{"id":182526,"date":"2020-11-09T22:05:29","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T21:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=182526"},"modified":"2020-11-09T22:05:29","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T21:05:29","slug":"michigan-state-coach-tom-izzo-tested-positive-for-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/michigan-state-coach-tom-izzo-tested-positive-for-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan State coach Tom Izzo tested positive for COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan State announced that coach Tom Izzo has tested positive for COVID-19.<br \/>\nThe Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame member wrote a letter after learning he contracted the virus:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This morning I tested positive for COVID-19. Although I have some minor symptoms, I remain in good health. I&#8217;ve been extremely diligent for many months now, wearing my mask in public and around the office, while adhering to social distancing guidelines. I&#8217;ve been racking my brain, trying to figure out if there was a time where I let my guard down for just an instance. And while I haven&#8217;t identified any area of exposure, what I have determined is that this shows the power of the virus. You&#8217;d be hard pressed to find a coach who&#8217;s taken more precautions than I have, following all the protocols put in place by our medical team, and yet I still contracted the virus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Technology will allow me to stay connected with my staff and our players, and I&#8217;ll have plenty of time to watch film. I&#8217;ll listen to our outstanding medical staff, and follow their directions and take all the steps necessary to return as soon as possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I appreciate the support from my family, my team and the Michigan State fan base, but if I could ask for one favor, I&#8217;d urge everyone to continue to listen to the medical experts and follow their advice. I&#8217;m proof that no one is immune, but I still believe that there are steps everyone can take to reduce their chances of contracting the virus&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Update from Michigan State Men&#39;s Basketball &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vf7eA8PXwC\">https:\/\/t.co\/Vf7eA8PXwC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JzEoQsdh0L\">pic.twitter.com\/JzEoQsdh0L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michigan State Basketball (@MSU_Basketball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MSU_Basketball\/status\/1325895659652870144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Spartans&#8217; coach: You&#8217;d be hard pressed to find a coach who&#8217;s taken more precautions than I have, following all the protocols put in place by our medical team, and yet I still contracted the virus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[401],"tags":[12744,14034,15227],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-182526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ncaa","tag-covid-19","tag-michigan-state-en","tag-tom-izzo-en"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182526\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182526"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=182526"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=182526"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=182526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}