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Current Sports | August 24, 2020 |False Positives Putting A Strain On Upcoming NFL Season

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False positive coronavirus tests are causing multiple NFL teams to reevaluate how the prepare for the upcoming NFL season. How is this confusion happening and what is the NFL doing about it?

On today's Current Sports with Al Martin, a lab in New Jersey is causing false positive coronavirus tests to hinder NFL training camp. What led to this and what is NFL doing about it? Also, Sports Illustrated has conducted a survey involving doctors who are leading experts on the coronavirus. What are they saying about the start of professional sports? How safe is it? Also, we tackle the NBA Playoffs and the remarkable performance of Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic on Sunday. 

Episode 1677

Al Martin is the host of Beyond the Score, a new series coming to WKAR in the fall of 2024. Al is also sports reporter for WKAR news.
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