Will COVID-19 be the needle that finally bursts the sports bubble?

Notable because nobody will say this is aimed at damaging Trump.

Cheyenne Frontier Days canceled for 1st time in 124 years

 

Been a lot of talk here about closing some streets to allow outdoor dining.

 

Same thing here, in a desperate attempt to help restaurants in a touristy downtown district.

Of course, it's pitting business owners against each other, because owners of downtown jewelry, clothing, souvenir shops know their customers like to park on the street, close to their doors.

 

On Cape Cod, where I am now, there are places with parking lots that could be used for outdoor dining, but a lot of the town centers are like built on two-lane roads and closing them would do stuff like block the fire house's main traffic route. One idea is turning the parking spaces into sidewalks, allowing restaurants to expand out a bit, and making each sidewalk one-way for pedestrians.

 

In a resort area like the Cape, it can work. People come here to be outdoors in the summer. It's also when 100 percent of the businesses make 90 percent of their annual revenue, so they HAVE to find solutions, no matter how patchwork.

 

Three men's sports, zero women's sports. Was a Title IX equality issue in Boone before this took place?

 

East Carolina will claim baseball FWIW. Make an exceedingly big deal about it, though every time Cliff Godwin has a half-decent season in Greenville, he grabs a quick interview with any power program in an attempt to get another raise.

 

Boston Marathon canceled after the initial delay. Will be a virtual event.

 

Wondered about that particular issue, too. The guess here is that the extra revenue for football - and how that helps balance the books for athletics as a whole - outweighs having to settle for the New Orleans Bowl because not being in the Power Five means no shot at anything (I don't agree with this thinking, but the paranoid idiots atop the college football political structure will continue to stack the deck to keep things as such).