CLARK, Pampanga – While being on what is virtually a 10-week business trip appears to be a daunting task to here in the PBA Bubble, the amenities at the Quest Hotel have given many of the people here (competitors and staff alike) a multitude of opportunities to “get away from […]

A medical staff takes a swab from a child near a residential area in Qingdao in east China’s Shandong province on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. A hospital president and the director of the health commission in the northern Chinese city of Qingdao have been fired after China’s latest coronavirus outbreak, […]

Lakers guard Danny Green bounced down the hallway that led to the team’s locker room, the start of a long night of partying after the team won the 2020 NBA championship Sunday. “Free. We’re free,” he said, his voice echoing off the walls. “Freedom. I’m f— free.” The NBA leaves […]

AP Photo/Matt Rourke If there’s one person who can get liberals to (at least briefly) enjoy watching Fox News, at the moment it appears to be Pete Buttigieg. In recent months, the former South Bend mayor and 2020 presidential candidate has been the most high-profile Joe Biden surrogate to regularly […]

The sheer amount of games played daily in the 2020 PBA season restart doesn’t necessarily mean players can escape the boredom and weariness that will inevitably set in during down times inside the bubble in Clark, Pampanga. So in packing for the Philippine Cup resumption — which could last from […]

The easy option was to quit, to throw this year’s London Marathon into the garbage, and start looking ahead to 2021. It’s what most World Marathon Majors did—and who could blame them, given the global pandemic? Seven months ago, the Tokyo Marathon hosted an elite-only race on March 1. Ten […]

Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic reacts after losing a point against Egypt’s Mayar Sherif in the first round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020. Michel Euler AP So many in tennis love their annual French Open […]

Mark Blinch/NBAE/Getty Bruce Arthur can still recall in vivid detail the stillness and the silence that pervaded Scotiabank Arena over a year ago. The longtime sports columnist for the Toronto Star was in attendance on the night of May 12 to cover the deciding Game 7 of the hometown team’s […]

The US Open becomes the first Grand Slam of the COVID-19 era when it starts Monday in a spectator-free bubble at Flushing Meadows following a troubled build-up that saw several top stars withdraw over coronavirus fears.  Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams headline a tournament that will be unrecognisable from previous […]

Strict coronavirus measures appear to be taking their toll on Chinese Super League footballers, with one saying his head was “spinning” in the claustrophobic “bubble” — and they still have six weeks to go. Chinese football introduced harsh rules when it launched the CSL season in two bio-secure bubbles after […]

Cricket Australia will closely monitor the mental health of players living inside a bio-secure bubble during the upcoming limited-overs tour of England, captain Aaron Finch said Tuesday. The team departs Sunday for a tour originally scheduled to take place in July but postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.  In order […]

Is your pandemic bubble a keeper? Among the many lessons learned in 2020, the power of a trusted friend group may be the most lasting. This summer, nearly half of Americans said they had formed a “pod” or social “bubble” — a select group of friends to help them cope […]

DoorDash, a food delivery app with several deep-pocketed competitors, $1.9bn in revenue in the first nine months of 2020 and $149m in losses, rose 85pc on its first day of trading to hit a valuation of over $70bn. Airbnb, which had revenues of $2.5bn and losses of $697m in the […]

8 fun and safe things you can do with your Christmas bubble – Rii Schroer The office party has been cancelled; midnight mass will likely be muffled; Santa’s grotto is shut (he’s ice-olating); and Christmas bubbles are causing a whole new kind of headache this year. But, you don’t have […]

The U Experience, a startup which aims to create a “bubble campus” environment for college students studying remotely, is aiming to launch at a Texas resort in January. Previous attempts didn’t go forward in Hawaii, Arkansas, and Florida. One epidemiologist told Business Insider the program just can’t be a “true […]

Villanova coach Jay Wright talks to his team during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Hartford, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, in Uncasville, Conn. Jessica Hill AP UNCASVILLE, Conn. Villanova stayed in Connecticut’s “Bubbleville” at the Mohegan Sun resort casino for a full week, playing four games, […]