Sports in the New York area were not back to normal in 2021 – but things were a lot more normal than in 2020.
Progress!
One thing that did not change was our lack of an NFL, MLB, NBA or NHL champion. That dry spell reached a full decade – the longest such stretch in more than a century.
So, go ahead and raise a toast to MLS Cup champion NYCFC, and hope for bigger things to come in 2022.
In the meantime, here is our annual list of top local sports stories on Long Island and beyond in the year that was: