{"id":5422,"date":"2020-12-30T07:07:04","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T12:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?p=5422"},"modified":"2020-12-30T07:08:22","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T12:08:22","slug":"ritchie-mckay-test-positive-for-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?p=5422","title":{"rendered":"Ritchie McKay test positive for COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liberty University Head Men\u2019s Basketball Coach Ritchie McKay has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus and will miss this week\u2019s games at Lipscomb. 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