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SI's Coronavirus and Sports podcast is bringing you stories and news updates about how the COVID-19 global pandemic is impacting the world of professional sports. Hosted by Luis Miguel Echegaray, this series will explore all the ways in which athletes, teams, leagues, fans, and everyone else in and around pro sports are dealing with the fallout from a completely unprecedented event. Listen every weekday as we all look to understand: What happens to sports when there are no sports?

Coronavirus and Sports Sports Illustrated

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    • 4.9 • 50 Ratings

SI's Coronavirus and Sports podcast is bringing you stories and news updates about how the COVID-19 global pandemic is impacting the world of professional sports. Hosted by Luis Miguel Echegaray, this series will explore all the ways in which athletes, teams, leagues, fans, and everyone else in and around pro sports are dealing with the fallout from a completely unprecedented event. Listen every weekday as we all look to understand: What happens to sports when there are no sports?

    Introducing: The Bag - A show about Sports, Money, and Making It

    Introducing: The Bag - A show about Sports, Money, and Making It

    Ever wonder how some teams can seemingly do everything wrong and still generate record-profits? Or how some athletes end up going broke? Or why suddenly, everyone in pro sports seems to be obsessed with cryptocurrency? Former NFL running back (and Dancing With The Stars champ) Rashad Jennings has teamed up with award-winning journalist Lindsay McComick to help make sense of all the dollars, NFTs, cryptos and contracts that make up modern sports. They'll talk to gambling experts, NIL insiders, star athletes, agents, business mavens and more to bring you insights from all the intersections of sports and money. From Sports Illustrated and iHeart Radio - what are you waiting for? Get The Bag.
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    Podding the Bubble - Part 3: Will the NBA Bubble Burst?

    Podding the Bubble - Part 3: Will the NBA Bubble Burst?

    Podding the Bubble is a three-part mini-series taking a deep dive look into the biosphere created by the NBA in Orlando. Part 3 puts the NBA's plan into the context of what other major sports leagues are doing, and of the pandemic at large as it stands today. And with the help of global health expert and noted bioethicist, Dr. Zeke Emanuel, we try to answer the question: Was all of this a good idea?
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    Podding the Bubble - Part 2: Will the NBA Players Go Stir Crazy?

    Podding the Bubble - Part 2: Will the NBA Players Go Stir Crazy?

    Podding the Bubble is a three-part mini-series taking a deep dive look into the biosphere created by the NBA in Orlando. Part 2 follows the lives of the NBA players inside the bubble who now face a unique challenge. How do they stave off restlessness and cabin fever for three months while living inside the bubble through the rest of the season and the playoffs? Not to mention, they still have to find a way to play their best basketball.
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    • 32 min
    Podding the Bubble - Part 1: A Deep Dive into the NBA Biosphere

    Podding the Bubble - Part 1: A Deep Dive into the NBA Biosphere

    Podding the Bubble is a three-part mini-series taking a deep dive look into the biosphere created by the NBA in Orlando. Part 1 explores how the NBA decided that a bubble was the right solution for them to be able to finish the 2019-2020 NBA season and conduct something resembling a normal playoffs and NBA finals. We'll also get into how the bubble is supposed to work on paper, both for players and basketball staff, as well as for Disney Parks employees, and for journalists.
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    • 25 min
    Horse Racing Breaks With Tradition

    Horse Racing Breaks With Tradition

    As one of the few sports positioned to stay afloat during the coronavirus shutdown, horse racing now appears poised for a big summer with the rescheduling of the Belmont Stakes, Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. Sports Illustrated senior writer Pat Forde breaks down how a sport steeped in tradition has successfully pivoted in response to the global pandemic.
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    Bundesliga Behind Closed Doors: Keith Costigan

    Bundesliga Behind Closed Doors: Keith Costigan

    The Bundesliga made a much-anticipated return to action, playing games in empty stadiums and adjusting logistics off the field to account for social distancing between coaches and players on the sidelines. The response was generally positive from fans and industry professionals, and now the league has soccer audiences around the world to itself. What can other top tier football leagues, like the Premier League in England or La Liga in Spain, learn from the Bundesliga's return to action? And with few other options for live sports entertainment, can the Bundesliga capitalize on its captive audience? Soccer commentator Keith Costigan breaks down a pivotal moment in the effort to bring back sports from the coronavirus shutdown.
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Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
50 Ratings

50 Ratings

AllNicknamesAreBelongToMe ,

Worth a Listen

This podcast poses thoughtful questions without dramatization of the Coronavirus situation. Luis-Miguel’s closing reflections on the broader meaning of sports and this new strange world are appreciated by this listener. Thank you for creating this content!

Excited for the upcoming ones! ,

Love this Podcast!

Great quality interviews and insider info in sports during this crisis. Thanks guys!

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Great!

Perfect for trying to understand what is going on in Sports right now.

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