The Rundown: Trump Returns To Campaign Trail

President Trump is returning to the campaign trail today with a rally in Florida, with others planned for later in the week in Pennsylvania and Iowa, claiming yesterday that he can no longer infect others with the coronavirus and is now immune to it. However, it's at this point not able to be known if someone has immunity to the virus or how long any immunity lasts. Trump's physician, Dr. Sean Conley, released a memo Saturday night in which he said Trump met the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria for ending isolation after his illness with the virus and was no longer considered at risk for transmitting it by, quote, "currently recognized standards." The memo didn't say if Trump, who was released from the hospital one week ago, has tested negative for the virus.

➤BARRETT'S SUPREME COURT CONFIRMATION HEARINGS BEGIN TODAY: The confirmation hearings for President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, federal appeal court Judge Amy Coney Barrett, will begin today before the Senate Judiciary Committee. In her prepared opening remarks, Barrett lays out her intention to follow the "originalist" views of her mentor, late Justice Antonin Scalia, and, quote, "apply the law as written," stating, "Courts are not designed to solve every problem or right every wrong in our public life." Barrett was nominated after Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death last month. No Supreme Court justice has ever been confirmed so close to a presidential election, and Democrats have insisted that the election winner should fill Ginsburg's seat. They cite Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in 2016 refusing to allow a vote on then-President Barack Obama's nominee to fill Scalia's seat after he died in February, with McConnell saying that with the election nine months away, the winner should fill the seat, something he has now reversed on with Trump in office.

🏀LAKERS WIN NBA CHAMPIONSHIP WITH 106-93 GAME SIX WIN OVER HEAT: The L.A. Lakers won the NBA championship for the 17th time in franchise history last night with a 106-93 win over the Miami Heat in Game Six to take the NBA Finals four games to two. The game was anything but a nail-biter, with the Heat never leading and down 28 points at halftime, the second-biggest halftime deficit in NBA Finals history. LeBron James, who was named the Finals MVP for the fourth time in his career, had a triple-double, getting 28 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists as he led the Lakers to their first title in a decade. It was the fourth title for James, who did it with his third franchise, after winning the NBA championship twice with the Heat and once with the Cleveland Cavaliers. L.A.'s title brings to an end a season that was disrupted by the coronavirus for four-and-a-months before resuming in a Walt Disney World bubble, and in which the Lakers suffered the devastating loss of retired Laker great Kobe Bryant in the January helicopter crash that also killed his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others.

⚾RAYS TOP ASTROS 2-1 IN GAME 1 OF ALCS: The Tampa Bay Rays topped the Houston Astros 2-1 in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series last night. The only run the Rays allowed was a Jose Altuve homer in the first inning, and Randy Arozarena hit a homer for Tampa Bay in the fourth inning. Game 2 is this afternoon.

NFL SCORES -- WEEK 5: Here are the results of this weekend's NFL games:

• Carolina Panthers 23, Atlanta Falcons 16
• Las Vegas Raiders 40, Kansas City Chiefs 32
• Arizona Cardinals 30, New York Jets 10
• Pittsburgh Steelers 38, Philadelphia Eagles 29
• Los Angeles Rams 30, Washington Football Team 10
• Baltimore Ravens 27, Cincinnati Bengals 3
• Houston Texans 30, Jacksonville Jaguars 14
• Miami Dolphins 43, San Francisco 49ers 17
• Cleveland Browns 32, Indianapolis Colts 23
• Dallas Cowboys 37, New York Giants 34
• Seattle Seahawks 27, Minnesota Vikings 26

Tonight's Monday Night Football game on ESPN:

• L.A. Chargers at New Orleans Saints (8:15 p.m. ET)

Dak Prescott in tears as he's being carted off the field. pic.twitter.com/cmTfuHm3BX

— ESPN (@espn) October 11, 2020

NINE NFL TEAMS AFFECTED BY RESCHEDULING DUE TO CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAKS ON TITANS, PATRIOTS: The NFL has had to reschedule games due to coronavirus outbreaks on the Tennessee Titans and New England Patriots that are affecting nine teams, some over weeks through November 22nd. Among the nearest changes: the Denver Broncos game at New England, originally scheduled for Sunday and then moved to Monday night, was moved again, and will now be played next Sunday and the Kansas City Chiefs game at the Buffalo Bills, which was supposed to be played Thursday night, has been moved to next Monday. 

FALCONS FIRE COACH QUINN, GM DIMITROFF: The Atlanta Falcons fired head coach Dan Quinn and general manager Thomas Dimitroff yesterday after the day's loss to the Carolina Panthers sent the team to a 0-5 start for the first time since 1997. Quinn was in his sixth season with the Falcons, and Dimitroff had been with the team since 2008. An interim head coach is expected to be announced today, and team president Rich McKay will take over day-to-day oversight of football operations.

🎾NADAL, SWIATEK WIN FRENCH OPEN: Second-seeded Rafael Nadal of Spain defeated top-seed Novak Djokovic to win the French Open Sunday (October 11th) in straight sets, 6-0, 6-2, 7-5, tying Roger Federer's record of Grand Slam wins for men with his 20th. It was also the 13th French Open championship for Nadal, and his fourth straight. On Saturday, unseeded, 54th-ranked Iga Swiatek [shvee-ON’-tek] of Poland won the women's French Open title with a 6-4, 6-1 win over fourth-seeded American Sofia Kenin. The 19-year-old is the first Polish tennis player to win a major singles trophy.

🏌KIM WINS WOMEN'S PGA CHAMPIONSHIP: South Korea's Sei Young Kim won the KPMG Women's PGA championship on Sunday (October 11th) at Aronimink Golf Club in Pennsylvania for her first major title. Kim finished at 14-under 266, five strokes ahead of runner-up Inbee Park.