's confident he'll help phil defend his title against tiger and peyton. >> my golf isn't quite what it was at one point. i got a good partner. >> i would have loved to have this tournament in a place where they don't like tom very much, indianapolis, denver, boston after he betrayed them and broke their hearts. >> this is the trophy for the match. i don't know how you know what it looks like. you might have caught a glimpse. that's actually what the trophy looks like had you

andy scholes has more in the bleacher report. andy, what does that mean? >> good morning, alisyn.the teams in the big four scores, the nfl, nba, the nhl, major league baseball, they come from those three states. the governors saying this is a big step forward to getting all those leagues back in action. california governor gavin newsom, he expects pro sports back in his state in early june playing without fans. earlier this month, newsom had said it would be hard to imagine a stadium full of fans in his state if there isn't a vaccine. texas governor says leagues can apply for approval to hold events without fans on may 31st. new york governor andrew cuomo didn't give a timetable for sports to return in his state, but did say he's ready for it to come back. >> hockey, basketball, baseball, football, whoever can reopen, we're a ready, willing, and able partner. personal disclosure, i want to watch the buffalo bills. >> now, the men's u.s. open set to take place at wing foot golf club in september there in new york while the women's u.s. open set to take place in texas in december. b

andy scholes has more in this morning's "bleacher report." hi, andy. >> good morning, laura.now, there's still a lot of details to be worked out, but one thing is for sure, we are going to have hockey this summer. so, nhl commissioner gary bettman outlined the return-to-play plan yesterday. he says the regular season is over. 24 of the 31 teams will return to the ice and go straight to the stanley cup playoffs. bettman did not say when the games will begin, but he did announce that the earliest training camps would open would be july 1st. the plan is to host games in two yet-to-be-named club cities without fans in the stands. >> as we see some return to normalcy, this is an important day, particularly for nhl fans. i know i join sports fans everywhere when we say we cannot wait for our players to hit the ice again. >>> all right, so, the nhl now has a plan. as for the nfl, the plan has never changed. miami dolphins owner stephen ross believes the season will start on time. >> i think it's definitely going to be a football season this year. the real question is, will there be

andy scholes with more on the bleacher report. >> good morning, john.gest obstacle for baseball returning is agreeing on the money. according to multiple reports, the owners want the players to agree to a 50/50 split of the revenue for this season, which is going to be way down. the two sides agree to the players taking a prorated salary back in march and trevor bauer says the owners asking for more is laughable. >> to ask us basically, take more risk by getting back sooner and take less pay than you've already agreed, we've already agreed to take under this proposal, 82 games, half -- 50% pay cuts. now they're asking us to take another pay cut. >> the nba meanwhile working on ways to complete its season if possible. celtics star jaylen brown, also the vice president of the players association told cnn, brianna keeler that safety is the top priority. >> we don't want to come back too early and make the people feel like things are okay and things are not. all of us want to play. i think everything leads to the players wanting to proceed to play. we want

andy scholes with more. >> despite the team facilities remaining closed until further notice, the leagueopes to start the 2020 season as planned in september. executive vice president of football operations troy vincent told our coy wire that the nfl's return hinges on the advice from medical experts. >> we're moving forward as we would normally do until the medical community tells us that we need to make an adjustment. here are the number of people who can go back into the facility. here's the processes that you have in place. so public safety first. safety of personnel, safety of the players. that all comes first. so we literally have been guided on a daily basis, making the adjustments on a daily basis as the science and the medical community tells us to do so. >> the regular season schedule comes out tomorrow night. the hall of fame game between the cowboys and steelers is three months from today. august 6th in canton, ohio. there's no word on if or when the nba season will tip off again. in the meantime, lebron is staying in shape and putting together an all-star team for a virtual

kmingser rob manfred says he's confident the league will reach an agreement with the players, andy scholesr report." are you as confident, andy? >> reporter: wavering a little. nervous whether we'll have a baseball season. rob manfred was on cnn's town hall and actually said if they didn't owners could lose up to $4 billion. according to multiple reports, owners want the players to split 50/50. players say that's not happening. they've already reach add deal in march. saying yesterday with the risks so high, he's not playing for a reduced salary. manfred says, though, with new protocols he hopes to convince players it will be safe and optimistic they will work this out. >> whenever there's a discussion about economics, publicly people tend to characterize it as a fight. me, personally, i have great confidence that we'll reach an agreement with the players association. both that it's safe to come back to work, and work out the economic issues that need to be resolved. >> reporter: manfred also said they will test players maultipl times and results from the lab within 24 hours. if a player t

andy scholes has more in the bleacher report. hey, andy. >> good morning, john.is going to be holding ufc in jacksonville on saturday. it will be the first live professional sporting event in the u.s. since everything was shut down in march. there will be no fans in the arena. white telling cnn, taking every precaution possible. >>> i believe that we can pull this off and do it safe. i don't think that you're going to see crowds back at live sports for a while. listen, we have families, too. i have a family. i don't want to hurt my family. i don't want to die. at what point who are is first? who is going to be first and get out there and find out? i'm flying down to florida. i'm staying there for ten days. i'm sleeping in the hotel. i'm doing everything that everybody else is doing. we believe that we've got this as safe as we possibly can. we're going to be first and we're going to do it. >> ufc 249 was originally scheduled for last month after executives told white to stand by on trying to hold it. we'll get that back this weekend. the nfl is telling us they pl

andy scholes has more on the bleacher report. >> if this plan works out, it would be pretty cool.s, every team would be in it when the post season rolls around. multiple outlets including the new york times and espn say the owners are proposing a shortened spring training starting in june, games begin july 4th weekend, play 82 regular season games as opposed to 162. they would expand the post season from 10 to 14 teams. teams play on more geographical schedules to limit travel. rosters would be increased to 30 players with up to 50 players available if need be. teams would play in their home stadiums, but if state or local officials determine it is not safe for a team to play there, then they would be relocated to a different city. but here's maybe the biggest hurdle now. bring on the money. it is estimated that teams will lose about 40% of revenue by not having stadiums filled with fans. according to multiple reports, the owners want the players to take a 50/50 split in revenues. baseball, the only sport without a salary cap. salaries have never been based on revenue in baseball

andy scholes has more on this morning's bleacher report. andy, i'm in. take it at this point and time, right, john? opening day for the korean baseball is an organization getting underway just hours ago and giving us a glimpse of what sports may look like when it returns here in the u.s., at least for baseball. there were no fans in the stands there in south korea. the umpires and base coaches were wearing masks. also the players who were not playing in the game. the empty stadium field, odd. you couldn't tell where this home run landed because there were no fans in the stands reacting to it. the players in the kbo are supposed to not be high-fiving each other but it looks like some of those guys were forgetting that rule in the dugout. all involved in the game had their temperature checked before entering the stadium. >>> closer to home, members of the u.s. women's soccer team say they'll continue to fight for equal pay. last week a federal judge dismissed their case saying you women were paid more in total and on a per game basis than their male counte

beckham, scholes, giggs and a young lad called luke chadwick.en luke chadwick turned up. laughter and applause incidentally, iron maiden's biggest hit is the number of the beast, and if you want to know the number of the beast, luke chadwick wears number 36. laughter and applause that was probably the hardest thing because i think that, because it was such a popular tv show, it sort of intensified and magnified so that was what i was seen as by everyone off the back of that, that sort of watched that show. obviously, i‘m pretty sure they didn‘t know how it was making me feel because i‘m sure they‘re good people and they wouldn‘t have done it but it‘s the fact that it used to be on there every week, i used to dread it coming on the telly, i wouldn‘t watch it but then i‘d get a text off someone saying oh, you‘ve been on that show again, as if it was sort of a joke, ‘cause obviously people were finding it funny but it was sort of eating me up away a bit inside while that was happening. commentator: a great ball from beckham, chadwick! fine goal! yo

some of them i'm seeing as positives because i put at the bottom, but also, core scholes social control. forced attempts to strip immigrants of their culture in the name of american is a shun. voter disfranchised mint in the name of clean government. segregation in the south as a sign of efficiency, prohibition and later, eugenics. i know i went through that really quickly. that is fine. no worries. we don't have to get out to all the details. but i do want to say, we are talking from clean milk to voter initiatives. we're talking from kindergarten to funding -- from kindergarten to a deeper -- a wide variety of things. and you can see in the examples i've noted here on the relationship between democracy and efficiency. wilson talks about this in terms of liberty. that liberty works best in an efficient capacity. you can see in a random example of clean milk which was a campaign that many women were campaigning for. companies adulterated milk with chemicals to make it seem like it would last longer and to keep it white. it poisoned children. liberty would say we were not going to interf

to spend a lot of time washing our hands and we have to be attentive to the clean ups conducted in scholes many people desperately want their kids to have some structure back in their lives and they're being asked to leave the house and work if they can these are hard choices with uncertain science but. i'm not that worried of explain to my daughter one has to be done in any case i had to go back to work in childcare. 5 months without school would have been difficult that's what was scaring me inevitably there's a lot of pushback in the u.k. nearly half a 1000000 people have signed a petition calling on parents to have a choice about whether they have to send children back potentially next month and so too in france the matter of nice couldn't agree more. from a purely for me it's important for families to have a choice for all the families who wanted their kids to go back to school i've wanted for them to do it in the best possible conditions. excited children totally understandable and just parents equally so in the new normal it seems everyone has to accept to some degree or another tha

beckham, scholes, giggs and a young lad called luke chadwick.end, it sort of lowers your self—esteem a lot and feels like that‘s all that i‘m known for or spoken about, it wasn‘t just fans at the game, the humiliation went further in online forums, doctored pictures and national television. there‘s a tv show called, "they think it‘s all over", it was on years ago and it was really popular and i sort of became a picture of fun on that, on most episodes. still, it‘s not the first time a man united photograph has been wrecked, this photo of luke chadwick was ruined when luke chadwick turned up. laughter and applause. gary lineker apologise. i'm appalled really for him and myself. and when i hear really for him and myself. and when ihear him really for him and myself. and when i hear him speak in, i‘m full of admiration for the president luke chadwick and full of sympathy for the young luke chadwick and personally i feel a great deal of responsibility and shame, which i do accept and have to hold my hand too. despite what luke chadwick went through,