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Boeheim tests positive for COVID

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, and the Orange have paused all team activities.

The 75-year-old Boeheim said in a statement posted on both Twitter and the university website Sunday that he was informed after the team’s most recent testing and is in isolation at home.

Athletic director John Wildhack said all members of the program will be tested again multiple times over the next week.

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