Best Sports Leagues of 2020
February 2, 2021
The National Basketball Association (NBA) was the most popular sports league of last year for Morton East students.
In a random survey of 100 Morton East students 49 of them said the NBA was their favorite sports league of last year, however it actually dropped ratings nationally. “The National Basketball Association finals, which concluded Sunday with the Los Angeles Lakers’ victory over the Miami Heat, averaged 7.5 million viewers on Walt Disney Co.’s ABC over the six games, a 51% decline from the same event last year” According to Bloomberg writer Christopher Palmeri. Some are contributing this to the pandemic and the changes the league had to make.
“Watching the Lakers win the finals after Kobe Bryant’s passing this year and watching LeBron preform so well was both amazing and heartwarming” said junior Oscar Segovia.
Many agreed with Oscar however some people watched and took interest in the league for different reasons.
Senior Bianca McQueen said “The players being able to wear inspiring messages on their jersey was a great idea to me, and made me interested in a sport I never really took interest in”.
As you can see there were multiple reasons why people liked the NBA in 2020, but it wasn’t the only loved sports league.
The NBA had one of the most interesting seasons ever, but if I had to pick a league it would be the NFL, I mean seeing Brady in another jersey was enough to say the NFL was the most interesting league of 2020” said Senior Josh Esquivel
Another league that spiked some interest with Morton students was the MLB.
Lakers winning the finals was a great sight, however nothing topped the Dodgers winning the World Series” said Senior Alex Orozco.
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Rodrigo Reynaga • Mar 25, 2021 at 7:48 am
Frankfother 0: I like all the different views that were collected. It’s great to get multiple points of view. However, this article breaks away from format a little, so one thing I would change is any occurrences where it deviates off the format.
Melody Vivas • Feb 9, 2021 at 2:11 pm
[BELMARES] I didn’t really watch the NBA but when I heard of Kobe Bryant’s death I felt sad because he left behind his family. Crazy to think this was a year ago. After the incident My friend introduced me to more teams and I’m starting to gain interest.
Anahi Fausto, Ms. Belmares • Feb 9, 2021 at 1:21 pm
Belmares- I want to start out by saying I really enjoyed reading this article. I personally don’t have any sports that I play but I am very active by working out and etc. Continuing, this article brought more attention to me because of Kobe Bryant and what the sports team did with the T-shirts.
Jose Delgado • Feb 9, 2021 at 1:03 pm
In my own opinion it’s a 50/50 for NBA and the NFL, there’s two goats on both sports, LeBron and Brady who are both amazing to watch. And seeing Brady still playing like he’s 23 at the age of 43 is unbelievable, and seeing LeBron still making it to the top of the NBA leader boards is amazing to see because there will be nothing like this years to come.
Oscar Barrios BELMARES • Feb 9, 2021 at 12:58 pm
BELMARES, What I liked about this article on sports especially about the NBA finals topic is how the reporters got students involved through surveys and interviews on how they feel about that certain topic.
Angel De La Cruz (BELMARES) • Feb 9, 2021 at 12:53 pm
BELMARES: Overall, this does make sense in terms of the NBA dropping their ratings. I have been watching a lot of sports analyst shows (.i.e. First Take and Undisputed) and these analysts have stated that the new bubble method for the NBA has people thinking that this league will not be as competitive due to their not being any fans (no fans=no added pressure). In addition, there was many disappointments in the NBA in terms of the Clippers meltdown and the finals matchup which includes a mismatch due to the injuries the Miami Heat were experiencing. Overall, the best sport this year was the NFL. With the base of it being a violent sport it included many interesting stories in the playoffs with many controversies. This includes Brady, Mahomes, Allen, and Rodgers all in the championship game. Also a controversial decision by Matt LaFleur by not going on it on 4th down in the NFC championship game and also Mahomes getting blown out in the Super Bowl. According to analysts this year establishes that the Patriot dynasty was more Brady than Belichick which is why I think the NFL was the best league this year.
kiara torres BELMARES • Feb 9, 2021 at 9:21 am
BELMARES- The NBA was such an interested topic in 2020 because of Kobe 🙁 his loss meant a lot to so many people and it was very tragic. To me personally, I like the NFL better. Brady definitely carried the team in the super bowl this year. He’s an amazing player !!
Brandon Flores (Belmares) • Feb 9, 2021 at 9:13 am
BELMARES, I can agree on this that watching the NBA finals and seeing the Lakers win the championship after Kobe Bryant’s death was amazing. and to Also see Tom Brady play with another team and win the Super bowl was amazing.
Karla Padilla- Belmares • Feb 9, 2021 at 8:39 am
Senior Bianca McQueen said “The players being able to wear inspiring messages on their jersey was a great idea to me, and made me interested in a sport I never really took interest in.” I could relate to this quote because I’m not really big on watching sports but reading this article is making me interested in watching them.
natasha alvarez (belmares) • Feb 9, 2021 at 8:30 am
I liked how it also included other leagues as well as the most voted league. The reasons were valid to the different opinions each student had.
Anasofia Martinez (BELMARES) • Feb 9, 2021 at 8:22 am
I indeed do watch the NBA more then any other sport i find it more intresting then most sports. I agree that it was heartwarming how LeBron played so well that night, and the inspiring messages on there jerseys. I liked how the reporter talked about more a few more things about the MBL, and the NFL.
Belmares, Iker Pina • Feb 9, 2021 at 8:09 am
This is Great, I’m into sports a lot as well, I just play soccer and baseball but I also like watching other sports, This is what made this article interesting.