The NBA season has been well underway, and there has not been any COVID-19 cases within the league in the isolated “bubble” where players live and play 24/7.

The National Basketball Association decided to resume their season on July 30 from Orlando, Florida in a bubble where players and staff of the organization are not allowed to leave. There has been zero positive COVID-19 tests in the campus at Walt Disney World.

These players had to adhere to multiple rules before entry into the bubble. Everyone coming to the bubble had to quarantine seven days prior to coming to the Orlando Bubble. They must get cleared by a physician that they have zero risks to their health for COVID, and have not shown symptoms of the virus. Mandatory testing upon arrival is also required to enter the bubble, as well as regular testing throughout their stay in Orlando.

According to NBC Sports, there has been 341 players from the league tested for COVID-19 on the bubble since the bubble period has started. The NBA has proven that even during a pandemic, their system is working and may be the only way that sports are going to work until the coronavirus situation is over.

Even once the season started, some players left the bubble to deal with personal, family, or other matters. However, none of this has impacted the safety of the players inside, or outside the bubble. The next step in the process was allowing family members to join the players at the bubble, starting on August 30.

The NBA players were allowed one family member, spouse, or close friend into the bubble. This still has not impacted the positive tests within the bubble, and has boosted the morale of players that are still competing in the playoffs in the bubble. With over 360,000 confirmed cases of COVID in the state of Florida, per Yahoo Sports, both the players and their families are considered safer inside the bubble and not leaving than they would be outside of the bubble.

Comparing the Orlando bubble to other leagues, the MLB (Major League Baseball) has decided to continue travels for their teams, and have ran into problems with teams getting infected throughout the season. This has caused games to be postponed, and teams to take multiple weeks off to quarantine due to players being infected by COVID.

The league has proven that a bubble atmosphere has worked out better than any other situation so far during the pandemic. While there is still games to be played, and a playoff finish between the remaining teams, this has shown that the bubble is far better at keeping stability than any other situation. This will be interesting to watch upcoming fall leagues such as the NFL, and see their approach to the matter.

A two car crash yesterday morning resulted in the death of 65 year old Moyer Quick.

Quick, a Sioux City native, was driving with his wife Dorothy, and Maxine Steuerwald, two miles east of Sioux City on Highway 28 when the vehicle collided with a truck driven by Randy Radin, 17, of Swan Lake.

The three survivors of the crash were transported by ambulance to Sioux City General Hospital after the crash. Dorothy is reported in “good” condition, Maxine is in “fair” condition, and Radin is listed as “critical” with a fractured skull and internal injuries.

Patric Stewart, a South Iowa highway patrolman, said both vehicles were heading west on the two-lane highway. Quick was passing Radin but his rear-end struck Radin while completing the pass, sending both vehicles into the ditch on the north side of the road.

Yesterday, the South Iowa Highway Patrol ordered to ban the use of hand-held radar guns in South Iowa until further notice.

The ban is due to recent concerns that troopers could develop cancer from longterm exposure to the radiation waves emitted by the devices, and is just a precautionary ban while studies are conducted into the possible links between the guns and cancer.

South Iowa Highway patrol spokesperson Adam Smith added to the precautionary approach, saying: “the feeling here is to err on the side of caution until more is known about the issue, the whole situation is under review.”

This ban affects 70 radar guns that will be withdrawn from service. This move is considered to be the first of its kind by a state police agency, and comes after three officers in Cedar Rapids riled workman’s compensation claims stating they developed cancer form using the hand-held devices.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29795477/yankees-aroldis-chapman-aaron-boone-rays-kevin-cash-suspended

It was announced on Wednesday that one players and two managers have been suspended by Major League Baseball (MLB). The players is New York Yankees pitcher Aroldis Chapman, and the managers from both the Yankees (Aaron Boone) and the Tampa Bay Rays (Kevin Cash) were suspended a game as well. These suspensions are a result in the incidents that transpired on Tuesday between the two teams when Aroldis Chapman threw a 101 mile per hour fastball towards the head of a Rays batter in the 9th inning. The at bat ended in a strikeout, but not before some words being exchanged and the benches of both sides clearing. When Rays manager Kevin Cash was asked about the situation, he replied that he “has a whole stable of guys who throw 98 mph” and that quote will be in the mind of everyone the next time they play.

I think this article is well written, because it is both a brief easy read, and it also gets the reader a lot of information on the situation in a short amount of time. You didn’t have to see the events live to get a good understanding of what actually happened. I also think this is newsworthy because Aroldis Chapman throws the hardest fastball that has ever been recorded in an MLB game. Any time a pitcher like that throws at someone intentionally, it is normally newsworthy around the MLB. The way the Rays manager hinted at having one of his 98 mph pitchers throw at the Yankees next game will cause more people to watch their next series as well, because of the higher risk of a fight of some sorts that could happen between the two teams.