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SportsBeat KC: Missing a Final Four, and was Trump too optimistic with commissioners?

In this Feb. 23, 2007, photo, the Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant, top, goes up for a shot between Boston Celtics’ Paul Pierce, left, and Al Jefferson. Bryant, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett were all announced as members of the 2020 class for the Basketball Hall of Fame.
In this Feb. 23, 2007, photo, the Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant, top, goes up for a shot between Boston Celtics’ Paul Pierce, left, and Al Jefferson. Bryant, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett were all announced as members of the 2020 class for the Basketball Hall of Fame. AP

The weekend wasn’t without sports news. The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announced its class and it was studded with stars like Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett and Kobe Bryant (posthumously), along with familiar-to-KC coaches Eddie Sutton and Kim Mulkey. That announcement is typically made during Final Four weekend, but there was no such occasion this year amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Star columnists Vahe Gregorian and Sam Mellinger join SportsBeat KC host Blair Kerkhoff on this episode of our daily podcast in remembering great NCAA championship games. They also try to interpret the message from President Trump to commissioners of the major leagues about when sports might return to action. Trump said he believed the NFL season could start on time in September. What has to happen for that to become reality?

Story links:

Sam Mellinger: Games without fans? If only it were that simple for Royals, MLB, NFL, all other sports

President Trump hopes sports return “sooner rather than later” amid coronavirus pandemic

Three golf majors announce new dates, while one is canceled because of COVID-19

Blair Kerkhoff
The Kansas City Star
Blair Kerkhoff has covered sports for The Kansas City Star since 1989. He was elected to the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2023.
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