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“It’s a really tough spot,” junior captain Kaitlyn Downey said in a phone interview Wednesday. “We saw this number on Fordham’s COVID dashboard keep jumping. Kids returned to campus, Super Bowl parties. One day it was 80 and then we saw it jump to 115. We knew that wasn’t good.” The pause was caused once there were over 100 active coronavirus cases on campus during a two-week time period due to New York state health regulations. While many basketball programs have been put on paus...

What Does It Take to Be No. 1? A year ago, no one really wanted the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA Draft. Sure, Minnesota Timberwolves general manager Gersson Rosas did his best to muster up a smile, but the top of the draft was beyond underwhelming. This year it’s the polar opposite. “There are at least three guys that would have gone No. 1 last season, maybe as many as five,” one NBA general manager told me earlier this week. “No one was tanking last season,” another added. “This y...