25 nostalgic things you remember from a specific year or decade!

[retrorussell]

2015 revisited:
1. The phrase "Netflix and Chill" gains popularity.
2. After starting SF Wesley Matthews went down with an injury my Blazers signed Arron Afflalo for Will Barton-- who fans loved-- and a future 1st round pick.  Afflalo does next to nothing as a Blazer and we go down with a whimper to the Memphis Grizzlies in the first round of the playoffs.
3. Shia Lebouf begins to show off his instability with this ranting "inspirational" video:

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4. The NFL debuts a "Color Rush" alternate uniform, which I hate.  My Bills wear predominately red tops and pants, and look like a cherry Slurpee.  Bleargh.
5. I was sad that my Blazers traded away SF Nicolas Batum-- he wasn't a great player but a good guy off the bench and showed flashes of his potential and played great defense.  He also seemed like one of the nicest guys to ever put on a Portland uniform.
Perhaps more later; it's tough to find a whole 'nother 25 for each year remaining.  That's it for now.

[RCMerchant]

I don't think I've tried this yet- but what the heck.

1971

1. Monster magazines. Castle of Frankenstein, Famous Monsters, Creepy, and anything else I could get my grubby hands on.
2. Late night horror movies. My favorite was Double Creature feature out of Indiana UHF ch.28 . I saw All the classic Universal monsters, as well as stinkers like BEAST OF MORROCCO (1966) and FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE SPACE MONSTER (1965).
3. Those bubble gum card stickers with the monsters driving hot rods.
4. Building the Aurora monster models.
5. Riding my bike down dirt roads in the summer.
6. Newsstands. They had monster mags, comic books, Mad, True West , paperbacks about UFO's...sigh.
7. Fishing with my buddy Nick down on the river.
8. Walking all day with my brother Richie exploring the huge woods in back of our house.
9. My dog Inky.
10. My GI Joes. I put those guys threw hell. Throwing them from the tops of trees, bombing them with rocks, stuff like that.
11. Gramma Bonarski's stuffed cabbage and chopped meat and saurkraut pierogi's. She was my step- gramma. She was Polish.
12. Eating from the orchards that surrounded our house. Across the road was a blueberry field. Up the road was cherries and apples. In our yard was a wild pear tree.
13. Watching Soul Train with my Dad.
14. Playing in the old barn and sheds in our huge yard.
15. Swimming at 3 Mile Lake.
16. Climbing the tallest trees I could find.
17. Playing marbles at school
18. Really hearing good heavy rock music for the first time. I had an old wooden AM radio my Dad got from one of the old house's the bank repossesed. Led Zep, the Stones, Alice Cooper, etc...
19. My transistor radio with the ear cord. I could listen to a station that played the old radio shows from the 1940's at night in bed.
20. Playing kick the can at night with my friends in the summer by the lake.
21. Listening to katydids at night lying in bed.
22. Watching Bugs Bunny, Star Trek, and the Untouchables after school.
23. Exploring the old junkyard in the woods. Old rusted 1930's cars, old bottles, lotsa cool junk. My buddy Nick found an old Nazi helmut!
24. Sgt. Fury, Where Monsters Dwell, Capt. America, the Hulk, Sgt. Rock, the Sub-Mariner ...comic books for  15 cents.
25. A pretty girl named Judy I had a crush on in school.
Whew!

My dog Inky with a big bone in back of our farmhouse.

[retrorussell]

^Good stuff RC!

Back to 2015 re-visited:
6. I remember hearing the song COOL FOR THE SUMMER by Demi Lavato-- only because she was coming to the Moda Center where the Trailblazers play.  I would hear her ads on the Blazers streaming radio games.
7. The 2015 NBA Draft is held on my birthday!  Karl-Anthony Townes is the #1 pick.  Other big names: De'Angelo Russell (#2), Kristaps Porzingis (#4), Willie Cauley-Stein (#6), Myles Turner (#11), Devin Booker (#13), Kelly Oubre Jr. (#15), and Norm Powell (#46).  My Blazers traded their pick Rondae Hollis-Jefferson for Mason Plumlee, who was a serviceable big.
8. DEFLATEGATE!  New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady apparently orders the deflating of the footballs used in the 2014 AFL Championship game played on January 18, 2015 against the Colts.  He will eventually be suspended for 4 games in the 2016 season.
9. Part of the Men's NCAA Basketball Tournament is held in Portland!  North Florida and UC-Irvine reach their first Tournaments in school history.  Duke wins the whole shebang for approximately the hundred billionth time.
10. Jason Day sets a then-PGA Championship record finishing at 20 under par (!) for his title win.
11. New character PC Principal is introduced in SOUTH PARK.

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12. Bruce Jenner comes out as trans under the name Caitlyn Jenner.
13. Jenner is involved in a car crash in Malibu that kills a woman pushed into traffic by Jenner's SUV.
14. ESPN airs the first NFL playoff game on cable (Panthers/Cardinals).
15. College basketball analyst and former Trailblazer Greg Anthony is arrested on charges of soliciting prostitution, and suspended by CBS Sports and Turner Sports.  Way to go, dude!
16. I remember VH1 running a big ol' Saturday Night Live marathon of nearly the whole series and NBC runs a 3-hour special, to commemorate SNL's 40th anniversary.
17. NFL legend Warren Sapp is arrested on charges of soliciting prostitution and assault.  Dum-dum-dum..
18. Celebrity Bill Cosby is accused by several women of sexual assault/rape since as early as the 1960s.
19. Bob Barker returns to The Price Is Right for part of one episode on April Fools' Day.
20. Pete Rose finally gets to be involved with sports again, over 25 years after his banning for gambling on baseball, as he guests as an analyst on Fox Sports.
21. Fuller House debuts.  It is a follow up to the 80s sitcom FULL HOUSE and features many characters from the original show.
22. Riots in Baltimore follow the death of Freddie Gray, who died while in police custody.  Two Orioles games are played in an empty stadium.
23. The great game show cable channel BUZZR debuts.
24. Controversy over the display of the American Confederate flag arises after a shooting of 9 blacks in a Charleston church.  TV Land pulls episodes of The Dukes Of Hazzard (which sports the Confederate flag likeness on the car "The General Lee").
25. Subway and Jared Fogle agree to part ways.  He pleads guilty to possession of child porn and sex with a minor.  Yuck....

[RCMerchant]

1968-69

1. Seeing the YELLOW SUBMARINE at the thearter when I was in the Catholic orphanage in NY.
Our 'Scout master' guy was some cool born again hippy guy with an afro. We took a short cut threw the woods along the railroad tracks to get the the theater. On the way back we ran into a forest fire! That hippy guy lead us out safe and called the fire department. Cool guy!

2. Sister Nina at the same orphanage. She used to wake me up at night from my bed in the dorm, and take me to her room so we could watch Night Gallery, with Rod Serling.

3. Watching Chiller on late night TV when my Ma was at Woodstock. We watched TWO ON A GUILLITINE (1965), which leads me to this...

4.Eating old Aunt Meme's fried chicken when she baby-sitted us. She was a black woman who made the best dam food, used to sing and dance with us, and let us stay up late to watch monster movies! She brought over her old boy freind, who was as drunk as I ever seen anyone, with big ass boogers drooling from his nose. And when he snored it bubbled! Us kids were fascinated. We lived in Marlboro, NY.

More later!

[RCMerchant]

5. My Dad beating the f**k out of my Ma when he came home drunk. I spent many a night hiding under the bed with my brothers crying, and waking up in the morning seeing my Ma with black eyes and holes in the wall. Not very nostalgic.

6. My Ma's addiction to the Little Rascals and Shirley Temple.

7.Seeing 2001: A SPACE ODDESSY at a drive in.

8. Hearing about Martin Luther King gettin shot on a car radio with my Ma screaming "WTF is wrong with this world?!?"

[retrorussell]

2016 re-visited:
1. Kermit and Palpatine Kermit is a popular meme, debuting this year:

2. Quarterbacks Jared Goff and Carson Wentz go 1 and 2 in the NFL Draft.  Ezekiel Elliot goes #4.  Derrick Henry goes #45 and Dak Prescott goes #135 (I saw nothing in him watching college football that would make me think he'd be an NFL star).  New England forfeits their 1st round pick (and next year's 4th) as punishment for Deflategate.  My Bills' long-term long snapper Reid Ferguson is undrafted.
3. The USA Basketball team wipes the floor with Serbia 96-66 to win gold in the Summer Olympics.
4. The Villanova Wildcats win their 2nd NCAA Basketball title in school history, 31 years after their first.
5. American Idol ends temporarily.  It will switch networks to ABC from FOX 2 years later.
6. Former MLB pitcher Curt Schilling is fired by ESPN over controversial statements directed at transgender people.
7. Prince dies.  

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8. The CSI television franchise ends temporarily with CSI: CYBER.  It will return in 2021 with CSI: VEGAS.
9. Reporter Emily Austen is fired by ESPN after she makes insensitive comments about ethnic groups on a podcast.
10. VHS recorders are discontinued.
11. Long time ESPN NFL studio analyst Tom Jackson (often seated next to Chris Berman) retires.
12. 23 years after his last appearance on The People's Court, Doug Llewellyn returns as host/interviewer.
13. Announcers Vin Scully and Dick Enberg retire.
14. Trump's 2005 hot mic conversation with Billy Bush with the line "grab 'em by the p*ssy" is released.
15. After winning gold in team gymnastics at the Olympics, Laurie Hernandez wins on Dancing With The Stars.
16. 6-time Jeopardy champ Cindy Stowell dies of colon cancer before her taped episodes air.
17. My brother's wife is a nice gal and at the wedding she posed with me choking her.  It was funny (can't find the picture).  My other brother's ex-roommate was the chef at the restaurant where the wedding took place.  I think that's the last time I wore a full suit and tie.
18. Chart-topping singer Lady Gaga wins a Golden Globe for her performance in American Horror Story: Hotel.
19. David Bowie dies of cancer.
20. Leonardo Dicaprio wins his first Oscar for the film THE REVENANT.
21. Muhammad Ali dies after a 32-year battle with Parkinson's Disease.
22. A truck drives into a crowd in Nice, France during Bastille Day, killing over 80.
23. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie split.
24. Fidel Castro dies.
25. George Michael and Carrie Fisher also pass.

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9. Seeing PLANET OF THE APES at the theater with my brother Mike and my Aunt Carol.
10. Watching the BLOB (1958) at a foster home.
11. Crying as my my Ma and Dad left us at an orphange.
12. Walking to a dime store to by Moster Candy and Toy boxes and Boris Karloff Presents comic books by returning pop bottles.
13. Discovering Famous Monsters magazine at a friend's house while in an foster home.
14. Trick or treating in my skeleton mask while living in Wappinger Falls, NY.
15. Having a male babysitter promising me and my brother Mike to show us the Monsters in the attic if we didn't suck his dick. We didn't. We told my Dad about it afterwords. We never saw that creep again.
16. Watching the local teenagers drive their hot rods in the field across the street, again in Wappinger Falls.

More later.

[retrorussell]

2017 re-visited:
1. My Oregon Ducks college basketball team reached their first final four since the championship year of 1938!  It was close late but they needed some missed free throws from the opponent.  And they got them!  But they couldn't get the damn rebound!

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2. The Clemson Tigers win the College Football Playoff National Championship over Alabama 35-31, with this great last second (literally!) TD courtesy of Deshaun Watson and Hunter Renfrow:

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3. In Women's NCAA College Basketball, the South Carolina Gamecocks win their first school title.
4. The meme "You've heard of Elf on a Shelf, now get ready for..." debuts.
5. The "Distracted Boyfriend" meme gains popularity:

6. My Portland Trailblazers get a major steal when they get Jusuf Nurkic from the Denver Nuggets for Mason Plumlee.  Though "Nurk" has injury problems during his time in Portland he is a steady presence with blossoming offense.
7. My Bills got a great steal in the 5th round of the NFL draft in linebacker Matt Milano.  He paid immediate dividends this season, especially in this great rout of the Raiders as he returns a fumble for 6!

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I had a slight inkling this could finally be the year to break the long playoff drought.. and it was!
8. NBA luminaries Paul Pierce, Tayshaun Prince, Metta World Peace, David Lee, and Caron Butler all retire.
9. Severe drought, famine and high food prices wrack Eastern Africa.
10. Syrian refugees continue to flee the country as the civil war rages on.
11. Another refugee crisis involves Syrians pouring into Bangladesh.
12. An impeachment attempt against President Donald Trump held in the House Of Representatives fails.
13. Allegations of sexual abuse against film producer Harvey Weinstein begin to circulate.
14. Former great Blue Jays pitcher Roy Halladay dies in a plane crash.
15. Other sports deaths: Jake LaMotta, Red Miller, Rollie Massimino, YA Tittle, Terry Glenn, Charles Shackleford, Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka, Dan Rooney, Jim Bunning, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, Mike Ilitch, Lou Duva, Dallas Green, Dick MacPherson, Jack McCloskey, John Kundla, Lee May, Ara Parseghian, Darren Daulton, Don Baylor, Jerry Krause, Cortez Kennedy, Connie Hawkins.
More to come..

[retrorussell]

One more 2016:
The look of the Joker is totally re-invented with tin teeth (!) by Jared Leto in SUICIDE SQUAD.

And a 2015:
Dumb, dumb, DUMB play by the Colts vs. the Patriots.  I mean.. what??  Odd formation on 4th down equals turnover on downs.

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16. Jolt Cola returns!  For a couple years, at least.
17. The Nintendo Switch debuts!

18. Several dozen Russian Olympic athletes have their medals stripped or are banned from participating in the next Olympics games on doping charges.
19. Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway accidentally declare LA LA LAND as Best Picture at the Oscars (it was MOONLIGHT).
20. The US formally recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, leading to moving an embassy there.
21. Ugh.. this was a horrid draft for my Blazers.  We had 3 first round picks!  But.. awful GM Neil Olshey packages two of them to move up to #10 and draft Zach Collins.  He is wracked by injuries throughout his career and doesn't quite seem starter material even when he is able to stay on the court. 
22. Wow-- what an impressive fake punt TD!  The Bears score on the Vikings when the punter just holds the snap for a second, then throws to an open man for the TD.

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23. An Isreali actress/former beauty pageant winner-- Gal Gadot-- wins the role of Wonder Woman in the titular film.
24. 2017 Super Bowl commercials:

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25. Colin Kaepernick plays his last season in the NFL as he opts out of his contract with the 49ers and is not signed to another team.

[retrorussell]

2018 re-visited:
1. My Bills' first playoff game in 18 years is a slogfest-- a 10-3 loss to the Jaguars.  Fans were so playoff starved that it just felt good to get to the postseason.
2. One of the better moments in Vikings history-- an NFC playoff game that seemed impossible to win turns out to be a shocker as Stefon Diggs (who now stars for my Bills) slips a Saints defender and darts into the end zone to win it!  They would unfortunately get slaughtered by the Eagles in the NFC Championship but still.. what a finish!

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3. We actually get to see glimpses of Michael Meyers without his mask-- he starts to look his age-- and this scene in the new HALLOWEEN movie where he kills 2 people in a restroom (among others at a gas station) to get his mask back was gloriously brutal.  Saw it with my mom!

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4. Teen Tide Pod eating becomes a big thing.. WTF??
5. Steven Crowder's "Change My Mind" table sign becomes a popular meme.
6. Lebron James is disgusted with JR Smith's lack of focus on the clock at the end of regulation in game 1 of the Finals (understandably).

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7. "Surprised Pikachu" meme gains popularity:

8. AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR gets major recognition for its great CGI work in making Josh Brolin look like Thanos.  As well as major heroes dying off (due to Thanos' time stone, or otherwise).
9. Jon Gruden returns to the Raiders after 17 years!  They're.. not good.
10. Former porn star Stormy Daniels is interviewed by Jimmy Kimmel over her affair with President Trump.
11. Great Super Bowl play that fooled the Patriots-- QB Nick Foles is a wide receiver on 4th down, and scores a touchdown!

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12. Actor Jeffrey Tambor is fired from the show TRANSPARENT over sexual harassment claims by 2 cast members.
13. A new NBA All-Star Team selection process is created: Players are chosen by "Team Lebron" and "Team Stephen (Curry)".
14. THE SHAPE OF WATER wins the Oscar for Best Picture.
15. ROSEANNE returns after 21 years.
More later..

[retrorussell]

One more 2012:
Sesame Street's Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash resigns after allegations of sexual abuse.  The charges will later be dropped.

16. It was sadly the beginning of the end for my formerly successful iteration of the Blue Jays.  Jose Bautista (of the famed home run/bat flip) had his option declined by the team and he was a free agent, several Summer League players tested positive for PEDs, our key closer Roberto Osuna missed much of the season for domestic violence charges and the team sputtered to an 89-loss season.
17. Bill Cosby is found guilty on 3 counts of aggravated indecent assault.  He can face up to 30 years in prison (he serves 3 before his sentence is overturned).
18. With The Simpsons passing Gunsmoke as the longest running primetime US tv show of all time, a sequence with Marshal Matt Dillon is worked into the show.
19. Disgraced former Olympic skater Tonya Harding appears on DANCING WITH THE STARS.
20. Weirdo flick THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS mixes violent murder, profanity and sex with Muppet-like characters (created by son of Jim Henson, Brian Henson):

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21. The return of the ROSEANNE sitcom is cancelled after a racist remark by Roseanne Barr aimed at Obama Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett, and numerous cable networks drop airings of the original series.
22. CNN host Anthony Bourdain commits suicide.
23. THE CONNERS is a spin-off of ROSEANNE, released shortly after the original series reprisal was cancelled.
24. An odd discussion about sex between a couple golf course patrons is accidentally caught on a hot mic during the US Open:

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25. 2018 Super Bowl Commercials:

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[retrorussell]

One more 2017:
My Bills try to give Nathan Peterman a shot at starting quarterback, in a game against the Chargers.  It goes worse than anyone could possibly imagine as Peterman throws five interceptions in THE FIRST HALF.  Yuck..

One more 2018:
My Bills signed former Pro Bowl CB Vontae Davis.  During halftime of an early game in the season vs. the Chargers, Davis flat out quits, saying he is "done".  He officially retires, leaving many teammates very disappointed, hurt and confused.

2019 re-visited:
1. Actor/singer Jussie Smollett stages and records a fake hate crime/political stunt with two crewmates from his show EMPIRE.  A protracted series of hearings and investigations follow, and he eventually is released after paying heavy fines without serving his 150 day jail sentence.
2. DOUBLE DOINK!  My brother's Chicago Bears lose a heartbreaker in a Wild Card game vs. the Philadelphia Eagles.  Kicker Cody Parkey bounces it off the left upright and the cross bar.  We watched this at my folks' house.

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3. The Academy Awards are aired without a host for the first time in 30 years.  Kevin Hart was scheduled to host but the LGBTQ community's negative reaction to previous comments he made prompts him to back out.
4. My Oregon Ducks had a hell of a football season.  I had been partnered up with a serious douchebag assistant at work and his team was the Utah Utes.  We smashed them for the Pac-12 Championship!

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5. GREEN BOOK wins Best Picture at the Oscars.  Rami Malek wins Best Actor for BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, as Freddie Mercury.
6. Weird show THE MASKED SINGER debuts.
7. Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek announces he has stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
8. The documentary SURVIVING R. KELLY opens up new investigations into R. Kelly's history of sexual misconduct with minors and sexual abuse.  He will be sentenced to 31 years over two sentences, and is currently still in prison.
9. Mr. Kelly has an angry, explosive interview with Gayle King:

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10. Episodes of THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW air on MeTV, the first time it's aired since its original run.
11. Kyler Murray is chosen #1 by the Arizona Cardinals in the NFL Draft.
12. Pat Sajak breaks Bob Barker's record for duration hosting a game show.
13. GAME OF THRONES ends its series with the most watched episode of any HBO show ever.
14. New Coke returns for a limited time as a tie-in with the show STRANGER THINGS.
15. A series of earthquakes strike southern California.
16. The US women win the FIFA World Cup Final in soccer 2-0 against the Netherlands, for back-to-back titles.
17. A wildfire in L.A. County forces several TV studios to shut down production or relocate.
18. A series of tornadoes hit the Dallas, TX area.
19. Pat Sajak undergoes surgery for a blocked intestine, leaving Vanna White to solely host WHEEL OF FORTUNE for the first time.  Sajak returns in 2 weeks.
20. NBA Draft: Zion Williamson goes #1 to the Pelicans.  Ja Morant (#2) and Darius Garland (#5) are other notables in a mostly meh draft.  My Blazers pick Nassir Little at #25.
21. One of the more prolific scorers in recent NBA history, Carmelo Anthony, signs with my Blazers!  He wasn't bad but his lack of defense kept him from sticking around longer than a few years.
22. Andrew Luck and Rob Gronkowski retire from the NFL.
23. My Bills notched their franchise's very first perfect preseason!  Woohoo!
24. One of Josh Allen's most impressive plays came during a Thanksgiving contest at Dallas.  He fumbled on a 4th and short play, but would NOT be denied and pushed through the defense to get the first down!  I could not believe this-- I looked away for a sec (watched it at my folks' house) because I thought the play was over when he fumbled.  When I turned back and saw him pumping his fist, I couldn't believe he got it!  The Bills get a big win (Dak Prescott was not very good) and Josh gets to eat his turkey leg, though cornerback Tre'Davious White comes up from behind and snags a bite!

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25. My Blue Jays lost 95 games, but pieces of a competitive bunch were in place, like Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bo Bichette (both sons of former players), Teoscar Hernandez, and Danny Jansen, as well as draft pick Alek Manoah.

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One more 2016:
CRAZY finish to a Seahawks-Cardinals tilt.. both teams have chances to win the slugfest but both kickers blow it!  The game ends in a 6-6 tie.  Al Michaels' exasperation is hilarious.

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And 2017:
THE COGHLAN LEAP!  One of the coolest baseball-related things I'd ever seen: Chris Coghlan of the Blue Jays does an impressive leap OVER the catcher (Yadier Molina) to score!  The Jays go on to win.

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2020 re-visited:
1. Well, Brady wasn't on the Patriots anymore but coach Belichick was still with them, and it sure was sweet to sweep them this year.
2. The pandemic shortens the Major League Baseball season to just 60 games.  My Blue Jays manage to squeak into the postseason and fall in 2 games in a shortened best-of-3 Wild Card series to Tampa Bay.
3. At work they put a Covid screening tent next to the entrance.  It sure was fun having someone get right in your face and ask if you wanted to get screened before you even had a chance to show your ID badge..
4. Great win by the Ducks in the Rose Bowl over Wisconsin.  Justin Herbert in his last college game has a late TD run.  I honestly didn't think he would be very good in the NFL but he seems to have found the right system with the Chargers.

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5. MLB allows for a DH for National League teams, and also now has a rule where a runner is on 2nd base to start extra innings.  I HATE this rule.
6. The NBA season is cut short to 76 games.  Initially the season is to end, but a bio-secure "Bubble" near Orlando is built to host a play-in tournament and the playoffs and the season continues.
7. THE SIMPSONS character Apu is no longer given lines, as he is deemed a racist stereotype.
8. NBA legend Kobe Bryant dies in a helicopter crash with his daughter and 7 other people.
More later..

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And 2017:
THE COGHLAN LEAP!  One of the coolest baseball-related things I'd ever seen: Chris Coghlan of the Blue Jays does an impressive leap OVER the catcher (Yadier Molina) to score!  The Jays go on to win.
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More 2020:
9. Many television series go on hiatus due to not filming during the pandemic.
10. The NFL adopts a new playoff format, with a 7th team from each conference making a postseason appearance.
11. Rioters over the death of George Floyd violate the CNN Center in Atlanta.
12. Fox Sports creates CGI fans superimposed in seats in its Saturday MLB games.  They are met with negative reviews.
13. Musician/actor Stuart D. Baker is fired from the animated series SQUIDBILLIES as the lead character's voice, after derogatory comments about Dolly Parton and Black Lives Matter.
14. Armed black man Jacob Blake is critically shot by police in Kenosha, WI.
More later..

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15. Numerous NBA playoff games are moved to different times in support of protests over the Blake shooting.
16. Sportscasters Kenny Smith and Kirk Herbstreit react over the Blake shooting on-air with Smith walking off the set during NBA On TNT, and Herbstreit crying "We've got to do better, man" on College GameDay.
17. Black woman Brionna Taylor is shot to death in her Louisville home when police return fire at her criminal boyfriend.
18. Several sports players and teams show support for Black Lives Matter or names of police shooting victims on jerseys, helmets, or on sidelines on the field/court.
19. Teen Kyle Rittenhouse shoots 3 youths that attacked him during riots in Kenosha, WI, killing 2.  He is arrested and is charged with homicide/attempted homicide, and is found not guilty the following year.
20. Alex Trebek dies of pancreatic cancer.
21. A large group of protestors (over Black Lives Matter) gather outside the Mark Hatfield Federal Courthouse in downtown Portland OR and set fires on the building's property.  Threats of violence are made against police officers in general (none were on the street at the time).
22. More violence, looting and damage continue in the summer in Portland, with officers on the scene arresting dozens of perpetrators.
23. An occupation protest occurs in the Seattle district of Capitol Hill, with the zone named CHOP (Cap. Hill Occupied Protest) or CHAZ (Cap. Hill Autonomous Zone) and police have a tense confrontation with the protestors.  The protestors are cleared out in early July.
24. The Netflix show CUTIES is taken down after complaints over the oversexualization of the child actors.
25. 10 2020 Super Bowl Commercials:

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