Coronavirus and sports: NBA suspends season, fans banned from March Madness games and other impacted events
The NBA has suspended its season; Ivy League makes a big change.
By
Emily Shapiro
and
Kelly McCarthy
March 12, 2020, 8:18 AM
As more people across the United States test positive for the novel coronavirus, the health emergency is forcing changes to major sporting events, from the NCAA to the Ivy League.
NBA suspends season
The NBA announced it will suspend its season indefinitely following Wednesday's game.
The announcement came after a player with the Utah Jazz, identified as Rudy Gobert by ESPN's senior NBA reporter Adrian Wojnarowski, was diagnosed with novel coronavirus. The Utah Jazz-Oklahoma City Thunder game was suspended midway through the contest, though Gobert never traveled to the arena.
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