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Column: Glimmer of hope for sports, but don't pop champagne

Finally, some signs of hope.

It's only a glimmer. Let's not pop the champagne just yet.

But there's baseball in South Korea and Taiwan. NASCAR is getting ready to crank up its engines, and German soccer is revving to go, too. The PGA Tour and IndyCar racing are planning to resume next month, and even the tiniest of steps — Major League Soccer clubs beginning individual workouts, a handful of NBA teams reopening their training facilities Friday — are an indication that some form of normality is returning.

"People are calling it the new normal," said Darren Eales, president of the Atlanta United MLS club.