Day 131

• The world soccer player of the year awards, The Ballon d'Or, will not take place for the first time in the history of the awards.  Kinda due to the coronavirus -- more, rather than the safety of holding the event, the infeasibility of world soccer this year.
• Mark Cuban had an exchange today about the National Anthem with a Rethuglipig talk show host in Texas, after telling Senator Ted Cruz he wouldn't mind if Cruz didn't attend NBA games over the National Anthem/BLM situations.  Cuban asked talk show host Mark Davis that, after stating the "National Anthem Police" are out of control, to ask why the Anthem isn't played at their place of work.  Cuban has changed his stance since 2017, saying he has learned a lot in the last three years about the situation.
• At least the Giants and Jets will not be holding their training camps, in any way, open to the public.  The bigger announcement, though, is that they support that large gatherings cannot take place at Met Life Stadium until further notice -- meaning that either the Giants and Jets will play fanless this year if at all, they play elsewhere, or they don't play.
• Congratulations.  It appears as if Trumpiepoo has another step toward isolationism!  The Bahamas has added their name to the list of countries who will not accept US tourists.  One of the reasons I think this response by Trump is intentional -- he would not mind if the rest of the world built a wall to keep us away from them!!!    
• The NHL has announced that only two people have tested positive for the coronavirus since camps opened.  Gee, you think that the games eventually being played in Canada might have anything to do with an actual response??    
• The Toronto Blue Jays need to find a place to play by the 29th.  They're talking to other teams to share ballparks. 
• The NBA has announced all tests since July 13th in the bubble have come back negative. 
• State of California CIF high school federation has called off all Fall sports, and will try to play them in a January-March format.  The sections of the state will determine the length of the season (California is so big, it has at least two sectional sanctioning bodies -- actual state championships in California are, in fact, quite rare).  Winter and spring sports will go on in a spring season, but it appears multi-sport athletes may be forced to choose. 
• According to The Nature Boy, Ric Flair's wife has tested positive for the coronavirus. 
• The ICC, the world body of cricket, has shelved this year's T20 (one day, 20 overs to a side) World Cup.  They'll wait at least a year.