Yesterday we were questioning the wisdom of the Flyers playing a hockey game in front of a packed house at the Wells Fargo Center.
The NBA no longer has that problem.
Last night they suspended their season until further notice after Utah Jazz player Rudy Gobert tested positive for the coronavirus.
But not before the Sixers played - and beat - the Pistons at the very same Wells Fargo Center.
The Pistons played Gobert and the Jazz a few nights before.
That was just one of the latest shock waves from the COVID-19 outbreak that feels like a tsunami washing over our everyday lives.
The NCAA announced it will play its college hoops tournament in empty gyms. Call it March sadness.
Lots of colleges are shutting down their campuses, extending spring break and opting for online classes. Those include Penn State, Swarthmore, Villanova.
The annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in Springfield has been canceled. That gives them something in common with New York City and Dublin, Ireland.
Here are the latest numbers from Pennsylvania: There are 14 presumptive cases, including still just the one here in Delaware County. There are 2 in Bucks, 8 in Montgomery, 1 in Philadelphia, and 1 in Wayne.
The World Health Organization is now classifying the outbreak as a pandemic. It sounds scary, but it doesn't necessarily need to be.
But the guess here is that this is going to get worse before it gets better.
Expect your life to be upended in both little and big ways.
Doing without pro sports doesn't seem like that big a sacrifice right now.
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