1.  Nationwide, the seven-day positive test rate is at 11.2%, per John Hopkins University.Unlike essential workers and others, pro athletes are afforded the best prevention tools possible, including regular testing. But still: if more players acted like Haskins, the rates would be higher.It’s easy to pile on Haskins; but remember, his story is an anomaly. As a result, leagues are making it through the pandemic, and readying themselves for 2021.In the wake of 2020’s shortened and frenzied NBA draft and free agency whirlwind, hundreds of writers and podcasters across the land engaged in their annual ritual of flooding the Internet with grades for teams and front offices on their offseason moves, or power rankings and projections on the relative strength of the league’s newly reformed rosters.As anyone who took in a reasonably broad cross-section of such articles and pods might have noticed, there was one specific framing of the Denver Nuggets’ set of moves as a whole which was presented repeatedly, and pretty much universally through the vast majority of those offseason reviews. It went something like this:
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3.  What if the Denver Nuggets actually got better this offseason?Denver’s offseason and their current trajectory going into 2020-21 has not been all doom and gloom. Far from it, in fact. And although plenty of Nuggets fans were despairing in the early hours and days of free agency, as the team has progressed through training camp and their three preseason games, the reasons why the Nuggets could actually be on track to improving this season – and there are many of them – are surfacing and coming into clearer focus.So with no further ado, here are X reasons why the Nuggets just might be a better team in 2020-21 than they were last season.
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5.  Combine all this with Murray’s developmental track of continual improvement (as a player entering his fifth NBA season it can be easy to forget he’s still just 23 years old), his unwavering work ethic and maturation into a genuine team leader, the immense leap he took in the bubble, and the fact that he’s clearly hungrier to win than ever before, and projecting Murray to have a substantially improved season in both efficiency and consistency look like a no-brainer.“Obviously I want to be an All-Star, I don't want to miss an All-Star,” Murray said following a recent practice. “Pretty tough in the West, but I know I've got the capability to do it, and I've done it on the big stage when it means the most.”And perhaps therein lies the challenge for Murray, who nobody would now question is fully capable of rising to any occasion when the stakes are high and his back is to the wall, but who perhaps could muster up a little more of that stuff when the stage is smaller as well.
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7.  A lesser group of players and a lesser coach would have wilted in these circumstances, but the injury crisis experienced by Liverpool seems to have focused them. They have taken everything in the stride. If anything, easy blow dealt to them has only hardened their mentality and made them tougher to beat.
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9.  “I have a friend and a colleague who is a loyal follower of Sycamore Entertainment and he works for Chip Ganassi,” Sylvan, who began racing go-karts himself at the age of 10, said. “We’ve been talking back and forth, and I told him how I love motor sports. I said, ‘One day, I’d love to be involved with you guys as a sponsor.’”So his friend made the connection. Instead of working with Chip Ganassi Racing in another division, such as Nascar or in the NTT IndyCar Series, Sylvan feels Extreme E best suits his organization’s mission.“When https://cadiun.com did my research [on Extreme E], I came to realize that E stands for a lot of ideologies that are directly in line with a lot of what our company does,” Sylvan said. “Chip Ganassi Racing personifies diversity and inclusion. All you have to do is take a look at their staff and pit crew, and it’s reflective of the community-at-large.”SEGI.TV utilizes OneView, an advertising platform created by Roku, to monetize its brand. Sylvan said the streaming service will continue to be free with commercials, and they will also offer shows that discuss underserved topics.
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11.  The Bears took over and added a field goal for a 33-27 lead, and Minnesota’s final possession concluded with a Hail Mary attempt that ended up in the arms of Chicago defensive back Sherrick McManis.The statistical breakdown of the game showed the Vikings with a balanced and effective offense as Cousins completed 24 of 35 passes for 271 yards with a pair of touchdowns and the last play interception. Cook was dangerous throughout most of the game, gaining 132 yards on 24 carries and getting into the endzone once.
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