Miami Marlins Return to the Field After COVID-19 Outbreak.
ROMANS: All right. The Miami Marlins are out of quarantine now and back on the field for the first time in eight days after a COVID-19 outbreak swept through the team. Andy Scholes has more on this morning's "Bleacher Report". Hey, Andy.</s>ANDY SCHOLES, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, good morning, Christine. You know, the Marlins had 18 players test positive for COVID-19 after that opening series and even when first pitch rolled around last night, they apparently still weren't able to go out there and play. So they had a game against the Baltimore Orioles and ended up being postponed for 41 minutes because they were waiting on test results. According to multiple reports, there was a round of inconclusive test on the marlin. Several players reportedly had to leave the ballpark, go back to their hotel after getting tested. When they finally did get started Marlins had 17 new players on the team. They ended up winning the game 4-0. All right. Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford has been taken off the NFL reserve class COVID list after what turned out to be a false positive test. Stafford's wife Kelly said the whole ordeal has been a nightmare. In a lengthy Instagram post, she said even after they knew it was a false positive, their kids' school wouldn't let them come back. She was told she was endangering others in a grocery store. And her kids were harassed and kicked off a playground. Stafford's wife says she blames the NFL and testing labs should be absolutely sure before telling the world someone has COVID. Now, the NFL says the new reserves COVID list does not necessarily mean a player has tested positive for COVID, but may have just come in to contact with someone who did. All right. Some of the WNBA's biggest stars meanwhile wearing support Warnock shirts last night. The Reverend Raphael Warnock is opposing Senator Loeffler this November. Before the season started, Loeffler who is a co-owner of the Atlanta Dream wrote a letter to the commissioner opposing plans to honor the social justice movement.</s>COURTNEY VANDERSLOOT, CHICAGO SKY GUARD: I'm not sure why she wants to be a part of the WNBA. She doesn't support for anything we stand for. We're very clear and very open about what we are about here.</s>CHENNEDY CARTER, ATLANTA DREAM GUARD: We definitely decided to wear it because he's for Black Lives Matter. He supports the league and movement, and we support him.</s>BRIANNA TURNER, PHOENIX MERCURY FORWARD: We want to publicly show our support for him and encourage people to get out and vote in Georgia and obviously across the country as well.</s>SCHOLES: Now, Warnock tweeted that he was humbled by their support, adding this movement gives us the opportunity to fight for what we believe in. In the meantime, Loeffler says she remains opposed to the Black Lives Matter movement because of its radical ideas and Marxist foundations, that's from "The Atlanta Journal-Constitution". Loeffler adding in a statement, this is just more proof that out of control cancel culture wants to shut out anyone who disagrees with them. It's clear that the league is more concerned about playing politics than basketball. All right. The Indy 500 will be held without fans for the first time in its 109-year history. Track officials had hoped to have 50 percent of fans in the stands in late June but positive cases in Marion County have tripled since then. The race was originally scheduled for May 24th but now run August 23rd. Rafael Nadal is not going to be defending his U.S. Open title at Flushing Meadows. In a tweet, he said, the COVID-19 pandemic is very complicated worldwide and it looks like we still don't have it under control. Nadal won't be there. Roger Federer also not going to be there. He's out with injury. And, Boris, I mean, it's just going to look so different this year at Flushing Meadows. No going to be those rowdy crowds. Of course, all of the matches taking place without fans in the stands, and of course, some of the base names in tennis not going to be playing.</s>SANCHEZ: Yeah, and Nadal creeping closer to Federer's grand slam title record.</s>SCHOLES: Yeah, one way.</s>SANCHEZ: It's going to be -- yeah, it's going a painful thing to miss. Andy Scholes, thank you so much for "The Bleacher Report". Appreciate that.</s>SCHOLES: All right.</s>SANCHEZ: For the tenth time in two weeks, 1,000 Americans are dead from coronavirus. And task force members are not sharing the president's sunny outlook. Plus, the death toll rising from a massive explosion in Lebanon. The president's response could make matters worse. We'll explain.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, my God!