Checking in on each major U.S. sport and its progress toward returning to action
The Premier League resumed in empty stadiums this week. Photo: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images In mid-May, NASCAR became the first major American sport to resume amid the coronavirus pandemic. Others will soon follow, with the NBA and MLB planning to restart in late July and the NHL following on August 1. The NFL, meanwhile, is still two months away from week one, which is both a blessing and a curse.
Keeping the NBA bubble intact seems more imperative now than when the plan was written. In recent weeks, Florida has emerged as a COVID-19 hot spot. But NBA commissioner Adam Silver this week reiterated his confidence that, even in a state with surging cases, “it will be safer on this campus than off this campus.”
Hockey The NHL’s return-to-play plan, which will see 24 of the league’s 31 teams taking part in a tournament to determine 16 playoff teams, is commencing in phases. Phase 3 begins next week with teams resuming training camp in their home cities. On July 26, they’ll travel to two hub cities for Phase 4. Eastern Conference teams are headed to Toronto and Western Conference teams to Edmonton ahead of the August 1 restart.
The main concern for the NFL, which is planning to allows fans when games resume, is a second wave of the coronavirus as the weather cools and flu season arrives. “If there is a second wave, which is certainly a possibility and which would be complicated by the predictable flu season, football may not happen this year,” Dr. Anthony Fauci said last month.
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