Where Does The Coronavirus Stack Up Against Other American Sports Disruptions? My Answer
ONN – Where Does The Coronavirus Stack Up Against Other American Sports Disruptions? My Answer
My friend Ric Serritella asked this question on Facebook:
Where does the coronavirus stack up against these other outside-the-lines sports disruptions?
9/11, Magic Johnson’s 1991 announcement that he had AIDS, President Ronald Reagan being shot on the day of the NCAA title game in 1981,tThe 1972 Munich Olympics, the Orioles playing without fans in 2015 when there was unrest on the streets of Baltimore, NFL games being played just after President Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, the bombing of Pearl Harbor during NFL games in December 7, 1941 and Darryl Stingley paralyzed by a ferocious hit on the football field in 1978. In all these instances, it seemed like sports just didn’t matter very much. (courtesy of Dave Halberstam)
My answer is that the Coronavirus is a worldwide pandemic. Period. The whole industrialized world is impacted.
Stay tuned.
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