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Sports In The Time After (But Kind Of Still During) Corona

Jonathan McNicol
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Sports stadiums have been pretty empty for about three months now, and they're likely to stay that way even if the games and matches start back up again this summer.

Major League Baseball can't seem to work one out. Major League Soccer might beat them both back onto the field.

How is this all going to work? What are sports going to look like when they start playing games again? Should they start playing games again?

Plus: One of the ways we've dealt with a sportsless world these last few months -- .

And, in case you didn't know there were multiple crises on at once: a look at .

GUESTS:

  • Marc Carig - Senior writer for The Athletic, where he covers Major League Baseball
  • Ben Cohen - Sports reporter for The Wall Street Journal and the author of The Hot Hand: The Mystery and Science of Streaks
  • Seth Schiesel - A freelance writer for The New York Times and Protocol

Join the conversation on and .

Colin McEnroe and Cat Pastor contributed to this show.

Jonathan is a producer for ‘The Colin McEnroe Show.’ His work has been heard nationally on NPR and locally on º£½Ç»»ÆÞ’s talk shows and news magazines. He’s as likely to host a podcast on minor league baseball as he is to cover a presidential debate almost by accident. Jonathan can be reached at jmcnicol@ctpublic.org.

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