Sports Are At A Standstill. Here's How To Sportscast Your Life
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to actor Hank Azaria who plays TV's over-the-top sports announcer Jim Brockmire about sportscasting your life now that there are no sports.
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Week In Sports: Leagues Toe The Line Between Health And Sports
We take a look at how different sports are responding to the coronavirus pandemic, and remember Curly Neal, the Harlem Globetrotters legend who died at 77 on Thursday.
Players And MLB Agree To Terms In Case Coronavirus Cancels Entire Baseball Season
On Friday, players and the Major League Baseball owners ratified a deal fairly quickly and with both sides taking concessions on economic issues in the face of the pandemic complicating the season.
What To Make Of The Lack Of Professional Sports Due To The Coronavirus
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with ESPN journalist Howard Bryant about the the hole left in American lives with the pause in professional sports because of the coronavirus.
Harlem Globetrotters Great Fred 'Curly' Neal Has Died At 77
The team remembers him as "one of the truly magical dribblers and shooters in basketball history." Neal played 22 seasons for the Globetrotters.
Now Postponed, The Olympic Torch Relay Was To Bring Hope To Ravaged Fukushima
The torch relay was supposed to start on Thursday in the Japanese prefecture hit hard by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. A torch runner recalls the disaster that took his family.
Fauci Interviewed By NBA Star Stephen Curry On Instagram
Over 50,000 Instagram viewers watched as the Golden State Warriors point guard probed one of the country's top infectious disease experts about the coronavirus.
Historic Games, Documentaries And ... Marble Races: ESPN Without Live Sports
ESPN calls itself the "worldwide leader in sports," but there are few live sports to show. So it's scrambling to fill the time, offering diversions like cherry pit spitting and marble racing.
IOC Head Calls For 'Sacrifice And Compromises' After Tokyo Olympics Postponed
"We want to organize the best Games possible," IOC President Thomas Bach said, adding that "this postponement will require sacrifices and compromises from all parties."
Tokyo Olympics Postponed For A Year
The 2020 Games were supposed to begin in late July. "The unprecedented and unpredictable spread of the outbreak has seen the situation in the rest of the world deteriorating," organizers say.