Bubble

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…

England batsman Ollie Pope said life in a bio-secure bubble was "challenging and intense" after making valuable runs during the third Test against the West Indies. Pope's unbeaten 91 guided England to 258-4 at stumps on Friday's first day at Old Trafford.It was an important innings, with England slipping to…

Despite Mother Nature raining on its Opening Night parade, ESPN still managed to draw a big crowd for its first game of the shortened MLB season. More than 4 million tuned in to watch the first baseball game of the season, according to Nielsen numbers, a rain-shortened affair between the…

Saul Loeb/AFP via GettySen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) spent much of the Democratic primary belting back (and even happily promoting) attacks from monied interests on everything from the details of her wealth tax to her grander vision for financial restrictions in the country.Now, some cash-flush alarm-sounders have gone mute on the…

Tony Dejak/Associated PressAs 22 NBA teams adjust to life in the bubble, the other eight are free to get busy on their offseason work.The latest non-bubble buzz involves two rebuilders from the Eastern Conference.One needs a new coach. The other is getting antsy about turning its direction around, which creates…

Mark J. Terrill/Associated PressLos Angeles Lakers center JaVale McGee provided another inside look at life as an NBA player in Orlando, Florida, with the release of his latest "Life in the Bubble" vlog Sunday.McGee's vlog placed special emphasis on the food that is available to players inside the NBA bubble…

Jeff Zillgitt   | USA TODAY New Orleans Pelicans guard J.J. Redick played a round of golf Saturday at the Disney compound and planned another round on Sunday with the promise to shotgun a can of Bud Light if users reached 10,000 retweets."Didn’t expect that tweet to get 10,000 retweets," Redick…

The Boston Celtics have entered the bubble.The Celtics flew to Orlando on Wednesday and reported to Walt Disney World's Gran Destino Tower, where they'll stay throughout the NBA's restarted 2019-20 season.Other NBA teams arrived earlier than the Celtics, and some players complained about the underwhelming meals they received and some less-than-ideal…

The COVID-19 pandemic was some epidemiologist’s nightmare when Adam Kucharski was writing Rules of Contagion. Released this week, the book, which includes brief mentions of the encroaching COVID-19 storm, draws on ideas from “outbreak science” to illuminate how and why viruses spread. Information from biology, Kucharski expertly demonstrates, has helped…

Petri: Blobs from Space is a bubble shooter from developer Beep Yeah! who you might be aware of through the Apple Watch game Circuloid. Their latest endeavour has made the jump from your wrist – though it's also available there too – into the palm of your hand as it's…