Page 21 - Sports Illustrated for Kids Magazine (December 2019)

Behold the magic year when droughts did end and curses broke.
CLOCKWISE FROM BOTTOM LEFT: GREG NELSON; AL TIELEMANS; RONALD MARTINEZ/GETTY IMAGES: MICHAEL REGAN/GETTY IMAGES; BECK DIEFENBACH/AFP/GETTY IMAGES; DAVID E. KLUTHO; ROBERT BECK; JOHN W. MCDONOUGH
It started in March, when ’Nova’s Jenkins refused to choke.

Fans in Leicester must’ve sacrificed to the soccer gods:

Their Foxes won the league despite 5,000-to-1 odds.

The Warriors thought they had the Finals well in the bag,

Before LeBron James’ unreal play proved to be quite the snag.

After a century, the Cubs finished on a high note,

Finally sticking it to that old accursed billy goat.

Durant joining Golden State proved predictably unfair,

Then Melo and Paul George joined the Thunder—a short-lived pair.

The NHL celebrated a century of puck,

As the Penguins proved last year’s Cup was not a stroke of luck.

Brady missed four regular-season games for Deflategate,

Then led a Super Bowl comeback, 34–28.

The Astros and Dodgers set records for World Series bombs,

But in the end the ’Stros, like their fan base, were Houston Strong.

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