In his predictably homespun way, Tom Izzo apologized for “taking up some of your day.”
That is how Michigan State basketball’s Hall of Fame coach began a video call with reporters late Monday afternoon, hours after learning he tested positive for COVID-19.
Izzo, 65, does not know how or where he contracted the novel coronavirus. He said he tested negative Saturday and Sunday, then tested positive Monday morning after the daily antigen test required by the Big Ten. A PCR swab test later confirmed the presumptive positive. He will undergo a 10-day isolation period, and he can return at the earliest Nov.