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Column: Sports virus grades are in, at least for midterms

It's been three months and a few days since Adam Silver pulled the plug on NBA games, the first domino in a long row of events to fall to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Enough time for Silver and leaders of other major sports to take stock of the new enemy and the dangers it poses. Enough time to begin sorting out a path back to what will surely be a new normal.

They've now got a body of work to analyze, and it's a mixed bag. Though nothing could really prepare those in charge of the country's major sports for the ravages of the pandemic, some have risen to the challenge better than others.