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This isn't the first time sports teams have played in eerily empty arenas

  • Written by Chris Lamb, Professor of Journalism, IUPUI
Tomoyuki Sugano of the Yomiuri Giants pitches in front of empty stands at Tokyo Dome during a preseason baseball game.AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko

The NBA decided that it will suspend its season after a player on the Utah Jazz tested positive for the coronavirus, just after the NCAA announced that its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments...

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