Watch Again: September’s Spectacular Sporting Action

Rounding up all the best bits from a truly stacked month of sports…

To say September was packed with sporting action is one of the biggest understatements of 2020! So let’s jump right in because there’s a lot to get through…

Football 🏈

Hand’s down the most anticipated sporting comeback in September was the return of Football, with both the NFL and college football returning (except Big Ten conference – that will be back in October).

Following months of intense planning and pressure, including back-and-forths between players, teams, owners and medical professionals, the NFL season officially kicked off with last year’s Super Bowl champs Kansas City Chiefs and the Houston Texans. The Chiefs ran out comfortable winners with Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes running the show, throwing three touchdowns, with the final score finishing up 34–20.

The NFL clearly proved once again it remains America’s most favourite sport with 20.63m tuning in to NBC to watch the Texans at the Chiefs. Nearly 15m tuned in just to watch the pre-game action!

Let’s now take a look a small selection of the other many highlights from September. How about this this one-handed catch by Mark Andrew from the laser beam throw from Lamar Jackson…

Speaking of one-handed catches…

Sometimes it comes down to the smallest margins like this TD from Kyle Rudolph…

We also saw the Las Vegas Raiders unveil their new behemoth stadium (following their official move from LA to Vegas earlier in 2020) that’s been dubbed the Death Star, and you can see why…

Not to be outshone by the NFL, here’s the best bits we saw from the world of College Football, and what an epic catch to kick us off…

Why catch it when you can simply run it all the way home?…

We’ll leave you with these two stunning touchdowns…

NHL 🏒

The main focus of August’s roundup was on the return of the NHL , and just like it lit up the sports world in August, it certainly took it up a notch (or two) in September! Unless you’ve been living under a rock then you know by now that Tampa Bay Lightning were crowned Stanley Cup Champions after an inspiring tournament showing.

Here’s the Bolts’ best bits featuring some unforgettable performances from Brayden Point along the way that included 14 goals and 19 assists…

And the moments they became Champs…

And the most important moment for the players after such a lengthy time apart, seeing family again (I’m not crying, you’re crying)…😢

NBA 🏀

The Playoffs and Conference Finals were all completed in a packed month of NBA action with Giannis Antetokounmpo crowned MVP. The ‘Greek Freak’ joined Hakeem Olajuwon (1993–94) and Michael Jordan (1987–88) as the only players to win the MVP and Defensive Player of the Year awards in the same season. 🏆

So about those highlights, I could spam you with a bunch of clutch moments like I did with NHL and NFL above, but why do that when then NBA summed it all up in this video…

The NBA Finals between the winners of the West Conference, Lakers and Miami Heat, East Conference, got started on the 30th September with the Lakers now leading 2–1 (at the time of writing). Don’t worry I’ll be covering that in October’s roundup.

MLB ⚾

Before we get onto some spectacular catches, it’s important to highlight the eerie Oakland skies from the devastating California fires. Credit to the players and staff, it’s a wonder how they managed to keep going with such poor air quality…

What about those stunning catches I mentioned? September was full of ‘em…

Last up, how on Earth did Tony Kemp manage to avoid getting tagged here?…

Bonus Bits ‘Bumper Edition’ 🆒

As always, here’s my bonus bits that are always worth a mention, and there were plenty in September.

Kicking off with Champagne football skills and a golazo in the MLS…

Over to Belgium, where we hope your week is going better than his… 🤣

An English Premier League record was broken in September with Tottenham Hotspur’s Harry Kane assisting Heung-min Son for four goals. Kane of course deservedly got himself on the scoresheet too, bagging a goal on the 82nd minute as Spurs ran our 5–2 winners against Southampton…

Over now to Trinidad at the first Twenty20 tournament to return after lockdown. When you know you hit it so well you don’t even need to look…

This one is pretty much self explanatory, the five best shots of the tournament, boom!…

Last up, a different type of US Open. Here’s two hole-in-ones on the same day on the same hole…

Last up, this is just wonderful…

Looking Ahead

If you enjoyed this roundup be sure to take a look at all the best action from August.

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