Here are newspaper covers from across the U.S. after historic day of sports shutdowns
Sports fans won’t soon forget March 12, 2020.
By the end of Thursday, the NCAA Tournament had been canceled, while Major League Baseball, MLS, the NBA, NHL, PGA and LPGA had all suspended play because of the spread of the coronavirus.
Sports in the United States has all but come to a halt.
It was an unprecedented day, and that was reflected in newspapers around the nation. Here is a look at how papers covered the news, starting with the New York Post:
This is the Las Vegas Review-Journal:
The Houston Chronicle’s cover:
This is the Seattle Times:
Here’s a look at the Philadelphia Inquirer:
The Detroit Free-Press front and sports covers:
The Washington Post had a two-word headline:
Here is the Tulsa World:
The Louisville Courier Journal:
This is the Minneapolis Star Tribune:
This is from New Orleans:
Here is the Daily Oklahoman:
This is from Winston-Salem:
And, finally, one from north of the border, the Toronto Sun:
This story was originally published March 13, 2020 at 9:05 AM.
