The coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe has everyone on edge. People are rightly concerned about their health and that of their loved ones, and they can’t fall back on sports as an escape.
The outbreak has forced nearly every professional and high-level amateur sports league in the world to call off games. There will be no NCAA tournament. The NBA and NHL have halted their seasons. MLB Opening Day will not occur later this month as previously scheduled. Since I started working on this post late Friday morning, three more events were canceled (IndyCar’s St. Petersburg Grand Prix, the Scotland-Wales Six Nations rugby match initially slated for Saturday, and Sunday’s NASCAR race in Atlanta).