Sports Illustrated - USA (2020-12)

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APRIL JUNE

IRON BAN

In an effort to

keep people off the

city’s playgrounds,

New York Mayor

Bill de Blasio

ordered the removal

of 2,100 rims from

public courts.

THUNDERSTRUCK

The NBA season screeched to a halt

when Utah’s Rudy Gobert tested

positive for COVID-19, causing

OKC to cancel its March 11 game

against the Jazz just before tipoff.

BULL MARKET

With sports on hiatus, fans

embraced ESPN’s 10-part series on

the end of the Michael Jordan era.

The Last Dance was the network’s

most-watched documentary ever.

BUBBLE?

NO TROUBLE

The first league to

resume play was

the NWSL, which

ran a month-

long, eight- team

tournament,

showing that sports

could thrive

in quarantine.

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