When sport was shut down, Liverpool Football Club manager Jurgen Klopp said football was the most important of the least important things. Which is a fair call. But geez we miss it.
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Fans are missing sport. And so are the players.
Herald sports journalist James Gardiner tells Topics that international footballer Emily van Egmond enlisted her father, former Jets A-league championship winning coach Garry, to help her stay in shape.
Emily tweeted a video of her dad giving her a bit of one-on-one training.
As such, the pair met the government's rules of no more than two people exercising together, while maintaining the 1.5-metre social distancing requirement.
Like Topics, James lamented that "the majority of professional sports have been suspended".
It seems like ages ago that America's NBA cancelled its season. After that, competitions across the world fell like dominoes.
Some leagues, like the NRL and A-League in Australia, held on for as long as they could. But the COVID-19 tide swept us all up eventually in many different ways.
But let's put that thought aside just for a moment. Instead, let's imagine a time when sport resumes.
Some time in the future, we'll hit a new kind of normal. Sport will return. It'll be a joyful day on the planet when that occurs.
Lockdown Life
It's day 13 in lockdown for our colleague who lives alone. He's kept his spirits up by making friends with his appliances.
As we've reported, our colleague struck up a great friendship with his toaster, who he named DeLonghi.
The pair did have a falling out, but made up with an all-night session on the turps.
But their friendship seems to have entered a new dimension.
The toaster is now in a relationship with the kettle. Things have been getting hot and steamy.
Our colleague is now ... well ... the third wheel.
Good news, though. He and the TV have been getting on splendidly. They have a lot in common. They even seem to like the same shows. They've been watching a lot of programs together.
Non-viral Jokes
Don't interrupt someone working intently on a puzzle. Chances are, you'll hear some crosswords.
I'm a big fan of whiteboards. I find them quite remarkable.
Which country's capital has the fastest-growing population? Ireland. Every day it's Dublin.
Why was King Arthur's army too tired to fight? It had too many sleepless knights.
I was going to make myself a belt made out of watches, but then I realised it would be a waist of time.
A man sued an airline company after it lost his luggage. Sadly, he lost his case.