Covering sports teams and going to sporting events has been part of my everyday life and career for eight decades, and it’s hard to believe the way the sporting world has been impacted this week by a virus that has basically shut down every major sporting event in the country and in Minnesota.
Everyone in the leagues and in the offices of the Gophers, Timberwolves, Vikings, Twins, Wild and every other sports operation in this state knows there might be times when they have to make tough decisions about whether to play.
Still, sports are important not only to fans and players and teams, but also to the huge economy that supports these events.