North America’s five most popular team sports — the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB and college football — are approaching their return. Some sooner than others, of course — baseball will start on Thursday, while the NFL isn’t slated to go until September 10.
Sports can exist during a pandemic. The UFC, PGA Tour and NASCAR are all barreling along with only minimal bumps (albeit thanks to tremendous effort and expense ). Major League Soccer and the National Women’s Soccer League have both survived early struggles to settle in. We’ve seen everything from soccer in Europe to baseball in Asia work well.