What had seemed unimaginable just days earlier is suddenly the new reality: Sports in America are on hold.
of U.S. Soccer President Carlos Cordeiro on Thursday night – ended up a mere footnote on a day when the stock markets plunged, schools closed, and the State Department was warning against international travel anywhere.
Even so, the sports cancellations felt to some like the moment that the severity of the coronavirus crisis hit home.on Thursday:"Man we cancelling sporting events, school, office work, etc etc. What we really need to cancel is 2020! Damn it's been a rough 3 months. God bless and stay safe." The prospect of months of working from home suddenly seemed a lot sadder without weeks of college basketball games to look forward to.Fans take photos through the locked gates at the spring training site of the Chicago Cubs, in Mesa, Ariz., on Friday. Major League Baseball has suspended the rest of its spring training game schedule and delayed opening day by at least two weeks because of the coronavirus outbreak.
"We appreciate your patience as we work through modifications for the days ahead," Josh Krulewitz, ESPN VP of Communications said in a statement."Our programming team is hard at work to fill the holes on our networks and we will provide updates when finalized." How will the people who clean stadiums and sell hot dogs pay their bills now that games aren't happening? Some teams say they're working on this. The Cleveland Cavaliers
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