Press Play with Madeleine Brand

How pro athletes plan to train for the reopening of sports

Professional baseball and basketball are resuming next month. Opening day for baseball is tentatively set for July 24. For the NBA, it’s July 30. But the NBA is training in Florida, where there’s been an explosion in coronavirus cases.

By Madeleine Brand • Jun 26, 2020 • 9m Listen

Professional baseball and basketball are resuming next month. Opening day for baseball is tentatively set for July 24. For the NBA, it’s July 30. But the NBA is training in Florida, where there’s been an explosion in coronavirus cases. Florida reported nearly 9000 new cases today (a record), and 16 NBA players tested positive this week.

Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Michell Eloy
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Rosalie Atkinson
Associate producer
Randy Sklar
sports commentator and comedian
Jason Sklar
one half of the Sklar brothers comedy team, and cohost of the “View From the Cheap Seats” podcast

Press Play with Madeleine Brand

How pro athletes plan to train for the reopening of sports

Professional baseball and basketball are resuming next month. Opening day for baseball is tentatively set for July 24. For the NBA, it’s July 30. But the NBA is training in Florida, where there’s been an explosion in coronavirus cases.

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

How pro athletes plan to train for the reopening of sports

Professional baseball and basketball are resuming next month. Opening day for baseball is tentatively set for July 24. For the NBA, it’s July 30. But the NBA is training in Florida, where there’s been an explosion in coronavirus cases.

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