While the world may be social distancing, today’s post is all about togetherness.
Pass the hand sanitizer,
The Last Night’s Game Team
Just about every major sport in the U.S.
In an unprecedented event, commissioners from most of the major sports leagues will sit down for a two-hour special tonight on ESPN. Commissioners Roger Goodell (NFL – National Football League), Adam Silver (NBA – National Basketball Association), Rob Manfred (MLB – Major League Baseball), Gary Bettman (NHL – National Hockey League), Cathy Engelbert (WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association) and Don Garber (MLS – Major League Soccer) will discuss the return of sports but also the social justice reforms the leagues are enacting following the death of George Floyd. HISTORY IN THE MAKING
Overtime
Laughter is the best medicine and that was the case this weekend at the Bryant household. Natalia Bryant was making a Tik Tok video with former Kobe mentee and #1 WNBA draft pick Sabrina Ionesco, when her three-year-old sister made a surprise appearance. It’s not the first time little Bianca has bombed her older sister’s videos but the cuteness never gets old. A DANCE VIDEO WITH A SIDE OF ADORABLE
Sideline stat
Zero – the number of fans allowed at La Liga (Spanish soccer league) games. Yet somehow at a game this weekend, a fan snuck onto the field to get a picture with soccer superstar Lionel Messi. WHERE THERE’S A WILL, THERE’S A WAY
Coaches’ corner
New Zealand welcomed 20,000 fans at a rugby game this weekend - masks and social distancing not required. After a strict quarantine, the country has all but eliminated COVID with no new cases in the last three weeks. (The country’s borders are still closed). Fans drank, danced and celebrated their team with high fives and hugs. HOPE FOR THE REST OF US
What to watch
One of the last major league sports to determine their return to play is Major League Baseball. After weeks unsuccessful proposals between MLB and MLBPA (Players Association) negotiations have shut down with the Players Association throwing in the towel saying, “Players want to play….tell us when and where.” Now we wait for the commissioner to declare how many games will be played and when they will begin. The baseball season never began as the COVID outbreak hit during spring training. HURRY UP AND WAIT
