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By Al Perrotta, Managing Editor, The Stream, March 12, 2020
Al Perrotta is the Managing Editor of The Stream and co-author, with @JZmirak, of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration. You can follow him at @StreamingAl. And if you aren’t already, please follow The Stream at @Streamdotorg.
Another question we have to ask amid the Coronavirus pandemic: Will we have enough treatment centers available for sports addicts? The news over the past twenty-four hours is a sports nut’s nightmare:
Sporting World Packs Its Gear Bag
The NBA — suspended indefinitely.
Major League Baseball — spring training stopped, with Opening Day delayed at least two weeks.
College hoops — March Madness is kaput. NCAA has cancelled both the men and women’s tournaments. Conference tournaments are also shut down coast to coast.
Major League Soccer — postponed for 30 days. National Friendlies cancelled.
Professional tennis — The Association of Tennis Professionals won’t hold court for six weeks. The International Tennis Federation is suspending play until April 20 at the earliest. (The Women’s Tennis Association isn’t party to the decision, but is working on their own strategy to deal with the virus.) ….
Read more here: stream.org/coronavirus-disables-the-sports-world-broadway-what-are-we-supposed-to-do/
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