Tag: coronavirus

Still No Sports

This quarantine thing is not fun anymore. At least the national sports channels like ESPN and Fox Sports are getting smart and re-airing classic games while looking forward to the end of this virus.

MLB Network

Recently, MLB Network has started airing classic games, especially on Wednesday. They call these days their Walk-Off Wednesdays which means they air games that end in a walk-off. Recently they had the 2011 NLCS game 5 between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Arizona Diamondbacks. I remember watching this game in real time and couldn’t believe that we just did that. With re-watching it, I kept looking at all of the names that were playing and I’m like wow there are a lot of names I recognize and who aren’t on the team anymore.

Warhawk Football Schedule Release

Today, the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team released their 2020 schedule. I know this got me excited not only for the fact that I know when I get to work for the television station, but also something to keep my mind off of this coronavirus. The team kicks off their season September 5 at Carthage College, while the home opener is September 12 against Concordia University-Moorhead. The Warhawks open WIAC conference play at Eau Claire October 3 while at Perkins Stadium against Oshkosh October 10. The Oshkosh game will be one of the biggest games, as it has always been.

I know there wasn’t a lot to this, but when it comes to sports during this time, there is really nothing going on. It shows how much we rely on all of these other activities while going out. This is a time where we can look and see how all of this is affecting us. I love this because it gives me time to look into the future and see everything that could happen while being there to take in all of the new information surrounding the virus. It is a struggle being at home without being able to go anywhere or do anything with my family and friends. We will come out of this stronger than ever and it will be amazing.

Corona virus, You are a (insert creative profanity here)

Global Pandemic

Just when I thought the world of sports could recover after the Kobe Bryant tragedy, man was I a fool. I swear Kobe is looking at all of us and going well, ya’ll need to figure it out now because this is just sad man. The Corona Virus is literally taking all of the fun out of the spring season for sports. I mean everything is cancelled, from Spring Training for baseball to Pro Days for college football players looking to make the NFL draft this summer. They even cancelled the NCAA tournament for college basketball, ending any seniors chance of winning or making the tournament with their teams. I have resorted to watching bowling and the National Cornhole League on ESPN now.

Seasonal Depression

Without having anything to watch on TV now, what are we suppose to do? I mean they are at least showing re-runs of games on TV, but still that isn’t going to hold us over. MLB has already cancelled the rest of spring training and now looking to delay the start of the season, which is going to screw a lot of people over with taking off of work for those games, but what is going to happen in the future? Will it just be a shortened season? Will they make it go longer? Are these going to be the questions that all of the other sports are going to be asking themselves?

On the Bright Side

With all of these things getting cancelled, there are so many venues that have workers that were relying on all of this to make money and support their families. I just love how these players are giving back to their communities and helping all of those who are in need. Giannis announced on Friday, March 13th that he was donating $100,000 to all of the part time employees of Fiserv Fourm, then a few hours later Khris Middleton announced that he was matching Giannis’ donation. Saturday, March 14th, the entire Milwaukee Bucks organization announced that all of the players would donate $100,000 to help all that are affected by this. It’s things like this that restore my faith in these players.

In the End

I hope that something happens soon so not only the players can do their things, but the fans can enjoy the games they paid to see and everyone prevents this virus from spreading. This is something that we will have to keep an eye on to see if there are any major changes to it.