ESPN’s Doris Burke opens up about COVID-19 struggle, NBA’s resumption concerns
When asked about the challenges the NBA will face as it attempts to mount a comeback next month, Burke didn’t mince words.“The thing that I felt the most was fatigue and headache,” Burke said about having coronavirus. “So for a good stretch of the first two weeks of that, I was just thinking I had a bad flu, because my symptoms were not aligning with what was being told were the main symptoms — the shortness of breath, the pressure on the chest — I didn’t have those scary symptoms. So for a good stretch of time, I didn’t think I had it. But then I finally decided to get tested.
The world's largest marathon won't be held in 2020.
© Steven Ryan NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 03: The masses run during the TCS New York City Marathon on November 3, 2019 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Steven Ryan/New York Road Runners via Getty Images) Organizers announced Wednesday the New York City Marathon has been canceled due to ongoing concerns about the spread of the coronavirus, becoming the third of the six major international marathons to be canceled this year.
The 26.2-mile race, held annually in November while welcoming thousands of runners from other countries and inside the U.S., was slated to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Runners who signed up will be refunded and those who qualified for the raffle for admission can defer over three years. The decision to host a marathon with only elite-level runners was ruled out.
2020 minor league baseball season canceled
Minor League Baseball’s effort to defend its member teams was greatly imperiled by the global pandemic. Public attention, for good reason, has been elsewhere, and minor league teams have experienced a more or less complete halt to revenue. A resumption of play might have helped. There were times when it seemed plausible, but any hope dissipated over recent weeks. Even as MLB and its players haggled over the terms for a big league resumption, a ramp-up of virus transmission in many parts of the United States served to increase the already great logistical challenges to a MiLB season.We’ll see how the broader picture turns out.
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Large-scale events like New York City Marathon — with more than 50,000 runners and 10,000 volunteers — present too much risk, organizers from New York Road Runners and city officials determined based on input from public health inspectors. A virtual event will be an option this year, although there were no details available Wednesday.
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NASCAR drivers push the car of driver Bubba Wallace to the front of the grid on pit road before the Geico 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on June 22.
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Rory Sabbatini leaves the course during the final round of the RBC Heritage golf tournament at Harbour Town Golf Links on June 21.
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Ground staff clean the cross bar of the goals during the English Premier League match between Everton and Liverpool at Goodison Park in Liverpool, England, on June 21. The match ended in a 0-0 tie.
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Empty stands during the English Premier League match between Aston Villa and Chelsea at the Villa Park stadium in Birmingham, England, on June 21. Chelsea won the match, 2-1.
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Tiz the Law (8) with Manuel Franco up, wins the 152nd running of the Belmont Stakes in front of a mostly empty grandstand at Belmont Park on June 20.
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Houston Dynamo player Maynor Figueroa during team training at Houston Sports Park on June 17.
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Arsenal's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang takes a knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement before the Premier League soccer match against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England. The English Premier League resumed June 17 after its three-month suspension because of the coronavirus outbreak.
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FC Barcelona and Leganes players hold a minute of silence prior of the Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, on June 16. FC Barcelona won the match, 2-0.
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Spectators watch Colfax-Mingo (Iowa) High School play Tri-County High School on June 15 at Principal Park in Des Moines. The afternoon game marked the first high school sporting event since varsity competitions were postponed due to the coronavirus.
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Daniel Berger celebrates winning the Charles Schwab Challenge golf tournament at Colonial Country Club on June 14. It was the first PGA Tour event since March.
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Fans find seats in the stands at Homestead-Miami Speedway for the NASCAR Cup Series race on June 14. NASCAR admitted about 1,000 spectators for the race, all members of the military, first responders and their families. It was the first professional sports event in the U.S. with a live audience since mid-March.
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John DeStefano, right, mans the grill with Paul Kvedaras at their tailgate outside Homestead-Miami Speedway on June 14. The NASCAR Cup race was the first professional sports event in the U.S. with a live audience since mid-March.
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Robert Braaksma, 6, hoped to collect some autographs on his checkered flag during the NASCAR Cup race at Homestead-Miami Speedway on June 14.
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Race fans look on during the Chicago Region June Sprints race on June 13 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.
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Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo challenges AC Milan's Lucas Paqueta during the Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) semifinal second leg match on June 12 at the Allianz stadium in Turin, the first to be played in Italy since March 9. The 0-0 draw sent Juventus into the Italian Cup final.
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Dustin Johnson and the PGA Tour returned to action on June 11 for the Charles Schwab Challenge without spectators on the course at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth.
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NASCAR driver Kevin Harvick celebrates with friends on a screen after winning the Folds of Honor Quik Trip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on June 7.
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FC Schalke 04 alternate players sit on the bench during the Bundesliga soccer match against Union Berlin in Berlin, Germany, on June 7. The match ended in a 1-1 draw.
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Devin Clark, left, fights Alonzo Menifield at UFC 250 at an empty UFC APEX facility in Las Vegas on June 6.
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Borussia Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Burki wears a T-shirt reading "black, white, yellow, red, HUMAN" in solidarity with protests raging across the U.S. over the death of George Floyd. Dortmund defeated Hertha Berlin, 1-0, in the game played on June 6.
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The green flag drops on the IndyCar season opener at an empty Texas Motor Speedway on June 6. The series was originally scheduled to begin its season on March 15.
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Alamo Heights, Texas little league baseball players spray their bats before batting practice on June 1.
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Workers sanitize the octagon between fights at UFC on ESPN 9 in Las Vegas on May 30.
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The green flags drops on the Alsco Uniforms 500 in front of an empty grandstand at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 28.
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Houston Dash players complete drills on May 29 as small group training resumes in preparation for the NWSL season.
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People on a sideline video board watch the Danish Super League soccer match at Ceres Park in Aarhus, Denmark, on May 28. Fans used Zoom to be a part of the action in the game between AGF and Randers FC.
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Players vie for the ball as fans live on to the screens on the sidelines during soccer match in Aarhus, Denmark on May 28, as the season resumed following a two-month absence due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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NASCAR Cup Series driver Brad Keselowski celebrates winning the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 24.
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Phil Mickelson reads a putt for Tom Brady on the 17th green during "The Match: Champions For Charity" at Medalist Golf Club on May 24 in Hobe Sound, Florida.
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Pit crew members wave to drivers before the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 24.
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Cardboard pictures of fans are placed in the stands prior to the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Moenchengladbach and Bayer Leverkusen, in Moenchengladbach, Germany, on May 23.
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A banner reading "For Borussia, against ghost matches" is displayed during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Moenchengladbach and Bayer Leverkusen, in Moenchengladbach, Germany, on May 23. Leverkusen won the match, 3-1.
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Fans of German Bundesliga club Hertha Berlin sit outside at Fraenky sports bar to watch their team play against rival Union Berlin on May 22 in Berlin, Germany. The Bundesliga resumed matches last week, albeit in empty stadiums. Fans are mostly watching the games live from home or at the first pubs that have been allowed to reopen.
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Kyle Busch gets ready for the Toyota 500 at Darlington Raceway on May 20.
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Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff walk down the first fairway during the TaylorMade Driving Relieve Supported By UnitedHealth Group on May 17 at Seminole Golf Club in Juno Beach, Florida.
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Kevin Harvick celebrates after winning the Real Heroes 400 at Darlington Raceway on May 17.
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Cars go through a turn past a sign at Darlington Raceway thanking people working during the coronavirus pandemic. NASCAR, which has been idle for 10 weeks because of the pandemic, made its return with The Real Heroes 400 on May 17.
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Ted Simmons, Bobby Greene and Randy Reddick cheer the start of the The Real Heroes 400 while listening outside at Darlington Raceway on May 17.
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Drivers head through a turn in front of an empty grandstand during the NASCAR Cup Series' The Real Heroes 400 at Darlington Raceway on May 17.
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Fans are seen watching the match on Television in a sports bar called J&M during the Bundesliga match between FC Union Berlin and FC Bayern Munich on May 17 in Berlin, Germany. All matches until the end of the season will be played behind closed doors.
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Cheering mannequins are installed in empty seats for the soccer match between FC Seoul and Gwangju FC at the Seoul World Cup Stadium in Seoul, South Korea, on MAy 17. In a statement, FC Seoul expressed "sincere remorse" over the controversy, but insisted that it used mannequins, not sex dolls, to mimic a home crowd during its 1-0 win over Gwangju FC.
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RB Leipzig's Angelino gestures before taking a corner kick during the German Bundesliga match against SC Freiburg in Leipzig, Germany, on May 16.
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Dortmund defender Raphael Guerreiro (back) scores as the Bundesliga gets back underway in Dortmund, Germany, on May 16. No fans were allowed in the stands.
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Hertha defender Dedryck Boyata, left, talks to teammate Marko Grujic as the Bundesliga gets back underway on May 16 in Sinsheim, Germany.
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The ball is disinfected after the German first division Bundesliga football match between RB Leipzig and SC Freiburg on May 16.
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South Korea's Park Sung-hyun watches her tee shot on the first hole during the second round of the 42nd KLPGA Championship at Lakewood Country Club in Yangju, South Korea on May 15, 2020.
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Tony Ferguson fights Justin Gaethje during UFC 249 on May 9. Gaethje claimed the interim lightweight belt after defeating Ferguson at UFC 249, which was held without fans at Jacksonville's VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena.
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The Fubon Guardians line up after beating the Uni-Lions at Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium on May 8 in New Taipei City, Taiwan. The league allowed 200 fans into the stadium.
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Brad Sweet in the 49 car and Donny Schatz in the 15 car race at Knoxville Raceway during the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series on May 8.
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A general view of atmosphere for the K-League opener, in which Jeonbuk FC defeated the Suwon Bluewings, 1-0, at Jeonju World Cup Stadium on May 8 in Jeonju, South Korea.
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Atlanta United midfielder Gonzalo Martinez gestures during the first day of voluntary individual workouts at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Training Ground in Marietta, Ga. Major League Soccer announced that starting on May 6, players may begin to use outdoor team training fields for individual workouts.
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Hanwha Eagles pitcher Warwick Saupold throws during the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) League season-opening game between SK Wyverns and Hanwha Eagles at the empty SK Happy Dream Ballpark on May 5 in Incheon, South Korea.
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The stands at SK Wyverns club's Happy Dream Ballpark are filled with placards featuring their fans during the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) League opening game between SK Wyverns and Hanwha Eagles at the empty SK Happy Dream Ballpark on May 5 in Incheon, South Korea.
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“There was hope but that turned to uncertainty, and given what we have seen the past months this was really the only decision," said Michael Capiraso, the chief executive of New York Road Runners.
Cubs pitching coach Tommy Hottovy details COVID-19 bout
While Hottovy is no longer positive for the virus, he says he is still not fully back to himself. He’s through the worst of it, which required some time in the hospital.One important member of the Cubs organization won’t be anxiously awaiting the results of his test. Pitching coach Tommy Hottovy has already endured a bout with COVID-19, he tells 670 The Score’s Mully and Haugh (h/t Mark Gonzales of the Chicago Tribune, via Twitter).
Without a vaccine for COVID-19, concerns for a second wave of the virus spreading have been raised for events in the fall. According to The New York Times, half of the country's states were seeing increases in COVID-19 cases.
The New York City Marathon was canceled previously in 2012 following the devastation of Hurricane Sandy.
The Boston Marathon was also canceled this year. While other fall marathons have yet to be canceled, it's unclear how the country's biggest race being canceled will affect other smaller races in different states. The Marine Corps Marathon and Chicago Marathon are typically held in October and have yet to be fully canceled.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: New York City Marathon canceled amid ongoing concerns over coronavirus
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Colorado Rockies outfielder Charlie Blackmon
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Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic
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Tennis player Novak Djokovic
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Denver Broncos safety Kareem Jackson
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Former NASCAR driver and current NBC NASCAR analyst Dale Jarrett
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Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott
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Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone
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Michael O'Neill, manager of the English soccer club Stoke
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Amen Ogbongbemiga, Oklahoma State linebacker
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Frank Martin, South Carolina basketball coach
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Patrick Ewing, Georgetown coach and Basketball Hall of Famer
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Kacper Przybylko, Philadelphia Union forward
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Pat Dye, former college football coach. Dye, who had other health issues, died on June 1 at 80.
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Antonio Gandy-Golden, Washington Redskins rookie wide receiver
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Dexter Manley, former NFL defensive lineman
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Art Howe, former MLB player and manager
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Roy Lester, former University of Maryland and high school football coach. He died May 3 at 96.
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Georges Laraque, left, former NHL player
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Von Miller, Denver Broncos linebacker
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Brian Allen, Los Angeles Rams center
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Tony Boselli, former NFL player
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Jim Edmonds, former Major League Baseball player
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Patrick McEnroe, former professional tennis player
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Tom Dempsey, former NFL kicker (He died on April 4 at 73.)
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Pape Diouf, former president of l'Olympique de Marseille soccer team
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James Dolan, New York Knicks and Rangers owner
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Sean Payton, New Orleans Saints
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Marcus Smart, Boston Celtics
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Kevin Durant, Brooklyn Nets
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Christian Wood, Detroit Pistons
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Donovan Mitchell, Utah Jazz
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Doris Burke, ESPN NBA analyst
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Sydney Wiese, Los Angeles Sparks
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Jason Collins, former NBA player
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Webster Garrison, Oakland Athletics minor league coach/manager
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Kozo Tashima, Japan FA president and vice chairman of Japan's Olympic Committee
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Enrique Bonilla, Liga MX president
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Eliaquim Mangala (white shirt), Valencia
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Chris Kielsmeier, Cleveland State women's basketball coach
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Omar Colley, UC Sampdoria (bottom)
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Albin Ekdal, UC Sampdoria
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Manolo Gabbiadini, UC Sampdoria
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German Pezzella, Fiorentina
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Patrick Cutrone, Fiorentina
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Callum Hudson-Odoi, Chelsea FC
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Morten Thorsby, UC Sampdoria
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Dusan Vlahovic, Fiorentina
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Paolo Maldini, former player and current AC Milan technical director
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Daniel Maldini, AC Milan forward
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Lorenzo Sanz, former Real Madrid president. He died on March 21.
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Thiago Seyboth Wild, Brazilian tennis player
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Javier Castellano, jockey
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NHL, NHLPA hoping to finalize CBA, return-to-play agreement Saturday? .
The NHL and NHLPA are hoping that they will finalize a six-year CBA agreement Saturday along with a tentative agreement on Phase 3 and 4 protocols as well as a critical calendar.Assuming the new CBA is agreed upon, it would need to be ratified by the Board of Governors and the full membership of the NHLPA, where the players would get 72 hours, starting Monday.
When asked about the challenges the NBA will face as it attempts to mount a comeback next month, Burke didn’t mince words.“The thing that I felt the most was fatigue and headache,” Burke said about having coronavirus. “So for a good stretch of the first two weeks of that, I was just thinking I had a bad flu, because my symptoms were not aligning with what was being told were the main symptoms — the shortness of breath, the pressure on the chest — I didn’t have those scary symptoms. So for a good stretch of time, I didn’t think I had it. But then I finally decided to get tested. 
Minor League Baseball’s effort to defend its member teams was greatly imperiled by the global pandemic. Public attention, for good reason, has been elsewhere, and minor league teams have experienced a more or less complete halt to revenue. A resumption of play might have helped. There were times when it seemed plausible, but any hope dissipated over recent weeks. Even as MLB and its players haggled over the terms for a big league resumption, a ramp-up of virus transmission in many parts of the United States served to increase the already great logistical challenges to a MiLB season.We’ll see how the broader picture turns out. 
While Hottovy is no longer positive for the virus, he says he is still not fully back to himself. He’s through the worst of it, which required some time in the hospital.One important member of the Cubs organization won’t be anxiously awaiting the results of his test. Pitching coach Tommy Hottovy has already endured a bout with COVID-19, he tells 670 The Score’s Mully and Haugh (h/t Mark Gonzales of the Chicago Tribune, via Twitter). 
