Over the weekend, the National Hockey League and National Basketball Association announced that they would be closing clubhouses to media in the wake of COVID-19, the coronavirus currently crossing the globe.
Major League Baseball owners and the Commissioner’s office are going to do the same:
This is reportedly a temporary measure:
What this period of time will be has not yet been announced. However, Spring Training games will continue as normal:
On Saturday I wrote about concerns in some metro areas, notably the Bay Area and Seattle, where the virus has spread to more people than in other places, about playing sporting events at all.