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Now is the time for ESPN, NFL, NBA and more to air the classic games we love
Yahoo ^ | March 18, 2020 | Liz Roscher

Posted on 03/18/2020 3:34:38 AM PDT by C19fan

As essentially everyone in the world is being asked to stay indoors and away from others during the coronavirus pandemic, we no longer have the one thing that could reliably bring us together and keep us from vacating our couches: live sports. Nearly every active sports league has suspended games, including the NCAA’s marquee, March Madness.

Instead of spending this week pretending to be busy at work while secretly watching college basketball games at our desks and checking our brackets on our smartphones during meetings, many of us are stuck indoors with our pets, roommates, partners, and children — and there are no live sports to escape to. With normalcy gone in every corner of our lives, it’s even harder for us to do what we absolutely need to do: stay indoors and distance ourselves from people outside our households.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Sports; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: commieball; hateamericaball; nationalfidelleague; sports
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To: C19fan

I was thinking ESPN might have to go back to its early days of shows....World’s Strongest Man, curling, stuff like that.


21 posted on 03/18/2020 4:58:18 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: C19fan

Virtually any game you want can be found in youtube.


22 posted on 03/18/2020 5:00:42 AM PDT by Levy78
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To: C19fan

Redskins beating the Dolphins in the Super Bowl.


23 posted on 03/18/2020 5:03:56 AM PDT by BubbaBasher ("Liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals" - Sam Adams)
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To: C19fan
NFL Network should do a six hour special showing all the pivotal plays of Tom Brady over 20 years.
24 posted on 03/18/2020 5:06:42 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election)
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To: C19fan

1980 Holiday Bowl. One of the best comeback victories ever.


25 posted on 03/18/2020 5:09:39 AM PDT by Dementon (You're unique! Just like everyone else!)
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To: C19fan

Can we allow betting on those games? Just to spice up the interest...


26 posted on 03/18/2020 5:17:56 AM PDT by DugwayDuke ("A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest")
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To: C19fan

Maybe this will usher in a new fad activity. It was the NHL strike a while back that kicked off the poker boom. ESPN decided to fill the NHL games they were supposed to cover with the WSOP coverage they had in the can.


27 posted on 03/18/2020 5:23:11 AM PDT by wrcase
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To: C19fan

Last night they were airing Mexican soccer from an empty stadium.


28 posted on 03/18/2020 5:25:33 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: C19fan
1. PBS has re-upped Ken Burn’s Baseball series now available on line.
https://www.pbs.org/show/baseball/

2. Maybe NBC can finally air the rest of the game that Heidi cut off?

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-heidi-bowl

On November 17, 1968, the Oakland Raiders score two touchdowns in nine seconds to beat the New York Jets—and no one sees it, because they’re watching the movie Heidi instead. With just 65 seconds left to play, NBC switched off the game in favor of its previously scheduled programming, a made-for-TV version of the children’s story about a young girl and her grandfather in the Alps. Viewers were outraged, and they complained so vociferously that network execs learned a lesson they’ll never forget: “Whatever you do,” one said, “you better not leave an NFL football game.”

29 posted on 03/18/2020 5:34:10 AM PDT by garyb (What if you can't trust the voice in your head?)
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To: Jemian

Yep. War Eagle!


30 posted on 03/18/2020 5:36:53 AM PDT by pdunkin
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To: C19fan

Oh my god what we do if we can’t watch sports!!? Oh, that’s right, live my life.


31 posted on 03/18/2020 6:01:23 AM PDT by KobraKai
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To: C19fan

The entire 1987 World Series between the Braves and Twins.


32 posted on 03/18/2020 6:02:39 AM PDT by Spruce
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To: Spruce

The entire 1987 World Series between the Braves and Twins.


‘87 series was Cardinals. 91 was the Braves. Both great series.


33 posted on 03/18/2020 6:05:28 AM PDT by lodi90 (flubro)
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To: lodi90

Doh! You are right! That would make it even better as my better-half is from Florissant, MO.


34 posted on 03/18/2020 6:17:32 AM PDT by Spruce
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To: C19fan

As a life long, die-hard sports fan I will not watch ANY reruns of old games no matter what they are. These sports networks are all part of the same 3 or 4 conglomerates that hate Trump and by extension, they hate ME! EFF’m!


35 posted on 03/18/2020 6:17:55 AM PDT by subterfuge (RIP T.P.)
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To: MarDav

I can do without that one...


36 posted on 03/18/2020 6:25:11 AM PDT by fhayek
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To: Libloather

The epic AFC divisional playoff game between the San Diego Chargers and Miami Dolphins that took place on January 2, 1982.


37 posted on 03/18/2020 6:32:30 AM PDT by luvbach1 (I hope Trump runs roughshod over the inevitable obstuctionists, Dems, progs, libs, or RINOs!)
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Here’s one of mine...

2001 GMAC Bowl - the highest scoring bowl game ever. East Carolina led 38-8 at half and Marshall came back to win it 64-61 in 2 OT’s. The 4th quarter was quite the jolter - especially the ending.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_GMAC_Bowl


38 posted on 03/18/2020 7:02:43 AM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: C19fan

Author sounds like he is dissatisfied with his family life.


39 posted on 03/18/2020 8:08:23 AM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: Getready

Ha. She is dissatisfied with her family life.


40 posted on 03/18/2020 8:09:17 AM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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