For many of us, Coronavirus “got real” when Tom Hanks announced he and wife Rita Wilson tested positive for the COVID-19 virus while filming in Australia. Then things escalated across the sports world after Utah Jazz players Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell were found to be carrying the virus while traveling and competing with their team. Which leads us ever closer to home.
Early today The Athletic’s Sara Civian broke the news that Hurricanes broadcaster John Forslund and digital content producer Zack Brame had been found to be at risk for exposure to coronavirus after occupying the same Detroit hotel rooms Gobert and Mitchell left less than 24 hours prior to their stay.