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Tokyo has no 'Plan B' for Games despite coronavirus (Note this affects NBC Sports)

A major event on the tennis calendar has been wiped out by fear of the virus. The BNP Paribas Open, in California, is generally considered the biggest tennis event in the US outside of the US Open. This leaves huge gashes in the schedules of both The Tennis Channel and ESPN.

https://sports.yahoo.com/indian-wells-tennis-tournament-cancelled-coronavirus-021215575.html

This also raises serious questions about Major League Baseball's early season games in California, which are played in much bigger stadia than the tennis tournament. No fans? No games?
 
https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-n...access-create-distance-between-players-media/

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28873085/sources-nba-limit-locker-room-access-battle-virus

The NBA has announced that they are limiting locker room access to slow down the spread of COVID-19

In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, the NBA plans to dramatically curb access to players in locker rooms, league sources told ESPN.

The league notified teams on Monday that they'll need to eliminate what the NBA considers to be nonessential team personnel -- including media members -- from locker rooms, sources said.

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The NBA considers coaches, general managers, basketball personnel and public relations staff to be among those who'll have continued access to players in the locker room, sources said. The NBA is preparing for media access outside of locker room settings that includes a directive to keep players and media at a distance of six to eight feet, sources said.
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https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id...se-clubhouses-media-amid-coronavirus-outbreak

MLB has announced measures to limit COVID-19


Major League Baseball remains committed to playing a full slate of spring training games and starting its regular season on time, but joined the NBA in closing locker rooms to media to prevent potential spread of the coronavirus, sources tell ESPN.


Ramirez-Postol finally rescheduled for May 9
During a conference call with ownership Monday evening, the league continued forward with its plan to stay on schedule for a March 26 opening to the season, sources familiar with the call told ESPN. MLB acknowledged that its tack could change at any time and tasked teams with drawing up contingency plans -- including the possibility of playing games in alternate locations should the virus strongly affect a particular metropolitan area, sources said.
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TVCOOL said:
New Japan Pro Wrestling cancelled some events due to the outbreak.
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And the start of the baseball season in Japan has been pushed back indefinitely. Exhibition games have been played in empty stadiums, but there will be no regular season (set to begin March 26) until the crisis is over.
 
Slightly off topic.

Would anyone here go to the any sporting events with the virus around?

I was supposed to go with a couple of friends to see Yankees-Orioles in Baltimore on March 26th and 28th. Me losing my job canceled that, however last night on Instagram the three of us were chatting and we all agreed that we wouldn't have gone anyway due to the virus. I'm in my 30s and my friends are in their 20s.
 
I'd look at the numbers. Let's say, 5 million in the state and 20 confirmed cases and, say 70 'self-quarantined'. You have a 1 in 250,000 chance of coming across an infected person. That's pretty slim in comparison to your chances of contracting the typical influenza, norovirus or the common cold which is caused by a virus that is part of the corona family. If that infected person is really staying home and those they've been n close contact with are too, the chances diminish greatly. Generally speaking, as an odds sort of deal, you likely have a better chance of being in a car accident on the way to the event.
 
It surprises me greatly that someone I went to high school with has the flu. One would think all the precautions people are supposed to be taking would prevent that.

I just heard on the radio that Apple says to use disinfecting wipes on iPhones. From what I heard long before this crisis, people should have been doing that anyway!
 
https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/s...ng-sharks-options-home-games-after-county-ban

Santa Clara County is prohibiting public gatherings of more than 1,000 people, casting doubt on three upcoming San Jose Sharks home games, which will have to be played outside city limits or at the visitors' building or put off until the end of the season and squeezed in before the playoffs. So far, the NHL is resisting the idea of empty-arena games.

https://www.courant.com/sports/high...0200310-j2qcnxxoknfspnx4o4zjw26iau-story.html

Connecticut's scholastic sports governing body, CIAC, is canceling all winter sports tournaments, all of which are already in progress, with no champions to be declared. Connecticut has three confirmed COVID-19 cases so far.
 
vchimpanzee said:
It surprises me greatly that someone I went to high school with has the flu. One would think all the precautions people are supposed to be taking would prevent that.

I just heard on the radio that Apple says to use disinfecting wipes on iPhones. From what I heard long before this crisis, people should have been doing that anyway!
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I had no idea it's news to use disinfectants on your devices. But in my case I always wipe my devices that I own because I want them to look good and not filled with fingerprint smuges from food or lotion.
 
https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/nc...tball-coronavirus-cbs-warnermedia-1203528762/


In a year when everything seems topsy-turvy, the two media companies that broadcast one of the nation’s favorite sporting events are hoping their work on it will proceed as normal.

The top executives overseeing CBS Sports’ and Turner Sports’ annual telecast of the NCAA’s March Madness men’s basketball college championship said Tuesday that they were continuing to prepare for the event as if it would not be affected by the spread of coronavirus in the United States, though both were ready to shift plans if the NCAA decided doing so would be necessary, potentially resulting in games that are broadcast without audiences in attendance.

“As of now, everything is proceeding as scheduled,” said Jeff Zucker, chairman of WarnerMedia’s news and sports operations, during a call with reporters Tuesday. Both companies remain in close contact with the NCAA. “This is their decision to make to the degree that any decision needs to be made,” Zucker added. They are in contact with local governments, and that really is what will determine whether there are any changes to the tournament.” Tournament coverage starts with CBS’ broadcast of a one-hour selection show on March 15, with Warner’s TBS offering the national semifinals on April 4 and national championship on April 6.
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Now the NCAA is going to have to confront the fallout of COVID-19 and how their plans include no audiences in the stadiums.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJeNZg_DSQw


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK-KWSuGD5c


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC-nf87MPvE


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czjJVWvNsWw


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeULa4Ubax0


Geez Fiba seems to have varying stadium crowds depending on the feed some are filled and some are half filled and some are empty I guess it depends on the countries the games are being played.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFfm6ZNZLUM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08iWas79nec
 
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/all/nba-suspends-remainder-season-coronavirus-spreads-n1156156

Update the NBA has suspended games due to one of their players tested positive for COVID-19

The NBA suspended all games starting Thursday after a player on the Utah Jazz preliminarily tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus.

The league said that play would be suspended until further notice.

The test result was reported shortly prior to tip-off of Wednesday night’s game between the Utah Jazz and Oklahoma City Thunder, according to a statement from the NBA. The game was canceled immediately.

The affected player was not in the arena at the time of cancelation. The NBA also announced that it would be using the hiatus to determine next steps.
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https://www.wlky.com/article/more-t...army-fan-by-bringing-him-lunch-gifts/31360949

Update the NBA has announced that another player for the Utah Jazz has tested positive for COVID-19.

https://www.wlky.com/article/march-...ctators-due-to-coronavirus-ncaa-says/31406013

and now NCAA response to COVID-19.

Amid the NCAA Tournament announcing it would be restricting access to games, the ACC, SEC, Big Ten, Pac-12 and Big 12 tournaments, along with other conferences, announced their respective tournaments were off.

NCAA President Mark Emmert said Wednesday NCAA Division I basketball tournament games will not be open to the general public because of concerns about the spread of coronavirus.



Emmert said in a statement Wednesday that he made the decision to conduct both the men's and women's tournaments, which begin next week, with only essential staff and limited family in attendance. The decision comes after the NCAA's COVID-19 advisory panel of medical experts recommended against playing sporting events open to the general public.

Emmert said the NCAA also was looking into moving the men's Final Four from Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium to a smaller arena.

The 68-team field for the men's tournament is scheduled to be announced Sunday and the 64-team women's tournament field is to be unveiled Monday. Games begin Tuesday and Wednesday on the men's side in Dayton, Ohio, where earlier Wednesday the governor said he would issue an order to restrict spectator access to indoor sporting events.
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https://deadline.com/2020/03/califo...navirus-outbreak-hollywood-impact-1202880622/

Citing California public health officials, Governor Gavin Newsom Wednesday night said that gatherings of more than 250 people should be postponed or canceled across the state until at least the end of March. That effectively would ground any Hollywood film and TV premieres, festivals, larger screenings and Emmy campaign events and would temporarily halt the use of live audiences in show tapings, including primetime sitcoms.

All New York-based late-night shows on Wednesday announced that they were not going to employ studio audience starting Monday, citing similar guidance on public gatherings from New York City officials. The major Los Angeles-based late-night shows, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Late Late Show with James Corden, A Little Late with Lilly Singh and Real Time with Bill Maher, have not moved in to remove audiences. (Most of the top LA-based daytime shows, led by Ellen and Dr. Phil, already are going temporarily audience-free.)
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Note this is just the California example but multiple states may be implementing similar plans to reduce crowds in their venues.
 
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