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January 8, 2024: Jim Harbaugh leads his alma mater, Michigan, to a college football championship. Just weeks later, Harbaugh was named the head coach of the NFL’s Los Angeles Chargers on January 24, 2024.
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January 10, 2024: Nick Saban retires as head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide football team after 17 seasons and six championships. Saban spoke at the at the dedication ceremony of Saban Field at Bryant-Denny Stadium at the University of Alabama on Sept. 7, 2024.
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February 11, 2024: Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs celebrates the team’s Super Bowl victory over the San Francisco 49ers in overtime. The win marked back-to-back Super Bowl victories for the Chiefs.
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March 15, 2024: Los Angeles Rams defensive lineman Aaron Donald, age 33, retires from the NFL after 10 seasons.
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April 6, 2024: North Carolina State men’s basketball wins nine game in a row to make a shocking run to the Final Four.
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April 7, 2024: South Carolina women’s basketball beats Iowa and Caitlin Clark to cap an undefeated season and win a national championship — all while shattering TV records along the way as it became the most-watched women’s basketball game ever. The Gamecocks and Hawkeyes’ showdown averaged about 18.7 million viewers, peaking at 24 million combined on ESPN and ABC.
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April 8, 2024: UConn men’s basketball cruises to its second straight national championship.
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April 25, 2024: Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels and Drake Maye are drafted 1-2-3 in the NFL draft, which becomes the first since 1983 to feature six quarterbacks in the first round.
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May 11, 2024: Paul Skenes of the Pittsburgh Pirates throws 17 pitches with a velocity of more than 100 mph in his MLB debut.
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May 17, 2024: Scottie Scheffler is arrested the morning of the PGA Championship. Spectator Cole Turner of New York wore a T-shirt that had the No.1-ranked golfer’s mug shot at the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Course in Louisville, Kentucky on May 17, 2024. Scheffler was arrested on charges of second-degree assault, third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving and disregarding signals from an officer directing traffic, according to jail records and his arrest citation. Scheffler made it to his tee time, and the charges were later dropped.
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Jun 17, 2024: The Boston Celtics win a record 18th NBA championship. Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum celebrates with the Larry O’Brien Trophy after beating the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5 of the Finals.
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Jun 24, 2024: The Florida Panthers win their first NHL championship. Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad hoists the Stanley Cup after defeating Edmonton Oilers in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final.
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July 14, 2024: Spain wins a record-breaking fourth European championship, defeating England in the men’s soccer Euro final, 2-1. Spain’s Dani Olmo, Fermin Lopez and Marc Cucurella celebrate with the trophy.
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July 14, 2024: Carlos Alcaraz beats Novak Djokovic to repeat as Wimbledon champ.
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August 2024: Simone Biles wins team, the vault and all-around gold medals at the Paris Olympics.
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August 2024: Breakdancing makes its first (and probably last) appearance as an Olympic sport in Paris. Raygun, pictured here, represents for Australia in the breaking B-Girls round-robin competition at La Concorde on Aug. 9, 2024.
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August 9, 2024: U.S. track star Noah Lyles competes in the men’s 200m (and wins bronze) with COVID-19 at the 2024 Paris Summer Games.
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August 10, 2024: The U.S. women’s soccer team defeats Brazil to win Olympic gold in its first major tournament under new coach Emma Hayes. Pictured here Team USA forward Mallory Swanson (9) celebrates her goal against Brazil with teammates during the second half in the women’s soccer gold medal match.
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October 20, 2024: The New York Liberty beat the Minnesota Lynx in a thrilling WNBA finals, where four of the five games either went to overtime or were decided by a single basket. Jonquel Jones #35 and Breanna Stewart #30 of the Liberty embrace to celebrate the win over the Lynx after Game 5 at Barclays Center in New York. The Liberty defeated the Lynx 67-62 in overtime to win the championship.
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October 22, 2024: LeBron James and his son, Bronny, share the court as teammates on the Los Angeles Lakers. They are the first father-son duo to play together in the NBA.
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October 31, 2024: Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani becomes the first MLB player to record 50 HRs and 50 stolen bases, while leading the Dodgers to a World Series title. Ohtani (17) celebrates the World Series victory in the locker room at Yankee Stadium.
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November 15, 2024: Jake Paul and Mike Tyson fight during LIVE On Netflix: Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The highly anticipated fight in front of more than 70,000 spectators saw the 27-year-old outlast the 58-year-old boxing legend.
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December 12, 2024: Bill Belichick is hired as the head football coach at North Carolina, making a surprising move to college football less than a year after his historic run as New England Patriots head coach came to an end.
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December 12, 2024: Juan Soto joins the New York Mets on a 15-year, $765-million contract — the most lucrative in sports history. Soto puts on a Mets cap during his introductory press conference at Citi Field.
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