I’m struggling to put words together for this piece.
The shock and awe of the coronavirus epidemic have people around the globe rightfully concerned, including your’s truly. There are those that feel all the measures around the sporting world to limit the epidemic — from the NCAA holding their upcoming winter tournaments without fans to the postponement of the Bruins’ 50th-anniversary celebration of the 1970 Stanley Cup-winning squad and the NBA suspending operations indefinitely — were an overreaction. They weren’t.
The National Hockey League followed the NBA’s lead after Rudy Gobert’s positive coronavirus diagnosis, announcing the suspension of its 2019-20 campaign on Thursday afternoon.