Of the images we’ve seen of athletes playing in empty stadiums — see Juventus and Inter Milan earlier in the week — this one sums a lot of it up.
St. John’s played Creighton for one half of a Big East tournament game before the entire event was canceled at halftime. The conference got rightfully roasted as other tournaments were canceled on Thursday. And when the news broke, FOX Sports cameras captured Red Storm mascot Johnny Thunderbird sitting stunned in the empty stands of Madison Square Garden, an image that many folks were citing in the middle of a coronavirus pandemic that’s canceling events everywhere:
This is March. pic.twitter.com/T9llXfDEqf
— Kenny Ducey (@KennyDucey) March 12, 2020
Sports in 2020. pic.twitter.com/1lie9cYd0e
— Jeff Eisenband (@JeffEisenband) March 12, 2020
this photo belongs in a museum pic.twitter.com/CRikiRyQl0
— Jamie Lynch (@jelynchjr) March 12, 2020
March sadness pic.twitter.com/BzL3HuVrgp
— Johnny Thunderbird (@JohnnyTbird) March 12, 2020
Johnny Thunderbird, the St. John’s mascot, is frantically screaming for help, but nobody can hear his cries. pic.twitter.com/tjk0b98mKZ
— Mike Beauvais (@MikeBeauvais) March 12, 2020
Same Johnny Thunderbird.
Same. pic.twitter.com/7MPJLUvvEc
— Dan Gardella (@GardellaDan) March 12, 2020
We are all Johnny Thunderbird right now pic.twitter.com/ySGTBKlVMy
— Thomas Cavanagh (@TJCavs_) March 12, 2020
I feel you Johnny Thunderbird. pic.twitter.com/IL1eXCwhoI
— Brandon Berg (@brandon_berg) March 12, 2020
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