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Adam Zielonka

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Adam Zielonka was a sports reporter for The Washington Times.

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Washington Nationals starter Max Scherzer throws the first pitch of the opening game of the MLB season against the New York Yankees on Thursday, July 23, 2020, at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. (Photo by All-Pro Reels)

Yankees top Nationals in rain-shortened first game of baseball’s return

Thunder, lightning and buckets of rain interrupted what was supposed to be baseball's triumphant return from the coronavirus pandemic in the nation's capital Thursday night. After about two hours in delay, the game was called and the New York Yankees beat the Washington Nationals in five innings.

July 23, 2020
Ceremonial first pitch is thrown by Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases before the start of the during the first inning of an opening day baseball game between the New York Yankees and Washington Nationals at Nationals Park, Thursday, July 23, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Anthony Fauci tosses a wayward first pitch at Nationals opener

Dr. Anthony Fauci -- the country's leading expert on infectious diseases, a White House coronavirus task force member and a big Washington Nationals fan -- was the guest of honor Thursday night at Nationals Park and tossed out the first pitch of the Major League Baseball season opener.

July 23, 2020
Members of Washington Nationals kneel and hold a piece of black fabric before an opening day baseball game against the New York Yankees at Nationals Park, Thursday, July 23, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Nationals, Yankees kneel for moment of silence, then stand for anthem

Before Thursday's Major League Baseball season opener, all Washington Nationals and New York Yankees players on the field held a black length of fabric and observed a moment of silence for Black victims of brutality. The players kneeled together for part of the observance, but everyone then stood for a pre-recorded performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner."

July 23, 2020
Washington Mystics' Emma Meesseman shoots during the second half of a WNBA basketball game, Tuesday, June 14, 2016, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill) ** FILE **

Mystics will rely on bench players to step up in weird 2020 WNBA season

This surely isn't what the Washington Mystics had planned for their WNBA title defense. No Natasha Cloud and LaToya Sanders. For the foreseeable future, no Elena Delle Donne. The Mystics will need to look to their bench for players to take on expanded roles -- good thing their bench is so strong.

July 23, 2020
Mick Hoffman, executive director of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, poses for a photo, Thursday, July 16, 2020, sitting in the empty stands of the Renton School District's Renton Memorial Stadium, which is used for high school football, soccer, and track events in Renton, Wash. Hoffman and other administrators across the country are facing difficult decisions regarding the overwhelming uncertainty of whether high school sports can go forward this fall as the clock ticks closer to the start of the 2020-21 school year with little clarity in place for an obvious and safe path moving forward for athletics. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

High school football this fall? Not in D.C., Montgomery County and elsewhere

The D.C. State Athletic Association (DCSAA), which governs high school athletics in the District, announced its decision last week to move the fall sports season into 2021, between the winter and spring seasons. Virginia will not have high school football in its traditional autumn window, either.

July 21, 2020