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MLB and NHL Have Also Suspended Their Seasons

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March 12, 2020 at 1:55pm
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MLB:

Major League Baseball is expected to suspend baseball operations indefinitely later Thursday in response to the coronavirus pandemic, sources tell ESPN's Jeff Passan.

Sources tell Passan that they expect the league will likely delay the beginning of the regular season as well.

The league's owners will hold a conference call Thursday afternoon to formalize the plan.

MLB was scheduled to open its season on March 26, with all 30 teams in action.

 

NHL:

The NHL has suspended its season because of the rapid spread of the coronavirus but hopes to resume in the future.

There are 189 games and three and a half weeks remaining in the NHL's regular season. There were 10 games on the NHL slate Thursday.

"The NHL has been attempting to follow the mandates of health experts and local authorities, while preparing for any possible developments without taking premature or unnecessary measures," the league said in a statement. "However, following last night's news that an NBA player has tested positive for coronavirus -- and given that our leagues share so many facilities and locker rooms and it now seems likely that some member of the NHL community would test positive at some point -- it is no longer appropriate to try to continue to play games at this time.

 

Combine those with the NBA and CBB and we're basically in a sports-free world at the moment.  

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