AT THE PUZZLE WE ARE PUTTING
TOGETHER.
VERY UNCOMMON.
WE HAVEN'T HAD A HOMICIDE IN
THIS AREA IN A LONG TIME.
ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS
ASKED TO CALL THE POLICE.
ONE YEAR SINCE THE PANDEMIC
BROUGHT THE SPORTS WILL TO A
GRINDING HALT.
BASEBALL RESUMING WITH NO FANS
IN THE STANDS, AND EVEN A SUPER
BOWL'S LIMITED SPECTATORS.
HOW THE PANDEMIC HAS CHANGED
SPORTS AND HOW WE HAVE ALL HAD
TO ADAPT, RIGHT, MIKE?
Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT.
YOU KNOW MORE SO THAN ANYONE
ELSE COME ON THIS DATE A YEAR
AGO YOU'RE RUSHING BACK HERE TO
THE ARENA AFTER THE NBA
SUSPENDED THEIR SEASON.
YOU LOOK BACK TO THAT YEAR AND
YOU THINK MAN, I'M GOING TO
REMEMBER WHERE I WAS WHEN THAT
ANNOUNCEMENT CAME DOWN.
WE SPENT THE LAST FEW DAYS,
LAST WEEK ASKING PLAYERS AND
COACHES WHAT THEY REMEMBER IN
THOSE MOMENTS.
IF ANYONE'S REACTION COULD SUM
UP MARCH 11th, 2020, WOULD BE
THAT OF DALLAS MAVERICKS OWNER
MARK CUBAN.
THAT WAS A MOMENT HE AND THE
REST OF THE NBA LEARNED THAT
THIS SEASON WOULD BE SUSPENDED.
FOR SOUTH FLORIDA, THAT
REALIZATION WAS ABOUT TO KICK
IN.
WHEN WE GOT BACK TO THE
LOCKER ROOM AND STARTED TO HEAR
AND SEE IT ON THE NEWS, THE
NEXT DAY WE STILL DID NOT
NECESSARILY KNOW HOW LONG IT
WOULD BE.
CERTAINLY NONE OF US THOUGHT IT
WOULD BE THIS LONG.
Reporter: VIDEO FROM INSIDE
THAT NIGHT, THIS IS WHAT IT HAS
LOOKED LIKE SAID.
I SAY TO MYSELF, THIS IS
BIG, THIS IS REALLY BIG.
Reporter: THE NBA WAS THE
FIRST DOMINO TO FALL. OTHER
SPORTS AND SUSPEND SEASONS LESS
THAN 24 HOURS LATER.
THE WHOLE UNIVERSE WAS
EXPERIENCING SOMETHING
UNTHOUGHT OF.
A NET POINT YOU ARE JUST IN
LAMBEAU, YOU THINK MAYBE THIS
WILL BE A COUPLE WEEKS, MAYBE
IT WILL BE -- YOU DON'T KNOW
HOW MUCH TIME.
Reporter: PART OF THE
UNKNOWN WAS ECONOMIC AND MENTAL
STRUGGLES OF DAY-TO-DAY LIFE.
PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING AND
JUST TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET.
TRYING TO KEEP EVERYTHING
TOGETHER, A LOT OF SMALL
BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN SUFFERING
THROUGH THIS TIME.
TRYING TO HAVE THE RIGHT
PERSPECTIVE.
Reporter: SPORTS WITH
IMITATE LIFE DURING THE
SHUTDOWN, PANTHER PLAYERS USED
TOILET PAPER RUSSIANS.
VIRTUAL WORKOUTS IN THE NFL AND
COMPLETELY VIRTUAL FOR THE
DRAFT.
THE MIAMI DOLPHINS.
AN INTERESTING YEAR FOR
EVERYBODY TO REFLECT BACK ON
FAMILY LIFE, REGULAR DAYS AND
IRREGULARITIES PROBABLY LOOK ON
THIS AND SAY NEVER WOULD'VE
GUESSED THAT WAS GOING TO
HAPPEN.
FROM EXPORTS CLIMBED OUT OF
THEIR BUBBLES, FANS HAVE
RETURNED, THERE ARE SNARKS AND
HE CAVES AND HOPE OF FULL
VENUES IS ON THE HORIZON WITH
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS RECEIVING
VACCINES.
TRY TO DO IT AS BEST AS WE
CAN, LOOKING FORWARD TO FANS IN
BIGGER NUMBERS THIS YEAR.
TRY TO LOOK AT THE BRIGHT
SIDE OF THIS PAST YEAR, AS A
LEAGUE, AS INDIVIDUALS, AS
TEAMS, THE SACRIFICES THAT WERE
MADE.
YOU KNOW, EVEN SENDING KIDS TO
SCHOOL.
I THINK IT HAS SHOWN US THAT
EVEN AS CRAZY AS THINGS CAN GET
AND SCARIEST THINGS CAN GET, WE
CAN PUSH THROUGH THEM.
Reporter: NOW, IF YOU THINK
ABOUT THE WAYS LIFE IN SPORTS
OF COLLIDED OVER THE PAST YEAR,
THINK ABOUT BALLPARKS, ARENAS,
STADIUMS.
NOT JUST IN SOUTH FLORIDA, BUT
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, MANY TURNED
INTO TESTING CENTERS, AND LATER
WE WILL SEE THEM TURN INTO
VACCINE CENTER.
FANS ARE GETTING BACK, BUT
THEY GOTTA GET PAST THOSE DOGS
FIRST.
Reporter: A LITTLE HARD TO
HEAR YOU WITH THE PLANE
OVERHEAD, BUT THEY HAVE
SNIFFING DOGS, ONE OF THE FIRST
PLACES IMPLEMENT THAT.
IT'S A WAY WE ARE SEEING FANS
COMES BACK TO THE STADIUM
SLOWLY BUT SURELY.