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Monday 20 april 2020
Amid virus gloom, glimpses of human decency and good works

Continued from Page 25 meals from Brooklyn cater- ing supplies has been a group. I feel like I haven't the world, from Colombia
er Israel Frischman for Ho- storyline as well, from the slept in decades, but, hon- and Nepal, to Italy, Ger-
the virtual Corona Com- locaust survivors who are professional cyclist in Italy estly, I've never felt more many, France, Spain, Brazil,
munity Choir with members shut in. The day after the who has gone from rac- energized," he said. Israel, Indonesia and South
around the world, perform- story ran, donations poured ing against competitors to Heroes have emerged in Korea where Kim Byung-
ing on Sundays. in and now Frischman has racing medicine to those in youth, from Nova Knight, rok, a shoe cobbler, donat-
If music soothes the soul, financial backing for the need, to Yale student Liam a 5-year-old firecracker in ed land to help raise mon-
food feeds it. There have needed meals. And sim- Elkind's delivery service. A Alaska imploring her co- ey for the fight against the
been six stories that tell of pler fare from the "Solidarity month after reporting on horts to wash their hands virus. In the month of stories
benefactors feeding health Menu" started by Emiliano Elkind's "Invisible Hands" ef- and postpone playdates, about the goodness of oth-
care workers, the poor, the Moscoso, who employed fort which he started with to 16-year-old TJ Kim, who ers, it's no surprise when we
elderly shut ins, even vol- his hamburger chain of a friend, he reports that can't drive, but can fly. He doubled back to the previ-
unteers feeding hungry restaurants in Colombia to it's ballooned. "We're mak- uses those skills to deliver ous subjects of the cover-
animals at a revered Hin- feed poor neighborhoods ing over 1,000 deliveries a much-needed medical age, AP journalists found
du temple in Kathmandu, in Bogota. week now, and over 10,000 supplies across rural Virgin- the obvious: the givers' giv-
Nepal. There have been The delivery of lifesav- volunteers have joined our ia. The stories have circled ing has expanded. q

Sports leagues seek return to play but with no guarantees

By EDDIE PELLS held in compliance with
AP National Writer health regulations, then
With no games being "we will not do anything."
played, recent sports That's also where the NBA
headlines have centered appears to be for now.
around hopes and dreams The league that got in
— namely, the uncharted front of the coronavirus
path leagues and teams pandemic first, calling off
must navigate to return to games on March 11, is in
competition in the wake of a holding pattern. Most of
the pandemic. the league's conversations
Virtually all leagues talk center on how to resume
publicly about their desire the season, not whether
to return before summer. to cancel it. In Australia,
But behind closed doors, ambitious plans to resume
they are hatching differ- play in the National Rugby
ent potential plans: all 30 League by the end of May
baseball teams playing in got shot down by Prime
Arizona; home run con- Minister Scott Morrison.
tests to decide tie games; In this March 26, 2020, file photo, Daniel Clemens looks into the empty ballpark at Progressive England's Premier League
the Stanley Cup being Field in Cleveland. also says it wants to finish
hoisted in an empty are- Associated Press. its season but would do so
na that neither team calls only "with the full support
home; end-of-season soc- and uncertain for the rest this, then what?'" said Tim dents to return to school or of the government" and
cer standings decided of this year and into 2021. Hinchey, the CEO of USA attend games, then ath- when "medical guidance
by vote; college football "It's not about 22 players Swimming, the sport's gov- letes shouldn't be asked to allows." Meanwhile, in
games in spring. walking onto a pitch and erning body in the United return either. Without the Scotland, a wild round of
Over the past week, The throwing a ball out," said States. millions of dollars from foot- voting has already taken
Associated Press spoke to FIFA Vice President Victor Virtually all the big-time ball, all college sports are place to decide whether
more than two dozen poli- Montagliani, whose con- team sports are coming in peril. NASCAR, which has to lock in standings for
cymakers, coaches and cerns about restarting soc- up with scenarios to play been holding virtual races, leagues there and get
players across the globe cer mirror those of all sports games with no fans in the has given teams a tenta- ready for next season.
to get their candid as- worldwide. stands. The Washington tive schedule under which Major League Baseball
sessments of plans to re- The organizers of the Olym- Post reported that while the season would resume in the U.S. is talking about
turn from the stoppages pics were among the last the NFL is publicly commit- May 24 without fans. bringing all 30 teams to
caused by the new coro- to postpone their event, ted to its usual kickoff date The NHL has drawn up Maricopa County, Arizo-
navirus. The conclusion: then among the first to set in September, it is looking plans that include resum- na, for a regular season at
While it's critical to put op- a new date – exactly 52 into contingencies that in- ing the season this sum- spring training sites.
timistic restart scenarios in weeks after the original clude shortening the sea- mer, going directly to the Dr. Anthony Fauci, the in-
place, there is no certainty July 24 cauldron lighting son or playing in front of playoffs and/or playing fectious disease expert
any of these plans will work had been scheduled. The half-full or empty stadiums. games in empty arenas in who has been calling for
without buy-in from politi- decision to reschedule for College athletic directors neutral-site cities. restraint in resuming any
cians and an OK from play- a date 15 months down have come up with a half- The PGA Tour announced normal activities, offered
ers and medical experts. the road came just before dozen or more scenarios for a mid-June restart and a glimmer of hope when
Underpinning it all would an unexpected spike in football season, including, meshed its schedule with he suggested sports could
have to be a drastic ramp- virus cases hit Japan. The according to Oklahoma's the already reworked ma- conceivably return. He
up in testing, a vaccine or worry that followed un- Joe Castiglione, a sce- jors calendar. In a nod to suggested no fans in are-
treatment breakthrough, derscored the many open nario in which part of the the precariousness of it all, nas and constant testing
or some other solution. questions about the arc of season would be played Andy Pazder, the tour's for the players, who would
In short, the return of any the outbreak. "I think ev- in spring. One theme gain- chief officer of tourna- likely need to be quaran-
sports, no matter how inno- eryone's probably working ing wide acceptance: If ments and competition, tined in hotels for weeks or
vative the plan, will be risky on multiple options. It's 'If it's not safe enough for stu- said if events cannot be months.q