All championships are hard-earned, but perhaps none more so than those won in a year 2020 that was full of tumult. Before the pandemic set in and shut down the sports world, the Kansas City Chiefs won Super Bowl LIV as Patrick Mahomes announced himself as the game's biggest star. The Los Angeles Dodgers ended their 32-year World Series drought, and the Tampa Bay Lightning hoisted the Stanley Cup for the second time in franchise history.
The 2020 nominees for Sports Illustrated's Team of the Year Award
- Milwaukee Bucks
- Kansas City Chiefs
- Los Angeles Dodgers
- Tampa Bay Lightning
Milwaukee Bucks
For the second year in a row, the NBA's best regular-season team was the Bucks.