The past two weeks have been very chaotic in the world. With many restaurants and schools closing, events being postponed or cancelled, and many people working at home to prevent the spread of this coronavirus. Not only this has been chaotic for people in the world, but it has been very chaotic in the sports world.

Before the Utah Jazz and Oklahoma City Thunder tipped off their basketball game, the Thunder medical staff member ran on the court to tell the referees to not play the game, as a player on the Jazz was tested positive for the Coronavirus. That player was Utah’s center Rudy Gobert, who was not going to play that night due to illness. The game was cancelled, and the NBA season was suspended an hour later.

Since then, NHL, MLB, XFL have all suspended their season, the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournament have been cancelled, the Boston Marathon and the Masters golf tournament have been postponed, and just recently the 2020 Summer Olympics have been postponed to next year.

With sports being put on hold, it makes it difficult for journalists to cover sports. It takes a big effect, as it makes it difficult to know what talk about for their shows or write for their companies. For example, ESPN is currently been non stop talking about the NFL Free Agency, as it is the only thing to talk about for sports. When they aren’t talking about the NFL Free Agency, ESPN is playing playback games and old 30 for 30 documentaries. Personally it is not a bad thing to watch some of these old 30 for 30 documentaries, but as time goes on, they are just going to be replaying the same thing over and over, and they are going to lose viewers.

This is going to be nightmare for TV companies like ESPN, Fox Sports, and many others as they are going to lose TV viewers and money as there is no sports going on right now. I understand on why many leagues are suspending or cancelling their seasons to help the virus to not spread, but this means no sports for the next 2-3 months.

I think that if you are a journalist covering sports right now, you have to really dig deep and find creative stuff to talk about. Whether it is showing throwback games, talking sports history, or doing creative stories on how it affects athletes.

We hope that soon, they will find a cure for this disease, and that everything can return to the normal. If you think about it if the NBA, NHL, and many other sports leagues all return this summer, your summer is going to be entertaining with lots of sports.

Stay safe, stay home, and WASH YOUR HANDS!

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