<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Equinox]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://fduequinox.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[fduequinox]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://fduequinox.com/author/fduequinox/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Conference Play Begins for FDU Men’s Basketball and Former NYC Mayor Tests&nbsp;Positive]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[
<p><strong>By Anthony Covino</strong></p>



<p>Sports Editor</p>



<p>FDU basketball season is about to go into full swing, with a new format for games, as the coronavirus continues to infect more people in New Jersey.</p>



<p>The FDU men’s basketball team wrapped up its final non-conference game with a <a href="https://fduequinox.com/2020/12/05/live-blog-fdu-mens-basketball-against-providence-12-5/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">79-67 loss</a> to Providence.&nbsp;</p>



<p>The Knights will now begin their conference play with a new round-robin schedule where they will play an NEC team two days in a row and then follow that same schedule with other NEC teams to finish off the season.</p>



<p>The next game for men’s basketball is against Central Connecticut State at 7 p.m. followed on Wednesday at 4 p.m.</p>



<p>The FDU women’s basketball team has one non-conference game left, against Fordham, before  conference play starts with the same round-robin format as men’s basketball.</p>



<p>The game against Fordham is also tomorrow night at 7 p.m.</p>



<p>Stay tuned for live blogs for both teams throughout the season.</p>



<p>Yesterday, New Jersey reported over <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.google.com/search?safe=active&amp;biw=1536&amp;bih=697&amp;ei=1D7OX9ioGY6d5gLq1YPYAQ&amp;q=NJ+covid+cases&amp;oq=NJ+covid+cases&amp;gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQAzILCAAQsQMQgwEQyQMyCAgAELEDEIMBMgUIABCxAzICCAAyAggAMgIIADICCAAyAggAMggIABCxAxCDATICCAA6CAghEBYQHRAeOgkIABBDEEYQ-wE6BQguEJECOggILhCxAxCDAToECAAQQzoECC4QQzoFCAAQkQI6BwgAELEDEEM6BwguELEDEEM6CAgAEMkDEJECOgcIABDJAxBDOgoIABCxAxCDARBDUJMEWNY5YJk7aAFwAHgDgAG-AYgBnR2SAQUxOS4xOJgBAKABAaoBB2d3cy13aXqwAQDAAQE&amp;sclient=psy-ab&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjY4tLxjLztAhWOjlkKHerqABsQ4dUDCA0&amp;uact=5" target="_blank">6,000</a> new cases and 543 of those cases were from Bergen County, according to the google statistics count.</p>



<p>There are a total of 370,000 COVID-19 cases in New Jersey with 38,145&nbsp; in Bergen County as of yesterday.</p>



<p>Also, former New York City Mayor Rudy Guiliani <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/12/06/world/covid-19-coronavirus" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">tested positive</a> for COVID-19 yesterday following multiple visits across the country during the week.&nbsp;</p>



<p>Stay tuned every morning at 10 a.m. for daily news updates&nbsp;</p>



<p><br><em>Please follow us on </em><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/equinoxfdu/" target="_blank"><em>Instagram</em></a><em>, </em><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://twitter.com/EquinoxFDU" target="_blank"><em>Twitter</em></a><em>, </em><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-equinox-newspaper" target="_blank"><em>LinkedIn</em></a><em> and </em><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpknMbtf8DL56a9_AZbnsaQ" target="_blank"><em>YouTube</em></a><em>. Write to us at equinoxfdu@gmail.com.</em></p>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-large"><a href="https://fduequinox.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/untitled-design-7.png"><img data-attachment-id="8481" data-permalink="https://fduequinox.com/untitled-design-7-2/" data-orig-file="https://fduequinox.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/untitled-design-7.png" data-orig-size="1280,720" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="untitled-design-7" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://fduequinox.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/untitled-design-7.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://fduequinox.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/untitled-design-7.png?w=1024" src="https://fduequinox.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/untitled-design-7.png?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-8481" srcset="https://fduequinox.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/untitled-design-7.png?w=1024 1024w, https://fduequinox.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/untitled-design-7.png?w=150 150w, https://fduequinox.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/untitled-design-7.png?w=300 300w, https://fduequinox.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/untitled-design-7.png?w=768 768w, https://fduequinox.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/untitled-design-7.png 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><figcaption><strong>Basketball is in full swing and COVID-19 is infecting public figures.</strong>  <strong>Art by Elizabeth Scalzo</strong></figcaption></figure></div>
]]></html><thumbnail_url><![CDATA[https://fduequinox.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/untitled-design-7.png?w=1200&fit=440%2C330]]></thumbnail_url><thumbnail_width><![CDATA[440]]></thumbnail_width><thumbnail_height><![CDATA[247]]></thumbnail_height></oembed>