To Bubble Or Not To Bubble: The Sports, They Have Returned
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audio
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Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Aug 03, 2020
Episode Duration |
00:49:00

Sports! There are sports!

Baseball's back. At least for now. With almost all of the teams playing games. And only, ya know, two of them having big COVID outbreaks.

The NBA exists in a Disney World "bubble," and it hasn't had a single test come back positive yet.

nhl-playoffs-restart-bubbles-32ba2645-82d6-491e-8f2b-2cc750f99a69.html">The NHL is doing two different kinds of tournaments at once in two different "bubbles" in Canada.

The arenas and stadiums are empty and quiet, but for the cardboard cutout fans and the piped-in crowd sounds. And the whole thing may well be a bad idea anyway...

But there are sports! At least for now.

GUESTS:

  • Ben Cohen - Sports reporter for The Wall Street Journal and the author of The Hot Hand: The Mystery and Science of Streaks
  • Jeff Tracy - Sports reporter for Axios

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