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Kurtenbach: The coronavirus has created a new normal for sports in the U.S.

Welcome to the new normal.

It’s grim. It’ll be eerie. It’s kept me in a steady, low-grade panic attack. But it’s here.

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It’s barely kicked in and I’m desperate to go back to the way things were, because, deep down, I’m not fully convinced they ever will.

But closing the doors to arenas, stadiums, and ballparks is unquestionably the right thing to do. It’s a start.

Don’t let your moron uncle on Facebook convince you otherwise: the coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, is not just the seasonal flu — it’s a dangerous threat — and everyone needs to take action to slow it down.