Aidan Dial is currently a freshman at the College Preparatory School in Oakland, California. An avid sports fan and golf fanatic, he is most interested in the NBA, NFL, and PGA Tour, though Aidan enjoys watching all sports. He is a sports analyst for At the Buzzer.
According to ESPN sources, the NBA is in discussions regarding an additional September “bubble” in Chicago for teams that were not invited to participate in the official restart in Orlando. This will allow for the eight teams to participate in various scrimmages and training sessions with each other, some of which may be televised for fans.
Per ESPN’s Brian Windhorst, the NBA’s restart bubble hosted at the ESPN World Wide of Sports Complex, a venue within the Walt Disney World Resort and the city of Orlando, will likely cost the NBA at least $150 million.
On Friday, the NBA announced it’s schedule for the “seeding games” to restart it’s 2019-2020 season. The first wave of games will tip-off July 30 – Aug. 14, and will be nationally televised via ABC, ESPN, TNT, and NBA TV.
5 players have withdrawn from the PGA Tour’s Travelers Championship due to coronavirus concerns.
The first major of 2020, the PGA Championship, will be held at TPC Harding Park in San Fransisco without any spectators in attendance.
On Saturday, Florida reported a record-breaking 4,049 new cases for coronavirus immediately following Friday’s previous record of 3,822 new cases. New highs have been reported within the state in 7 out of the last 10 days. Florida, along with states such as Texas and Arizona, have been hit hard by the coronavirus in recent weeks as cases continue to surge in many states across the country.
San Antonio Spurs guard, Lonnie Walker IV, took to Instagram live earlier this week to share the cutting of his trademark hair, surprising basketball fans across the country.
All-Star Houston Rockets guard Russell Westbrook is set to produce a docuseries covering the events of the 1921 Race Massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, according to Variety. Titled “Terror In Tulsa: The Rise And Fall of Black Wall Street,” the series will be produced alongside Stanley Nelson, a documentary filmmaker, and Blackfin, a production company.
ESPN’s Jonothan Giveny announced Monday that the Ball Brothers will be signing with Roc Nation and Raymond Brothers, Roc Nation’s President of Basketball.
Public health experts have indicated the sports universe should expect an absence of fans in sports until at least 2021, as coronavirus has infected nearly one million people nationally, and otherwise impacted billions of others worldwide, both through contracting the disease and stay-at-home orders.