ON AS A TICKETED EVENT EVEN
THOUGH IT CONFLICTS WITH THE
CURFEW.
YESTERDAY A FEDERAL JUDGE RULED
THE CURFEW DOES NOT VIOLATE THE
CONSTITUTION.
>>> NOW 2020 WHAT A YEAR TO
REMEMBER.
WE CONTINUE A LOOK BACK ON THE
YEAR THAT WAS.
>> SOUTH FLORIDA SPORTS TEAMS
FOUND WELCOME SUCCESS.
WE HAD TO SAY GOODBYE TO FANS
AND SADLY SOME SPORTS HEROES.
HE IS JIM BERRY WITH A LOOK
BACK AT THE LAST 365 DAYS.
>> Reporter: KOBE BRYANT'S
TRAGIC DEATH IN JANUARY 2020S
TO THE SPORTS WORLD REELING.
A WEEK BEFORE THE SUPER BOWL.
THAT PROVED TO BE THE START OF
MAYBE THE MOST UNPREDICTABLE
SPORTS YEAR WE HAVE SEEN
ESPECIALLY RIGHT HERE IN SOUTH
FLORIDA.
IN FEBRUARY MIAMI HOSTED THE
SUPER BOWL FOR A RECORD 11th
TIME.
THE SPECTACLE LIT UP THE SOUTH
AND SHAKIRA PUT ON A DAZZLING
HALFTIME SHOW.
THEN SUPER BOWL MVP PATRICK LIT
UP SAN FRANCISCO.
THE QUARTERBACK SPARKED A
KANSAS CITY COME BACK AND LET
THE CHIEFS TO THEIR FIRST SUPER
BOWL TITLE IN 50 YEARS.>> THAT
IS JUST FROM DAY ONE.
COACH PUSHES US TO BE THE BEST
WE CAN BE.
WE NEVER GIVE UP.
>> Reporter: THE BIG GAME WOULD
MARK THE LAST PUBLIC APPEARANCE
OF LEGENDARY COACH DON SHULA.
MIAMI DOLPHIN ICON WOULD PASS
AWAY IN MAY AT THE AGE OF 90.
THE MAN WHO COACHED THE
DOLPHINS THE SUPER BOWL GLORY
IN THE 70s WITH THE ONLY
PERFECT SEASON IN NFL HISTORY
WAS FINALLY EULOGIZED BY FORMER
PLAYERS AND FAMILY.
>> HE WAS OUR DAD OBVIOUSLY.
BUT WE ALWAYS KNEW THAT HE WAS
PART OF A BIGGER FAMILY.
>> Reporter: TO OTHER FAMILY
MEMBERS OF THE 72 TEAM WOULD
ALSO PASS AWAY MONTHS LATER.
>> Reporter: THE MIAMI HEAT
BEGAN THE JIMMY BUTLER ERA BY
HOLDING THEIR OWN UNTIL MARCH.
WHEN THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
HALTED THE NBA SEASON FOR 4
MONTHS.
WHEN PLAY RESUMED IN A COVID
DOUBLE IN ORLANDO THE HEAT
CAUGHT FIRE STORM TO THE
PLAYOFFS.
THE TEAM DEVELOPED A SWAG AND A
SCOWL.
KNOCKING OFF MILWAUKEE AND
BOSTON ON THE WAY TO THE NBA
FINALS.
BEFORE SUCCUMBING TO THE LAKERS
IN SIX GAMES.
THE MARLINS WERE ANOTHER
PLEASANT SURPRISE.
THE TEAM SHOOK OFF AN EARLY
SEASON COVID OUTBREAK TO REACH
THE PLAYOFFS AND BASEBALLS
ABBREVIATED 60 GAME SEASON.
THE FISH SWEPT THE CUBS BEFORE
BEING SWEPT BY THE BRAVES.
EARNED DON MATTINGLY HONORS AS
MANAGER OF THE YEAR.
THE PANTHERS ALSO REACHED THE
PLAYOFFS BUT DID NOT STAY LONG.
AFTER BEING QUICKLY OUSTED BY
THE ISLANDERS THE HOCKEY TEAM
FIRE GENERAL MANAGER DALE
TALLON REPLACED HIM WITH BILL.
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER MADE AN
ENTHUSIASTIC DEBUT IN SOUTH
FLORIDA WITH EXPANSION TEAM
INTO MIAMI.
AFTER USING LOSING HIS FIRST
FIVE GAMES THE TEAM BROKE UP
BROKE THROUGH WITH A VICTORY.
IT MADE HEADLINES WHEN HIS
PLAYERS WALKED UP THE FIELD
BEFORE A MATCH IN AUGUST.
JOINING A SWEEPING PROTEST ALL
ACROSS PROFESSIONAL SPORTS AS
ATHLETES CALLED FOR SOCIAL
CHANGE IN THE WAKE OF ANOTHER
POLICE SHOOTING OF A BLACK MAN.
PROGRESS WAS SEEN IN TWO SOUTH
FLORIDA TEAMS.
THE PANTHERS MADE BRETT
PETERSON THE FIRST BLACK
ASSISTANT GM AND NHL HISTORY.
THE MARLINS HIRED AS BASEBALL'S
FIRST FEMALE GM.
THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC FORCED
THE MIAMI OPEN TO BE CANCELED.
THE ONLY PRO TENNIS WE GOT
LOCALLY WITH THE TOURNAMENT IN
WHICH A HAND BALL HANDFUL OF
LESSER-KNOWN PLAYERS FLOODED
OUT IN SOMEBODY'S BLACK YARD.
IT FORCED THE MIAMI DOLPHINS TO
ADAPT THE NFL'S FIRST VIRTUAL
DRAFT.>> THE DOLPHINS TOOK --
WITH THE FIRST OVERALL PICK.
PINNING HOPES ON HIM AS THEIR
QUARTERBACK OF THE FUTURE.
AFTER A 3-3 START WITH RYAN
FITZPATRICK THE TEAM MADE IT
STARTED IN WEEK SEVEN.
THE ROOKIES HAD HIS MOMENTS.
A MUCH IMPROVED DOLPHIN DEFENSE
PUT IT IN THE HUNT FOR A
PLAYOFF SPOT.
THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
FOOTBALL TEAM WEATHERED HIS OWN
COVID OUTBREAK.
IT WAS RIDING HIGH UNTIL AN
UGLY LATE-SEASON LOSS TO NORTH
CAROLINA KNOCKED THE CANES OUT
OF THE TOP 10 AND WANT THEIR
CHANCES TO PLAY IN A MAJOR BOWL
GAME ON NEW YEAR'S DAY.
>>> LAST NIGHT THE CANES COSTLY
LOSS IN THE CHEESE IT BOAT WITH
A KNEE INJURY TO THE START PUT
IT BACK.