Four American sports leagues announced Monday that only players and essential employees of teams with be allowed in locker rooms or clubhouses before and after sporting events due to the continuing threat of the coronavirus.
Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League and Major League Soccer jointly revealed the policy, which bars media members from entering locker rooms or clubhouses. The leagues said the new policy begins on Tuesday.
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