The Spring semester of the 2019-2020 school year was on that I will never forget. From#BradyWatch to a global freaking pandemic, it has been a wild ride on twitter.
The best word to describe the semester is moments. Big, impactful moments in sports drew the attention of the world. Here is the story of Spring 2020.
In the first big moment of the semester the Boston Red Sox traded Mookie Betts to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The former MVP and World Series Champion was dealt heading into the final year of his contract. Little did we know it would be the least surprising news we’d cover.
The next moment that drew the attention of not only the sports world but the world itself was the death of Kobe Bryant. Bryant died in a helicopter crash alongside 8 other people including his daughter Gianna. In response to the news the class went out and interviewed the UMass community.
Next came #BradyWatch. That hashtag alone covered my tweets for about a month so I won’t bore you with the details but here was the big news.
This is possibly the biggest sports transaction of my lifetime. Tom Brady was the Patriots quarterback from my ages 1-20, this was the tweet after I realized things would be changing.
In the midst of #BradyWatch this thing called the “coronavirus” started to pick up steam. All of these sports leagues were getting canceled because of the spread of the virus, which was eventually labeled a pandemic. This was the tweet where we all started to think “this thing is real.”
Then UMass transitioned to online classes only so we all packed up and moved back home. The world kind of stood still throughout the first few weeks. Personally I had my biggest tweet through this time period.
Other than the personal high score in terms of engagement nothing big really happened until . . .
Another blockbuster move in Boston sports.
Now, at the end of the semester we can all look back and realize just how wild a ride it has been. Not only did sports change but the entire world has changed, and at this point we have no idea when or if it will return to normal.
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