The Los Angeles Dodgers won their first World Series since 1988 on Tuesday, vanquishing the Tampa Bay Rays, 3-1, in Game 6 at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. But it didn’t come without controversy of the COVID-19 variety.
Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner (red beard, center) was removed from Tuesday’s decisive Game 6 after MLB found out during the game that his most recent COVID-19 test came back positive. Turner ignored safety protocols by returning to be part of Dodgers’ on-field celebration. MLB is investigating Turner's actions. (Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
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Dodger Stadium hosted drive-in screenings of World Series games between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays, which was played in Texas due to the pandemic. The team charged $75 per car, but some fans gathered for a free glimpse of the showing from a distant overlook. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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Week 8 of the college football season saw the return of the Big Ten, with the conference playing games this past weekend for the first time since reversing its original decision to not play this fall due to the pandemic. Minnesota hosted Michigan at TCF Bank Stadium on Saturday. All Big Ten regular season games this year will not admit fans, except for family members of players. Each school is allowing players to bring four family members to games. (David Berding/Getty Images)
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The Masked Rider, the horse-riding mascot of Texas Tech University who wears a mask around her eyes but not nose or mouth, traversed the field before Saturday’s homecoming game against West Virginia. Texas Tech won, 34-27. Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas, is admitting 15,000 fans, or 25% of the stadium’s capacity. According to the L.A. Times, Lubbock County ranked 10th in the U.S. for per capita coronavirus infections last week, with 1 in 18 residents infected with the virus. (John E. Moore III/Getty Images)
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Bayern Munich forward Thomas Muller spoke to the media in a virtual press conference at Bayern’s training facility on Monday. Germany is currently experiencing its biggest surge of coronavirus cases. On Saturday, Germany recorded its all-time high of 14,714 new infections. (Adam Pretty/Getty Images)
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Wesley Hoedt, defensive back for Italian Serie A club Lazio, had his temperature checked at a Rome airport on Tuesday while traveling to Bruges, where Lazio faced Belgian squad Club Brugge in a Champions League match on Wednesday, which resulted in a 1-1 draw. Belgium is in the midst of a severe coronavirus outbreak, averaging more than 13,000 new cases per day over the past week. Health officials have asked some Belgian doctors who’ve tested positive for the virus to keep working in order to prevent the country’s hospital system from collapsing, according to the BBC. (Giampiero Sposito/Getty Images)
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L.A. Dodgers fans took to the streets of Los Angeles on Tuesday night to celebrate the team’s first World Series title since 1988. The LAPD made eight arrests while three officers sustained minor injuries, according to USA Today. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
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Melbourne City FC left back Scott Jamieson wore a STATSports vest while dribbling during a practice session on Wednesday. The company’s GPS devices are widely used among elite international soccer clubs to track performance metrics such as distance traveled, speed, acceleration and heart rate. (Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)
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The San Francisco 49ers and Foxconn will launch the world’s first in-stadium 8K video system at Levi’s Stadium during the team’s Thursday Night Football matchup against the Green Bay Packers on Nov. 5. Foxconn has set up five 8K cameras at Levi’s Stadium to capture full-field replay views for the venue’s video boards; this will allow operators to zoom-in without losing picture quality.
As shown in the above image, Foxconn trialed its 8K technology at Levi’s Stadium last year against the Los Angeles Rams (only two cameras were used for that trial). Due to the coronavirus, fans have not been allowed to attend 49ers home games this season, and no date has been set for their return. (Courtesy of the 49ers)
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