Bubble

The following is a partial transcript of a podcast episode from the mini-series, Podding the Bubble. Listen to the original audio on the Crossover NBA Podcast, the Open Floor podcast, or the Coronavirus + Sports podcast. Subscribe to all SI podcasts for free wherever you listen to shows.Jarrel Harris: The…

This week’s Twitter villain hails, like many of his kind, from the Bay Area. Jason Calacanis is a podcaster and talking head on the subject of investment (he leads The Syndicate, “a group of 4,122 accredited investors ... that invests in world-class founders,” according to its website), but on Sunday…

When NHL players departed the homes they’d spent the last four-and-a-half months confined to by the COVID-19 pandemic, and ventured to the NHL’s hub sites in Toronto and Edmonton, the options for how to pass the time were restricted. For five days, teams had to stay amongst themselves, dining together…

Tyler Kaufman/Associated PressBleacher Report's Taylor Rooks highlighted NBA practices, scrimmages and spoke with players on their experiences in her second "Life in the NBA Bubble" vlog from the Disney World complex near Orlando, Florida.  Rooks traveled from New York City to the Orlando area and took part in a seven-day quarantine…

On Bloody Sunday, March 7, 1965, 600 African Americans and their allies left Selma, Alabama, marching to Montgomery, demanding voting rights. While crossing Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge, they were attacked by the Alabama State Police using nightsticks, electric cattle prods, dogs and tear gas. Images of the violence spread globally.…

TORONTO -- Mike Smith said it might be the shortest road trip the Edmonton Oilers have ever made.The veteran goalie and his teammates spent their first full day inside the bubble at a hotel in a downtown Edmonton on Monday, about a five-mile drive from his residence. For the Oilers,…

Given his delightful habit of announcing fighting majors and coach’s challenges as though he were hyping an upcoming monster truck rally, it’s no surprise to find Wes McCauley in an enthusiastic mood when he hops on the phone for an interview Monday afternoon. “I know I can speak for the…

2:30 | July 27, 2020 Winnipeg Jets head coach Paul Maurice discusses adjusting to life in the NHL bubble while touching on the quality of hockey he’s anticipating during the restart. Read More

1:06 | July 27, 2020 Winnipeg Jets forward Nik Ehlers discusses why he doesn’t think living and playing under the bubble in Edmonton will be much different then being on the road, and they’ll have to look past the fact that there’s no fans in the seats. Read More

NHL players from 24 teams woke up to a new reality on Monday morning, officially beginning what they hope will be a long tenure in the NHL bubble. Sunday was a travel day for all 24 return-to-play clubs, with the Eastern Conference teams landing in Toronto and all Western Conference…