ESPN's Doris Burke reveals positive coronavirus test
ESPN NBA broadcaster Doris Burke, a Curt Gowdy Award recipient by the Basketball Hall of Fame for excellence in her field, said she tested positive for the coronavirus.
Burke made the announcement Friday on an ESPN podcast hosted by NBA reporter Adrian Wojnarowski.
Burke said she started feeling extreme fatigue March 11, the day the NBA was shut down once it was learned Utah center Rudy Gobert tested positive. Burke was assigned the Denver-Dallas game on that date for ESPN and fought through her symptoms to work that night.
She said she had a three-day period of such deep fatigue, and she couldn’t remain out of bed for more than five minutes at a time. She eventually was tested and received the results Wednesday — eight days after being swabbed.
By then, she was feeling better and said on the podcast she was appreciative of the health-care workers who saw her.
“I’m so incredibly thankful to be feeling well,” Burke said.
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