Photographers capture a COVID struck sports world in 2020
The faces of sports in 2020, new and old, were familiar. But the images that most defined this year, on and off the fields, diamonds, courts and courses all over the world, definitely were not.
The faces of sports in 2020, new and old, were familiar. But the images that most defined this year, on and off the fields, diamonds, courts and courses all over the world, definitely were not. (Photo | AP)
Naomi Osaka, of Japan, hits balls into the stands after defeating Anett Kontaveit, of Estonia, during the fourth round of the US Open tennis championships in New York on September 7, 2020. (Photo | AP)
Men play baseball wearing masks as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus in Las Playas neighborhood, in eastern Havana, Cuba, on May 27, 2020. (Photo | AP)
Smoke from wildfires obscures the sky over Oracle Park in San Francisco as the Seattle Mariners take batting practice before their baseball game against the San Francisco Giants on September 9, 2020. (Photo | AP)
Los Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard lands on top of fans while chasing a loose ball during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Orlando Magic on January 15, 2020, in Los Angeles. (Photo | AP)
Kai Lenny from Hawaii goes airborne exiting a wave during the Nazare Tow Surfing Challenge at Praia do Norte or North Beach in Nazare, Portugal, on February 11, 2020. (Photo | AP)
Milena Jami whips her llama to get first place in the llama races age 7-8 years in Llanganates national park, Ecuador, on February 8, 2020. Wooly llamas, an animal emblematic of the Andean mountains in South America, become the star for a day each year, when Ecuadoreans gather in Los Llanganates for the races. (Photo | AP)
Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant attempts to save the ball in front of Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker, Kelly Oubre Jr. and Ricky Rubio during an NBA basketball game in Phoenix on January 5, 2020. (Photo | AP)
Spectators are reflected on a glass panel as Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka makes a backhand return to Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia and Herzegovina during their first round singles match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, on January 21, 2020. (Photo | AP)
Trainer Bob Baffert is knocked to ground as jockey John Velazquez tries to control his horse Authentic in the winner's circle after winning the 146th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., on September 5, 2020. (Photo | AP)
Switzerland's Roger Federer and Serbia's Novak Djokovic play their semifinal match on Rod Laver Arena as the sun sets at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, on January 30, 2020. (Photo | AP)
The body of Paulo Gonçalves of Portugal is covered with a blanket after a deadly fall during stage seven of the Dakar Rally between Riyadh and Wadi Al Dawasir, Saudi Arabia, on January 12, 2020. Gonçalves, 40, died after an accident with his Hero motorbike. (Photo | AP)
A team member of driver Camelia Liparoti, of Italy, and co-driver Annett Fischer, of Germany, does the laundry after stage eight of the Dakar Rally in Wadi Al Dawasir, Saudi Arabia, on January 13, 2020. (Photo | AP)
Kansas City Chiefs' quarterback Patrick Mahomes celebrates his touchdown pass to Damien Williams in the the second half of the NFL Super Bowl 54 football game on February 2, 2020, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (Photo | AP)
An athlete warms up for the Nordic Combined World Cup Men's Individual Gundersen NH/5km competition in Seefeld, Austria, on January 31, 2020. (Photo | AP)
Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Miles Boykin misses the catch on a two-point conversion against Tennessee Titans free safety Kevin Byard during the second half of an NFL divisional playoff football game in Baltimore on January 11, 2020. (Photo | AP)
