Las Vegas Aces forward Angel McCoughtry drove to the basket against the Seattle Storm’s Breanna Stewart during Sunday’s Game 2 of the WNBA Finals. The Storm went onto sweep the Aces in three games, claiming their second title in three years and fourth in franchise history. (Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)
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Game 5 of the NBA Finals will tip off tonight at 9 p.m. ET in Orlando, with the Los Angeles Lakers holding a 3-1 series lead over the Miami Heat. A win would give the Lakers their 17th NBA championship, tying them with the Boston Celtics for most by an NBA franchise.
Without fans in the bubble, the NBA has partnered with Microsoft Teams to project livestreams of fans from their homes onto courtside screens. “It can be a good thing. It reminds me of ‘Black Mirror,’ ” Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert said of the virtual fans in August, according to USA Today. (Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images)
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Fans at Sunday’s game between the Houston Texans and Minnesota Vikings took selfies with cardboard cutouts at NRG Stadium in Houston. The venue is allowed to admit up to 13,300 fans, which is 20% of its capacity. (Bob Levey/Getty Images)
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A masked senior scans his mobile ticket before entering Sanford Stadium for Saturday’s college football game between Georgia and Auburn in Athens, Ga. Broadcasts during the game showed swaths of fans in the student section not wearing masks. UGA’s protocols require fans to wear masks when entering the stadium but not at their seats. UGA said that 20,524 fans attended Saturday’s game, the max given the venue’s coronavirus capacity restrictions. (Todd Kirkland/Getty Images)
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The first round of the NHL Draft was held Tuesday night at the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, N.J., and televised on NBC Sports Network. Due to the ongoing pandemic, prospects virtually joined the draft from their homes via video conferencing. With the first overall pick, the New York Rangers selected 18-year-old Canadian Alexis Lafreniere. (Mike Stobe/Getty Images)
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Without fans attending MLB games to collect foul balls, a security member patrolled the stands at Minute Maid Park to gather loose baseballs prior to Wednesday's Game 2 of the NLDS between the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves. In MLB’s pandemic-stricken season, fans will return for the first time for the NLCS and World Series at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas. (Elsa/Getty Images)
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Georgia native Mariah Stackhouse watched a shot during Thursday’s first round of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Penn. The 26-year-old Stanford grad is the only Black full-time player on the LPGA Tour.
“I think at the younger level, I can say for sure that [golf’s] becoming more diverse and I can see it through social media and the parents that reach out to me. There are a lot of young Black boys and girls playing right now,” Stackhouse told ESPN in a recent interview.
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