Year: 2020

Due to increase of Covid-19 on Football team, Michigan cancels road game at Ohio State

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The University of Michigan Athletic Department announced Tuesday (Dec. 8) that an increasing number of positive COVID-19 cases and student-athletes in quarantine over the past week will result in the cancellation of Saturday’s (Dec. 12) scheduled game at Ohio State. This decision […]

Daily Almanac for Tuesday, December 8, 2020: Day 343 of the Year; Beatles founding member John Lennon shot to death 40 years ago on this date

John Lennon in 1969 photo by By Joost Evers Anefo http proxy.handle.net, CC0, https commons.wikimedia.org Every Year FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION (CELEBRATED IN MANY CATHOLIC COUNTRIES) 1760s BORN 1765: ELI WHITNEY (INVENTOR) 1880s 1886: AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR IS ORGANIZED AT COLUMBUS, OHIO, WITH […]

Columbus Crew SC Crowned Eastern Conference Champion; to Host MLS Cup on December 12

Mapfre Stadium scoreboard says it all (megasportsnews.com photo) Sunday’s Postgame Celebration (photo by Toni Fisher). POSTGAME PRESS CONFERENCE WITH CALEB PORTER, CREW SC HEAD COACH (21:23) Crew defeat New England Revolution 1-0 in Audi 2020 MLS Cup Playoffs Eastern Conference Final Monday: Seattle Sounders FC host […]

Daily Almanac for Monday, December 7, 2020: Pearl Harbor Day of Rememberance; 342nd day of the Year

U.S. Navy battleships at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 (l-r): USS West Virginia (BB-48) (sunk), USS Tennessee (BB-43) (damaged), and the USS Arizona (BB-39) (sunk). 1941 photo By USN; National Archives and Records Administration, Public Domain, https commons.wikimedia.org NATIONAL PEARL HARBOR REMEMBRANCE DAY At […]