COVID-19 cases force closure of MLB, NHL training facilities

LOS ANGELES: Major League Baseball's (MLB) Philadelphia Phillies have closed their Florida training base after eight COVID-19 positives and the Toronto Blue Jays, San Francisco Giants and the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning also shuttered training facilities. Friday's moves came as state officials announced a record one-day spike of COVID-19 cases, with nearly 4,000 new record infections in Florida. The NBA and Major League Soccer plan to gather in quarantine areas near Orlando to resume their virus-halted campaigns in July after play was stopped in March. The Phillies said five players and three staff...