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Top New York Sports Stories Of 2020

An empty Madison Square Garden before the start of the Big East Basketball Tournament Thursday March 12, 2020. Credit: Getty Images/Sarah Stier

It was a year in New York sports like no other, and there was one moment that best illustrated it:

On March 12, St. John’s and Creighton began a Big East Tournament men’s basketball quarterfinal at Madison Square Garden . . . and never finished.

With the Red Storm leading, 38-35 at halftime, officials called off the game and the entire event amid a cascade of sports cancellations that began the night before when the Utah Jazz’s Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19.