The unique perspective and provocative opinions of Joe O’Neill
Sports Shorts
The Miami Marlins are MLB’s least favorite team right now. It has everything to do with leading (more than half the team) the postponement-plagued league in positive coronavirus tests. It also has everything to do with the consensus that the team has blatantly violated coronavirus protocols—including hanging out at hotel bars. The Marlins have become the societal counterpart of unmasked individuals who jeopardize others by their carelessness, cluelessness and defiance. Good luck, Derek (“They let their guard down”) Jeter.
“We’re going to be fluid. We think it’s manageable.”—Commissioner Rob Manfred, on the impact of the coronavirus on the 2020 MLB season.
#WeSkateFor: The NHL initiative to “support, celebrate and honor community heroes,front-line and health care workers, and racial justice activists through various local and national programs and activities.