FILE - In this Feb. 29, 2020, file photo, Tomoyuki Sugano of the Yomiuri Giants pitches with a backdrop of empty stands during play in a preseason baseball game between the Yomiuri Giants and the Yakult Swallows at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo. The tentacles of cancelling the Tokyo Olympics or postponing or staging it in empty venues would reach into every corner of the globe, much like the spreading virus that now imperils the opening ceremony on July 24. (AP Photo/Eug…
March 10, 2020
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March 10, 2020 3:57 a.m.
Tentacles of Olympic cancellation would reach around globe
TOKYO (AP) — The tentacles of canceling the Tokyo Olympics — or postponing or staging it in empty venues — would reach into every corner of the globe, much like the spreading virus that now imperils the opening ceremony on July 24.