{"id":303238,"date":"2020-11-30T10:35:39","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T16:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?p=303238"},"modified":"2020-11-30T11:21:43","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T17:21:43","slug":"how-covid-19-impacted-thanksgiving-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/how-covid-19-impacted-thanksgiving-football\/","title":{"rendered":"How COVID-19 Impacted Thanksgiving Football"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oh what a year 2020 has been for a sports world that, like the rest of us, can\u2019t catch a break from the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. We\u2019ve seen professional leagues delay their seasons, alter schedules, and cut them short. At the college level, conferences have cancelled their seasons all together, and the entire NCAA March Madness tournament was even shut down earlier in the year<\/a>. There\u2019s been plenty of contact tracing, fanless stadiums, and league-wide bubbles, so you might ask yourself – what else will be different this year? Well, thanks to COVID-19, you can now add Thanksgiving football to that list. This is an ongoing story with new developments as recent as Sunday afternoon. We\u2019ll do our best to keep you updated as things change.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sources: #Ravens<\/a> star QB Lamar Jackson tested positive for COVID-19.<\/p>\n

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) November 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n