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Many of us staying home and practicing social distancing following the outbreak of the coronavirus are finding it harder and harder to entertain ourselves without sports to watch.
With all the major leagues and the NCAA either postponing or canceling events altogether, the sports landscape is simply barren outside of watching classic sports games or documentaries at the moment.
Well, ESPN is here to save the day as the network announced on Thursday that it will be bringing back ESPN8: The Ocho this weekend.
Starting Sunday, March 22, ESPN2 will be overtaken by ESPN8: The Ocho for 24 hours. ESPN has done this before, but they typically do it in the month of August when the sports calendar slows to a crawl. Considering we are unfortunately there already, ESPN has decided to throw a bone to sports fans around the world and bring back The Ocho and show some classic ESPN8 coverage.
Among the “sports” that will be available during the ESPN8 takeover include Stupid Robot Fighting League, Jelle’s Marble Runs, Cherry Pit Spitting, Sign Spinning, World Sport Stacking Championships and Death Diving World Championship.
Here is a look at the full slate of coverage for ESPN’s ESPN8: The Ocho 24-hour coverage beginning on Sunday.
A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Michael Wayne Bratton oversees the news coverage for Saturday Down South. Michael previously worked for FOX Sports and NFL.com
