Keep up to date with real time NBA basketball scores and where to watch the games. "Harlan isn't worried, however. Players, staff, and reporters like Vardon are under the watchful eye of the NBA, which has instituted For the NBA reporters on the inside, the bubble comes with challenges both professional and emotional. I have to have it done in the morning, or I can't access the games or the practices," Spears told CNN Business.

Interviewing NBA stars like LeBron James is very different inside the league's bubble at Walt Disney World, Florida.At the resort, reporters are kept mostly separated from players, coaches and other team staff. All times are ET. ""I think this is an extremely great platform for the players to keep the social justice message alive at a time when it might be starting to quiet a little bit," Spears said.As for The Athletic's Vardon, it may be nothing like his family vacation to Disney World last year, but he isn't lonely or bored.He's mostly been working, and spending what little free time he has on video chats with friends and family and using his golf clubs to putt in his hotel room.

Site Last … All rights reserved. But since many sports journalists are already well-versed in covering injuries, Ready said that they usually "understand legally what you can and cannot say. It's just going to different practices or different games, but your days start early, and they end late. The official site of the National Basketball Association. Then Mannix writes up the day's events and goes to bed. "So why would a reporter brave the bubble and leave their lives in the outside world behind?For Marc Stein, a New York Times sports reporter, his favorite part of his bubble experience was being back in the gym, hearing the sounds of sneakers squeak, and players cheer from the benches. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds.Now, more than a year later, Vardon is back in Orlando, Florida — staying at the same Vardon, a senior writer for The Athletic, the subscription-based sports website, arrived on July 12 to cover the end of the NBA season, which was suspended earlier this year after a "The rooms are meant for you to get a comfortable night's sleep and then go to the [theme] park," Vardon told CNN Business. Yes, going out into the world is dangerous right now, but this is a story that has to be covered," Vardon said. Regular Season Do not miss Philadelphia 76ers vs Houston Rockets game. The players were joined by coaches and game officials who all took a knee during the National Anthem just before tipoff. Coronavirus is not only a deadly disease that prevents an athlete from playing, it's also contagious one that could harm others in the bubble.Stephanie Ready, a sideline reporter for Turner Sports, understands the challenges of reporting on player's health during a global health crisis. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes. "They enforce wearing a mask.

"You can go from Toronto's practice to Indiana's practice to Boston's practice to Portland's practice, and even though doing one-on-one interviews requires you to have some social distance between you and the player, you're still able to get them," Mannix said. Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and its licensors. "You play off a lot of its emotion and noise... and that's going to be gone. "They are not built to spend seven full days in them."

The league also allows outlets to swap out reporters. He's had a lot of experience announcing games without fans as the voice of the NBA 2K video game series. "The return of the NBA is significant not just because of the games. Mannix said he might trade places with a colleague from Sports Illustrated in early September before the season wraps up. It's also a platform for the league and its players to speak about social issues, according to ESPN's Spears. But the food and drink options inside the NBA bubble are less than magical.Vardon admits that his complaints may seem "petty," but the lack of access to a bar stood out to him. But while they can't go roaming the property for scoops, they have had a great deal of access to the teams since arriving in early July. Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE/Getty Images The arrival of Magic Johnson and Larry Bird to the NBA for the 1979-80 season propelled the NBA to unforeseen I can't have anybody in my room because of social distancing.

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