, , and have all suspended their seasons. canceled spring training and postponed opening day until at least mid-May. canceled March Madness (which would've started in earnest today) and, in fact, all of its winter and spring sports championships. is postponed until September, and is postponed until 2021.
There have been cancellations and postponements in archery, badminton, canoe-kayak, cricket, curling, handball, judo, rowing, rugby, sailing, shooting, skating, snooker, sumo, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, water polo, weightlifting鈥�
Put a bit more simply: Sports is canceled.
Except... is set to go on next month (but without the public in attendance). are, so far, going on as planned. And then there's... .
This hour: sports in the time of corona.
GUESTS:
- Bryan Curtis - Editor-at-large at The Ringer
- Stefan Fatsis - A panelist on the Slate sports podcast Hang Up and Listen and the author of Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players
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Colin McEnroe and Cat Pastor contributed to this show.
