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    Bill Plaschke: The day sports stopped

    by Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times Mar 13, 2020 4 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - What do we do now? What do we watch? Whom do we cheer? How do we cheer?

    I planned to spend this weekend awash in the excitement of conference college basketball tournaments, particularly the desperate season-saving journeys of USC and UCLA.

    Those courts have been emptied.

    Friends were headed to Sacramento to watch the state high school basketball championships, especially the Hollywood-draped team from Chatsworth Sierra Canyon.

    Those games have disappeared.

    A buddy from Dallas was coming to town Monday to join me in watching the Clippers host the Mavericks in a possible playoff preview.

    Staples Center will be locked.

    My favorite four days in the sports calendar were next

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