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FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2019, file photo, Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton looks for a receiver during the team's NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams during the second half in Charlotte, N.C. The New England Patriots have reached an agreement with free-agent quarterback Newton, bringing in the 2015 NFL Most Valuable Player to help the team move on from three-time MVP Tom Brady, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Mike McCarn,...

AP source: Patriots sign QB Cam Newton to replace Tom Brady

by Jimmy Golen Associated PressJune 29, 2020June 29, 2020

FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2017 file photo, Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton (1) walks on the field after an NFL football game against the New Orleans Saints in New Orleans. Newton signed with the New England Patriots on Sunday night, according to sources. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

Source: Patriots sign QB Cam Newton to replace Tom Brady

by Jimmy Golen AP Sports WriterJune 28, 2020June 28, 2020

FILE - This October 1929 file photo shows baseball fans on the roofs of row houses overlooking Shibe Park to watch the Philadelphia Athletics play against the Chicago Cubs for 5.00, in Philadelphia. The windows are taken out of the second floor window frames. This week, Major League Baseball players and owners reached an agreement to play an abbreviated, 60-game season that would start July 23 or 24 in teams’ home ballparks. But the seats will be empty. Instead, fans hoping to see a game in person will be have to settle for pressing their faces up against hotel windows, squinting through metal grates or climb to rooftops when baseball returns this month in otherwise empty stadiums. (AP Photo/File)

New knotholes: Good MLB views, if fans know where to look

by Jimmy Golen Associated PressJune 28, 2020

New England Patriots helmets are shown before a preseason NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Friday, Aug. 9, 2013, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Patriots: Fans at COVID risk can skip 2020, come back in ’21

by Jimmy Golen Associated PressJune 19, 2020June 19, 2020

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2016, file photo, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is seen in Springfield, Mass. As part of a 22 million, court-to-rafters renovation, the Basketball Hall of Fame installed enough new touch screens to tell the story of every person enshrined on its dome of honor. But before it could unveil the improvements, the coronavirus outbreak hit, turning "hands-on" into "hands-off." Now the basketball shrine and other sports Halls of Fame have been forced to backtrack from a longtime trend in all museums toward interactives that have become taboo in a pandemic era. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

Hands Off! Halls of fame adapt to coronavirus concerns

by Jimmy Golen AP Sports WriterJune 11, 2020

A worker prepares for guests to dine on the field at McCoy Stadium, home of the Pawtucket Red Sox, in Pawtucket, R.I., Wednesday. With the minor league baseball season on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Triple-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox has found another use for its home field.

PawSox offer taste of baseball with ‘Dining on the Diamond’

by Jimmy Golen Associated PressMay 29, 2020May 29, 2020

FILE - In this April 15, 2019, file photo, the elite men break from the start of the 123rd Boston Marathon in Hopkinton, Mass. The 2020 Boston Marathon, which was rescheduled to run on Sept. 14th, was canceled Thursday May 28, 2020 for the first time in its 124-year history due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak. (AP Photo/Stew Milne, File)

Boston Marathon canceled for 1st time in 124-year history

by Jimmy Golen Associated PressMay 28, 2020May 28, 2020

In this April 13, 2017, photo provided by the Boston Red Sox, organist Josh Kantor performs during a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Fenway Park in Boston. Each afternoon since what would have been opening day in 2020, Kantor has been live-streaming concerts of ballpark music and other fan requests in an attempt to recreate the community feeling baseball fans might be missing while the sport is shut down during the coronavirus pandemic.

Virtual 7th-inning stretch brings ballpark feeling home

by Jimmy Golen Associated PressMay 26, 2020May 26, 2020

FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2016, file photo, United States' Kerri Walsh Jennings digs for a ball while playing Brazil during the women's beach volleyball bronze medal match of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The volleyball star created a virtual summer camp in 2020 for young volleyball players and others seeking to stay active during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Beach volleyball star Walsh Jennings offers virtual training

by Jimmy Golen Associated PressMay 15, 2020

Red Sox OF Alex Verdugo says he’ll be ready for start of season

by Jimmy Golen Associated PressMay 5, 2020May 5, 2020