Aggressive coronavirus testing made the restart of professional sports possible, but the financial pain of empty arenas lingers and plans for next year are up in the air.
2020: Year in Sports
COVID-19 gave us one of the strangest sports years ever, with empty stadiums, sequestered athletes and canceled events. The Tokyo Olympics and March Madness were scrapped, but sports worked hard to provide competition and crown some great champions. In Los Angeles, it was a year of emotion as the tragic death of Kobe Bryant was followed by titles for the Lakers and Dodgers. And Kim Ng and Sarah Fuller broke barriers some thought would never be touched.
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Kobe Bryant, one of the greatest basketball players of all time — a beloved, at times frustrating star who mesmerized Los Angeles for his 20 legendary years as a Laker — was killed in the wreckage at 41....
Kim Ng started her Major League Baseball career as an intern, and three decades later she’s still on the rise while shattering ceilings. Ng became the majors’ highest-ranking woman in baseball operations...
The magic of Patrick Mahomes proved too much for the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV.
Vanderbilt University's Sarah Fuller made college football history Saturday when she became the first woman to play in the Power 5 Conference with a kickoff against the University of Missouri. Fuller the...
It was the first day of the new league year when the Bucs called Tom Brady. Tampa Bay general manager Jason Licht was a scout with New England in 2000 and was in the draft room that year when the Patriots...
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With a successful NWSL Challenge Cup completed and a promising start to the WNBA season, women’s professional sports are looking to make gains during …
After the most unusual of seasons the Los Angeles Dodgers have won the World Series for the first time since 1988, defeating the Tampa Bay Rays, 3–1, …
Best team. Best season. Best player. And for this season, perhaps even the best coach. Of all time. Start the debate because it is a worthy one after No. 1 LSU's 42-25 dismantling of No. 3 Clemson in 2020...