Though the sports we watch brought with them a façade of “back to normal” as the pandemic-altered 2021 came to a close, a new reality took root this year.
: Every game, every practice, every season is a positive test or outbreak away from being postponed or compromised or canceled.That's one of the many ways the COVID-19 pandemic carved away at the “old normal” in 2021, a year in which sports came back from the total shutdown theTake March Madness. After being scrubbed in 2020, the college hoops extravaganza returned.
In another change with roots in the pandemic, the days of elite athletes being judged solely on the titles they win, the points they score or the medals they bring home appear numbered — if not gone for good. "We also have to focus on ourselves, because at the end of the day we’re human, too,” Biles said shortly after her withdrawal.
Elsewhere in the world of legalized sports gambling, the big-time American leagues all completely did away with the long-held charade that their games were being consumed simply for the fun of it. And while legalized wagering is changing the experience of watching a game, COVID-19 is changing the experience of going to one.
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Sports returned in 2021, but not the way we remembered them | AP NewsThe fans came back, and even if their money was no good at arenas and stadiums, their credit cards and payment apps certainly were. Though the sports we watch brought with them a façade of “back to normal” as the pandemic-altered 2021 came to a close, a new reality took root this year: Every game, every practice, every season is a positive test or outbreak away from being postponed or compromised or canceled.
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