A Plague on All Your Sports: When Sport and the Pandemic Collided (EPUB)

A Plague on All Your Sports tells the tale of what transpired when COVID-19 and sports met, looking at the pandemic’s effects from a different angle.

Both authors of the book—Bill Ribbans, an orthopaedic surgeon and physician, and Mark Saggers, a radio and television sports journalist—have extensive backgrounds in sports. Both were deeply committed in the efforts required to help the sporting phoenix rise from the ashes, and like other people, the epidemic completely upended their professional life.

The book examines how COVID-19 crippled international sport. It details how sports react to lockdowns, recovery strategies, challenges encountered, and adjustments needed to re-emerge.

What psychological effects resulted from being barred from football terraces, having domestic confinement, and having gyms padlocked? How did professional athletes’ confinement to “bubbles” affect their mental health over the long run? Did the initial pledges to improve sports continue to progress?