While sports commissioners, governments and medical experts debate when to reopen sports leagues, a huge majority of Americans including a substantial majority of sports fans are prepared to stay home until the development of a vaccine for coronavirus.

The exacqVision Facial Matching solution, an artificial intelligence enabled system, provides immediate notification of persons of interest who are returning to a venue or other premise.

Dr. Lou Marciani has announced his retirement from his role as Director of The University of Southern Mississippi’s (USM) National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security (NCS4) effective April 1, 2020.

Most Americans say they are concerned that there will be a major outbreak of the coronavirus in the U.S. (55%) and that it will negatively affect the U.S. economy (57%), the latest KFF tracking poll finds. 

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) joined the Cactus League for a tabletop exercise to review incident preparedness measures and response plans at stadiums during spring training. 

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has partnered with the National Science Foundation (NSF), along with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, to make funding available to study collaborative robots (co-robots) in the workplace.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) announced the seizure of more than 176,000 counterfeit sports-related items, worth an estimated $123 million, ahead of this year's Super Bowl.