The Philippines: Filling the Sports Page with Nostalgia in a Pandemic Abbreviated Season

• Main Author: Sarmenta, Severino R, Jr.
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Subjects: sports nostalgia during the pandemic; media during the pandemic; Communication; Film and Media Studies; Social Media; Sports Sciences
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/comm-faculty-pubs/11; https://cgscholar.com/bookstore/works/time-out-national-perspectives-on-sport-and-the-covid19-lockdown
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

As the Covid-19 virus spread across Asia; the Philippines was forced to shutter its sports schedule. Sports media were left without events and athletes to report on and attention shifted to the impact of the pandemic on speculations for the possible return of games and tournaments as well as on how...