The strange new world of sports

A headline in The Kansas City Star in the days after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorists attacks read: Sports, ppd. As NFL, college football and baseball games were being called off the sports world came to a halt. So it is today because of COVID-19 coronavirus. NCAA championships — including men’s and women’s basketball — have been canceled. It’s a remarkable moment in American sports, and we talk about it on SportsBeat KC.Well, most of it. When Star columnists Sam Mellinger and Vahe Gregorian taped their segment, we knew the major college tournaments were cancelled and speculated that would happen to the NCAA. But that officially did not happen until after the taping.We talk about this strange, new world of sports on SportsBeat KC.Story links:No March Madness: NCAA cancels all winter and spring championshipsBig 12 basketball tournaments are canceled before Thursday’s games in Kansas CityMLB suspends spring training, start of Royals season delayed at least two weeksKU athletic events “suspended indefinitely” because of coronavirus outbreak, AD says Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices