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Chase Brown misses practice with an illness.
Source of information.
1. NBC Sports.
https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/chase-brown-misses-practice-with-an-illness
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Chris Olave didn't practice Wednesday due to an illness, Katherine Terrell of ESPN.com reports.
Source of information.
1. The Fantasy Footballer.
https://www.thefantasyfootballers.com/news/626202/chris-olave-comes-down-with-illness/
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NFL: Croskey-Merritt didn't practice Wednesday due to an illness.
Source of information.
1. The Fantasy Footballers.
https://www.thefantasyfootballers.com/news/626208/jacory-croskey-merritt-dnp-due-to-illness/
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Chicago Bears: ‘Bad’ Illness Breaks Out In NFL Locker Room During Week 17.
Source of information.
1. The Spun.
https://thespun.com/nfl/bad-illness-breaks-out-in-nfl-locker-room-during-week-17
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Raptors' Scottie Barnes: Questionable with illness.
Source of information.
1. CBS Sports.
https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/basketball/news/raptors-scottie-barnes-questionable-with-illness/
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SUMMARY - Taylor Decker, member of the American football team "Detroit Lions," has been listed as questionable to play due to an 'illness.' The Detroit Lions play today (2025-12-25) against the Minnesota Vikings. While players usually play through an illness, the development is significant because the injury designation appeared this morning (2025-12-25) which means that the likelihood of not playing is increased. If Decker can not play, it is probably that another player on the team, Dan Skipper, will fill his role.
LINK - https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/lions-unexpectedly-add-taylor-decker-injury-report-game-vs-vikings/47ffbef6a7f6c1ba6909e05f (https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/lions-unexpectedly-add-taylor-decker-injury-report-game-vs-vikings/47ffbef6a7f6c1ba6909e05f)
"While players usually play through an illness"
Essay in regards to public safety concerns about contagious illness in the professional sports world in this era of covid
COMMENTARY: On the magnitude of the public statement
"While players usually play through an illness” and what it means to me, The Masked Man,
during this era of covid and flu season during Christmas Time…
...Jeesh what Can I say!?..All I can say is I hope the general surgeon and the rest of the hospital staff don't "play through an illness" when they perform gall bladder surgery on my 77 year old loved one after their Christmas vacation this flu season.
To "play through an illness", that is; to willingly be a likely vector of viruses or using your body in public knowing it is a vessel that is likely harboring a virus or illness ought to be illegal or at least against a policy, considered a 'foul' that puts the ill player out of the game , and is frowned upon so much that it becomes a society's custom to take such people to an institution of sorts for help.. its self destructive and also is contagious to others.. cops can put people in jail for spitting on them but there's no law against someone who goes around knowing they are sick risking the lives of others...it just shouldn't be promoted or considered accepted by society to knowingly expose people to illness ..its really quite a selfish and mean act to run around sick and know it.. just seems a monsterous act to risk making another unsuspecting person ill like a child or elderly loved one sick or even an average aged person.
The press ought to at least discourage and scrutinize and at least portray and describe "playing through an illness" as a despicable act...the press and coaches ought to at least discourage "playing through an Illness" so they aren't held legally accounted for it like an accomplice or something. There ought to a public safety warning sign hung around an ill players neck at least to clearly warn other players! Some of us don't want to be exposed to illness by giant ogres!...
... We used to do something similar when I was a kid playing football with the other guys in the neighborhood.. all of us on one team would take off our shirts and the other team would leave their shirts on just so we knew who was on what team.. sometimes ya gotta improvise and make rules like that when you are playing sports and you are just a bunch of normal guys who like playing football for fun out here in the real world... at least that was the way it was growing up.. where I come from we didn't have special shoes or uniforms and we played on real grass and in the mud... That was back in the day when grass wasn't artificial or fake like it is now. We didn't have referees we just had a kid on one of the teams that seemed to know everything that we just trusted. We didn't wear helmets because we didn't have to nobody was dumb enough to hit each other in the head ..that would hurt at least that's what we thought.. We still played hard and tackled each other we just knew how to do it without knocking our heads together like idiots I guess..Those were the days. We certainly didn't have any cameras around and cell phones didn't exist so there wasn't any pressure to win..well maybe there was always a guy that was sort of all ball hog, but for the most part there wasn't any pressure to win and if somebody was sick they just didn't play. It was that simple. Nobody ever played sick that would be stupid ..it was just unheard of and never happened. Nobody was that dumb to play sick. Again I guess there just wasn't the pressure there is on kids today to win no matter what even if they feel like puking and dying like there is today.
I remember when AIDS first came out ..you get thrown in jail if you had aids and ran around sweating or spitting on people I would think some of that fear with covid would exist.. Just think you are playing up against a guy that has covid...covid as with many diseases can carry serious long term repercussions...
... your not going to confront a guy with covid or try to take the ball away or tackle a guy that's sick as he might have a disease or something. Its really an unfair advantage to be a sick player with an undetermined illness or disease.. other players if they are smart will run away from a sick player! Run for your lives! That guy might have covid! For most normal people its usually intelligent behavior to avoid illness and considered instinctive to run away from a sicko! That's nasty! I'd personally be afraid to touch the ball without being masked with gloves wiping it off first with antiseptic and a clean rag! You couldn't pay me enough to get covid! Aint no way I'm going to dance around sweaty rubbing my face and stuff around a giant sick guy! Most people tend to shy away from or even run from things or people that have something wrong with them. Ain't messing with that because I got somebody that loves me and to take care of at home!
Normally a sick animal would probably get left behind by the herd and others would probably shun such a sick creature unless they were extremely maternal, willing to get sick themselves, or had studied to be martyred in healthcare to heal the ill while exposing themselves daily to dangerous illnesses while hopefully and ideally wearing masks to protect themselves and others from the contagion.. I would think most people would frown upon and are averse to sharing and making one another fester in illness, disease, and suffering amongst one another. In other words That's gross and icky and downright dangerous to "play through and illness". In essence It's like sharing body fluids or something in public with lots of strangers only instead its more like sharing dangerous vapors and microscopic sticky airborne particles which is an entitty that make each other sick with lots of suffering involved. Not a cool thing to do or be part of! Which is why I....
Wear a Mask!,
The Masked Man :)
P.S. I hate to use the words ‘insensitive brutes’ in the professional sporting world but when somebody is ill that is close to me or I have to be around ill people it has an impact psychologically on me .. we are talking stress! The sick people stress us healthy ones out big time! Sick people aren't easy to take care of...it hurts and is scary when others around me are ill and suffering. I lose sleep over it because I care about others and their well-being affects me a lot. It’s like a living nightmare when others are suffering and sick. A sick person is a burden to themselves and and a burden to others ,, nobody likes to admit that or talk about that (because it makes people feel bad or guilty) but that is the cold truth to as to how it feels for many of us… well,that’s not to say we caregivers don’t love caring for our ill loved ones it just means we put our heart into it and we love them and their pain and suffering affect us greatly.
People in the professional sporting business that allow one another to “play through an illness” need to think about how their actions and lack of policy in regards to public safety may affect others including those on their team and the families they are close to…
..Take it from a guy who cares.
It's pretty pathetic if you ask me. Imagine a guy running down the field with a ball hollering out to the other players "Don't hurt me, I'm sick!"
Scary part is we just don’t know what he’s got.. it’s an undetermined illness.. that could be super serious for all we know .. times have changed some of these diseases nowadays are ruthless.
More than likely it’s contagious and running around sporting with an undetermined illness is equivalent to going down the road at night with your headlights out playing chicken with the oncoming vehicles. Some unexpected on-comer is gonna get it! There might even be a pileup.
Hope it’s nobody we know.
I'm proud to say my little brother didn't visit my mom and pop today for Christmas because he thought maybe he was coming down with something like a cold. My mom told me this over the phone. My brother said he didn't feel that bad but thought it was important to stay away from our parents as they are older and it might be dangerous. This is what good people do. They don't endanger one another with viruses even if they think they are themselves okay. I am proud of my brother for being a caring smart person. This is what we should do... we watch out for one another!
And get a load of this... guess what just happened.. I'm not joking this for real... my loved one just got off the phone with her daughter who lives out of state in Florida and I just found out my loved one's entire family is sick right now for Christmas Two sick adults two sick babies and sick teenager.. all sick. baby was negative for covid about a week ago and sick but then teenager came home to visit and now they are all sick again. It's scary. Talk about miserable.. sounds like they are being real quiet praying the baby continues to sleep.. gotta say I’m glad I’m not there! That be horrible! That’s just nerve racking . This is why I stay safe at home….
…whew! I’m safe I wear a mask I don’t even live there.. right? Or am I safe? I’m not out of the woods yet soon I have to enter a hospital possibly full of the sick …Soon my loved one is to receive gall bladder surgery.. will the surgeon who is probably on Christmas vacation be sick after Christmas .. will the surgeon “try to play or perform through the illness” while operating on my loved one!? Will my loved one get sick and die because she just had surgery and getting simultaneously ill might create complications that will kill her? People who “play through an illness” takes it toll on all of us even us healthy ones that mask like me! While the mask might save me personally I still have to walk into a hospital full of sick people with my loved one wondering if the doctor surgeon, staff, and other patients like sports players won’t infect my loved one who is to undergo a fairly simple surgery.
Sports players,
it’s a small world after all .. what goes around comes around..
Don't "play through an illness" Go home ..stay away from people.. your sick man ..don’t wish it on anybody else .. try to get your illness determined so you can see if you’re contagious or not…take care of yourself and hope you get better!
Taylor Decker,
telling it to ya straight...be like my brother who decided not to visit family for Christmas in VA who might have a little cold or something.. Stay away from others and don't give whatever illness you have to your ma and pop this Christmas. Stay at home nurse your illness and injury..Over in Florida, My loved one's family of five are all sick for Christmas including two sick babies! It's awful! It might be worse than we think. Trust me .. cover your face with mask until you find out if you are contagious or not ..be a good boy maybe Santa will come later for you! Trust me ..you make your ma and pa sick this Christmas you might never forgive yourself.
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By the way this guy Decker has a history of hiding the severity of his condition from the team "Decker recounted a severe illness in 2020 where he:
Woke up in the middle of the night sweating and shivering with intense stomach pain.
Hid the severity of his condition from the team, including sitting in the shower to manage the symptoms, because he had just signed a large contract extension and felt immense pressure to play in the season opener.
Played through the pain for a full month before team doctors eventually diagnosed him with appendicitis. He mentioned on the podcast that doctors told him he "should have told us this sooner".
SUMMARY:
Taylor Decker played through appendicitis for a full month
Detroit Lions Taylor Decker is one tough dude
LINK:
https://www.prideofdetroit.com/2022/12/14/23508954/taylor-decker-played-appendicitis-full-month-detroit-lions
...He's probably a really good guy but he's just too tough. He probably knows this. Running around with appendicitus doesn't hurt anybody but him but running around with a contagious illness or disease hurts people. He and the whole professional sports world just needs to be set straight and educated about viruses and the impact it has on everybody. They just need to read and study Data Report Info more like the rest of the world! ;)
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SUMMARY - Taylor Decker, member of the American football team "Detroit Lions," has been listed as questionable to play due to an 'illness.' The Detroit Lions play today (2025-12-25) against the Minnesota Vikings. While players usually play through an illness, the development is significant because the injury designation appeared this morning (2025-12-25) which means that the likelihood of not playing is increased. If Decker can not play, it is probably that another player on the team, Dan Skipper, will fill his role.
LINK - https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/lions-unexpectedly-add-taylor-decker-injury-report-game-vs-vikings/47ffbef6a7f6c1ba6909e05f (https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/lions-unexpectedly-add-taylor-decker-injury-report-game-vs-vikings/47ffbef6a7f6c1ba6909e05f)
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Illness Has Sixers' Quentin Grimes, Dominick Barlow Questionable vs. Brooklyn Nets.
Source of information.
1. Sports Illustrated.
https://www.si.com/nba/76ers/onsi/news/illness-has-sixers-quentin-grimes-dominick-barlow-questionable-vs-brooklyn-nets-01kd4wc7qsam
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Anthony Davis dealing with an illness, threw up twice during last game.
Source of information.
1. Basket News.
https://basketnews.com/news-237199-anthony-davis-dealing-with-an-illness-threw-up-twice-during-last-game.html
“Still feel under the weather,” Davis said. “I actually threw up twice during the game, but I’m just trying to compete. I’m just trying to do whatever I can to help the team win. Just leaving it all on the floor.”
COMMENT:..he just left his barf all over the floor..and twice!? ??? Isn't that a foul or something?
(C'mon people discharging your bodily fluids in public on a major network for all to see for a B-game!? Sounds a bit masochistic eh?! It's certainly not something to brag home about.. I'm not sure children should be exposed to that kind of thing much less the public not that I'm a ninny or anything.
...On a serious note just a reminder to the general public: It's not unusual for people to throw up more than once when they actually are in need of medical care... Just to inform the average child out there that they might have certain rights to medical care and the difference between right and wrong and what the currently accepted behavior and practices in the real world tend to be when people start discharging bodily fluids .. Kids, if you are throwing up or discharging bodily fluids get an authority figure to help you seek medical care so you can determine what is wrong with ya so you can get better! The humane civilized customary thing most modern societies in this day and age do is typically to take people who are ill to seek medical care and treatment incase there's some people out there that don't know that by now.
Good thing he isn't in Wisconsin playing in a 'court of law' rather than a 'court of ball' while he might get off from the first barf as unintentional act, they'd surely fine him for being negligible for the second barf...
"What is discharging bodily fluids in Wisconsin statute?
Throwing or discharging bodily fluids at a public safety worker or prosecutor is a felony level criminal charge in Wisconsin. It frequently involves spitting, but can involve throwing or discharging any human bodily fluid. This charge is a Class I felony, meaning it's punishable by a possible prison sentence".
Look, everybody makes mistakes and can't always make it to the bathroom in time and has accidents along the way, but to throw up twice and just "leave it on the floor" is just not cool! ::) Typically when you tell someone you just threw up twice its a cry for help and typically its something for your doctor to be informed of. ...At least stay home till you feel better and get some rest and stay hydrated and be good to yourself.. Sorry Davis.. That must be very uncomfortable.. hope you feel and get better.)
Is it appropriate to vomit excessively in public even though you know you are sick? Is it morally acceptable behavior to do things publicly knowing you have symptoms of an undetermined illness that might be contagious to others?...
SUMMARY:
Mr. Creosote (Terry Jones) vomits excessively at a restaurant while eating his meal.
LINK:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=373B9U4Dd60
..I'm no medical expert and I'm not a legal expert so the aforementioned above are only suggestions. That being said, I think it worth mentioning and fair to assume a parent who constantly and intentionally denies their child medical treatment when it has a prolonged fever or is throwing up excessively for an unreasonable amount of time (of which the courts will decide) has a real good chance of having their kids taken away by their local health department welfare services.. again I'm no expert but you are walking a fine line and there can be some serious ramifications to face when a child is sick and the parents don't seek out doctor consultation or make no efforts to seek professional medical care for their kids. ..It is from these facts alone that make me concerned when kids and parents might look up to professional sports players as role models. Think very carefully who you really want to be when and if you grow to be older. Not all modeling of behavior is wise. ;D
Lest us not forget what it must be like for a parent who spends a night with a feverish baby that can't hold its food down.. nothing compares to this terror..not a game of balls or nothing ...it can be a living nightmare to care for a sick loved one. Hardest thing in the world. Being the parent of a sick one or having parents that are ill is harder than facing the meanest junkyard dog in the world.. you talk about courage ..being a parent of a sick one, having sick parents or simply caring for a sick loved one hurts more and is heavier than being the heavy weight champion of the world. Let's at least try to make it a popular game to prevent airborne illness and disease and let's make it macho and cool to avoid making one another sick.
Your loving caregiver,
The Masked Man
P.S. You wanna see a good person and not a show off and not jiving you about the seriousness of virus's ? This is reality of a good person who is concerned about illness..He's being honest sharing and caring.. this fellow here has integrity He's not pretending to be a tough guy insensitive to the seriousness of viruses. Instead he's giving it to ya straight from the heart and he's telling you like it is and being responsible and forthright discussing the real challenges and implications at hand..this guy is the real deal:
LINKS:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TdMnR0q6BZQ
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https://youtube.com/shorts/6EZ6tU49D2w?si=5IHHuUk3pd7JXXRX
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https://www.youtube.com/@datareport4383
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Anthony Davis dealing with an illness, threw up twice during last game.
Source of information.
1. Basket News.
https://basketnews.com/news-237199-anthony-davis-dealing-with-an-illness-threw-up-twice-during-last-game.html
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NFL: Cowboys' CeeDee Lamb: Comes down with illness. It looks as if he did not practice.
Source of information.
1. CBS Sports.
https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/news/cowboys-ceedee-lamb-comes-down-with-illness/
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SUMMARY - Lamar Jackson, starting quarterback for the American football team 'Baltimore Ravens,' missed a team practice on Wednesday (2025-12-17) because of a 'flu deal' according to his coach, John Harbaugh. Since the next game that he plays is this Sunday (2025-12-21), it is unknown how severely this illness will impact his availability.
LINK - https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/baltimore-ravens/ravens-news-lamar-jackson-misses-practice-again-but-not-an-injury-this-time (https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/baltimore-ravens/ravens-news-lamar-jackson-misses-practice-again-but-not-an-injury-this-time)
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Kristaps Porzingis Out At Least Two Weeks Due To Illness.
Source of information.
!. Hoops Rumors
https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2025/12/kristaps-porzingis-out-at-least-two-weeks-due-to-illness.html
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SUMMARY - Tyson Bagent, back-up quarterback for the American football team, Chicago Bears, has been listed as "questionable" to play in this Sunday's (2025-12-14) game against the Cleveland Browns. The reported cause is an unspecified illness. One source has indicated that Bagent has been downgraded to "inactive," meaning that he would not be able to play. The Bears will only have their starting quarterback and 'emeregency' quarterback, Case Keenum, available.
LINK - https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears/2025/12/14/bears-add-backup-qb-tyson-bagent-to-injury-report-with-illness-sunday-morning (https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears/2025/12/14/bears-add-backup-qb-tyson-bagent-to-injury-report-with-illness-sunday-morning)
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Knicks' Jalen Brunson Has Apparent Illness Before Magic Game
Source of information.
1. Sports Illustrated.
https://www.si.com/nba/knicks/onsi/news/new-york-knicks-jalen-brunson-apparent-illness-magic-game
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The Knicks' star point guard appeared in terrible condition during team availability late this week, coughing repeatedly and struggling with his voice.
The All-Star guard appeared to be battling a significant illness, coughing several times throughout his time with reporters.
Reporter Steve Popper highlighted the severity, noting that Brunson "sounded terrible - kind of lost his voice." Popper added he didn't ask Brunson directly about playing because the answer would inevitably be,x "I'm fine."
COMMENTARY: I can't even even imagine what it must be like to play in opposition to Brunson... it would be awkward..I'd be like he's obviously sick.. don't get in his face and just let him have the ball.
There is often an inherent intimidation many of us feel in the presence of a sick or ill person on and off the field. It throws us off and many of us become uncomfortable and are at a loss of what to do or even how to behave around a sick one. We tend to be more gentle if we have a conscience and ‘go easy’ on a sick one. We often tiptoe around a sick one and avoid approaching a sick one. It simply makes us hesitate a little and think twice.
What I’m getting at is this; speaking only from my own experience in society and groups in my experience other players aren’t going to necessarily play with the same usual vigor or vitality around a sick Bruno.. that’s my experience as a kid who played sports .. we’d just let a sick guy compete with himself and have the ball.. he’s sick! We’d go easy on a guy like that. It just changes the psychological state of the mind knowing your going up against a player with a handicap such as illness.. ya don’t play as hard. Ya might even feel sorry for a sick guy. All this races through the head of an opponent playing against a sick guy...
...It throws your game off. It’s confusing messes with your focus and messes with your morale going up against a sick guy. It’s not necessarily considered cool to pounce upon a player who is coughing and sputtering and showing signs of weakness… it’s not considered sportsmanlike to whup up on him especially if he’s a sick pup. It’s not considered a fair fight where I come from. I certainly played different against those who were disadvantaged or handicapped in a sporting game.
It would be interesting for a reporter to secretly or not secretely to ask other players especially opponents if they play differently or how it affects them psychologically when playing with or against a sick player. Bet ya it affects the comfort level and performance of at least a few players who are concerned. Some of these players show more sportsmanship and are more sensitive than others.
When I took loved one to hospital not long ago we masked and made everybody mask round us and down the hall it was quite obvious two hospital staff members were coughing their heads off.. I listened to them cough for hours. It's just sad and weird when people let others who are obviously sick continue on. There's nothing in place all policies and reason go out the window when it comes to protecting loved ones from illness and from people who are obviously sick and trying to do stuff while ill.
..It's like rotten eggs...
One person who is ill has a much bigger impact on the lives of others and on the group than they probably understand. An ill player has a negative effect on other players and the genuineness of the whole game much more significantly than they are probably aware of.
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Knicks' Jalen Brunson Has Apparent Illness Before Magic Game
Source of information.
1. Sports Illustrated.
https://www.si.com/nba/knicks/onsi/news/new-york-knicks-jalen-brunson-apparent-illness-magic-game
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49ers’ Christian McCaffrey dealing with illness before Titans game.
Source of information.
1. Clutch Points
https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/san-francisco-49ers/49ers-news-christian-mccaffrey-illness-before-titans-game
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Immanuel Quickley to Miss NBA Cup Game Against Knicks Due to Illness.
Source of information.
1. SSB Crack News.
https://news.ssbcrack.com/immanuel-quickley-to-miss-nba-cup-game-against-knicks-due-to-illness/.
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Christian Pulisic in doubt for AC Milan at Torino with illness.
“Pulisic had a fever last night, we’ll see tomorrow whether he’s available or not,” Allegri said. “We won’t take him with us if he’s going to infect everyone."
Source of information
1. Pro Soccer Wire.
https://prosoccerwire.usatoday.com/story/sports/usmnt/2025/12/07/pulisic-in-doubt-for-ac-milan-at-torino-with-illness/87651357007/
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Missed this one on Friday.
Rockets All-Star forward Alperen Sengun will not play when Houston hosts the Phoenix Suns on Friday due to an illness, with Steven Adams expected to start in his place.
Source of information.
1. Arizona Sports.
https://arizonasports.com/nba/phoenix-suns/sengun-out/3604683/
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Golden Knights' Colton Sissons: Dealing with illness
Sissons was a late scratch, and it's because of a bug that's going around the Vegas locker room.
Source of information.
1. CBS Sports.
https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/hockey/news/golden-knights-colton-sissons-dealing-with-illness/
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Sean McVay traveling separately from Rams because of illness, but plans to coach Sunday.
Source of information.
1. NBC Sports.
https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/sean-mcvay-traveling-separately-from-rams-because-of-illness-but-plans-to-coach-sunday
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..we briefly interrupt Data Report's 2025 US Sports Illness Thread for a very special message...
Masked Man proposes a Goin' For The Gold Sports Illness Fundraising Event
We need a fundraiser to help sports players raise money so they can get proper medical diagnosis for their undetermined illnesses. Obviously the coaches aren't helping these players determine what these "illnesses" actually are.. perhaps they don't have enough money!
So I propose something like this:
A better future for all is being built today because people like you care enough to support it. All across the sporting world, big ideas are leading to breakthroughs that will help our children, our grandchildren, and professional athletes and ourselves live happier, healthier lives. During this flu season of giving, fellow athletes, team players and general public please make the most generous donation you can by 12/31, and you could also qualify for a possible tax deduction.
We are dedicated to transparency and fiscal responsibility. All donations are tax-exempt to the extent allowed by law.
Donation Information
CHOOSE YOUR DONATION AMOUNT*
$ 1,000.00
$ 500.00
$ 250.00
$ 100.00
$ 54.00
$ 36.00
$ 18.00
Other
$
Use my donation where it is most needed.
Use my donation to support proper diagnosis for professional sports players in determining what their "illnesses" actually are:
CHOOSE YOUR DONATION FREQUENCY *
One-time gift
Recurring gift (the most efficient way to support players who are chronically ill)
Donate in honor or in memory of a loved one (Optional)
In honor of: In memory of: (I.E. 1 my uncle Dave who loved football and died of pneumonia or I.E. 2 my loved one's cousin caught covid in the hospital and then died from covid complications so here's some money to find out precisely what illness it is that you top pro athletes are battling with and spreading)
Would you like a tribute card with a personal message mailed on your behalf? (IE "We are pulling for ya Terry Bradshaw.. here's a donation to figure out what is wrong with ya and why you are sick")
... perhaps coaches could get other players to pitch in so that the players with undetermined "illness" can afford to seek professional healthcare for a proper diagnosis simply outta respect for one another! Give each other Full disclosure of whatever diseases and illnesses you got for the sake of each other's loved ones and families to help stop the spread of disease and illness.
:)
Obviously professional sports players need your help in determining whatever "illness" they have because what goes around comes around.
Also donate some masks to all those that need them which is all of them, ;)
I am a protector.
Blessings,
The Masked Man
P.S. NOTE/Disclaimer : This reply was solely intended for entertainment and educational purposes only... a rhetorical mock fundraiser solely in efforts to help stop the senseless spread of disease and illness. Seriously, If you or a loved one feel ill please seek professional medical diagnosis and please make efforts to prevent the spread of contagious illnesses and diseases. Please act responsibly and share the diagnosis with one another rather than sharing the illness with one another. I never forget the greatest treasure is life.
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Always an illness but hardly ever any details on what the illness is.
Why LT Overton is Out for the SEC Championship Against Georgia
Source of information.
1. Sports Illustrated.
https://www.si.com/college/alabama/football/why-lt-overton-out-for-sec-championship-against-georgia
“We do have two players that have illnesses, medical issues, whatever you want to call it, LT Overton and Kelby Collins,” DeBoer said."
… ??? ”whatever you want to call it” !? .. talk about an uneducated guess! Jeesh! I’m not sure I trust a guy like that. Certainly wouldn’t want to work alongside a guy like that.. sounds dangerous.
Of course I’m concerned about long covid and whooping cough just made several special appearances in my county not too mention pneumonia just killed my uncle. Two of my loved one’s grand-babies are sick in Florida right now keeping mama up all night in terror “with whatever it is you want to call it”and in a week we mask up to talk to a surgeon about gall bladder surgery for my loved one.. not too mention my loved one’s cousin got some surgery and then died at home later because he had caught covid at the hospital…
I definitely suggest to these players to seek medical diagnosis by professionals. Sorry to hear the game is in jeopardy. I really feel for the team ::) ...
I also recommend masking for one another in the pinch you all are in as I haven’t been sick in six years for masking,
I am a protector.
Blessings,
The Masked Man
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Always an illness but hardly ever any details on what the illness is.
Why LT Overton is Out for the SEC Championship Against Georgia
Source of information.
1. Sports Illustrated.
https://www.si.com/college/alabama/football/why-lt-overton-out-for-sec-championship-against-georgia
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NBA: Egor Demin struggles while battling through illness in Nets’ loss.
“The energy was not great, but he was dealing with some upper respiratory issues,”
Source of information.
1. NY Post.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/05/sports/egor-demin-struggles-while-battling-through-illness-in-nets-loss/
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I will post this one here since it is an event in the US.
World Champion Pieter Coetze Withdraws From U.S. Open Due To Illness.
Source of information.
1. Swim Swam.
https://swimswam.com/world-champion-pieter-coetze-withdraws-from-u-s-open-due-to-illness/
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Jaylen Brown (illness) doubtful as Celtics try to continue domination of Wizards.
Source of information.
1. Reuters.
https://www.reuters.com/sports/basketball/jaylen-brown-illness-doubtful-celtics-try-continue-domination-wizards--flm-2025-12-03/
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Here we go again. Kristaps Porzingis is out for Wednesday's game against the Clippers with an illness, Brad Rowland of the Locked On Podcast Network reports.
Source of information.
1. CBS Sports.
https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/basketball/news/hawks-kristaps-porzingis-ruled-out-with-illness/
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Sioux Falls Stampede postpones game after illness affects ‘multiple’ players.
Source of information.
1. Dakota News Now.
https://www.dakotanewsnow.com/2025/12/02/sioux-falls-stampede-postpones-game-after-illness-affects-multiple-players/
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NHL: Penguins' Bryan Rust: Dealing with illness.
Source of information.
1. CBS Sports.
https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/hockey/news/penguins-bryan-rust-dealing-with-illness/
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NFL: Myles Garrett misses practice with illness, to play against Raiders
Source of information.
1. Beacon Journal.
https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/pro/browns/2025/11/21/browns-week-12-injury-report-myles-garrett/87394371007/
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Dallas Mavericks rookie forward Cooper Flagg was out with an illness on Wednesday, November, 19th.
Source of information.
1. Heavy.
https://heavy.com/sports/nba/dallas-mavericks/cooper-flagg-out-vs-knicks-illness/
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Buccaneers' Emeka Egbuka: Dealing with illness.
Source of information.
1. CBS Sports.
https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/news/buccaneers-emeka-egbuka-dealing-with-illness/
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NBA: Hornets' Liam McNeeley: Ruled out with illness.
Source of information.
1. CBS Sports.
https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/basketball/news/hornets-liam-mcneeley-ruled-out-with-illness/
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College football: Illness Strikes Pittsburgh Before Notre Dame Game. Both teams appear to be dealing with illness at this time.
Source of information.
1. Newsweek.
https://www.newsweek.com/sports/ncaa/pittsburgh-panthers-notre-dame-illness-college-football-11052137
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Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Cole Holcomb will not suit up for the third straight week while dealing with an undisclosed illness, the team announced on Friday.
Source of information.
1. Steelers Now.
https://steelersnow.com/illness-holds-out-steelers-linebacker-for-third-straight-game/
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Broncos star guard Quinn Meinerz has been bogged down this season by an illness that has been diagnosed.
Source of information.
1. Denver Gazette.
https://www.denvergazette.com/2025/11/13/broncos-star-guard-quinn-meinerz-has-been-bogged-down-this-season-by-an-illness-that-hasnt-been-diagnosed/
.. little typo error there.. title should read "Broncos star guard Quinn Meinerz has been bogged down this season by an illness that has not been diagnosed".
..must COMMENT:
according to article he says he is seeking a diagnosis. Its interesting to note very few athletes in these articles feature athletes actually talking about seeking a diagnosis. It is refreshing to see an athlete such as this actually make such a statement that he is actively awaiting or seeking a diagnosis.
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Columbus Blue Jackets tame Seattle Kraken, spreading illness: Takeaways
Source of information.
1. Dispatch.
https://www.dispatch.com/story/sports/nhl/columbus-blue-jackets/2025/11/12/columbus-blue-jackets-tame-seattle-kraken-illness-takeaways/87203523007/
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Broncos star guard Quinn Meinerz has been bogged down this season by an illness that has been diagnosed.
Source of information.
1. Denver Gazette.
https://www.denvergazette.com/2025/11/13/broncos-star-guard-quinn-meinerz-has-been-bogged-down-this-season-by-an-illness-that-hasnt-been-diagnosed/
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Kristaps Porzingis (https://www.datareport.info/sports-players/professional-basketball-player-kristaps-porzingis-01032022/msg3675/#msg3675) did not play saturday due to "Illness Management" He has already missed 2 other games this season due to Flu like symptoms. You may recall he has a history of dealing with illness and has had Covid in the past.
Source of information.
1. ESPN
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/46894480/hawks-rule-kristaps-porzingis-illness-management
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NBA: Luke Kennard has been ruled out for Friday's game against the Raptors.
Source of information.
1. Fantasy Pros.
https://www.fantasypros.com/nba/news/550857/luke-kennard-illness-ruled-out-friday.php
He remained out on Saturday as well due to his Illness.
Source of information.
1. Fantasy Pros.
https://www.fantasypros.com/nba/news/550983/luke-kennard-illness-remains-out-saturday.php
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Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Cole Holcomb will not suit up for the second straight week while dealing with an undisclosed illness, the team announced on Friday.
Source of information.
1. Steelers Now.
https://steelersnow.com/illness-continues-to-hold-back-steelers-linebacker/
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NBA: Luke Kennard has been ruled out for Friday's game against the Raptors.
Source of information.
1. Fantasy Pros.
https://www.fantasypros.com/nba/news/550857/luke-kennard-illness-ruled-out-friday.php
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Kyshawn George (illness) ruled out Friday.
Source of information.
1. Fantasy Pro
https://www.fantasypros.com/nba/news/550858/kyshawn-george-illness-ruled-out-friday.php
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Rugged schedule, Steph Curry’s illness, force Warriors to take early precautions. This sounds like some sort of respiratory virus, as they say he sounds congested.
Source of information.
1.SF Standard.
https://sfstandard.com/2025/11/05/steph-curry-illness-warriors-suns-kings/
Already an update to this.
Warriors Superstar Steph Curry will not play in Friday's game against the Denver Nuggets at Ball Arena as he continues to recover from an illness that sidelined him for the Warriors' 121-116 loss to the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday at Golden 1 Center.
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/nba/golden-state-warriors/steph-curry-out-nuggets/3976963/
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Rugged schedule, Steph Curry’s illness, force Warriors to take early precautions. This sounds like some sort of respiratory virus, as they say he sounds congested.
Source of information.
1.SF Standard.
https://sfstandard.com/2025/11/05/steph-curry-illness-warriors-suns-kings/
Interesting remark from head coach...
"Head coach Steve Kerr quickly slammed the door on any of the two-time MVP’s congested optimism. He made an executive order.
“He’s wiped out right now. I don’t care what the doctors say, we got to get him some rest. I’ll make the decision right now, he’s not going to play tomorrow.”
...almost sounds as if the doctor couldn't make a diagnosis or find anything wrong. I commend this coach for making what I call a good judgement call and not allowing a player who appears sick to play. That's showing intelligence and that's showing heart! Good job coach!
There's all sorts of games in life but it's the game of life itself that counts the most! Living long with the least amount of illness and disease sounds like a good game to me.
Live long and prosper,
The Masked Man
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Rugged schedule, Steph Curry’s illness, force Warriors to take early precautions. This sounds like some sort of respiratory virus, as they say he sounds congested.
Source of information.
1.SF Standard.
https://sfstandard.com/2025/11/05/steph-curry-illness-warriors-suns-kings/
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Yves Missi has been ruled out for Tuesday's game against the Hornets due to Illness.
Source of information.
1. Fantasy Pros.
https://www.fantasypros.com/nba/news/550102/yves-missi-illness-ruled-out-tuesday.php
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Chris Kreider Shares the Nasty Illness That Forced Him to Miss Four Ducks Games.
*According to Kreider, it was Hand-Foot-Mouth disease that kept him out for the better part of the last week*
Source of information.
1. House Of Hockey
https://www.houseofhockey.net/nhl-team/anaheim-ducks/chris-kreider-shares-the-nasty-illness-that-forced-him-to-miss-four-ducks-games
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New Orleans Saints rule out key defensive tackle with last-minute illness.
"John Ridgeway III. The New Orleans Saints backup defensive tackle came down with an illness over the weekend and was a late addition to the injury report on Sunday morning"
Source of information.
1. Saints Wire.
https://saintswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/saints/2025/11/02/saints-player-sick-john-ridgeway-illness-flu-game/87051855007/
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The Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Cole Holcomb and safety Chuck Clark are both going to be out of this weeks game due to illness.
Source of information.
1. Steelers Curtain Network.
https://www.steelcurtainnetwork.com/steelers-rule-2-additional-players-out-for-sunday-vs-colts/
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Surprise Chiefs illness throws o-line plans into chaos before Bills game.
Source of information.
1. Yard Barker.
https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/surprise_chiefs_illness_throws_o_line_plans_into_chaos_before_bills_game/s1_17422_42994736
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Bryan Anger out of Cowboys' practice with an illness
Source of information.
1. NBC Sports.
https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/bryan-anger-out-of-cowboys-practice-with-an-illne
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NBA player Kris Murray has been ruled out for Wednesday, October 29th's game against the Jazz due to illness.
Source of information.
1. Fantasy Pro.
https://www.fantasypros.com/nba/news/548778/kris-murray-illness-ruled-out-wednesday.php
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Lexington native Reece Potter missed Friday night’s Exhibition game vs. Purdue with an illness, according to a Kentucky spokesperson.
Source of information.
1. A Sea Of Blue.
https://www.aseaofblue.com/kentucky-wildcats-basketball/150437/reece-potter-illness-purdue-uk
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Raptors' Ja'Kobe Walter: Sitting out with illness.
Source of information.
1. CBS Sports.
https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/basketball/news/raptors-jakobe-walter-sitting-out-with-illness/
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It is that time of year again where we see nonstop reports of Illness in the NBA.
Jazz's Ace Bailey: Dealing with illness.
Source of information.
1. CBS Sports.
https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/basketball/news/jazzs-ace-bailey-dealing-with-illness/
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Tiffany Stratton Says She’s Been Dealing With Illness For Past Two Weeks.
Source of information.
1. 411 Mania.
https://411mania.com/wrestling/tiffany-stratton-dealing-illness-past-two-weeks/
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Tennessee Titans add Johnny Hekker to injury report with illness.
Source of information.
1. Titans Wire.
https://titanswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/titans/2025/10/18/tennessee-titans-add-johnny-hekker-to-injury-report-with-illness/86772657007/
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Packers add CB Keisean Nixon to Week 7 injury report due to illness
Source of information.
1. Packers Wire.
https://packerswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/packers/2025/10/18/packers-add-cb-keisean-nixon-to-week-7-injury-report-due-to-illness/86774911007/
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A time out special sports Info message in regards to NFL physicians...
SUMMARY:
Introducing the NFL Physicians Society a talented group of physicians dedicated to advancing player health and safety
LINK:
https://nflps.org/about/
Masked Man thinks this of interest because we never hear about these physicians whatsoever in articles concerning athlete's illnesses yet these physicians are supposedly "dedicated to fostering open communication, sharing best practices, and advancing medical knowledge to benefit athletes at every level".
Its unbelievable we hear no mention of these physicians when players and coaches report illnesses to us in sports articles...Talk about lack of press for NFL Physicians! These physicians are so called experts, the very ones actually qualified to educate and talk to us about "illnesses" and diagnosis and yet they seem to be left in the shadows!
While I understand patients and doctors records are typically private and require release forms to release information publicly, I would still assume famous people and most people in the public eye would disclose this type of info simply for the sake of general public health and their teammates. In this day and age it just seems socially responsible to foster open communication in regards to todays illnesses so that there is less stigma and more medical and scientific advances.
Some famous people or people in the public eye are socially responsible and give details of their illnesses and experience to better humankind while some don't disclose such info publicly which only adds to ignorance and empowers illness(which doesn't seem to do anybody any good). We and must also ask ourselves individually if it is not our social duty to disclose publicly the nature of our illness if it is indeed a contagious illness.
Since we are indeed social and intelligent animals, we members of society as a whole probably want to at least make it a custom to protect one another from contagious illness when it is possible to. It doesn't seem right to inflict a contagious illness or disease onto another on purpose or out of sheer irresponsibility or ignorance.
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Chiefs' Brashard Smith: Misses practice due to illness.
Source of information.
1. CBS Sports.
https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/news/chiefs-brashard-smith-misses-practice-due-to-illness/
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NFL: Josh Jacobs Injury: Comes down with illness.
Source of information.
1. Rotowire
https://www.rotowire.com/football/headlines/josh-jacobs-injury-comes-down-with-illness-611101
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NFL: Ja’Marr Chase has an illness and is questionable vs. Packers but is expected to play.
Source of information.
1. Cincy Jungle.
https://www.cincyjungle.com/cincinnati-bengals-news/177030/jamarr-chase-illness-packers-week-6
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Some sports related news in regards to:
NFL's New COVID-19 Medical Pledge 2025
Summary:
SHOCKING NEWS 2025: Josh Jacobs Refuses to Sign NFL's New COVID-19 Medical Pledge
LINK:
https://sport247.topnewsource.com/posts/shocking-news-2025-josh-jacobs-refuses-to-sign-nfls-new-covid-19-medical-pledge-says-the-era-of-mandatory-orders-is-over-sparks-fierce-debate-as-packers-enter-preseason-admincp/
Masked Man comments: what can I say other than James Bond Has a license to kill while Josh Jacobs has a license to make you ill,
This is terrifying to me. Its bad enough that asymptomatic people make one another sick. Its even worse that those of us who know they are ill wittingly and knowingly make one another suffer the same and risk spreading and giving one another covid and long covid. We have gun laws that help cut back on people shooting one another I guess a voluntary pledge to not give one another a disease is just too much to ask a 'guy on the make' out there in the sports arena.
Is Josh Jacobs paranoid or thinks he's some sort of freedom fighter? Must he rebel against a formality of kindness and pledge that is merely there to try to protect one another from disease and illness? Your rights aren't going to be violated by voluntarily telling and warning people you might have covid! Choose what you battle wisely.. don't battle a pledge that is meant for protecting one another. Irresponsibility to acknowledge whether one is suffering from a contagious illness is not what freedom and rights are about.Its a good thing to inform one another when we are ill. Its kind and fair and an act of goodwill and virtue.. its good sportsmanship in the game of life to warn each other when you might have a contagious disease like covid in efforts to simply minimize overall humankind suffering. The majority of us think of covid as an undesirable affliction to say the least.
I dare say it is hardly a violation of rights to ask people to admit they might have covid so that they can avoid causing undue suffering to others. To me these are like things we are supposed to know already..like kindergarden ethics.. you not supposed to go around making one another sick and that is what prompted a voluntary act of a kindness in the form of a NFL pledge to tell one another when you are sick. Its just a pledge to encourage players to do the right thing.
The pledge is not a form of punishment or a penalty imposed or motivated by a particular political party or faction. I assume this is a pledge in regards to public safety and its the very least the NFL could do insofar as attempting to circumvent covid goes. The NFL pledge was formed to try to prevent viruses and diseases amongst you brothers and sisters. Its a humanitarian pledge agreement to reduce a disease that hurts people.
I appreciate that people might be afraid of disclosing things to the public however covid is like a bullet that can hurt others for life and so to me its more hurtful and science won't advance as fast if people don't talk about covid or acknowledge covid when they have it. Covid has a huge bearing on the health of society as a whole and to not make efforts to prevent its spread is a huge opportunity missed by super stars , athletes, and people in the public not willing to talk and warn others and take precations when infected. All this is my opinion, I think covid and long covid is a force to be reckoned with and deserves a fair amount of attention because of its long term ramifications and repercussions.
... Read that article and now you know why this particular 'novid' has been consistently wearing a mask since 2020,
The Masked Man
P.S.speaking for myself this is a piece of cake. I love my family and I I have a significant other in my life. I pledge to not get sick or make them sick the best I can. I used to have asthma as a child.. I don't want covid and long covid enough that I take a lot precautions. I wear a mask and I pledge to take precautions and I pledge to inform others and stay away from others if perchance I was infected with covid or any other airborne illness despite my masking . This is in my best interest. My body is adverse to diseases , illnesses and suffering likewise I would never wish diseases , illness, or suffering onto others, That's a Masked Man pledge to the public. Simple and easy I don't think people will think less of me or take advantage of me, my good looks or resources by taking that Masked Man's pledge! :) I won't hurt ya man, brothers and sisters. If I'm hurting or have a weird diseases I'll let ya know and warn ya so I don't give it to ya! Were cool... I won't inflict a disease or mess with anybody ..I promise.. that's my pledge. I'm not afraid to take a written pledge on my respect for others! :) I'll sign the the NFL's pledge to tell others if I get a weird disease anytime.. where do I sign!? :)
To me, covid and long covid is like the disease version of Russian roulette because we know when covid is around it always hurts somebody .. we always know it’s gonna fire on a percentage of humans and currently it’s kind of unpredictable and we never know which bout of covid is going to give us long covid and we just never know. I call covid the Russian roulette of all disease because of its unpredictability insofar as long term repercussions and damages it does .
I also call covid the gateway disease because it opens the door to many possible health repercussions. We don’t know enough about covid to not fear and respect it.
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Mercury HC Issues 27-Second Message to DeWanna Bonner After Struggles With Illness in WNBA Finals.
Source of information.
1. Essentially Sports.
https://www.essentiallysports.com/wnba-basketball-news-phoenix-mercury-hc-issues-twenty-seven-second-message-to-dewanna-bonner-after-struggles-with-illness-in-wnba-finals
Special guest Masked Man Sports Commentator Essayist:
I am compelled to comment on the more often than not failure and lack of responsibility to determine illness amongst peers in the sports world:
I can't help but observe that
These head coaches take the cake when it comes to pushing their athletes to play while sick.. its just abuse like these head coaches are cult leaders in charge of the athletes and its really appears from the article that the head coaches speak in place of the athletes. More often than not we never hear from the athlete themselves but only from the head coach. The head coach appears to be the sole authority at least that is how it appears in the article.
We certainly aren't hearing the voice of the athlete or at least no one is asking them these crucial questions: How does it feel to play sick for your team!? Is this smart? How does it feel to not even know if you are spreading a disease that will hurt others!? ...I'm sorry but these are important questions because we don't want our children or anybody of any age modeling after athletes that don't seek medical care while sporting an illness do we!?.
While the head coach may know a lot about a game what does he know about viruses!? Let's not overstep our bounds here..If somebody is sick lets get them some help right away! Its one thing to do incredible feats of strength and dexterity in competitive games amongst other while being an athlete while it is quite another to have covid, strep or tuberculoses! Let's not praise people for ignoring symptoms of great discomfort. once a person is ill lets call a time-out for them. Its not a fun game anymore coach if someone is sick.
The article reads:
"the head coach didn’t shy away from giving her the credit she deserved. He said, “DB was fantastic, the whole night. She’s been battling some kind of sickness. We changed the matchup. She went to A’ja. I thought she competed at a high level. And then offensively, she was just fearless.”
Masked man says this is embarrassing and this is not "fearless" this is reckless behavior to not seek medical treatment or at least not make any efforts to protect others around a teammate when they are ill. If somebody is sick they should be encouraged to take a break and at least go nurse themselves. Its just not wise nor should it be morally acceptable to not be more responsible in the face of microscopic entities such as airborne viruses that have been scientifically proven to hurt people. I would think it humiliating and dangerous to perform in sports while being sick.
Go home! Stay home when you are sick! Know when to call it quits.. duh, Its just wrong to spread illness striving for a gold medallion or whatever, When is a coach going to say "wow I sent them home as soon as I was aware they were sick I care about their health and well being".
Use common sense and self defense when it comes to attempting to dodge and not spread as much human suffering as possible , When people are sick sometimes they pass out or get dehydrated and pass out and bad things happen. To look the other way or to praise people to drive somewhere or do competitive sports while in a weakened sick state is just grounds for trouble besides others can get sick. Its just not humane or acceptable to have sick ill workers or sports competitors serving us while knowing they are ill. Its simply not conducive to the safety the flock or herd to allow sick people to participate normally in close proximity to serve us. Traditionally most civilized humane cultures agree and embrace the idea we should take aims to always separated the sick from the healthy so that the sick may get well and the healthy stay healthy.
Speaking for my self, There is something in me that just cries out it is wrong to do stuff or make others do stuff while sick. By the way I prefer to be around people who wear safety masks. The mask serves me well,
Love,
The Masked Man
P.S. if I am not mistaken if you love somebody you try to watch out for them and show mercy and compassion when they don't feel well. If they are sick or ill typically compassionate people try to alleviate that suffering and prevent it from multiplying to others.
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Mercury HC Issues 27-Second Message to DeWanna Bonner After Struggles With Illness in WNBA Finals.
Source of information.
1. Essentially Sports.
https://www.essentiallysports.com/wnba-basketball-news-phoenix-mercury-hc-issues-twenty-seven-second-message-to-dewanna-bonner-after-struggles-with-illness-in-wnba-finals
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Josh Simmons’ shocking illness clouds Chiefs’ plans against Jaguars as left tackle’s status uncertain!
Source of information.
1. Motorcycle Sports.
https://motorcyclesports.net/nfl/josh-simmons-shocking-illness-clouds-chiefs-plans-against-jaguars-as-left-tackles-status-uncertain/
I dare ask why they call it "shocking " Illness!? They don't even know what the illness is! lol..I mean would they be less shocked if they went to a doctor to figure out what was going on?
Furthermore I quote thew article "Awaiting Further Updates
As of now, there has been no official update regarding Simmons’ condition or potential participation in the game. The Chiefs’ coaching staff will likely monitor him closely as game time approaches. Fans and analysts alike will be eager for more information as the situation unfolds".
..In light of this, Masked Man must ask why would "The Chiefs’ coaching staff will likely monitor him closely", when perhaps they should seek a physician!? lol I half heartedly laugh in disbelief because while they may be professional athletes it just ludicrous they sure aren't seeking professional help for "shocking" illnesses they have yet to fairly diagnose. Hope this "shocking " Illness isn't covid or another contagious illness with long term repercussions. As I skim through the article I didn't notice anything about seeking medical diagnosis or care for Simmons. Aren't they scared and don't they care enough about him and their own safety?
The only thing that is "shocking" about this illness is the shocking behavior and policy of The Chiefs’ coaching staff for not getting Simmons some professional help in discerning his illness for his sake and the rest of his team and contacts.
I'm sure the article took longer to write than the time it takes to access the many over the counter tests that are available at pharmacies nowadays for a handful of contagious illness. Just imagine one could at least rule out covid and covid outbreak concerns for his loved ones, by seeing if Simmons tested positive for covid or not in about the same time it takes to write a sports article.
Its shocking they don't at least rule out what Simmons doesn't test positive for at least until they find out what his illness is. I'd be concerned for Simmons's health and concerned about outbreaks occurring. I'd be ashamed if I were them not to figure out what the illness actually is by a professional and qualified medical assistants and I'd be embarrassed as well to not rule out whether someone has covid or not considering current over the counter medical tests available.
Yet another point to ponder if they think these athletes are on illegal drugs these players get tested for drug use so why can't they test these players when they show symptoms of illness? They have no trouble taking pee and blood tests if they are suspected of doing drugs illegally yet if someone on the team has signs of covid or whopping cough be it serious or potentially life threatening they just say they are "shocked" and they don't bother testing the athlete !? Its probably just as dangerous if not more doing intense competitive sports on marijuana or speed as it is performing while having covid and spreading it to everybody. Covid outbreaks endanger everybody with probable long term repercussions.
Also as Masked Man I must advise people to 'Mask up' at least until they figure out if what they got is contagious or not as it is generally advisable to not spread contagious illnesses to contacts and loved ones.
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Josh Simmons’ shocking illness clouds Chiefs’ plans against Jaguars as left tackle’s status uncertain!
Source of information.
1. Motorcycle Sports.
https://motorcyclesports.net/nfl/josh-simmons-shocking-illness-clouds-chiefs-plans-against-jaguars-as-left-tackles-status-uncertain/
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Apparently NFL player Dexter Lawrence was dealing with an Illness all of last week.
Source of information.
1. Giants Wire.
https://giantswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/giants/2025/10/05/new-york-giants-dexter-lawrence-injury-illness-update-week-5/86534423007/
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In the article source provided below it states Alex Pereia dealt with Norovirus during his fight.
What illness did Alex Pereira allegedly have during first fight with Magomed Ankalaev?
Source of information.
1. Sports Keeda
https://www.sportskeeda.com/mma/news-what-illness-alex-pereira-allegedly-first-fight-magomed-ankalaev
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Hockey: Mammoth's Daniil But: Dealing with illness.
Source of information.
1. CBS Sports.
https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/hockey/news/mammoths-daniil-but-dealing-with-illness/
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Very rare that you see Covid listed as the illness in the NBA these days.
"Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo did not attend the team’s season-opening media day session Monday because he tested positive for COVID, according to Bucks general manager Jon Horst"
Source of information.
1. Yahoo Sports
https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/breaking-news/article/giannis-antetokounmpo-not-in-attendance-at-media-day-because-of-covid-but-addresses-talk-about-his-bucks-future-174154952.html
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Red Sox’s Alex Bregman Dealing With Illness Before Playoffs.
Source of information.
1. NESN.
https://nesn.com/2025/09/red-soxs-alex-bregman-dealing-with-illness-before-playoffs/
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Stephanie Vaquer Was Nearly Pulled From WWE Wrestlepalooza Over Illness.
Source of information.
1. 411 Mania.
https://411mania.com/wrestling/stephanie-vaquer-nearly-pulled-wwe-wrestlepalooza-illness/
side comment: what a weird story… She “wrestled with her heart” even though she wasn’t 100 percent”!? She was sick and obviously was barely “cleared” by doctor to play.. nothing mentioned publicly as to what her illness actually is or was and then it’s like some glamorous testament of will that she was able to play like it was a divine matter that she was able to attend the wrestling match.
I guess we live in a fantasy world of super hero’s that overcome mysterious illnesses so their dreams come true and yet we don’t even know what illness she had.. what a weird way to live ..
..I hope school children don’t think this is the way the world works.. that’s just too much pressure.. kids don’t try this at home. If you feel unwell stay at home and don’t compete.. get well soon .. be gentle on yourselves .. talk about your illness and slow down be humble so you can fully recover.
Don’t be masochistic and push yourselves if your feeling ill. Don’t push your luck if you are ill.. real doctors wouldn’t typically advise you to exert yourselves when recovering from ‘illnesses’.
Don’t do things when you are ill or not fully recovered because it might be dangerous for you or others to do stuff when your not 100 percent good. This is just common sense to not take chances.
I don’t know what these pro wrestlers are thinking. It’s dangerous to do the gymnastics they do throwing each other over their heads when they aren’t 100 percent healthy. That’s scary they could really mess each other’s backs up or something. If there’s any chance they are sick at all they should refrain from showing off and doing dangerous moves in the ring.
Unless one has a psychological disorder with symptoms like delusions of grandeur or Unless they are on a suicide mission, to me it doesn’t appear normal, reasonable, safe, or advantageous to society for people to work or even drive or delegate while they are possibly sick or not of sound body or mind.
Just yesterday In my college university town traffic stopped. Somebody who wasn’t well and apparently had a stroke while they were driving and hit a tree and somehow didn’t run over a pedestrian or hit another car. Now that person is in a coma. That’s not to say this horrible accident could have been circumvented or that anybody knew they were about to have a stroke however one can’t help but criticize pro wrestlers and drivers who pose a threat to others when they don’t feel good or are sick and carry on as if they are immortal. It’s irresponsible to perform dangerous tasks if we are aware or suspect something or someone is malfunctioning.
Just like every medicine bottle has to put a warning label as to the contraindications, let this reply to this post serve as a caveat and warning to adults who might operate heavy equipment while distracted by illness or heavily medicated and we must warn children that the antics of pro wrestlers who are sick are not necessarily lawful or fair to others who are behaving responsible and don’t put others lives in jeopardy when ill.
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Stephanie Vaquer Was Nearly Pulled From WWE Wrestlepalooza Over Illness.
Source of information.
1. 411 Mania.
https://411mania.com/wrestling/stephanie-vaquer-nearly-pulled-wwe-wrestlepalooza-illness/
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Fernando Tatis battles major illness as Padres face uncertainty in crucial season stretch
Source of information.
1. Motorcycle Sports.
https://motorcyclesports.net/mlb/fernando-tatis-battles-major-illness-as-padres-face-uncertainty-in-crucial-season-stretch/
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Fernando Tatis Jr. is not in Monday's lineup against the Milwaukee Brewers due to illness.
Source of information.
1. Fantasy Pros.
https://www.fantasypros.com/mlb/news/541729/fernando-tatis-jr-dealing-with-illness.php
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Zac Gallen battles through illness to toss 7 innings for the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Source of information.
1. Keeping It Heel.
https://keepingitheel.com/zac-gallen-battles-through-illness-to-toss-7-innings-for-the-arizona-diamondbacks
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Rams add OLB to Week 3 injury report with illness.
Source of information.
1. Clutch Points.
https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/los-angeles-rams/rams-news-add-olb-to-week-3-injury-report-with-illness
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Jaxon Smith-Njigba dealing with illness, added to injury report as questionable.
Source of information.
1. 4 for 4.
https://www.4for4.com/news/jaxon-smith-njigba-dealing-illness-added-injury-report-questionable
In the article it states
"We’ll see how JSN feels in the morning".
Comment:
Masked Man can't help but marvel at how unprofessinal this sounds... I mean c'mon ..see how he feels!? Jaxon should be encouraged to get properly diagnosed for his own sake and for the sake of others incase it is contagious.
Let's take these "illnesses" & and troubling symptoms seriously at least until we figure out what they are and if they aren't serious "Illnesses". Let's make efforts to determine what sort of beast(s) we are dealing with here before we go spreading it! Let's not go by "feel" alone. There's something wrong with Jaxon and some educated attempts should be made to figure out what it is preferably by medical professionals and medical tests! Duh!
When I was a kid and had strep a teacher would ask for a note from a doctor making sure I was on antibiotics and that enough days had passed that I wasn't contagious before letting me back into junior high school I'd expect sports doctors/ sports teams and coaches to make sure they aren't spreading covid or strep or whatever to one another and so forth.
Jaxon and other competitive sports players,
Get a note from your doctor saying you aren't contagious and therefore won't inflict whatever you got onto others if you love them like I had to in Junior high school.
Show some love & Thanks,
The Masked Man
P.S. wear a mask and avoid making others sick while you are figuring out what your "Illness" is! You don't want to make your doctor so sick he can't help you and others. When we feel ill or have and illness I tend to think we should all take it seriously and use precautions such as masking so we don't inadvertently make people we love or people that help us or our daily contacts sick.
These measures we take to not make other sick cuts down on outbreaks and it reduces all of us having to deal with the long term repercussions of people who do get ill. We have to deal not just with people who briefly have short term illness but we also have to deal with people who have long term health repercussions because of these illnesses. So do your part and do us all a favor Jaxon and other competitive athletes and take measures to reduce giving this illness to others as well as figureing out what your illness is.
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Jaxon Smith-Njigba dealing with illness, added to injury report as questionable.
Source of information.
1. 4 for 4.
https://www.4for4.com/news/jaxon-smith-njigba-dealing-illness-added-injury-report-questionable
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Seiya Suzuki (illness) hopeful to return in upcoming series.
Suzuki has missed three straight games due to an illness, but he appears to be nearing a return. While he is sidelined, Willi Castro will continue to see the majority of starts in right field.
Source of information.
1. Fantasy Pros.
https://www.fantasypros.com/mlb/news/540107/seiya-suzuki-illness-hopeful-to-return-upcoming-series.php
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Phillies Brandon Marsh is currently dealing with the Flu.
Source of information.
1. Fantasy Pros
https://www.fantasypros.com/mlb/news/538899/brandon-marsh-illness-out-lineup-monday.php
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Reds manager Terry Francona (illness) misses game vs. Mets.
Source of information.
1. Deadspin.
https://deadspin.com/reds-manager-terry-francona-illness-misses-game-vs-mets/
...it's consecutive "illness('s)...(wonder what the illness is? Wonder if its contagious? I'm sure his team and those close to him would want to know for the sake of their own safety. Gosh if its TB or covid or pneumonia etc.. seems wise to tell others so they know they might have it. This gives people the chance to say onto themselves things like:"Gosh I if I was around Terry I might have what he's got and I don't want to spread the illness to my mom or dad... sure would be nice to know what Terry had so I know whether to chance making others sick". I guess this is a challenge and an abstract experience for those trying to determine what the illness actually might be even in this day and age of medical tests, advances and technology.. What these 'illnesses' are seems to fly under the radar for these incredible athletes .. they should call it "obscure illness" since they are obscure about the illness. Surely they can disclose the symptoms?I hope its not contagious I have moral compass and would definitely try to share with others as soon as I figured out what was wrong with me to others for their health's sake... Regardless, Hope everyone is okay if its contagious..
...The sooner people know what the "illness" actually is the better we can treat it and protect our loved ones from getting it)
Looks like multiple players and staff are out sick for the Cincinnati Reds. Even the Manger was out sick on Friday night.
"MILWAUKEE -- Manager Terry Francona was ruled out from being in the dugout for Friday’s game against the Brewers because of an illness.
Francona was among multiple Reds players and staff that were sent back to the team hotel after feeling sick. Bench coach Freddie Benavides will manage against Milwaukee."
Source of information.
1. MLB.com
https://www.mlb.com/news/terry-francona-to-miss-game-against-brewers-with-an-illness
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Reds manager Terry Francona (illness) misses game vs. Mets.
Source of information.
1. Deadspin.
https://deadspin.com/reds-manager-terry-francona-illness-misses-game-vs-mets/
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Joe Ryan who pitches for the Minnesota Twins struggles with flu-like illness in a short start.
Source of information.
1. MLB.
https://www.mlb.com/news/joe-ryan-allows-five-runs-in-two-innings-in-loss-to-royals
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Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe overcome illness, injury to reach U.S. Open women’s doubles final.
Source of information.
1. The Globe And Mail
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/tennis/article-gabriela-dabrowski-erin-routliffe-us-open-doubles/?utm_medium=Referrer:+Social+Network+/+Media&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links
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Chargers announce Mekhi Becton is questionable tonight with an illness.
Source of information.
1. NBC Sports.
https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/chargers-announce-mekhi-becton-is-questionable-tonight-with-an-illness
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Huston Texans' Cam Robinson: Dealing with illness.
Source of information.
1. CBS Sports.
https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/news/texans-cam-robinson-dealing-with-illness/
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Reds LHP Nick Lodolo scratched from start due to illness.
Source of information.
1. World Baseball.
https://worldbaseball.com/reds-lhp-nick-lodolo-scratched-from-start-due-to-illness/
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Houston Astros manager Joe Espada misses game against Colorado Rockies with illness.
Source of information.
1. Huston Chronicle
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/astros/article/joe-espada-misses-game-illness-21018881.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral
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Detroit Tigers player Colt Keith was scratched due to illness on Sunday, August 24th.
Source of information.
1. Michigan Live.
https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2025/08/detroit-tigers-lineup-today-for-series-finale-against-royals.html
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The Buffalo Bills played the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in a preseason game on Saturday, August 23rd. Seeing reports of Multiple players not being able to play due to being sick.
Sources of information.
1. Yahoo Sports
https://sports.yahoo.com/article/watch-tight-end-zach-davidson-004537142.html
2. CBS Sports
https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/news/bills-curtis-samuel-comes-down-with-illness/
3. NBC Sports
https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/teddy-bridgewater-is-out-for-tonights-preseason-finale-with-an-illness
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Marlins' Otto Lopez: Still out Saturday. He was also out on Friday for the same illness. No word on what the illness is.
Source of information.
1. CBS Sports
https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/marlins-otto-lopez-still-out-saturday/
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Jannik Sinner withdraws from Cincinnati Open final against Carlos Alcaraz through illness.
Source of information.
1. TNT Sports
https://www.tntsports.co.uk/tennis/atp-cincinnati/2025/jannik-sinner-withdraws-final-against-carlos-alcaraz-through-illness_sto23212470/story.shtml
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino left Saturday night's 6-2 win over the Chicago White Sox with a heat-related illness after striking out in the first inning.
Source of information.
1. ESPN
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/45998466/royals-vinnie-pasquantino-exits-heat-related-illness
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Jeremy Peña faces fierce battle against illness as Astros try to secure AL West supremacy
Source of information.
1. Motociclismo.
https://motociclismo.pt/en/jeremy-pena-faces-fierce-battle-against-illness-as-astros-try-to-secure-al-west-supremacy/
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New Orleans Saints cornerback Rico Payton missed Thursday's practice due to an illness.
Source of information.
1. Fantasy Pros.
https://www.fantasypros.com/nfl/news/533671/rico-payton-illness-misses-practice-thursday.php
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Brian Thomas Jr. will miss Wednesday's practice due to an illness and is considered day-to-day, Michael DiRocco of ESPN.com reports.
Source of information.
1. The Fantasy Footballers.
https://www.thefantasyfootballers.com/news/600342/brian-thomas-jr-dealing-with-illness/
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Mike Trout battles illness, sidelined again as Angels strive to find a way without their MVP.
Source of information.
1. Motociclismo.
https://motociclismo.pt/en/mike-trout-battles-illness-sidelined-again-as-angels-strive-to-find-a-way-without-their-mvp/
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Already another NFL illness.
Patrick Jones II did not practice on Wednesday at Panthers training camp due to an illness.
Source of information.
1. Fantasy Pros.
https://www.fantasypros.com/nfl/news/532085/patrick-jones-ii-illness-misses-practice-wednesday-.php
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Issues already starting up for the NFL. Rashod Bateman sent home with illness, Jalyn Armour-Davis set for an MRI.
Source of information.
1. NBC Sports
https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/rashod-bateman-sent-home-with-illness-jalyn-armour-davis-set-for-an-mri
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Kyle Stowers was scratched from Monday's lineup against the St. Louis Cardinals due to an illness.
Source of information.
1. Fantasy Pros
https://www.fantasypros.com/mlb/news/531511/kyle-stowers-dealing-with-illness.php
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Kansas City Royals right-hander Michael Lorenzen was scratched from Saturday's start due to an illness.
Source of information.
1. ESPN.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/45724935/royals-rhp-michael-lorenzen-illness-scratched-start
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Blue Jays’ Joey Loperfido removed from starting lineup with illness
Source of information.
1. MSN.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/mlb/blue-jays-joey-loperfido-removed-from-starting-lineup-with-illness/ar-AA1IrKg1?ocid=socialshare
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In the MLB, Jhoan Duran is Battling an illness and was unavailable to plat on Tuesday July 9th 2025.
Source of information.
1. Rotowire
https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/headlines/jhoan-duran-injury-battling-illness-973436
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There have been a ton of professional golfers this year dealing with illness.
Find the latest golf news and updates for the PGA TOUR.
source of information.
1. PGA Tour.com
https://www.pgatour.com/article/news/latest/2025/06/22/eric-cole-withdraws-due-to-illness-travelers-championship-cromwell
You'd think they would just wear a mask..I'm just not impressed with golfers ..they just deal with one ball while I can juggle three balls and clean vegetables with my mask on surely they can get one little mere ball into a hole and also wear a mask.. its hard to impress a guy like me who hasn't gotten sick in over five years because of my mask...
Here's my
Masked Man juggling and cleaning vegetables in his Masked Man music video(guitar background music by Masked Man) to inspire golfers to wear mask:
VIDEO LINK
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l2EBC4Flhz2ZSnHDPLlTGkFzHQDFwnsR/view?usp=sharing
P.S. think my video is ridiculous or I’m playing games think again and Watch my lifesaving video…
Masked Man & Masked Woman's Trip To Masked Doctor To Drop Off Paper Work & See Masked Nurse & Masked Doctor Briefly Music Video(electric guitar by Masked Man)
Video LINK:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kw_nxomTcrLyf3zTJx0UW0mQ7D1P9k-u/view?usp=sharing
… recently my loved one and I wore our masks to a small doctors office where sick people gather and we didn’t get sick. My loved one is 77 years old and she and I haven’t been sick in five years because of publicly masking. My loved one hasn’t gotten any airborne illnesses so far from ages 72- 77 years old because we mask and take precautions ! Covid , pneumonia, etc. can weaken & kill the elderly or anybody for that matter.. that’s a video of me and my loved one walking to and fro from doctors office with lifesaving masks on to inspire people to protect and love one another and this video is to inspire golfers to wear mask.
.. also I want my videos to inspire those who do get sick to wear a mask in the doctor’s waiting room for Pete’s sake and for everybody else’s sake!
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There have been a ton of professional golfers this year dealing with illness.
Find the latest golf news and updates for the PGA TOUR.
source of information.
1. PGA Tour.com
https://www.pgatour.com/article/news/latest/2025/06/22/eric-cole-withdraws-due-to-illness-travelers-championship-cromwell
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Illness forces Syracuse recruit to pull out of tryouts for USA World Cup team.
Source of information.
1. Syracuse.com
https://www.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/2025/06/illness-forces-syracuse-recruit-to-pull-out-of-tryouts-for-usa-world-cup-team.html
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Deion Sanders’ mystery illness keeping him away from Colorado football.
Source of information.
1. Clutch Points.
https://clutchpoints.com/ncaa-football/colorado-football-news-deion-sanders-mystery-illness-keeping-him-away-from-buffaloes
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Chicago Cubs Catcher Carson Kelly Scratched From Starting Lineup Due to Illness.
Source of information.
1. Sports Illustrated.
https://www.si.com/fannation/mlb/fastball/injuries/chicago-cubs-breakout-catcher-carson-kelly-scratched-from-starting-lineup-vs-cincinnati-reds-sunday-afternoon-due-to-illness-01jw45czq59s
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Former TNA/WWE star Gail Kim has announced that she will be unable to attend the 2025 NWA Crockett Cup this weekend due to experiencing severe symptoms resembling the flu and COVID-19.
Source of information.
1. E Wrestling News.
https://www.ewrestlingnews.com/news/indie/gail-kim-withdraws-from-nwa-crockett-cup-due-to-potential-illness.
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Jamal Murray battles illness and elimination as Nuggets aim for epic Game 6 comeback against higher-seeded rivals.
Source of information.
1.
https://motorcyclesports.net/jamal-murray-battles-illness-and-elimination-as-nuggets-aim-for-epic-game-6-comeback-against-higher-seeded-rivals/
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Maple Leafs' Oliver Ekman-Larsson misses practice due to illness.
Source of information.
1. Sportsnet.
https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/maple-leafs-oliver-ekman-larsson-misses-practice-due-to-illness/
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I probably should have given this its own thread at this point and who knows maybe down the line I will split it off into its own thread.
Joe Mazzulla provides new information regarding Kristaps Porzingis' illness.
Source of information.
1. Celtics Blog.
https://www.celticsblog.com/2025/5/6/24424944/kristaps-porzingis-illness-injury-report-joe-mazzulla
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Justin Rose withdrew from the Truist Championship before Saturday's third round because of an illness.
Source of information.
1. ESPN
https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/45082288/justin-rose-withdraws-truist-championship-illness
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MINNEAPOLIS -- Twins pitcher Joe Ryan is recovering from a nasty illness that forced him to be scratched from his start Thursday. He is expected to take the mound Saturday at home against the Giants.
Source of information.
1. MLB.com
https://www.mlb.com/news/joe-ryan-set-to-face-giants-after-illness
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Joe Ryan has been scratched from his scheduled start on Thursday due to an illness.
Source of information.
1. Fantasy Pros
https://www.fantasypros.com/mlb/news/519015/joe-ryan-illness-scratched-from-start-thursday.php
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Boston Celtics star big man Kristaps Porzingis did not come out in the second half of Game 1 vs the Knicks due to an illness. He is said to still be dealing with issues stemming from his virus he had back in the winter.
Sources of information.
1. Sports illustrated
https://www.si.com/nba/celtics/news/celtics-kristaps-porzingis-exits-game-1-with-undisclosed-illness
2. Celtics Blog
https://www.celticsblog.com/2025/5/6/24424944/kristaps-porzingis-illness-injury-report-joe-mazzulla
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Golden Knights' Pietrangelo (illness) ruled out for Game 1 vs. Oilers
Source of information.
1. TSN.
https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/golden-knights-alex-pietrangelo-illness-ruled-out-for-game-1-vs-edmonton-oilers-1.2301854
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Play right through your illness but good luck with long term consequences.
Mets Notes: Kodai Senga pitches through illness, decision to not use Edwin Diaz explained.
Source of information.
1. SNY.
https://sny.tv/articles/mets-notes-kodai-senga-illness-edwin-diaz
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An illness forces the Wild to replace Gustavsson with Fleury at goalie against Golden Knights
Source of information.
1. MSN.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/other/an-illness-forces-the-wild-to-replace-gustavsson-with-fleury-at-goalie-against-golden-knights/ar-AA1DSXAF?ocid=socialshare
The article quotes the coach(a coach that knew his player wasn’t feeling good or quite up to snuff even before the game):
“Wild coach John Hynes said Gustavsson's illness “came up during the game.”
But Fleury knew there was a chance he needed to be ready.
I knew Gus wasn’t feeling great before the game, but he battled through those first periods,” Fleury said. “I talked when he came off and he said that was it.”
Masked Man thinks if the coach knew his player wasn’t feeling good why would he let him play!? Also doesn’t anybody want to know if Gus is going to be okay? Obviously nobody has Gus’s best interest in mind. Not cool. There is nothing in this article to indicate that any of the players or coaches think Gus should explore outside help.
Here’s Masked Man’s theory:
These sports team exhibit cult like behavior big time .. I mean this is cult behavior where when people get sick it’s like it isn’t happening like it’s not the social norm for them to get sick or seek outside help .. they don’t seek help outside their group.
.. it’s like a cult that doesn’t believe their members should seek doctors when they feel bad before, during , or after their game..
the game is like the a renegade church that doesn’t follow laws and is out of control. This is like the group has a mentality that clings to its members in such a way that they for all practical purposes banned or used some sort of peer pressure/authority from group or leader to discourage their members from leaving the group to seek professional medical help..
…Gus’s identity has pretty much been hijacked .. he has no identity and is like a soldier expected and expecting himself to perform regardless of what is in his personal best interest (which is he should seek medical attention immediately in order to seek out why he is sick since the others currently around him obviously can't do that).
These sports guys are conformists they conform to the group and of course are perfect specimens for contagious viruses .. tough guys exhibiting classic cult behavior
.. it’s like doctors and weakness doesn’t exist for their group .. these sports players think they are preselected for greatness and victory which is likely why they don’t even want to disclose what their illness is
.. it’s cult like tribe like behavior.. like little soldiers hellbent on winning favoritism from one another that can’t admit to weakness.
Hopefully families, typical churches, old folks homes and clubs don’t behave or treat their clients or members like these sports stars treat one another in their little cult. Typically people should seek outside help when their inner circle is failing them.
In this case the authority figure cult like leader is obviously the coach. It’s his team and he’s the expert. He’s the one saying what happened saying everything is alright.. patting Gus on the back.. I’m sure the coach is proud. No mention of doctor or diagnosis .. his team is invincible and they wouldn’t dream of seeking outside help everything is under control for the coach.
Hope you enjoyed my analysis,
The Masked behavioral analyst
P.S.
Cult-like behavior refers to a set of characteristics and tactics used by groups to exert significant influence and control over their members, often through manipulation, isolation, and the suppression of independent thought. These behaviors can be harmful, leading to emotional, psychological, and even physical harm for individuals involved.
...its pretty obvious in the article Gus can't even represent himself..He isn't even available to speak! The people who are speaking for him or on his behalf aren't talking about figuring out what is wrong with Gus or anything.. that's just like a cult man! They speak for him and they don't tell us what measures they've taken to help him because they haven't.
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An illness forces the Wild to replace Gustavsson with Fleury at goalie against Golden Knights
Source of information.
1. MSN.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/other/an-illness-forces-the-wild-to-replace-gustavsson-with-fleury-at-goalie-against-golden-knights/ar-AA1DSXAF?ocid=socialshare
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Rory McIlroy was dealing with an illness while playing at the Zurich Classic this past weekend.
Source of information.
1. Washington Times.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/23/rory-mcilroy-wont-let-illness-masters-fatigue-keep-zurich-classic/
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This one goes back to April 10th just now getting to it as I catch up.
Joe Beninati to miss call of Capitals-Hurricanes game due to illness.
Source of information.
1. RMNB
https://russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2025/04/10/joe-beninati-miss-call-capitals-hurricanes-game-illness/
this guy is an announcer and he's not announcing what he's got .. is it shame of diagnosis or something? I still can't get over the lack of discloser of what the diagnosis is. Its just weird how secretive or ignorant.. most people that hide what they got is because its a sexually transmitted disease or something that carries the stigma of shame... its probably not a sexually transmitted diseases that carries a lot of stigma... I can see where a guy might not want to blurt out Ive got Syphilis or Gonorrhea in my throat but to hide whether they got covid or flu seems kind of deceptive nowadays ..we wanna know if covid is going around again so we can protect ourselves!
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Denver Nuggets face unexpected illness outbreak while battling Clippers as David Adelman raises concerns over Steve Ballmer’s surprising accusations
Source of information.
1. Motorcycle Sports.
https://motorcyclesports.net/nuggets-face-unexpected-illness-outbreak-while-battling-clippers-as-david-adelman-raises-concerns-over-steve-ballmers-surprising-accusations/
The article reads:
"sudden outbreak of illness has cast a long shadow over the Nuggets, creating turmoil at a critical juncture in their playoff journey. The disruption is not isolated to the players alone—it has permeated every layer of the organization. Interim head coach David Adelman has emphasized that the contagion has affected everyone from the coaching staff to the front office, intensifying the pressures of an already demanding arena."
Let's rewrite this poem:
"Virus Sportsplay"
a poem by Masked Man
Sudden wave of illness has cast
A long shadow over my nuggets
It starts as an itch that turns into fire
sleep and rest is all I desire
Toil and trouble in each of my bodies junctures is in turmoil
I turn to my friends
But alas what started as a speck has turned into a boil!
What started as a tickle in the throat
Has made us all sick!
Permeated every layer of the organization
Better think quick what a stench
Anybody ever think enough to get
a diagnosis of this as of yet?!"
by Masked Man
Masked Man thinks oh dear what is illness is it!?!? Who cares about the pressures of the arena.. what about some diagnosis here.. anybody consider maybe going to the doctor and figuring that out? Man, these sports guys aren't very competitive when it comes to scoring a diagnosis!
They wrote "a sudden outbreak of illness has cast a long shadow over the Nuggets" Masked Man thinks jeesh it cast a shadow!? lol a pretty little shadow!? Ha! These are like poets when they describe outbreaks ..I'd describe its more like a blight, as shadow might be putting it kind of mild.
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Luka Doncic who plays for the LA Lakers is currently dealing with an illness which is affecting how he plays in the playoffs.
Source of information.
1. Motorcycle Sports.
https://motorcyclesports.net/luka-doncic-battles-illness-as-lakers-crumble-while-drake-scores-big-on-timberwolves-win-with-1m-payout/
So weird this idea "battles an illness" actually illnesses just beat ya up,,I don't know why there is this notion one actually "fights" an illness..they aren't "fighting"anything..there's a virus sort of eating away on.. you can't really "fight " a virus that's not how it works..its more like a person hosts a virus or bug that is eating away on its victim and could pop off onto others after it multiplies ..lol ..hard to fight something that gets into membranes or the lungs or whatever and multiplies.
"prominent playmaker battled a stomach bug while on the court. Despite his reputation as a five-time All-NBA standout, his discomfort impacted his usual dynamic presence. His struggle against an illness served as a stark reminder of how physical setbacks can shift the balance even among elite athletes. With every play, it became clear that the impact of his condition resonated throughout the team’s offensive rhythm."
...Masked Man thinks this is the biggest load of hogwash Ive ever heard sports commentary on the dynamics of how a virus is affecting the athlete!? Ha! This is ridiculous its like the author is trying to write poetry about a something that makes ya spew chunks or give ya the runs or a fever..ridicoulous sports commentary! :)
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Luka Doncic who plays for the LA Lakers is currently dealing with an illness which is affecting how he plays in the playoffs.
Source of information.
1. Motorcycle Sports.
https://motorcyclesports.net/luka-doncic-battles-illness-as-lakers-crumble-while-drake-scores-big-on-timberwolves-win-with-1m-payout/
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Denver Nuggets face unexpected illness outbreak while battling Clippers as David Adelman raises concerns over Steve Ballmer’s surprising accusations
Source of information.
1. Motorcycle Sports.
https://motorcyclesports.net/nuggets-face-unexpected-illness-outbreak-while-battling-clippers-as-david-adelman-raises-concerns-over-steve-ballmers-surprising-accusations/
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This one goes back to April 10th just now getting to it as I catch up.
Joe Beninati to miss call of Capitals-Hurricanes game due to illness.
Source of information.
1. RMNB
https://russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2025/04/10/joe-beninati-miss-call-capitals-hurricanes-game-illness/
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Mets' Griffin Canning scratched from Wednesday's start due to illness.
Source of information.
1. SNY
https://sny.tv/articles/mets-griffin-canning-scratched-illness
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This one is from a few days ago as I am catching up.
Joey Logano recovers from bout with norovirus at Darlington raceway.
Source of information.
1. Daily Union.
https://www.dailyunion.com/sports/national/joey-logano-recovers-from-bout-with-norovirus-at-darlington/article_66244d22-9e77-5c02-aa5f-fb58b0f990e2.html
This is interesting tidbit of info that I get when I google the terms:
"can flu contribute to car wrecks",
...all I get are tons of links of law firms and attorneys pretty much telling people they might have a case if someone can prove another person hit them while sick behind the wheel...
(if the flu isn't the cause of the crash maybe the drugs are)
Can the flu cause a car accident?
Bruno & Bruno
https://www.brunobrunolaw.com › blog › 2017/09 › ca...
Sep 22, 2017 — A driver who is sick with the flu or another serious illness may be more likely to cause a crash. When someone has the flu, there are different ways that their ...
Driving with the flu and the risk of a crash
Youngers Law, PA
https://www.youngerslaw.com › Blog
There are a number of ways in which the flu can increase the chances of a crash, whether someone has difficulty focusing due to a persistent headache, high ...
Flu season and preventing car crashes |
Can the flu cause a car accident?
Charles J. Argento
charlesargentoblog.com
https://www.charlesargentoblog.com › 2017/09 › flu-sea...
Sep 23, 2017 — For example, those who come down with the flu may face an increased chance of finding themselves involved in a traffic accident. If you are .... etc.
...all this Makes ya feel like wearing a helmet as well as a mask,
The Masked Man
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This one is from a few days ago as I am catching up.
Joey Logano recovers from bout with norovirus at Darlington raceway.
Source of information.
1. Daily Union.
https://www.dailyunion.com/sports/national/joey-logano-recovers-from-bout-with-norovirus-at-darlington/article_66244d22-9e77-5c02-aa5f-fb58b0f990e2.html
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Mason Marchment among trio of Stars out vs. Utah, Pete DeBoer says Dallas dealing with flu.
Source of information.
1. Dallas News.
https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/stars/2025/04/12/pete-deboer-says-stars-dealing-with-flu-anticipating-game-time-roster-decisions-vs-utah/
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Jakob Chychrun of the Washington Capitals is out due to an illness. He will not participate in the upcoming games. This status was reported on April 12, 2025.
Source of information.
1. KNUP Sports
https://knupsports.com/jakob-chychrun-out-due-to-illness-on-april-12-2025/
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Looks like yet again Kristaps Porzingis missed another basketball game due to illness. I have found that he entered Covid protocol back in 2022 while he was with the Dallas Mavericks. I will be adding him to the Covid positive archive.
Source of information.
1. Fantasy Pros.
https://www.fantasypros.com/nba/news/510887/kristaps-porzingis-illness-ruled-out-sunday.php
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Framber Valdez who plays baseball for the Houston Astros was said to be dealing with Fatigue and a sore throat on Sunday.
Source of information.
1. Rotowire
https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/headlines/framber-valdez-injury-battling-illness-955418
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Looks like multiple players and staff are out sick for the Cincinnati Reds. Even the Manger was out sick on Friday night.
"MILWAUKEE -- Manager Terry Francona was ruled out from being in the dugout for Friday’s game against the Brewers because of an illness.
Francona was among multiple Reds players and staff that were sent back to the team hotel after feeling sick. Bench coach Freddie Benavides will manage against Milwaukee."
Source of information.
1. MLB.com
https://www.mlb.com/news/terry-francona-to-miss-game-against-brewers-with-an-illness
..One time I was trying to act cool when I was a kid and delivered newspapers on a bicycle.. some of the other kids gave me some chewing tobacco and I broke into a cold sweat and threw up when I got home... maybe
Reds manager Terry Francona swallowed some chewing tobacco by accident.What else could it be? It baffles me that an entire ball-team has an illness and nobody knows what it is.
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Bailey Ober, recovering from illness, bounces back in Twins' win over Astros.
"Ober said he lost eight pounds after battling a sickness that soured his first start of the season."
Source of information.
1. Sports Illustrated.
https://www.si.com/mlb/twins/minnesota-twins-news/bailey-ober-recovering-from-illness-bounces-back-in-twins-win-over-astros
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Klay Thompson’s illness derails Mavericks as Clippers dominate and fans cry foul on coaching decisions.
Source of information.
1. Motociclismo
https://motociclismo.pt/en/klay-thompsons-illness-derails-mavericks-as-clippers-dominate-and-fans-cry-foul-on-coaching-decisions/
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Imagine being listed as a starter, then becoming too ill to play at the last minute. Yes this just happened.
Ja Morant out for Grizzlies vs Pistons game minutes after being listed as a starter.
Source of information.
1. Commercial Appeal.
https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/sports/nba/grizzlies/2025/04/05/ja-morant-injury-update-memphis-grizzlies-detroit-pistons/82957054007/ via @memphisnews
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Looks like multiple players and staff are out sick for the Cincinnati Reds. Even the Manger was out sick on Friday night.
"MILWAUKEE -- Manager Terry Francona was ruled out from being in the dugout for Friday’s game against the Brewers because of an illness.
Francona was among multiple Reds players and staff that were sent back to the team hotel after feeling sick. Bench coach Freddie Benavides will manage against Milwaukee."
Source of information.
1. MLB.com
https://www.mlb.com/news/terry-francona-to-miss-game-against-brewers-with-an-illness
Not sure if there is a connection but Chad Patrick from the brewers was dealing with an illness a few days before this.
Source of information.
1. MLB.com
https://www.mlb.com/news/chad-patrick-abner-uribe-lead-brewers-shutout-win-vs-royals
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MLB: Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Tommy Pham Pulled On Friday Due To Illness.
Source of information.
1. Roto Baller
https://www.rotoballer.com/player-news/tommy-pham-pulled-on-friday-due-to-illness/1588120
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Looks like multiple players and staff are out sick for the Cincinnati Reds. Even the Manger was out sick on Friday night.
"MILWAUKEE -- Manager Terry Francona was ruled out from being in the dugout for Friday’s game against the Brewers because of an illness.
Francona was among multiple Reds players and staff that were sent back to the team hotel after feeling sick. Bench coach Freddie Benavides will manage against Milwaukee."
Source of information.
1. MLB.com
https://www.mlb.com/news/terry-francona-to-miss-game-against-brewers-with-an-illness
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Cody Williams (illness) is inactive for Wednesday's game against the Houston Rockets. (NBA Injury Report).
Source of information.
1. Fantasy Pros.
https://www.fantasypros.com/nba/news/509040/cody-williams-illness-inactive-wednesday.php
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Lakers' LeBron James Says He's Been Battling a Mysterious Illness.
Looks as if he picked up this illness on the most recent road trip he was on with the Lakers.
Source of information.
1. Sports Illustrated.
https://www.si.com/nba/lakers/news/lakers-lebron-james-says-he-s-been-battling-mysterious-illness
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Bailey Ober who is a pitcher for the Minnesota Twins was battling illness leading up to poor start against Cardinals.
Source of information.
1. SI
https://www.si.com/mlb/twins/minnesota-twins-news/bailey-ober-was-battling-illness-leading-up-to-poor-start-against-cardinals
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Cleveland Guardians right-hander Tanner Bibee was scratched from Thursday's Opening Day start against the host Kansas City Royals due to illness.
Source of information.
1. ESPN
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/44430853/guardians-bibee-illness-misses-1st-opening-day-start
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Malik Monk who plays for the Sacramento Kings is questionable on Thursday as he has been dealing with an illness.
Source of information.
1. Fantasy Pros.
https://www.fantasypros.com/nba/news/507335/malik-monk-illness-questionable-thursday.php
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Tomas Machac withdrew from the Miami Open due to illness, sending Jakub Mensik into the quarter-finals.
Source of information.
1. The Tennis Gazette
https://www.thetennisgazette.com/news/top-atp-player-withdraws-with-illness-hours-before-his-fourth-round-match-in-miami/
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This is a missed late entry as I work to catch up on things here with all of my tracking threads.
Jason Day withdraws from Players Championship with illness.
Source of information.
1. Yahoo Sports
https://sports.yahoo.com/article/jason-day-withdraws-players-championship-115259954.html?guccounter=1
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The LA Dodgers Mookie Betts has been dealing with an illness, and it has affected his ability to play as he has been out sick and has lost anywhere from 15-20 pounds. Note I say 20 pounds because I read a story with 20 pounds on the virus update the other day.
Source of information.
1. ESPN.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/44385494/dodgers-mookie-betts-dealing-illness-lost-15-lbs
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Professional hockey player Shayne Gostisbehere is Battling an illness and will not play against the kings on Saturday.
Source of information.
1. Roto Wire.
https://www.rotowire.com/hockey/headlines/shayne-gostisbehere-injury-battling-illness-556687
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PGA Legend Fred Couples Battles Illness on Seniors Tour Amid Controversy with Phil Mickelson and Brooks Koepka.
Source of information.
1. Motorcycle sports.
https://motorcyclesports.net/pga-legend-fred-couples-battles-illness-on-seniors-tour-amid-controversy-with-phil-mickelson-and-brooks-koepka/
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Joao Fonseca Overcomes Illness to Triumph in Miami Open Despite Nausea Scare.
Source of information.
1. Motorcycle Sports
https://motorcyclesports.net/joao-fonseca-overcomes-illness-to-triumph-in-miami-open-despite-nausea-scare/
These people are sick. I don't know who is sicker the teen sports player or the doctor who let him go on.. this is akin to times when referees would allow a dizzy rubber legged disoriented boxer back into the ring to die or at least allow repeated pounding and impact to the brain. A boxer's fall can kill brain cells or 'retards the brain after awhile' for lack of a better word, Here's a practice not many amateurs know about : boxers tie their ankles with braces so that when they get hit hard and pass out their ankles don't collapse and break as they fall but this results in a boxer falling flat on back of head another thing they don't tell you about in the practice of boxing. You tell me: Is it better to have broken ankles to end the fight or slap your head on the back of the mat and suffer brain injuries because they tied your ankles with laces so they won't bend naturally for a fall?
"Joao Fonseca Overcomes Illness to Triumph in Miami Open Despite Nausea Scare" These tennis games are just as brutal with players pushing their luck and pushing past the limits of reason.. this guy is just a teenager just learning to drive a car with his whole life ahead of him.. that's just too much pressure to win...
"the teen sensation had to call for a medical timeout, citing an intense feeling of nausea. His condition was so severe that he asked the umpire for a plastic bag, fearing he might vomit on the court". &"On this unexpected interruption, a medical professional was hastily summoned to the court to examine the visibly unwell and dizzy Fonseca. Following a brief medical intervention, the game resumed"
...We are in the days of the Roman Empire when gladiators killed one another and the crowds cheered and the kings and queens raised their thumbs up or down to determine whether the gladiator should be put to death or live on to fight the next battle in the coliseum.
Here's some old news with comments about the risks these jocks take
SUMMARY:
Last night, a 17-year-old (another mere teenager) collapsed in the ring and died after a TKO loss [VIDEO]
LINK:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/17dne8/last_night_a_17yearold_collapsed_in_the_ring_and/.
talk about pressure to win. These athletes will do anything to win..
..."When a boxer dies, it's usually because of bleeding (bruising) in the brain and swelling of the brain. There are signs that ringside doctors look out for that can tell them of possible bleeding but they are sometimes tough to pick up on. When Leavander Johnson suffered injuries in a fight that led to his death, he was dragging one foot while walking to the dressing room. Oscar Diaz' leg was dragging, and he badly slurred before his collapse. Other times, it's just the boxer doing something out of the ordinary that doesn't look right, like Gerald McClellan's blinking".
How many fingers am I holding up ye maskless?,
The Masked Man
P.S.When I see people in sports die or become mentally impaired as time goes by sometimes I can't help but think of that AC/DC song "If you want blood you got it" these sports competitors are pretty much seeing who can bang their head up against the wall over and over the most till they win fame or glory...Just a few tidbits from the internet:
"Whether the impact leads to brain cell loss depends on the amount of physical force that rattles the brain. “If you get hit hard enough, brain cells will die—but there's a lot we don't know about concussions,” says Christian Franck.Sep 19, 2018"
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"Football players, boxers, or anyone who gets repeated blows to the head can get this condition, which kills brain cells. A single concussion isn't likely to cause it. Symptoms often don't show up for years. At first they include problems with mood, behavior, and impulse control.Mar 27, 2024"
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Joao Fonseca Overcomes Illness to Triumph in Miami Open Despite Nausea Scare.
Source of information.
1. Motorcycle Sports
https://motorcyclesports.net/joao-fonseca-overcomes-illness-to-triumph-in-miami-open-despite-nausea-scare/
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Celtics' Kristaps Porzingis dealing with mystery 'viral illness,' misses sixth consecutive game.
Source of information.
1. CBS Sports.
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/celtics-kristaps-porzingis-dealing-with-mystery-viral-illness-misses-sixth-consecutive-game/
How do they know it is viral if it is so mysterious?
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Qoute: Kentucky Wildcats basketball player Trent Noah is said to be out dealing with a 24 hour bug.
Sources of information.
1. A Sea Of Blue
https://www.aseaofblue.com/2025/3/16/24387397/trent-noah-illness-kentucky-selection-show-uk-basketball#:~:text=Noah%20is%20currently%20dealing%20with,like%20a%20long%2Dterm%20issue.&text=%E2%80%9CTrent%20is%20sick.,when%20asked%20about%20Noah's%20absence.
2. Video update of the illness.
https://x.com/DylanBallard_UK/status/1901406910995206465
...wow! a "24 hour bug" That's definitely a new one! LOL! Talk about presumptuous! I guess they have like a stopwatch for "bug" rate along with their referee whistle... I think this Trent guy may have mistaken the referee for a doctor...lol..Trent, that's not a doctor , that was a referee!
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Celtics' Kristaps Porzingis dealing with mystery 'viral illness,' misses sixth consecutive game.
Source of information.
1. CBS Sports.
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/celtics-kristaps-porzingis-dealing-with-mystery-viral-illness-misses-sixth-consecutive-game/
After all this time Kristaps Porzingis is finally back playing again.
" Boston Celtics center Kristaps Porzingis scored 24 points in 32 minutes Saturday night in a 115-113 win over the Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center, ending an eight-game absence because of an illness."
Source of information.
1. ESPN.
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/44270352/kristaps-porzingis-excels-return-frustrating-illness
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Kentucky Wildcats basketball player Trent Noah is said to be out dealing with a 24 hour bug.
Sources of information.
1. A Sea Of Blue
https://www.aseaofblue.com/2025/3/16/24387397/trent-noah-illness-kentucky-selection-show-uk-basketball#:~:text=Noah%20is%20currently%20dealing%20with,like%20a%20long%2Dterm%20issue.&text=%E2%80%9CTrent%20is%20sick.,when%20asked%20about%20Noah's%20absence.
2. Video update of the illness.
https://x.com/DylanBallard_UK/status/1901406910995206465
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FSU Baseball: Jamie Arnold scratched due to ‘illness,’ Joey Volini to start on Friday, March 7th vs. Lipscomb.
Source of information.
1. 247 Sports
https://247sports.com/college/florida-state/article/florida-state-seminoles-fsu-baseball-jamie-arnold-joeyvolini-246638888/
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Celtics' Kristaps Porzingis dealing with mystery 'viral illness,' misses sixth consecutive game.
Source of information.
1. CBS Sports.
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/celtics-kristaps-porzingis-dealing-with-mystery-viral-illness-misses-sixth-consecutive-game/
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Whooping cough case confirmed in Central Washington University rugby team.
1. NBC Right Now
https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/whooping-cough-case-confirmed-in-central-washington-university-rugby-team/article_8aeba22c-fae7-11ef-b20b-230ca01f7b7c.html
...interesting to note that it is a university team that openly declares what the illness is; namely that it is whooping cough while the professional team players who make money playing sports merely state they have an "illness"...
...makes ya wonder if a bunch of the professional players also have whooping cough and are just stating it is an "illness".
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Whooping cough case confirmed in Central Washington University rugby team.
1. NBC Right Now
https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/whooping-cough-case-confirmed-in-central-washington-university-rugby-team/article_8aeba22c-fae7-11ef-b20b-230ca01f7b7c.html
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I have fallen behind on this thread. but here is something from today.
Loftin exited Thursday's Cactus League game against the Cubs with an illness.
Source of information.
1. Rotowire
https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/headlines/nick-loftin-injury-exits-with-illness-951167
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Morrissey out with illness, Harley in for Canada for 4 Nations final.
Source of information.
1. NHL.COM
https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/4-nations-face-off/josh-morrissey-injury-status-for-canada-4-nations-face-off
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Multiple Philadelphia Phillies Players Getting Late Starts in Camp Due to Illness.
Source of information.
1. SI
https://www.si.com/mlb/phillies/news/multiple-philadelphia-phillies-players-getting-late-starts-camp-due-illness
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I have fallen behind here and missed several things but will post what I see for today.
Utah Hockey Club's Karel Vejmelka dealing with illness; Logan Cooley still day-to-day.
Source of information.
1. Yard Barker
https://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/articles/utahs_karel_vejmelka_dealing_with_illness_logan_cooley_still_day_to_day/s1_16958_41784291
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Duncan Robinson of the Miami Heat is out due to an illness. He will not play in the upcoming game on February 12, 2025, against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Source of information.
1. KUNP Sports
https://knupsports.com/duncan-robinson-out-due-to-illness-on-february-12-2025/
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Illinois' Tre White misses game vs. UCLA due to illness, coach Brad Underwood confirms.
Source of information.
1. The Telegraph.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/sports/article/illinois-tre-white-illness-ucla-basketball-20162098.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral
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Rickie Fowler withdrew from the WM Phoenix Open before Friday's second round due to illness, the PGA Tour said.
Source of information.
1. Channel News Asia
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/sport/rickie-fowler-illness-withdraws-wm-phoenix-open-4924796
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Porzingis ruled out shortly before start of Celtics-Knicks because of illness.
Source of information.
1. Sports Net.
https://www.sportsnet.ca/nba/article/porzingis-ruled-out-shortly-before-start-of-celtics-knicks-because-of-illness/
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UCLA leading up to the Saturday, February 8th game against Penn State was dealing with a team wide illness. Believe it or not they were still able to beat PSU. Covid protocols were used during this time. At least 1 of the players who was sick had Norovirus.
Source of information.
1. LA Times
https://www.latimes.com/sports/ucla/story/2025-02-08/kobe-johnson-ucla-mens-basketball-penn-state
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Here's a little sports trivia history:
Just a little break from illnesses to honor the past athletes who succumbed to traumatic encephalopathy (We will honor 2025's athletes with traumatic encephalopathy at a later date)
SUMMARY:
a Lengthy List of NFL players with chronic traumatic encephalopathy
The list includes:
Deceased players with CTE confirmed post-mortem,
Deceased players suspected of having had CTE,
Living former players diagnosed with CTE or ALS or reporting symptoms consistent with CTE or ALS,
& Former players listed as plaintiffs in lawsuits against the NFL for brain injuries suffered while playing,
LINK:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NFL_players_with_chronic_traumatic_encephalopathy
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This article mentions that last week Ludvig Aberg had to withdrawal from the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am with the Flu.
Source of information.
1. Essentially Sports
https://www.essentiallysports.com/golf-news-rickie-fowler-s-career-in-jeopardy-as-mystery-illness-forces-him-to-exit-nine-point-two-million-dollar-pga-tour-event-wm-phoenix-open/
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Like magic Jalen Carter is all better and will play Sunday.
Jalen Carter illness update: Adam Schefter addresses status of Eagles DT ahead of Super Bowl LIX.
Source of information.
1. ON 3
https://www.on3.com/pro/news/jalen-carter-illness-update-adam-schefter-addresses-status-of-eagles-dt-ahead-of-super-bowl-lix
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TyTy Washington of the Phoenix Suns did not Play Wednesday, February 5th 2025 due to an illness.
Source of information.
1. Rotowire.
https://www.rotowire.com/basketball/headlines/tyty-washington-injury-sits-out-wednesday-with-illness-481754
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Illness has hit the Super Bowl!
Eagles on alert as illness derails Jalen Carter’s media briefing and worries mount within four days till Super Bowl showdown.
Sources of information.
1. Motorcycle Sports.
https://motorcyclesports.net/eagles-on-alert-as-illness-derails-jalen-carters-media-briefing-and-worries-mount-within-four-days-till-super-bowl-showdown/
2. NBC Sports.
https://www.nbcsports.com/watch/nfl/profootballtalk/philadelphia-eagles-jalen-carter-misses-media-availability-due-to-illness
I bet ya "huddling" contributes to a lot of mystery illnesses!
Its all that huddling.. that will get you every time.. I remember quite well four or five of us guys on my paper route playing football tackling one another all sweaty bending over practically forehead to forehead in a huddle... never huddle without a mask when there are mystery illnesses going around! ;D
Sounds like their doctors need to get a game plan down and do a little huddle themselves and figure out what these "illnesses" are..lol..mystery illnesses seem more common amongst sportstars than regular people.. most normal people go to a real doctor and know what their illnesses actually are.. at least I hope so. Just imagine if just one gets covid, tuberculosis or even possibly bird flu and just keeps playing sharing the same facilities as his team members...shaking hands and sharing germs.. they are definitely high at risk tighter knit than a bunch of weekly church people ... these sports teams are good specimens to study that's for sure. If only we knew if they had influenza or whooping cough or covid we could predict what is happening in out communities or at least see patterns of illnesses and map them out for our benefit.
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Update on the Eagles illness. It sounds as if more players or members of the team are sick as an illness is making it’s rounds through the team.
"Per John Clark of NBC Sports, Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio updated the press on Jalen Carter's condition in practice on Thursday saying that the defensive lineman was limited and that other members of the team were also dealing with an illness making the rounds."
Source of information.
1. Arrowhead Addict.
https://arrowheadaddict.com/jalen-carter-eagles-players-deal-with-illness-days-before-facing-chiefs-in-super-bowl-01jkea17y1sx
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Illness has hit the Super Bowl!
Eagles on alert as illness derails Jalen Carter’s media briefing and worries mount within four days till Super Bowl showdown.
Sources of information.
1. Motorcycle Sports.
https://motorcyclesports.net/eagles-on-alert-as-illness-derails-jalen-carters-media-briefing-and-worries-mount-within-four-days-till-super-bowl-showdown/
2. NBC Sports.
https://www.nbcsports.com/watch/nfl/profootballtalk/philadelphia-eagles-jalen-carter-misses-media-availability-due-to-illness
I bet ya "huddling" contributes to a lot of mystery illnesses!
Its all that huddling.. that will get you every time.. I remember quite well four or five of us guys on my paper route playing football tackling one another all sweaty bending over practically forehead to forehead in a huddle... never huddle without a mask when there are mystery illnesses going around! ;D
Sounds like their doctors need to get a game plan down and do a little huddle themselves and figure out what these "illnesses" are..lol..mystery illnesses seem more common amongst sportstars than regular people.. most normal people go to a real doctor and know what their illnesses actually are.. at least I hope so.
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Also, some players have done meet and greets with fans signing autographs on things.
... so true you speak so truly I keep forgetting if the players are sick imagine the people all huddled together in the stands and in lines buying hot dogs and popcorn all flocked together like birds! Flocks and herds eventually using the same bathroom! Stars love to hold children in their arms or in the air for some reason for the camera. When I was a child my dad was news reporter and anyway backstage Donnie and Marie Osmond held me up in their arms because I was cute and had red hair. Its probably the same old thing with today's superstars whether they have a 'cold' or not. The stars love those glamour shots always smiling for the camera no matter how they really feel. They live for those glamour shots or publicity shots! God only knows how many times people have actually gotten sick because of cameras and cellphones used for that Kodak moment. That's probably why the Amish are subconsciously against cameras and mirrors. Huddling for the camera is wrong...;) Funny but true To beat these illnesses and diseases I think, we must not behave as if in a flock or herd. We must think and behave outside the box so to speak. We must dare to be different and do things differently if we are to expect different outcomes such as if we are to break the cycle of a certain causes and effects.
One of my genuine concerns is how they belittle "the flu" I am no expert but I studied some history and take the so called "Spanish flu" which really was a "world flu" and is only termed Spanish flu because Spain was the only country to acknowledge the horror was actually happening.. you see if I am not mistaken the pandemic actually started innocently enough in the eyes of the soldiers who all had a flu . The flu didn't kill them and so they belittled the flu but what was to follow was perhaps either more of the flu that mutated or possibly swine flu took over or something did(I am fuzzy on this but also we might not actually know as historians on the matter anyway because we didn't have technology to determine how viruses or which ones evolved).. anyway my point is I remember reading somewhere that a whole bunch of soldiers had the flu in the very beginning and thought nothing of it since it didn't kill them but then more illnesses be they mutated or of another origin entered the picture directly after their flu to wipe out multitudes.. "The war had cost the lives of more than 9 million combatants plus millions of civilians. Meanwhile, an even more deadly threat emerged: the influenza pandemic, which would take another 50 million lives worldwide". Even though I am no expert that's what happened in history and I can't help but cringe when I hear sports stars behaving like soldiers when it comes to the flu for these reasons. Furthermore the sports stars aren't even cooperating or feel at liberty or understand what their mystery illnesses actually are.
That is what alarms me of course is that there is an 'evolving ' element with viruses and that pandemics go through phases that many others such as sports stars don't want to acknowledge could be happening . These factors are often ignored because people don't see the big picture and are conveniently in denial of the true directions viruses take as they have self interests that blind them from what is actually occurring over a lengthy extended time period.
Anyway here's an interesting link with Historical Documentaries that Data Report Info readers might find illuminating during halftime here..its good food for thought
LINK:
https://www.datareport.info/historical-documentries/
I am no Atlas and cannot carry the world upon my shoulders nor am I the one to intervene so let the sports continue! Halftime over
...let the 2025 US Sports Illness Thread resume with all its glory! :)
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Illness has hit the Super Bowl!
Eagles on alert as illness derails Jalen Carter’s media briefing and worries mount within four days till Super Bowl showdown.
Sources of information.
1. Motorcycle Sports.
https://motorcyclesports.net/eagles-on-alert-as-illness-derails-jalen-carters-media-briefing-and-worries-mount-within-four-days-till-super-bowl-showdown/
2. NBC Sports.
https://www.nbcsports.com/watch/nfl/profootballtalk/philadelphia-eagles-jalen-carter-misses-media-availability-due-to-illness
I bet ya "huddling" contributes to a lot of mystery illnesses!
Its all that huddling.. that will get you every time.. I remember quite well four or five of us guys on my paper route playing football tackling one another all sweaty bending over practically forehead to forehead in a huddle... never huddle without a mask when there are mystery illnesses going around! ;D
Sounds like their doctors need to get a game plan down and do a little huddle themselves and figure out what these "illnesses" are..lol..mystery illnesses seem more common amongst sportstars than regular people.. most normal people go to a real doctor and know what their illnesses actually are.. at least I hope so.
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Also, some players have done meet and greets with fans signing autographs on things.
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Illness has hit the Super Bowl!
Eagles on alert as illness derails Jalen Carter’s media briefing and worries mount within four days till Super Bowl showdown.
Sources of information.
1. Motorcycle Sports.
https://motorcyclesports.net/eagles-on-alert-as-illness-derails-jalen-carters-media-briefing-and-worries-mount-within-four-days-till-super-bowl-showdown/
2. NBC Sports.
https://www.nbcsports.com/watch/nfl/profootballtalk/philadelphia-eagles-jalen-carter-misses-media-availability-due-to-illness
I bet ya "huddling" contributes to a lot of mystery illnesses!
Its all that huddling.. that will get you every time.. I remember quite well four or five of us guys on my paper route playing football tackling one another all sweaty bending over practically forehead to forehead in a huddle... never huddle without a mask when there are mystery illnesses going around! ;D
Sounds like their doctors need to get a game plan down and do a little huddle themselves and figure out what these "illnesses" are..lol..mystery illnesses seem more common amongst sportstars than regular people.. most normal people go to a real doctor and know what their illnesses actually are.. at least I hope so. Just imagine if just one gets covid, tuberculosis or even possibly bird flu and just keeps playing sharing the same facilities as his team members...shaking hands and sharing germs.. they are definitely high at risk tighter knit than a bunch of weekly church people ... these sports teams are good specimens to study that's for sure. If only we knew if they had influenza or whooping cough or covid we could predict what is happening in out communities or at least see patterns of illnesses and map them out for our benefit.
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Illness has hit the Super Bowl!
Eagles on alert as illness derails Jalen Carter’s media briefing and worries mount within four days till Super Bowl showdown.
Sources of information.
1. Motorcycle Sports.
https://motorcyclesports.net/eagles-on-alert-as-illness-derails-jalen-carters-media-briefing-and-worries-mount-within-four-days-till-super-bowl-showdown/
2. NBC Sports.
https://www.nbcsports.com/watch/nfl/profootballtalk/philadelphia-eagles-jalen-carter-misses-media-availability-due-to-illness
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Raphael Lavoie of the Vegas Golden Knights is currently dealing with an illness. He is uncertain to participate in the upcoming game on February 6, 2025, against the New Jersey Devils. His status is listed as questionable.
Source of information.
1. KUNP Sports
https://knupsports.com/raphael-lavoie-dealing-with-illness-questionable-for-february-6-2025-game/
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Tidjane Salaun of the Charlotte Hornets is dealing with an illness and is uncertain to play in the upcoming game on February 5, 2025. He was previously listed as out for the game against the Washington Wizards on February 3, 2025, due to the same illness.
Source of information.
1. KUNP Sports.
https://knupsports.com/tidjane-salaun-dealing-with-illness-questionable-for-february-5-2025-game/
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Jock Landale of the Houston Rockets is dealing with an illness and is uncertain to play in the upcoming game against the Brooklyn Nets on February 4, 2025.
Source of information.
1. KUNP Sports.
https://knupsports.com/jock-landale-dealing-with-illness-questionable-for-february-4-2025-game/
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Pebble Beach leader is fighting flu — and beating Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler. Sepp Straka has decided to continue playing while dealing with the flu and is still leading.
Source of information.
1. Golf.com
https://golf.com/news/pebble-leader-fighting-flu-beating-rory-mcilroy/
Masked Man personal comment and preferences: Golfing and golfers not my cup of tea...lol..Ive always sort of hated golf and now all the more reason to hate golfers like the flu. It's just not a sport ..its definitely not athletic and I just can't stand golfers that's all there is to it! lol. I played classical guitar at a lot of restaurants back in the day and I guess the big country club golf resorts just were the worst people to play guitar for. Golfers are just loud and obnoxious and snobby and rich at the same time and they just don't appreciate Bach or Andre Segovia on the classical guitar. They are usually are loud obnoxious and drunk at dinner parties that's all I know. They are just the worst kind of rich people Ive ever met very egotistical. lol
I can see these golf guys could care less if they spread the flu or not with their faces even though for many of us the pandemic and the current numbers and toll on society with it healthcare crises is very real. I wouldn't go near one of these guys in person.. They are self centered. Personally I think golf resorts are such a waste of land ... nowadays golf resorts should be converted into community gardens for masked farmers or the golf courses should be turned into animal sanctuaries to save species from bird flu.. but instead acres of land gets mowed everyday environmentally destructive machines for rich guys that just sit around and talk about balls they sank..They are just bores and they are shallow.. its just such a trivial thing to make a ball go into a hole...lol I hate golfers...lol
I can see quite well that these particular golfers are sick with the flu and it seems pathetic that they have no qualms and no desire to protect one another just so they put around a golf ball. I dunno I'm just not impressed with the lack of sensitivity or intelligence here with their cold callous way of playing through the flu, after all my uncle just died from walking pneumonia. Not that these golfers care. Speaking for myself, When somebody close to me dies from a contagious illness and I see a bunch of rich guys not covering their faces while they are sick, if your like me ya tend to lose all respect for the sick maskless guys running around doing stuff even though they are sick. Its just true I just lost my uncle to an airborne diseases and so naturally I just despise these sick golfers with their maskless faces... like to me they are just stupid monsters that don't care if someone gets sick and dies. That's just the way it might feel to some of us masked people who lose someone special to a contagious disease. I just see a bunch of selfish jerks playing golf. But don't let my views discourage anybody's love for golf.. I am sure golf brings a lot of joy to many people in this world for it is a popular thing. No big deal, its probably equally my uncle's fault for not taking enough precautions himself such as masking which is why isn't with us today. He probably hung around with some maskless golfing jerks who were sick.
Let's talk about a more noble game..I call the game of life or the game of living and surviving... The game of dodging ills and true evils such as spreading those ills a thousand fold to humanity...
When a person is sick they often say that person is fighting the flu or fighting the illness but that's actually not fighting the disease or virus once you've caught it. Catching it is succumbing to it. You fight a virus by preventing its contact or exposure with it through means such as a mask.. that's how to fight a flu.. Its a little like martial arts in that one must learn to prevent or block the strikes from contact...in other words
use self defense and prevent and block the virus from having direct contact with your lungs or pink inwards or membranes with a mask and you can also disinfect the leftover germs externally with various disinfectants such as antibacterial soap. That's how to really fight a virus and win. Yet another game or friendly challenge is to try to protect others from a virus(who will invariably also spread it to multiple others) if you do succumb to a contagious illness like these golfers. Wear a mask to truly win the fight!
Choose your battles wisely, I choose to mask,
The Masked Man
P.S. Again I hope my dissatisfaction with golf doesn't tarnish anybody's love for this relaxing pastime.. I'm just sharing how I feel personally. I see whooping cough in certain regions making a come back from the times when my grandmother had it as a child like hundred years ago..I see several school in Kansas of all places closings due to tuberculosis (there are more viruses going around than when I went to school).. my uncle died from walking pnemonia yesterday, I'm adding up in my head how many people in every state dies of covid the last two weeks then I see bunch of guys with the flu are smiling for a camera swinging a club in polo shirts competing for a whole lot of money while sick and you tell me who are good guys and who the bad guys in this picture? Anyway I wear mask everyday because of guys like this..hotshots that go out in public even though they have the flu.. I just think its disrespectful to not at least cover one's face or stay out of the public if a person knows they are actually sick with something that could hurt another human being. That's just me. I just think its wrong to hurt another person either through actions or inaction that is failure to protect others when one is sick.
We might be at an all time high inn of 48 states right now namely Kansas for tuberculosis not to mention again whooping cough on the rise amongst children!? gimme a break if this isn't a healthcare crises then we are blind to the data... We have yet to know the real impact of covid and its long term repercussions .. I'm just a fellow in a mask that reads the data of wastewater and I'm watching a whole lot of people walking straight into bird flu and there are all these scores of species of animals that are facing bird flu to entertain people at zoos and such... we are talking scores of farmers working with poultry and bird flu keeps popping up in the darnest places everywhere in the world ...like I said I'm just a kid who survived asthma and allergies and now I'm all grown up Masking for my life because I see the writing on the wall its as plain as day if the world is a pair of britches then we people are too big for our britches ...
...its simple everybody keeps getting sick and its not just a little cold anymore ...I want to survive a pestilence and array of viruses that have obviously overtaken us and its like some sort of sick fairytale watching these golfers and guys into sports chasing after the gold seeking fame and fortune over over their health and everybody's health to be honest. They don't care who gets sick ..they just wanna win... they are macho and trying to blow it off like its normal to ignore "illness". Most of them won't even tell us what they got..lol...They are like ghosts of the past ...how are they going to win when the kids in school are sick and we keep getting record high stats of viruses and Tuberculosis is the highest in the US ever in history!?
Get with the program people and defend your health These superstars are in fantasy land no different than a bunch of soldiers standing in the trenches smiling in war for the pictures during the Spanish flu. Its just as Plain as day you either chose to believe in a maskless guy sick with the flu swinging at a ball for fame and fortune or you believe in some old guy in a mask playing it safe from his home trying to survive writing you his innermost thoughts in earnest online with nothing to gain or lose by telling the you what he sees simply for the sake of telling it like it is.
These sports competitors are so full of it.. taking themselves to the limit competing while sick in the name of what? lol some sort of human models of excellence!? Its silly. If you don't feel up to snuff or are sick then go with it..sit this one don't be a ball hog. Learn how to be a human.. its okay to feel bad when you are sick. The world will keep spinning. Give it break when you are sick.. don't act like a macho or tough guy sportspeople.. your not that great.
We have a future ..its just not the past
I’d rather be mandated to wear a mask than mandated by a disease to suffer
Think about it
Who really loves you and isn't just trying for a gold medal?
Be safe people,
The Masked Man
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Pebble Beach leader is fighting flu — and beating Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler. Sepp Straka has decided to continue playing while dealing with the flu and is still leading.
Source of information.
1. Golf.com
https://golf.com/news/pebble-leader-fighting-flu-beating-rory-mcilroy/
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In the NHL again.
"Mackie Samoskevich of the Florida Panthers is dealing with an illness and is uncertain to play in the upcoming game on February 2, 2025. His status is listed as questionable due to this illness."
Source of information.
1. KUNP Sports.
https://knupsports.com/mackie-samoskevich-battling-illness-questionable-for-february-2-2025-game/
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Suddenly the NHL is getting hit hard much like the NBA has been.
"Mattias Ekholm of the Edmonton Oilers is dealing with an illness and is uncertain to play in upcoming games. His status is currently listed as questionable following a series of updates regarding his health."
Source of information.
1. KUNP Sports
https://knupsports.com/mattias-ekholm-injury-update-battling-illness-as-of-february-1-2025/
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Anthony Duclair Battling Illness, Questionable for February 2, 2025 Game.
Source of information.
1. KUNP Sports.
https://knupsports.com/anthony-duclair-battling-illness-questionable-for-february-2-2025-game/
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Gradey Dick who is a professional Basketball player for the Toronto Raptors is now listed as questionable to play due to an illness.
Source of information.
1. Fantasy sports pros.
https://www.fantasypros.com/nba/news/495544/gradey-dick-illness-now-questionable-wednesday.php
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Skating while recovering from a stomach bug. Madison Chock and Evan Bates push through illness for sixth U.S. ice dance crown.
Source of information.
1. Olympics
https://www.olympics.com/en/news/madison-chock-and-evan-bates-push-through-illness-for-sixth-u-s-ice-dance-crown
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Illinois coach Brad Underwood addresses Illini illness woes vs Maryland Terps basketball.
Source of information.
1. The Telegraph.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/sports/article/brad-underwood-illini-illness-struggles-basketball-20052661.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral
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Van Jaarsveld bounces back after illness.
Source of information.
1. City Times.
https://www.citizen.co.za/benoni-city-times/news-headlines/2025/01/23/van-jaarsveld-bounces-back-after-illness/
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The NBA is getting slammed with Illness right now the following players all had news articles on Wednesday, January 22nd stating they were dealing with an illness, and they would either be questionable or ruled out to play. Rather than me making a post after individually adding them all, I will list them in this post.
Kristaps Porzingis (https://www.datareport.info/sports-players/professional-basketball-player-kristaps-porzingis-01032022/) Boston Celtics
Source of information.
1. KUNP Sports.
https://knupsports.com/kristaps-porzingis-illness-update-for-january-22-2025/
Isaiah Joe Oklahoma City Thunder.
Source of information.
1. KUNP Sports.
https://knupsports.com/isaiah-joe-illness-update-january-23-2025/
Santi Aldama Memphis Grizzlies
Source of information.
1. KUNP Sports.
https://knupsports.com/santi-aldama-illness-update-for-january-24-2025/
Naji Marshall, Dallas Mavericks
Source of information.
1. Fantasy Pros.
https://www.fantasypros.com/nba/news/494433/naji-marshall-illness-sidelined-wednesday.php
Ben Simmons, Brooklyn Nets
Source of information.
1. Fantasy Pros
https://www.fantasypros.com/nba/news/494391/ben-simmons-illness-unavailable-wednesday.php
Gary Parton II
Source of information.
1. Fantasy Pros
https://www.fantasypros.com/nba/news/494447/gary-payton-ii-illness-cleared-to-play-wednesday.php
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NBA player Toumani Camara is currently dealing with an illness and will not play for the Portland Trail Blazers in their next game.
Source of information.
1. KNUP Sports
https://knupsports.com/toumani-camara-illness-update-on-january-23-2025/
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In the NHL the Golden Knights forward Brett Howden is dealing with an illness and might not be traveling with the team for their upcoming 2 game road trip.
Source of information.
1. Roto Baller
https://www.rotoballer.com/player-news/brett-howden-battling-an-illness/1544518
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San Jose Sharks goalie Yaroslav Askarov did not start for the third straight game against the New York Islanders on Sunday, January 19th. He has been sick, and they say he has lost too much weight to play.
Source of information.
1. The Hockey News
https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/san-jose-sharks/latest-news/yaroslav-askarov-illness-san-jose-sharks-new-york-islanders
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Zion Williamson who plays for the New Orleans Pelicans is dealing with an illness and is status for Monday, January 20th remains questionable.
Source of information.
1. KNUP Sports
https://knupsports.com/zion-williamson-uncertain-1-20-with-illness/
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Ben Simmons, who plays for the Brooklyn Nets, was ruled out in Sunday's game due to an illness.
Source of information.
1. Sports Illustrated
https://www.si.com/fannation/nba/fastbreak/nba-fans-react-to-ben-simmons-illness-news-before-nets-thunder-game
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As of Sunday afternoon January 12th Phoenix Suns big Jusuf Nurkic is listed out for their game against Charolate as he is dealing with an illness.
Source of information.
1. AZ Central.
https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/nba/suns/2025/01/12/nurkic-out-with-illness-royce-oneale-probable-for-hornets-suns-game/77658804007/
No word what the illness is for Jusuf Nurkic, but he is now listed out for Monday, January 20th.
Source of information.
1. Fantasy Pros
https://www.fantasypros.com/nba/news/493970/jusuf-nurkic-illness-ruled-out-monday.php
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The Chicago Bulls are dealing with another illness, this time it is Jevon Carter who is dealing with an illness of some sort and is unlikely to play on Sunday. On Friday, January 17th, Zach LaVine was dealing with an illness as well.
Source of information.
1. Fantasy Pros.
https://www.fantasypros.com/nba/news/493799/jevon-carter-illness-unlikely-to-play-sunday.php
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The University of Minnesota Duluth Hockey team is dealing with a Flu outbreak and lost to OSU on Saturday.
Source of information.
1. UMD Bulldogs
https://umdbulldogs.com/news/2025/1/18/womens-hockey-shorthanded-no-4-bulldogs-valiant-effort-falls-short-against-no-2-ohio-state-in-2-1-loss.aspx
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James Harden who plays for the LA clippers is dealing with an illness and may have to miss playing on Sunday.
Source of information.
1. Fantasy Pros
https://www.fantasypros.com/nba/news/493892/james-harden-illness-questionable-sunday.php
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Zach LaVine who plays in the NBA for the Chicago Bulls was said to be iffy for Friday's game as he was dealing with an illness.
Source of information.
1. Roto Wire
https://www.rotowire.com/basketball/headlines/zach-lavine-injury-iffy-due-to-illness-478215
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Alex Lynn will not be competing in the Rolex 24 at Daytona as he is currently dealing with an illness.
Source of information.
1. NBC Sports
https://www.nbcsports.com/motor-sports/news/alex-lynn-sidelined-out-kamui-kobayashi-jordan-taylor-louis-deletraz-wayne-taylor-racing-three-drivers-cadillac-40
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A quick break here...Let's break for some sport news.
Masked Man says:
I'm proud to announce a sports reporter is wearing a mask! I mean who wouldn't around all these sick sports players running around panting and sweating and jockeying for position all the time!? Especially since these players don't even know what kind of illness they have! I mean just think you have to go up to an NBA's Milwaukee Buck and stick a microphone in a Buck's sick face for an interview..I'd wear a mask too considering Bucks Lose Ninth Player Since December to Illness! How can anybody criticize a sports reporter for wearing a mask around these meatheads who can't tell ya if they are contagious or not.. for these sports players don't even know how to get a proper diagnosis!
SUMMARY:
NFL Reporter Criticized For Still Wearing Mask In 2025
A prominent ESPN NFL reporter is taking some heat - and getting some praise - on social media for continuing to wear a mask in 2025.
JAN 8, 2025
LINK:
https://thespun.com/nfl/nfl-reporter-criticized-for-still-wearing-mask-in-2025
Maskless Sports Players,
If you can't determine what your illness is, then you can't determine how serious it is or how contagious it is. Nor will you be able to determine for how long a mystery "illness" is contagious to others.
Think about it,
The Masked Man
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not only did I just tweet this story on x/Bluesky I will make sure I fit it into the Saturday virus update.
.... I was actually googling "Masked sports players 2025" to see what I could find and winded up finding the story of the Masked sports reporter who deserves the gold medal for true sportsmanship being a my hero for masking and simply masking and working at the same time because it makes sense to me.
It's touching to me to see another soul masking out there in the world. Seeing others masked just makes me feel normal and good like I can trust a masked person and it makes me hopeful towards the future like we are gonna make it in this tough old world :)
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A quick break here...Let's break for some sport news.
Masked Man says:
I'm proud to announce a sports reporter is wearing a mask! I mean who wouldn't around all these sick sports players running around panting and sweating and jockeying for position all the time!? Especially since these players don't even know what kind of illness they have! I mean just think you have to go up to an NBA's Milwaukee Buck and stick a microphone in a Buck's sick face for an interview..I'd wear a mask too considering Bucks Lose Ninth Player Since December to Illness! How can anybody criticize a sports reporter for wearing a mask around these meatheads who can't tell ya if they are contagious or not.. for these sports players don't even know how to get a proper diagnosis!
SUMMARY:
NFL Reporter Criticized For Still Wearing Mask In 2025
A prominent ESPN NFL reporter is taking some heat - and getting some praise - on social media for continuing to wear a mask in 2025.
JAN 8, 2025
LINK:
https://thespun.com/nfl/nfl-reporter-criticized-for-still-wearing-mask-in-2025
Maskless Sports Players,
If you can't determine what your illness is, then you can't determine how serious it is or how contagious it is. Nor will you be able to determine for how long a mystery "illness" is contagious to others.
Think about it,
The Masked Man
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not only did I just tweet this story on x/Bluesky I will make sure I fit it into the Saturday virus update.
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A quick break here...Let's break for some sport news.
Masked Man says:
I'm proud to announce a sports reporter is wearing a mask! I mean who wouldn't around all these sick sports players running around panting and sweating and jockeying for position all the time!? Especially since these players don't even know what kind of illness they have! I mean just think you have to go up to an NBA's Milwaukee Buck and stick a microphone in a Buck's sick face for an interview..I'd wear a mask too considering Bucks Lose Ninth Player Since December to Illness! How can anybody criticize a sports reporter for wearing a mask around these meatheads who can't tell ya if they are contagious or not.. for these sports players don't even know how to get a proper diagnosis!
SUMMARY:
NFL Reporter Criticized For Still Wearing Mask In 2025
A prominent ESPN NFL reporter is taking some heat - and getting some praise - on social media for continuing to wear a mask in 2025.
JAN 8, 2025
LINK:
https://thespun.com/nfl/nfl-reporter-criticized-for-still-wearing-mask-in-2025
Maskless Sports Players,
If you can't determine what your illness is, then you can't determine how serious it is or how contagious it is. Nor will you be able to determine for how long a mystery "illness" is contagious to others.
Think about it,
The Masked Man
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It just does not end for the Milwaukie Bucks
Bucks Lose Ninth Player Since December to Illness. NBA in general has been hit hard this winter's virus season.
Source of information.
1. Sports Illustrated.
https://www.si.com/nba/bucks/news/bucks-lose-ninth-player-since-december-to-illness-should-they-be-worried-ak1987
Time for the Masked Man Sports 'Illnesstrated' column commentary:
Its a sick'o'thon'! ;D
So far its a mystery ..
and It's a dumb'o'thon'! ;D
my question is will they follow up or follow through with the diagnosis.. in other words are they not testing positive quite yet for covid? Would they tell us if they did?
Its just hard to believe not a single confirmed case of anything amongst a whopping total of 9 players! That's a record.. a lack of a good doctor record or a good follow up record.. what are the chances of them never knowing what they have? I just don't buy it: not a single understanding of what at least one or two of 9 players have... unless there's truly a new disease you'd think in a day or two the flu A or flue B or pneumonia , or strep or RSV or covid would turn up in at least a few out of the 9 big lugs..lol..
...There's just no way there can't be a single diagnosis for one out of these 9 players! Granted people get sick for a few days sometimes with covid and it doesn't turn positive right away clearly something is wrong with their health... These are like kids not showing up for school and their doctor's can't give any real doctor's excuse slip for the school. Its already been a month since many of these players have been sick... a month of a mystery!
All they know is:
"to Illness"
"a mystery non-COVID-19 illness"
"(Non-Covid Illness)"
"Impossible to say that it's the exact same illness from the outside, but MarJon Beauchamp is the ninth Buck to be scratched for an illness since December"
"COVID-19, RSV, norovirus, and the flu are in major national circulation this winter, per Mary Kekatos of ABC 7 New York. Given that all these Bucks players find themselves suiting up and traveling together throughout the course of a nine-month season, it makes sense that very contagious diseases can spread rapidly".
Kids,
Don't try this at at home. If you are sick or your someone in your family is sick try not to spread it or catch it and try to figure out what it is through tests or a doctor and don't just go to school or work... be responsible because you don't wanna spread it because it has a chance of mutating and coming back in a worse form and getting you again and again until it possibly kills ya. If you don't spread it it won't mutate...
...also for yourself or for others,
If you can't determine what your illness is, then you can't determine how serious it is or how contagious it is. Nor will you be able to determine for how long a mystery "illness" is contagious to others.
What goes around comes around,
The Masked Man
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It just does not end for the Milwaukie Bucks
Bucks Lose Ninth Player Since December to Illness. NBA in general has been hit hard this winter's virus season.
Source of information.
1. Sports Illustrated.
https://www.si.com/nba/bucks/news/bucks-lose-ninth-player-since-december-to-illness-should-they-be-worried-ak1987
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Dallas Goedert who plays for the Philadelphia Eagles did not practice on Thursday as he has come down with an illness.
Source of information.
1. CBS Sports
https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/news/eagles-dallas-goedert-comes-down-with-illness/
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Trae Young who is a professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks has been ruled out for Tuesday, January 14th 2025 due to an illness.
Source of information.
1. Fantasy Pros
https://www.fantasypros.com/nba/news/493113/trae-young-illness-questionable-to-play-tuesday.php
Looks like Bronny james is still out due to his mysterious illness.
Source of in formation.
1. Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/sports/nba/bronny-james-remains-out-lakers-due-mysterious-illness-2015790
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Robert Williams III who plays in the NBA for the Portland Trail Blazers did not play Tuesday as he was dealing with ain illness.
Source of informaion.
1. Fantasy Pros
https://www.fantasypros.com/nba/news/493263/robert-williams-iii-illness-unavailable-to-play-tuesday.php
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Ryan Rollins who plays for the Milwaukee Bucks is listed as questionable Tuesday for an illness. No details of what the illness is where given.
Source of information.
1. Fantasy Pros.
https://www.fantasypros.com/nba/news/493121/ryan-rollins-illness-considered-questionable-tuesday.php
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Trae Young who is a professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks has been ruled out for Tuesday, January 14th 2025 due to an illness.
Source of information.
1. Fantasy Pros
https://www.fantasypros.com/nba/news/493113/trae-young-illness-questionable-to-play-tuesday.php
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Bronny James who is the son of LeBron James did not play in Monday nights Lakers game as he was said to be dealing with an illness. Details of the illness were not given.
Source of information.
1. BVM Sports
https://bvmsports.com/2025/01/13/why-bronny-james-is-not-playing-in-lakers-spurs-game/
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As of Sunday afternoon January 12th Phoenix Suns big Jusuf Nurkic is listed out for their game against Charolate as he is dealing with an illness.
Source of information.
1. AZ Central.
https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/nba/suns/2025/01/12/nurkic-out-with-illness-royce-oneale-probable-for-hornets-suns-game/77658804007/
… this particular case of sports illness is handled better and more responsibly and more caring than most all the other cases of players with sports illness I have noticed this far. The Suns coach Mike Budenholzer deserves respect for acknowledging the illness is contagious.
“some tests that revealed he has the flu. With him being contagious, Budenholzer said Nurkic will likely not start the five-game road trip with the team, but will hopefully join them during.”
… I’d still like to see what kind of flu it is and more details but we must admit Suns coach Mike Budenholzer should be proud acknowledging that flus are of a contagious nature.
… Suns coach Mike Budenholzer you are a winner for showing you care acknowledging Jusuf Nurkic must sit out to protect our brothers and sisters from whatever flu Jusuf Nurkic has got!
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As of Sunday afternoon January 12th Phoenix Suns big Jusuf Nurkic is listed out for their game against Charolate as he is dealing with an illness.
Source of information.
1. AZ Central.
https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/nba/suns/2025/01/12/nurkic-out-with-illness-royce-oneale-probable-for-hornets-suns-game/77658804007/
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Jordan Walsh of the Boston Celtics
Injury: Out with illness
Jan 11, 2025 at 12:47 am ET
Walsh (illness) is out for Friday's game against the Kings, Justin Turpin of WEEI.com reports.
Walsh will sit out a second consecutive game with an illness Friday.
Source 1. By RotoWire Staff :
https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/basketball/news/celtics-jordan-walsh-out-with-illness-476992/
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By the way, if the majority of people behave like sportsters, and rock stars and don't start getting more interested in determining what illness they actually have and aren't willing to disclose or share it openly with goodwill for the sake of the general public then we will have absolutely no 'fair warning' if and when bird flu is likely to go human to human... keep your eye on the birdie flu people chirp! chirp!.
For all we know these sportsters have the bird flu. They simply aren't disclosing what their illness is...The sky is the limit when it comes to what they mean by they have an "illness". Your guess is as good as mine. Based on this observation of mine and this reluctance on other's part to share what their "illness" actually is it would not be unreasonable for a person to go ahead and wear PPE personal protective Equipment such as masks and treat these sportsters and rockstars with kid gloves like they have the bird flu... or at least covid. These sportsters and rock stars aren't protecting us or doing us any favors by keeping things top secret that's for sure.
I wouldn't come into close contact with a person who has an undetermined disease in this day and age.. jeesh! Be careful everybody you don't know what they have!! Danger!
I once heard Data Report himself say "we need to start testing people for bird flu whenever they get tested for anything with influenza-like symptoms". Data Report is right ..that just makes sense and seems like a practical thing to do while testing and making diagnosis for these "illnesses". In the past Bird flu has killed half its victims and left the other half in questionable health. It be smart to at least rule bird flu out when testing for severe illnesses because 50 percent mortality rate is severe all right.
besides testing we need to change society and these sports guys obviously need a deprograming...
What is deprogramming in psychology?
"Deprogramming is a form of confrontational therapy in which the therapist, often an ex-cultist, attempts to neutralize the effects of cultic conditioning and restore the individual's freedom of thought". They obviously aren't free or at least don't feel free to talk about their "illness" at any length or rational manner that will protect themselves and others around them.
This is cult behavior they are displaying in a sense. Its as if they have been programed to respond and behave a certain way... I mean what are the chances that many participants either can't talk about how scared they really are about what kind of disease they have..its pretty obvious there is some sort of shame going on here and what they term 'hazing' is going on... if one were to actually disclose anything about their particular "illness" its as if they would get in trouble by the association they are in
..at least that's my theory.. how else do explain how dumb they act about any particular diagnosis or disclosure of severe illness they have? Its just too weird for the common person to hide such a thing.
Its like competitive sportsters need some sort of locker talk where they feel safe to snap out of their tough guy competitions macho stuff and explore their softer side or something..its like these people in sport need to be told its okay to cry and its okay to be afraid and talk about their illness or diseases now. The need to 'open up' and its okay to be scared and its okay to talk about their true fears of the traumatic experience they all have had with "illness" be it severe or mild but they need to feel at liberty to open up obviously.Is it like jock itch or something and too embarrassing to talk about.. although we are talking about the threat of carrying and transmitting severe illnesses here... Its just hard to believe that "Illnesses" are taking so lightly as if outbreaks aren't a reality and couldn't happen or something. Its pretty scary when guys twice your size act like covid is no big deal... To me its scarier that they aren't talking about it openly considering what is at stake.
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Braun Strowman who is a professional wrestler is currently Sidelined With Severe Illness. He states it is some sort of bug that whipped his @$$ and he has been in a hotel room for 4 days with a fever of 102 or higher for the first 3 days. Testing showed that he had some sort of a bad case of flu, no details on which type were given.
Source of information.
1. E Wrestling News
https://www.ewrestlingnews.com/news/wwe/braun-strowman-sidelined-with-severe-illness
.. that's a very descriptive account definitely written in wrestler language! ;D Its some sort of "bug" and at same time he's taken a test that says its some sort of flu and they also call it a Severe Illness ... man a fever sometimes over 102!? Like how much over? because you can get brain damage at some point and get out of that hotel and into a hospital if you have a fever over 102 degrees because if you have a fever over 102 degrees that means you have a fever of at least 103 degrees which means get out of hotel and go to hospital or seek medical treatment immediately meathead. According to internet: "if your fever reaches or surpasses 103 degrees (39.4 C) and is followed by any of the following symptoms, you should seek immediate medical attention: Confusion. Difficulty breathing. Loss of consciousness".
Just the way the wrestler is talking I think he needs medical attention. He sounds really sick and maybe the temperature is even higher than 103 degrees. Maybe he did seek medical attention but he's not coherent enough to remember he did supposedly have a flu test.. he obviously doesn't know himself what kind of flu he's got and he's obviously calling it "some sort of bug". I dunno about all these statements. There's something incoherent about these statements or him or the press release is making him look bad.
I hope he gets better in the meantime he needs better representation or a better agent or some means to communicate better about what his illness is. To be honest he sounds like he's alone, confused and crying for help. Imagine if this wrestler was your loved one. Wouldn't you make it clear to the public he's being taken care of? Does he even know what he's got and is treating himself properly in the way of medical treatment and medical recommendations?
It sounds brutal like the wrestler himself doesn't really know himself what he's got or what is going on according to his link he "36 pounds in just a week" "Had test taken and all they could determine is that it was a very bad Flu thankfully"(Masked Man wonders: what kind of test has meter or indicator in it that points to 'very bad flu'..what kind of test is that that doesn't tell you what kind of flu it is!?). He thinks he is over "a hump" God, ya'll should read his own posts he sounds erratic like he's just going to will himself through a weird disease of which he knows nothing about... I hate to say it but this wrestler appears a little confused or something ..read it yourselves LINK:
https://www.ewrestlingnews.com/news/wwe/braun-strowman-sidelined-with-severe-illness
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Children,
Do not try this at home kids... Do not act like a pro wrestler if you feel ill... seek medical attention if a disease is whipping your behind, Trust me seek help, If you get an illness or a disease don't act bigger than your britches and try not to infect others. Listen to your body children and be good to it and be careful not to use too much force. You can't whip microscopic entities by being macho or by muscling your way out of it, Be thoughtful and practical when you feel ill or hurt. Be sensitive and sensible. Use your brain not your brawn in life! And remember kids, home schooling and online education is the key to enlightenment nowadays,
The Masked Man
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Comedian Masked Man interjects:
If players continue to get sick at this rate, Data Report is going to have a right hand sports injury himself called repetitive "computer mouse hand injury".
;D
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Islanders face nightmare goalie situation with Ilya Sorokin illness.
Ilya started feeling sick on Friday night and it is possible other players are becoming sick as well.
Source of information.
1. NY Post
https://nypost.com/2025/01/11/sports/islanders-face-nightmare-goalie-situation-with-ilya-sorokin-illness/
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Levi Kitchen who is an American professional Motocross and Supercross racer is apparently sick with an illness and might not be able to race this weekend.
Source of information.
1. Racer X Online
https://racerxonline.com/2025/01/11/levi-kitchen-illness-out-for-anaheim-1-sx-switching-to-250sx-east-region
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Final Minnesota Vikings Injury Report Reveals Possible Illness in Running Back Room.
Source of information.
1. Minnesota Sports Fan
https://www.minnesotasportsfan.com/minnesota-vikings/minnesota-vikings-news/final-minnesota-vikings-injury-report-vs-rams-wildcard-round/
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Ty Chandler who is a running back for the Minnesota vikings did not practice on Friday due to an illness.
Source of information.
1. The Fantasy Footballers
https://www.thefantasyfootballers.com/news/595384/ty-chandler-misses-practice-with-illness/
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Quentin Johnston who is an NFL wide receiver for the LA Chargers is expected to play despite dealing with the Flu.
Source of information.
1. Sports Grid.
https://www.sportsgrid.com/nfl/video/quentin-johnston-set-to-play-despite-illness-and-nfl-updates
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Dallas Mavericks player Markieff Morris is currently battling an illness and is said to be questionable for their upcoming games.
Source of information.
1. KNUP Sports
https://knupsports.com/mavericks-markieff-morris-uncertain-1-10-with-illness/
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Braun Strowman who is a professional wrestler is currently Sidelined With Severe Illness. He states it is some sort of bug that whipped his @$$ and he has been in a hotel room for 4 days with a fever of 102 or higher for the first 3 days. Testing showed that he had some sort of a bad case of flu, no details on which type were given.
Source of information.
1. E Wrestling News
https://www.ewrestlingnews.com/news/wwe/braun-strowman-sidelined-with-severe-illness
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The Big PSU VS Notre Dame football game is tonight and it looks like Flu will be in attendance at the game. Notre Dame is dealing with several players on their team who have Flu. Not sure how many of those players will be out of tonight's game. Next, you have to wonder if any PSU players will catch it during the game tonight.
Source of information.
1.Athlon Sports
https://athlonsports.com/college-football/notre-dame-reportedly-battling-illness-flu-college-football-playoff-orange-bowl
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Steelers Cam Hayward was dealing with the Flu during their game on Saturday, January 4th.
Source of information.
1. Steelers Now
https://steelersnow.com/flu-game-steelers-cam-heyward-battles-illness-burrow-vs-bengals/
As of Tuesday, January 7th Cameron Heyward is still dealing with illness and missed practice Tuesday.
Source of information.
1. NBC Sports
https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/cameron-heyward-misses-practice-with-an-illness
As Of Wednesday, January 8th Chris Boswell who plays for the Steelers is also now dealing with an illness. This is the second Steelers player that might not be able to play in the wildcard game this weekend.
Source of information.
1. The Fantasy Footballers
https://www.thefantasyfootballers.com/news/595140/chris-boswell-sits-out-practice-with-illness/
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Brice Sensabaugh who plays for the Utah Jazz is said to be questionable on Thursday as he is dealing with an illness.
Source of information.
1. Fantasy Pro
https://www.fantasypros.com/nba/news/492371/brice-sensabaugh-illness-questionable-thursday.php
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Johnny Davis of the Washington Wizards is dealing with an illness. His status is questionable for upcoming games. He was previously out due to this illness on January 7, 2025.
Source of information.
1. KUNP sports
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Detroit Pistons Ausar Thompson will miss his second straight game due to illness.
Source of information.
1. Fantasy Pros
https://www.fantasypros.com/nba/players/ausar-thompson.php
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Steelers Cam Hayward was dealing with the Flu during their game on Saturday, January 4th.
Source of information.
1. Steelers Now
https://steelersnow.com/flu-game-steelers-cam-heyward-battles-illness-burrow-vs-bengals/
As of Tuesday, January 7th Cameron Heyward is still dealing with illness and missed practice Tuesday.
Source of information.
1. NBC Sports
https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/cameron-heyward-misses-practice-with-an-illness
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Denver Nuggets player Nikola Jokic is said to be dealing with an illness and is probable for tonight but is said to play against the Boston Celtics.
Source of information.
1. Fantasy Pros
https://www.fantasypros.com/nba/news/492188/nikola-jokic-illness-probable-tuesday.php
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Brice Sensabaugh of the Utah Jazz is dealing with an illness. His status for the upcoming game is questionable. The illness started on January 7, 2025, and has left his availability uncertain.
Source of information.
1. KNUP Sports
https://knupsports.com/brice-sensabaugh-questionable-for-jazz-with-illness/
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Brief sport intermission here.. time out...
"Bilal Coulibaly (illness) listed questionable Tuesday
by Ari Koslow | Wizards Correspondent | Mon, Jan 6th 6:22pm EST
Bilal Coulibaly is listed as questionable for Tuesday's game against the Rockets. (NBA Injury Report)
Fantasy Impact:
Coulibaly is looking to avoid missing a third straight game. Kyle Kuzma would see another start if he remains sidelined, and Kuzma could remain in the starting lineup either way."
Masked Man's sports commentary:
Masked Man referee cries foul! okay so whatever illness he has got they don't even say. They might not know themselves what illness he has got and yet they are just sort of playing it by ear and perhaps hoping symptoms will just go away for the third game...
...whatever it is he's got we hope the other team players don't get officially or unofficially...lol.. and we wish him a speedy recovery and hope its not contagious or that its a disease of a serious nature... and this goes for all those players whom either aren't going to the doctor's for a diagnosis or simply don't want to know what they are infected with or transmitting to one another.
One player so far out of all of them disclosed he had the flu.. Steelers Cam Hayward was dealing with the Flu ... of course that's still vague because there's lots of different kinds of flu and so "the flu" is like saying "the bug" or something.. its just too vague to count it as a real diagnosis...
... so I'd say so far no real descriptions of illnesses have occurred with a single player so far and they have not broken their record of not knowing or stating what their illness really is so far! Out of all those players, What are the odds of that!? Now that's a record!
Ladies and germs, who will be the first athlete to break the record who will be the first player to actually know what disease he's got!?..sports fanatics want to know! the suspense is building as the sneezin' season gets underway!
Obviously they are getting tested for illegal amphetamine use and other illegal drugs by bigshot doctors but I guess none of these health conscious athletes who pride themselves on human strength and endurance have discovered the advent of the various covid and flu tests available! Maybe the covid/flu tests are too challenging or difficult for these athletes to administer ... you know, the covid/flu test directions are too hard for them to understand and have an inherent learning curve in them that's just beyond the scope of their schooling. These animals are breakin' records alright! Hope they don't make their buddies sick with any weird unforgiving diseases.
That be funny someday if there will be some secrets and mysteries are revealed show and they'll have some anonymous athlete in a dark corner with a hood on and his voice disguised revealing the secrets of the competitive sports team as to why all their illnesses had to be kept a secret! lol
We could play a game called "dodge the disease" That's where we wear masks and disinfect stuff a lot and actually try not to get infected by nor infect our friends, loved ones, or team members with any diseases or illnesses during a pandemic era..winner doesn't catch a diseases and remains healthy! Its pretty awesome game to win! So far I'm winning and haven't caught anything in five years of masking.
Not only that But I am an athlete that wears a mask while doing sports! In the Miscellaneous Section of this forum I have produced several videos some under the sections entitled "My videos of Me doing everyday tasks in my mask" & "Masked Man Bicycle Ride and other videos inspire others to mask up". All my videos feature me in a safety mask riding bicycle for 6 mile round trips, doing martial arts techniques, juggling three balls (while the typical athlete chases after one ball), I even shovel snow, stack wood, clean chimneys, and go up on the roof to clean gutters all in my safety mask. Now that's athletic and that's sportsmanship at its finest proving I am not only a winner playing sports but I wear a safety mask while doing it all! I challenge these so called hot shot athletes to the stuff I can do while wearing a safety mask! I'mm 55 years old and I'd probably beat any of these young maskless athletes in a bicycle race here in the mountains or a woodchopping session or a juggling of three balls in the air while in my mask! ha! Ha! I train in a mask! I challenge them to put on a safety mask and see if they can do half what I can do in my videos! lol! I"m dead serious I could wup these young athletes in most any athletic contest any time any day in my mask and I challenge them to wear a safety mask! We could do fundraiser for a public awareness cause if one of these rich athletes would mask up and challenge me to friendly game of masked sports..perhaps a masked Bicycle race on my street or something in my street! I'm game for that and in my prime. Here's me in the Masked Olympia Quarantino Solo Martial Artist Division featuring Martial Artist Masked Man hosted by Bob and Joe ..classical
guitar by Richard Easley LINK: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BwEc-N2USWFBhkEsPHfYK03vMcYzzx8i/view
I guess I'm poking fun of myself in the quarinteeno olympic video, I tell you one thing. I live in a university town and I was truly terrorized on more than one occasion by unruly after game football parties.. I mean the worst.. young men popping out of cars with beer cans in their fists right in front of my home on an otherwise sleepy small neighborhood street.. gunpowder and firecrackers scaring my pets into the corner.. maskless kids parking in your yard in the middle of night inebriated ,,It was traumatizing truly sickening for a small dead end street to be hit by something like a rave party where kids take over and there isn't enough bathrooms to go around and so people walking up and down the street drunk, yelling and screaming and leaving trash and beer cans in your yard and going bathroom in yards, we ended calling sheriff and the sheriff had to have commissioners from two county meet and finally the one house that was throwing these football game parties got in trouble... it was like a war.. me in my mask and hordes of drunken kids in the middle of night making fun of me and me almost getting into fights.. I'd never been so happy to see law enforcement in my life. I survived like a dozen nights of pure nightmare scared life and property and home and scared of losing it all while being in a mask around a bunch of drunken out of control people on my street that didn't have enough parking places in middle of night. That was pure trauma until finally law enforcement fixed these unruly events. So yeah I have no respect for the university football parties that occur from these sporting events. They had no respect for my mask and it was like a riot just occurred overnight ..it was like being raided and scary where you couldn't control a mob of drunk kids running around. That's not to say there are many responsible sports fans out there. However college kids, after game football parties and pandemics and masked men such as myself who are taking care of immunocompromised loved ones and trying to social distance just don't mix! whew .. it was shocking to a sleepy street to see such lawlessness... that's why I am grateful to our local law enforcement finally handling that. Inebriated college aged post football game people are on the same level for me as hurricane Helene. Same level of trauma. By the way keep those sick player stats coming in Data Report I can hardly wait to see the next sick one..lol ..just kidding sort of. I'd rather deal with a sick one than a drunk one..lol
If I were stinking' rich I'd offer a trophy or something like the Masked Man Moral Integrity Award to the first player to actually determine and publicly state the disease they were sporting! lol.. Perhaps some athlete who has developed a moral compass and was in the Boy Scouts or something would step up to the plate and say something like "well, I could a been a contender! I could a been somebody! or I could played sick anyway but instead I thought to myself: What if made somebody sick on the team and they ended up dying or with long term repercussions or they made their mom or pops sick all because me wanting to win the big game? So I stayed home until I fully recovered. Besides Ive never been so sick in my entire life!" Then I the masked Man, would juggle in my Mask for the morally upright athlete and present them a trophy award of excellence on the days I wasn't performing my joggling or classical guitar Masked Man concerts for sick children at hospitals.
Okay the players all consent to this... time in...
...Referee Masked Man says okay play ball!!! Let the games resume for better or worse! For in sickness or good health just like marriage!
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More NBA news today Bilal Coulibaly is still dealing with an illness and could miss his 3rd straight game in a row on Tuesday.
Source of information.
1. Fantasy Pro
https://www.fantasypros.com/nba/news/492038/bilal-coulibaly-illness-listed-questionable-tuesday.php
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Detroit Pistons forward Ausar Thompson is listed as questionable on Monday due to an illness.
Source of information.
1. Roto Baller
https://www.rotoballer.com/player-news/ausar-thompson-questionable-monday-due-to-illness/1535389
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Andre Jackson Jr. Questionable for Bucks’ Game Against Raptors Due to Illness.
Source of information
1. KUNP Sports
https://knupsports.com/andre-jackson-jr-questionable-for-bucks-game-against-raptors-due-to-illness/
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Hockey player Nick Jensen is Dealing with an illness and did not play on Sunday. I am not seeing listed what the illness was.
Source of information.
1. Rotowire
https://www.rotowire.com/hockey/headlines/nick-jensen-injury-dealing-with-illness-546856
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Steelers Cam Hayward was dealing with the Flu during their game on Saturday, January 4th.
Source of information.
1. Steelers Now
https://steelersnow.com/flu-game-steelers-cam-heyward-battles-illness-burrow-vs-bengals/
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Now its time for a brief departure from your regular programming for
"Masked Man's Sports Illustrated Special Pandemic Don't Kiss Your Mama With Those Lips Until You See a Doctor Edition"
Briefly Check out this stupidity:
"https://www.si.com/nba/celtics/news/celtics-jayson-tatum-reveals-details-on-mysterious-illness-01jg202vhmfq
Celtics' Jayson Tatum Reveals Details on Mysterious Illness
" Tatum addressed the weird illness that took him out against the Magic.
"Little virus, 24-hour, 48-hour bug. I felt fine the entire day, felt fine during warmups then it just hit me during out meeting right before the game. Let's just say, I lost a lot of fluids over the last two days. So maybe a little fatigue I guess from being sick the last few days but I was trying to push through it and catch my second wind."
Masked Man Thinks in response to this.. totally irresponsible..He doesn't even know what he's got..Is he still contagious? This isn't revealing his mystery illness..its still a mystery! .. this is dumb ... did ya get tested by a big doctor so you can protect your health and team.. who are these guys and who would want to be around them..its sick. Just call it a "bug"...think he's okay ? Oh its just a bug! He doesnt know squat ..he's an amateur.. there's like four five airborne diseases going on right now.. what if he makes his buddies sick? This is not a team player . he's a glutton for punishment and I wouldn't go near guys like these or let my loved ones near him even with a mask..its dangerous. He has no idea what he had or still has.He's still trying to catch his second wind!
Check out this guy here LINK:
https://www.si.com/nba/bucks/news/bucks-news-damian-lillard-provides-more-details-about-illness-causing-him-to-miss-games-01jg9zedhkn2
Masked Man is stunned by this lack of medical diagnosis and thinks ...another self diagnosed fool! ..his illness is even worse than the last one at least the first stages of his illness or disease are whatever it is he's got ... He's probably got access to a some pretty powerful doctors but he plays it like there is no doctor...
"Based on how Lillard describes the sickness, it doesn't sound fun :"I’ve never been that sick before in my entire life."
“I wasn’t throwing up, nothing. I just didn’t eat for two days. I didn’t eat at all. I didn’t get up, nothing. I was down. It was bad.“Still a little bit sick, feeling it in my chest and coughing a little bit, but I expected it to be like that coming into the game because I haven’t played.”
"It sounds like the illness is more of a concern moving forward than his calf strain is. He's not worried about the calf getting re-injured, but the effects of this illness could linger for a little longer. He might be dealing with some coughing and other issues for a couple of more games.
Masked Man thinks.. this guys a moron. he can't even talk right or make complete sentences when talking to the press.. then he goes on to say."never been that sick in my entire life" you don't say!? did he even see a doctor!? who knows what he's got and it sounds like he's going to be coughing while joining the others in the game as it is stated "He might be dealing with some coughing and other issues for a couple of more games" and "Lillard also mentioned that he's not completely through with the sickness and had to deal with it on the court against the Bulls".Masked Man thinks this is ridiculous! NBA buy a doctor for these basketball teams .. they are just playing sick this is the pandemic playoffs.. There's a whole bunch of players who are going be around these guys who are still coughing and feelings sick.. this is weird! Again this guy says "he's never been that sick in his entire life" That's as serious a statement as it gets, folks. When someone says they've never been that sick in their entire life and yet they don't even know what they've got and they are ready to get back into the game we are talking mental illness perhaps amongst not just this particular player but also amongst his peers and parental figures or whoever looks after him Its just not right. again: "never been that sick in their entire life" I say hey masochist, don't spread that to your loved ones... don't play ball ..your still coughing..your still sick and see a doctor and tell the doctor to wear a mask!!
Lillard as stated in his interview is clearly playing sick with a totally undiagnosed illness that Lillard described in his own words as the worst illness he's ever experienced in his life!
Okay let the games resume this should prove an interesting season....
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if my comments/essays have interrupted the flow of this thread we can compile them and stick them under another section and retitle it"Masked Man's Sports Illustrated Special Pandemic Don't Kiss Your Mama With Those Lips Until You See a Doctor Edition" if we like. On the other hand if you feel my replies are appropriate and useful here we can just leave them as they are in this section if you so desire however you see fit and at your convenience.
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This sports illness should continue of course with its reports but I must discuss the nature of this problem further and it regards the under reporting that might also be going on in the sports world...
Here's something that also happens when sports stars and rock stars hide, or don't disclose what their illness is .. lack of trust.. it kills trust.. furthermore I tend to distrust the other members to disclose the whole truth. For example how do I know that half the guys with injuries aren't really sick with a contagious disease? if they aren't going to disclose the illness they got I bet ya half the guys with injuries aren't disclosing they have an illness.. I mean if some of them aren't forthright in telling us what the illness is there's probably a bunch of them not telling us they are ill and simply pretending to be injured... once trust is broken within a league or faction of people's its hard to trust of them to be truly forthright especially if they are already facing pressure not to disclose what illness they have there's bound to be many not reporting any illness when are ill. Its easier for some people to just say they aren't ill so they don't have to lie about what they are ill with.
Just keep in mind, There might be a lot more illness than injuries going on than are being reported considering the pressures these athletes and their teams face... I'm sure it would be easier to report some injuries rather than a full blown outbreak because they want to stay in the game.. that would be natural to under report such stuff not that I'm accusing anybody of anything but I'm considering the likely hood and pressures for them to deceive is a reality for these bighots in their prime. Covid is and was under reported and I don't think the ball teams are required to test everybody obviously they aren't required to report what illness they have.
Gotta keep in mind they ain't saying what they have so maybe they don't want to scare anybody like maybe they have covid and some of the team is asymptomatic and these guys are really drivin to play(recently an entire team of soccer players played with diarrhea!) and even lie and maybe Tommy is feeling kind of rough so lets just say he sprained his wrist because if we tell it like it is the world will know we have an outbreak and they are all like "we can't let the team or the coach down and maybe we will be okay" All this speculative of course in my part but so are there lack of testing and laws..like they test for drug abuse but there's no rules if several or many players have covid and people just don't care they will play sick and beside they aren't disclosing what the illness is probably because they don't want anybody to know. You can't trust people that don't disclose that and we know they aren't testing or bound by any rules to forfeit if they all have covid or whooping cough or even a weird influenza possibly even a new form of bird flu. I wouldn't put it past these jocks without being disrespectful there's big money on the line there and so there's plenty of reason for them to lie and nothing to keep them from lieing and withholding what disease they are sporting.. its their word.. we are simply allowing them to not test and not disclose info and play as I don't think there are any plans or rules in place insofar as if covid numbers reach a certain status or not for players to forfeit playing for several weeks until they test negative for anything. That's all I know. That's all they are letting us know.
lol.. really how much money do these teams have and bring in because they act like they don't even have a doctor! lol I mean c'mon they are raking in so much money and they can't even tell us if they tested positive for anything or not...That's just messed up for a billion dollar team to act like they don't even have a doctor or take any tests...lol its pretty obvious they don't want us to know something.
What they could do but don't do is they could do a bunch of tests then publicly announce or declare the test results publicly or to a committee that could relay this to the public and just say what percent of players have this or that and not give out the personal names which might be helpful to the world to know and to those in close contacts including themselves and their own team members. There's ways of keeping medical records personal and personal names out of public but still counting and citing and determining the cases and diseases and illnesses involved. You'd think they would do that and then allow patients to disclose their personal medical information as they see fit themselves. Likewise we should know the kinds of diseases and the number of medical cases involved without knowing the the personal names for the sake of the general public. But they won't do it because they wanna play more than anything.
In other words they should do tons of tests on these players who are always in close contact with one another and tell us why and what diseases and illnesses they have without necessarily involving their personal names for the sake of humanity and not to mention the health of the player for their own sake. Of course nobody wants to be the bad guy and create rules and make people get tested however they should want to know or they should have been raised to want to want to know about their illnesses and their teammates' illnesses.
Again there is nothing in place nor is there nothing that will stop these players from playing. If an entire soccer team can play with diarrhea then these players would play through leprosy I kid you not they would play with with arms falling off..I joke about but football players, boxers they risk serious longterm repercussions from what they do for real..Its kind of hard to stomach sometimes although I played a lot of different sports as a child come to think of it these professional players of hard contact sports go on to suffer from Parkinson diseases and all sorts of neurological diseases and long term pain from numerous injuries. Many of the greatest boxers and football players simply in pain and have brain problems. They love to play and give up their health for it .. that's why they also risk airborne diseases I suppose. They are pretty crazy really. They are like adrenaline junkies and it really catches up with them the older they get... anyway the are hardwired and so driven they are definitely at risk for catching diseases because of their passion to play. They push things past the limit. They are also extremely competitive and travel and gather with their peers ...all this makes them the ideal specimen to study insofar as viruses and contagious diseases go.
Let the games continue if they must...
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In the past if I remember correctly before 2020 (at least after AIDS and also before AIDS )they'd say I got a bad cold or laryngitis, or bronchitis etc.
..back then they never hid anything unless they had AIDS. Moreover they probably disclosed all their illnesses because if they didn't people might think they had AIDS. If they hid the diseases people during the AIDS scare people would assume you had aids so nobody ever said "I was ill with a mystery disease in the past at that time because it would scare the Jeeveies out of people if ya said my illness is mysterious or I am not telling you my illness.. that would scare people. at least that is what I remember happened in the past. People would try to work or go to school sick but eventually they'd go to the doctor and then tell people"I went to doctor and he said I had this or that. You never hid the illness unless it was a sexually transmitted disease or maybe a disease like cancer but typically people said what they had.
in my past ..people would say "go to the doctor's get a note from doctor and give it to your teacher or coach and the note said what illness you had. Yeah ya typically told people what ya had because if you just said you had an illness they'd think you had a sexually transmitted disease and maybe you would get shunned and ridiculed.. that was my impression...you never said I have a disease but I'm not going to tell you what it is because then people would assume the worst and shun ya.
Now It's like a super secret! Its astronomical one doesn't accidentally blurt out I got the stupid whooping cough or covid.. out all these athletes not a one so far has slipped and accidentally blurted out what they got by accident..lol.. like there must be a super big money or a fine so big they must not disclose.. like they will be killed by the mob or something if they tell us. It's dishonest and a disservice to humanity. Something has to change about that... that's just not free speech... there's no way that many people would hold back what's making them sick..its unnatural and inhumane not to let people talk freely..its a disgrace that these people are obviously not allowed to talk because of some force such as contracts or insurance... this lack of free speech is shameful thing and history is recording this lack of talking about what ills us as we type this.
Yeah its hard to respect a person that can't tell his friends or even the general public what he's got insofar as illnesses go.. its like they don't own themselves or have free speech... its like they "aren't allowed to comment" truly like they are slaves and somebody else owns them and they just can't freely speak on the matter... that's pretty sad to be a puppet and not be allowed to talk freely. They don't own themselves. Something is holding them back because that's just not natural for a few guys on the team to get illnesses and then pretend they are in the mob or something and if they talk they die and its like they went and swore an oath of silence on the matter. As team mates they even act like they aren't telling each other...lol.. if they telling each other then I'm surprised they don't snitch on each other to the press..Its ridiculous and not normal behavior for humans to be so secretive...lol
The "don't tell anybody what it is Ive got" is the same disturbing policy for musicians as well as these sports stars ... its disturbing
..Some of the politicians seem to be disclosing what they have, so far..which is good ..hopefully the politically active people will continue to be as forthright as they have been.
Of course the biggest issue is that by not talking about what ills us hurts us and others around us. To not talk freely or be allowed to talk freely about what ills us and society is a grave injustice indeed.
Of course this forum certainly can't be found guilty of hiding what it knows! That's what this forum remedies its great about keeping things out in the open to discuss, talking about stuff others can't, keeping us informed, and it Keeps the ball rolling! :)
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Just a Masked Man "the referee" side note here about my own conscience:
Time out!
I can't help but comment on all these "illnesses" ..its so scary they aren't saying what the illness is! It just doesn't seem ethical not to announce it publicly at least for the sake of the other members of their team and all those that may have come into contact with them.. Surely it has something to do with contracts or insurance or confidentiality but at some point to not inform the public of a contagious illness or disease just seems downright wrong. there's something freaky and immoral and very selfish about not informing others so others can figure out what to look for... anyway I don't see how they can keep it secret because of the conscience.. I couldn't keep quiet about that it's just too weird and this doesn't seem normal human behavior.
I don't remember before 2020 people not saying what they had unless it was AIDS. Its just weird because its like people are hiding something... It just feels slimey to me that public figures aren't coming forward with what diseases they have or what the illness is in their vicinity for the sake of one another right now in this day and age. There's just something sick about not disclosing the sickness...lol
Anyway let the sports "Mystery illnesses" continue but I swear it is not sportsmanship or 'cool' to not make the public and those they have had contact with aware of what their illness is especially if it is contagious because of contracts or insurance.. this is a social injustice that not all people will remember or look upon fondly about this pandemic era. They are breaking records alright..breaking records of not telling anybody what they got.. not a single soul that plays sports has yet to share what type of illness it is that he's sporting! Nobodies got the balls! lol... Now that's amazing out of all these athletes!
Okay ..Time In! Back to the game of "the next sportsman gets ill!"
Play Ball! (no spitting on field allowed),
Masked Man(referee) :)
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It definitely is looking like this is going to be the year of mystery illness in sports. Out of all these entries, not 1 even says the word flu or cold. Just illness, illness, illness. The fact this will likely already hit page 3 early this upcoming week is insane as well. I do not remember pre-2020 there being sooo many sports players sick at once. But then again, I did not pay as close attention.
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Jacob Bryson defenseman for the Buffalo Sabres will not be in the lineup against the Vegas Golden Knights due to an illness.
Bryson, 27, has appeared in 24 games this season with the Sabres, posting three assists, four hits, 31 blocks, and eight penalty minutes.
Source 1. The Hockey News
Jan. 25 2025
LINK:
https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/buffalo-sabres/latest-news/sabres-defender-ruled-out-vs-golden-knights
P.S. a little extra trivia
Q: What does a recent high school dropout and the Buffalo Sabres have in common?
A: They're both young, have no goals and no good prospects. :D
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Victor Olofsson forward for the Vegas Golden Knights will be out against the Buffalo Sabres with an illness.
The 29-year-old was set to play his former team for the first time since signing with the Golden Knights in the offseason, but he'll have to wait until the team travels to Buffalo on Mar. 15 to get that opportunity.
Source 1.
The Hockey News
by Julian Gaudio
Sat, Jan 4, 2025, 9:49 PM EST
LINK:
https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/golden-knights-forward-against-former-024929948.html
p.s.
...Why did the hockey player bring an extra pair of socks? In case he got a hole in one! ;D
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Kyler Gordon on List of Ill Players
Bears Thursday Injury Report: Kyler Gordon on List of Ill Players
Illness continued to hit hard at Halas Hall as slot cornerback Kyler Gordon on Thursday joined two Bears players already sidelined during practice for Sunday's finale at Green Bay.
Gordon had practiced Wednesday but was out ill Thursday, and tackle Larry Borom and wide receiver Rome Odunze also missed with illness Thursday after they also missed on Wednesday.
1.Chicago's WGN9 News
LINK:
https://wgntv.com/sports/sports-illustrated/arena-nfl/si-chicago-bears-nfl/552d6c58/bears-thursday-injury-report-kyler-gordon-on-list-of-ill-players/
Get well soon Bears!,
Masked Man, Sports Announcer
P.S.
Alas, Goldilocks and company that makes three sick bears staying at home eating porridge and whey so far this season for you windy city Chicago Bear lovers out there!
And for those of you into some Kyler Gordon antics here's some Extra trivia footage:
Kyler Gordon has had some problems keeping his facemask on to prevent illness in the past as seen in this old footage..lol.. LINK:
https://x.com/ChicagoBears/status/1729655218692821372
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Just a Masked Man "the referee" side note here about my own conscience:
Time out!
I can't help but comment on all these "illnesses" ..its so scary they aren't saying what the illness is! It just doesn't seem ethical not to announce it publicly at least for the sake of the other members of their team and all those that may have come into contact with them.. Surely it has something to do with contracts or insurance or confidentiality but at some point to not inform the public of a contagious illness or disease just seems downright wrong. there's something freaky and immoral and very selfish about not informing others so others can figure out what to look for... anyway I don't see how they can keep it secret because of the conscience.. I couldn't keep quiet about that it's just too weird and this doesn't seem normal human behavior.
I don't remember before 2020 people not saying what they had unless it was AIDS. Its just weird because its like people are hiding something... It just feels slimey to me that public figures aren't coming forward with what diseases they have or what the illness is in their vicinity for the sake of one another right now in this day and age. There's just something sick about not disclosing the sickness...lol
Anyway let the sports "Mystery illnesses" continue but I swear it is not sportsmanship or 'cool' to not make the public and those they have had contact with aware of what their illness is especially if it is contagious because of contracts or insurance.. this is a social injustice that not all people will remember or look upon fondly about this pandemic era. They are breaking records alright..breaking records of not telling anybody what they got.. not a single soul that plays sports has yet to share what type of illness it is that he's sporting! Nobodies got the balls! lol... Now that's amazing out of all these athletes!
Okay ..Time In! Back to the game of "the next sportsman gets ill!"
Play Ball! (no spitting on field allowed),
Masked Man(referee) :)
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As of Saturday January 4th Bilal Coulibaly who plays for the Washington Wizards is now questionable for Sunday's game due to an illness he is dealing with.
Source of information.
1. Fantasy Pros
https://www.fantasypros.com/nba/news/491620/bilal-coulibaly-illness-questionable-sunday.php
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There is now a second player out for the Phoenix Suns. As of Saturday January 4th Tyus Jones, the Phoenix Suns point guard, is out due to an illness.
Source of information.
1. KUNP sports.
https://knupsports.com/tyus-jones-out-for-suns-due-to-illness/
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Oso Ighodaro who plays for the Phoenix Suns is currently dealing with an illness and will not be playing in the upcoming games.
Source of information.
1. KNUP spots
https://knupsports.com/oso-ighodaro-out-for-suns-due-to-illness/
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Packers WR Romeo Doubs (illness) questionable to play vs. Bears
Source of information.
1. Packers.com
https://www.packers.com/news/packers-wr-romeo-doubs-illness-questionable-to-play-vs-bears-week-18-2024
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The Dallas Mavericks are dealing with illness.
Grimes gives chilling details of Mavericks' locker room illness: 'I couldn't move'
Source of information.
1. The Smoking Cuban.
https://thesmokingcuban.com/quentin-grimes-gives-chilling-details-dallas-mavericks-locker-room-illness-i-couldnt-move
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It's college basketball this time Jon Scheyer is out with illness and did not travel with Duke for game vs. SMU.
Source of information.
1. ON3
https://www.on3.com/college/duke-blue-devils/news/jon-scheyer-out-with-illness-did-not-travel-with-duke-for-game-vs-smu/
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Nate Hobbs who plays in the NFL for the Las Vegas Raiders is dealing with an illness.
Source of information.
1. Raiders Wire.
https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/2025/01/03/raiders-vs-chargers-final-injury-report-for-week-18-nate-hobbs-shows-up-with-illness/
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In the NBA Josh Minott of the Minnesota Timberwolves is dealing with an illness. He is listed as questionable for their upcoming game against the Detroit Pistons on Saturday, January 4th, 2025.
Source of information.
1. KNUP Sports
https://knupsports.com/josh-minott-questionable-for-timberwolves-game-against-pistons-due-to-illness/
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In the NBA Raptors’ RJ Barrett remains out with illness against Magic.
Source of information.
1. MSN
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/nba/raptors-rj-barrett-remains-out-with-illness-against-magic/ar-AA1wVDGz
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In the NBA. Kyrie Irving sits out the Mavericks' game against the NBA-leading Cavaliers because of illness.
Source of information.
1. NBC DFW.
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/sports/dallas-mavericks/kyrie-irving-sits-out-the-mavericks-game-against-the-nba-leading-cavaliers-because-of-illness/3732790/
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In the NFL As of January 2nd the Baltimore Ravens running back Justice Hill is being ruled out for Saturday's game as he is dealing with an illness.
Source of information.
1. Sports Illustrated.
https://www.si.com/nfl/ravens/news/baltimore-ravens-lose-justice-hill-second-straight-game-week-18
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49ers' Ricky Pearsall: Falls ill, has chest injury
Pearsall was a limited participant at Wednesday's practice due to an illness and a chest injury, Matt Barrows of The Athletic reports.Jan 1, 2025 at 8:01 pm ET
Source of information.
1. By RotoWire Staff
https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/news/49ers-ricky-pearsall-falls-ill-has-chest-injury/
Now its time for "Our Favorite football jokes" by sports commentator Masked Man:
What did the Ricky Pearsall wide receiver say to the football?
Answer: I'm sporting an illness. Catch you Later!
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In the NFL the Denver Broncos backup offensive tackle Frank Crum missed practice on Thursday as he is dealing with an illness.
Source of information.
1. Broncos Wire
https://broncoswire.usatoday.com/2025/01/02/broncos-release-injury-report-offensive-lineman-still-out-with-illness/
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The Chicago Bears have 2 players dealing with an illness right now. Larry Borom and Rome Odunze.
Source of information.
1. Fantasy Pro
https://www.fantasypros.com/nfl/news/491186/rome-odunze-illness-not-practicing-wednesday.php
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This is the 2025 US Sports Illness thread, which will be for the tracking of illness within sports teams or individual sports players and will cover all sports. Bookmark this thread in your browser as it will constantly be updated with any news stories or social media post regarding illness of a sports player or even multiple players on a team. Any player positive for Covid will have their name highlighted, which will link you to their Covid case information in the positive for Covid archive. Anyone who finds news about a sports player who is ill can add it to this thread. This thread is for sports player who can not play because they are sick or have some sort of illness, and not sports players who become injured playing their sport.
There may be cases where a player is sick but still plays or becomes sick while playing that will be documented as well.