2020 New Mexico Lobos football team, Schedule
New Mexico announced its 2020 football schedule on February 26, 2020. The Lobos' original schedule consisted of six home and seven away games in the regular season. On August 10, 2020, the Mountain West Conference announced the suspension of the football season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In late September, the Mountain West Conference announced that the season would begin on October 24.


2020 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, at Colorado State (No Contest)
The New Mexico at Colorado State game was canceled by the Mountain West, due to COVID-19 restrictions and the game was not rescheduled.


2020 New Mexico Republican presidential primary
The 2020 New Mexico Republican presidential primary took place on June 2, 2020, as one of 7 contests scheduled for that day in the Republican Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election.


2020 New Mexico State Aggies football team
The 2020 New Mexico State Aggies football team represented New Mexico State University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aggies were led by eighth–year head coach Doug Martin and played their home games at Sun Bowl due to COVID-19 restrictions imposed by the state of New Mexico. They competed as an independent.


2020 New Mexico State Aggies football team
On August 13, 2020, New Mexico State suspended all sports competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 New Mexico State Aggies football team, Previous season
The Aggies finished the 2019 season 2–10 and did not qualify for a bowl game.


2020 New Mexico State Aggies football team, Game summaries, New Mexico Highlands (No Contest)
The New Mexico Highlands at New Mexico State game was canceled due to COVID-19 protocols and the game was not rescheduled.


2020 New Mexico State Senate election
The 2020 New Mexico Senate elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. New Mexico voters elected state senators in all 42 of the state senate's districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the New Mexico Senate.


2020 New Mexico State Senate election
A primary election on June 2, 2020 determined which candidates will appear on the November 3 general election ballot.


2020 New Mexico State Senate election, Retiring incumbents
Two incumbent senators (one Republican and one Democrat) chose to not seek reelection.


2020 New Mexico State Senate election, Defeated incumbents, In primary
Seven incumbent senators (five Democrats and two Republicans) sought reelection but were defeated in the June 2 primary. The Democrats defeated in the primary were part of a conservative faction that were targeted by progressive groups for voting with Republicans to defeat certain bills including legalizing marijuana or to pass bills limiting abortion rights. Two of the challengers who unseated the incumbents went on to lose the general election: Pamela Cordova in the 30th and Neomi Martinez-Parra in the 35th.


2020 New Mexico State Senate election, Defeated incumbents, In general election
Two incumbent senators, both Republicans, won their respective primaries but were defeated in the November 3 general election by their Democratic opponent.


2020 New Mexico State Senate election, Detailed results, District 3
Incumbent senator Shannon Pinto was appointed to the seat in May 2019 after the death of Democrat John Pinto (her grandfather).


2020 New Mexico State Senate election, Detailed results, District 6
Incumbent Democrat Roberto Gonzales was appointed to the seat in December 2019 after the death of Democrat Carlos Cisneros.


2020 New Mexico State Senate election, Detailed results, District 16
Incumbent senator and former congressional candidate Antoinette Sedillo Lopez was appointed to the Senate in January 2019 after Democrat Cisco McSorley was named head of the Probation and Parole Division of the New Mexico Corrections Department.


2020 New Mexico State Senate election, Detailed results, District 28
Incumbent Democrat Gabriel Ramos was appointed to his seat in January 2019 after Democrat Howie Morales resigned to become Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico.


2020 New Mexico United season
The 2020 New Mexico United season was the second season for New Mexico United in the USL Championship (USL-C), the second-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. This article covers the period from November 18, 2019, the day after the 2019 USL-C Playoff Final, to the conclusion of the 2020 USL-C Playoff Final, scheduled for November 12–16, 2020.


2020 New Mexico United season
On March 12 the season was suspended for a minimum of 30 days due to concerns for player and fans health during the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 New Mexico United season
On June 4, the league announced a return to play on July 11, 2020 and on July 2 the club announced its updated schedule.


2020 New Mexico United season, Season in Review, Off-season and Pre-season
The club completed its inaugural season by leading the league in attendance while qualifying for the last playoff spot in the western conference, although they fell in the play-in round to the Sacramento Republic. Their run to the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open Cup saw them eliminate two established USL-C clubs and two MLS clubs before falling to eventual runners-up Minnesota United. One week after their elimination from the playoffs in October, the club announced that they would be retaining a majority (thirteen) of the players from the inaugural season roster.


2020 New Mexico United season, Season in Review, Off-season and Pre-season
Fullback Ethen Sampson and midfielders Ken Akamatsu, Tommy Madden, and Toni Soler left the club at the expiration of their contracts after the 2019 season. In November, the club announced that they had signed new contracts with two additional inaugural season players, midfielder Daniel Bruce and defender Manny Padilla. Santi Moar departed the club in December, moving to Four Corners Cup opponent Phoenix Rising FC.


2020 New Mexico United season, Season in Review, Off-season and Pre-season
The club announced their first signing of the off-season, Amando Moreno, on December 5, followed by 2019 USL Cup winner Kalen Ryden on December 17. January saw three additions to the squad in goalkeeper Philipp Beigl, forward Sammy Sergi, and defender David Najem. On January 29, New Mexico United drew USL League One opponent Greenville Triumph SC in the Second Round of the U.S. Open Cup, to be played April 7. The club announced the signing of midfielder Andrew Tinari on February 7, the day before a scheduled preseason friendly against Colorado Springs Switchbacks.


2020 New Mexico United season, Season in Review, Off-season and Pre-season
However, inclement weather in Colorado Springs precluded the team from travelling to Albuquerque, and the match was canceled, replaced by a 60-minute intrasquad scrimmage. On February 12, 2019 top scorer Kevaughn Frater completed a move to Indian Super League club Bengaluru FC on a short-term contract. The next day, French midfielder Joris Ahlinvi became the final preseason addition to the squad, after not signing with FC Cincinnati as 53rd overall pick in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft.


2020 New Mexico United season, Season in Review, Off-season and Pre-season
The club played preseason exhibitions against USL Championship opponents El Paso Locomotive, OKC Energy FC, Phoenix Rising FC, and USL League One Phoenix affiliate FC Tucson, all behind closed doors.


2020 New Mexico United season, Season in Review, Off-season and Pre-season
Also during February, New Mexico state legislators approved a $4.1 million capital outlay to fund feasibility and design studies for a potential soccer-specific stadium in the city of Albuquerque.


2020 New Mexico United season, Season in Review, March
New Mexico United began the 2020 competitive season away at fellow 2019 expansion team Austin Bold FC. New signings Najem, Ryden, Parkes, and Sergi all debuted in the eventual 1–0 loss. Before the next scheduled match against FC Tulsa, on March 12 the season was suspended for 30 days due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. The next day, the U.S. Open Cup announced a temporary suspension of the competition. The club's Second Round entrance against Greenville Triumph was therefore postponed indefinitely. On March 18, the suspension was extended until May 10 to comply with CDC recommendations. As a result, games scheduled against FC Tulsa away on March 14, El Paso Locomotive FC at home on March 21, and Las Vegas Lights FC at home on March 25 were postponed.


2020 New Mexico United season, Season in Review, April
All matches in April were postponed due to the suspension of play. Games scheduled against Colorado Springs Switchbacks away on April 4, LA Galaxy II at home on April 11, Sacramento Republic away on April 18, and Real Monarchs at home on April 25 were postponed. On April 30, the USL again extended the suspension, this time without setting a firm return date.


2020 New Mexico United season, Season in Review, May
All matches in May were postponed due to the suspension of play. Games scheduled against San Antonio FC away on May 9, Rio Grande Valley FC Toros away on May 16, Orange County SC at home on May 23, Portland Timbers 2 away on May 27, and away at Las Vegas Lights FC on May 30 were postponed.


2020 New Mexico United season, Season in Review, June
The first three matches in June were postponed due to the suspension of play, including games scheduled against OKC Energy at home on June 10, Phoenix Rising at home on June 13, and Reno 1868 away on June 20. On June 24, the USL released a revised competition format to play an abbreviated season, aiming to return in July. Teams would be drawn into eight regional groups of four or five teams, with the top two from each group advancing to the 2020 USL playoffs. The following day, the club was placed into Group C with Colorado Springs Switchbacks, El Paso Locomotive, and Real Monarchs.


2020 New Mexico United season, Season in Review, July
On July 2, the revised schedule was finalized to include inter-group matches against OKC Energy, Phoenix Rising, and Rio Grande Valley FC Toros. Before the season restarted, on July 9 New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced that the club would not play games or practice in New Mexico, as part of a wider moratorium on contact sports ordered in response to the coronavirus pandemic. On July 11, New Mexico United resumed play at Colorado Springs Switchbacks in their second competitive match of 2020.


2020 New Mexico United season, Season in Review, July
Chris Wehan and Saalih Muhammad scored to earn a 2–1 win, the latter of which would win the league's online fan poll goal of the week award. Wehan and Devon Sandoval scored in a 2–2 away draw at El Paso Locomotive on July 15, both scoring again in a 2–1 win in a repeat fixture ten days later. Sandoval won the club's second goal of the week in three for United's second in the latter match on July 24, which would end up being the winner. Cody Mizell won the fan-selected save of the week award in the same game, saving from a headed corner kick.


2020 New Mexico United season, Season in Review, July
Two players left the club in July, one temporarily and one permanently. Goalkeeper Ben Beaury left on a season-long loan to Reno 1868 on July 6, leaving Philipp Beigl as second-choice behind Cody Mizell. On July 25, the club released defender Manny Padilla following an investigation into a sexual misconduct case during Padilla's collegiate soccer career.


2020 New Mexico United season, Season in Review, August
The club began August with a 3–0 away win over inter-group opponents OKC Energy. Wehan scored in his fourth consecutive game since the resumption of play, along with Amando Moreno and Joris Ahlinvi, the first two new signings to score for the club. On August 8, the club played their second consecutive inter-group match away against Phoenix Rising. Romeo Parkes scored the opening goal in an eventual 5–2 loss, which included a Junior Flemmings hat-trick.


2020 New Mexico United season, Competitions, USL Championship, Match results
On January 9, 2020, the USL announced the 2020 season schedule.


2020 New Mexico United season, Competitions, USL Championship, Match results
In the preparations for the resumption of league play following the shutdown prompted by the coronavirus pandemic, the remainder of United's schedule was announced on July 2.


2020 New Mexico United season, Competitions, Four Corners Cup
On June 24, the league announced the structure of its Return To Play format, separating the league into eight separate groups for regional competitions. Unfortunately, Phoenix was combined with the southern California clubs into Group B, while the other three cup competitors were combined with El Paso into Group C, making a full cup competition impossible for the year. Matches between Four Corners clubs are identified but no cup will be awarded in 2020.


2020 New Mexico elections
A general election has held in the U.S. state of New Mexico on November 3, 2020. To vote by mail, registered New Mexico voters must have requested a ballot by October 30, 2020.


2020 New Mexico elections, State offices, State Legislature
All of the seats of the New Mexico Senate and the New Mexico House of Representatives were up for election in 2020. Democrats held control of both chambers, maintaining a government trifecta.


2020 New Mexico elections, Judicial offices, Supreme Court, Position 1
Justice Shannon Bacon ran for a full term after being appointed by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham on January 25, 2019.


2020 New Mexico elections, Judicial offices, Supreme Court, Position 2
Justice David Thomson ran for a full term after being appointed by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham on January 25, 2019.


2020 New Mexico elections, Judicial offices, Court of Appeals, Position 1
Judge Zachary Ives ran for a full term after being appointed by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham on January 31, 2019.


2020 New Mexico elections, Judicial offices, Court of Appeals, Position 2
Judge Shammara Henderson ran for a full term after being appointed by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham on February 14, 2020.


2020 New Mexico elections, Judicial offices, Court of Appeals, Position 3
Judge Jane Yohalem ran for a full term after being appointed by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham on June 20, 2020.


2020 New Mexico elections, Judicial offices, Court of Appeals, Medina seat
Judge Jacqueline Medina won election to a full term in 2018. In order to be eligible for future terms, Judge Medina faced an uncontested retention election, where she needed at least 57% of the vote.


2020 New Mexico wildfires
The 2020 New Mexico wildfire season began in May 2020. At least 543 wildfires burned across the state, with fires burning as late as October 2020. The season was a part of the 2020 Western United States wildfire season.


2020 New Mexico wildfires, List of wildfires
The following is a list of fires that burned more than 1,000 acres (400 ha), or produced significant structural damage or casualties.


2020 New Orleans Bowl
The 2020 New Orleans Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 23, 2020, with kickoff at for 3:00 p.m. EST (2:00 p.m. local CST) on ESPN. It was the 20th edition of the New Orleans Bowl, and was one of the 2020–21 bowl games concluding the 2020 FBS football season. Sponsored by freight shipping company R+L Carriers, the game was officially known as the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl.


2020 New Orleans Bowl, Teams
The 2020 New Orleans Bowl was contested by the Georgia Southern Eagles, from the Sun Belt Conference, and the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs, from Conference USA. The game was the first matchup between the two teams.


2020 New Orleans Bowl, Teams, Georgia Southern
Georgia Southern of the Sun Belt accepted their bid on December 14, 2020. The Eagles entered the bowl with an overall record of 7–5 (4–3 in conference play). This was Georgia Southern's first appearance in the New Orleans Bowl.


2020 New Orleans Bowl, Teams, Louisiana Tech
Louisiana Tech of Conference USA accepted their bid on December 14, 2020. The Bulldogs entered the bowl with an overall record of 5–4 (4–2 in conference play). This was Louisiana Tech's second New Orleans bowl appearance, their first coming in 2015, when they defeated Arkansas State, 47–28.


2020 New Orleans Bowl, Game summary, Records
The 3 points scored by Louisiana Tech tied with the bowl record for the fewest points allowed. The game also broke other records, such as the largest margin of victory, most rushing yards (by Georgia Southern), fewest yards allowed (by Louisiana Tech). Other individual records include: tying most rushing touchdowns (Shai Werts of Georgia Southern's 3 TDs), tying most interceptions (Justin Birdsong of Georgia Southern's 2 interceptions), and longest touchdown pass (Shai Werts to Khaleb Hood for 65 yards).


2020 New Orleans Privateers baseball team
The 2020 New Orleans Privateers baseball team represent the University of New Orleans (UNO) during the 2020 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Privateers play their home games at Maestri Field at Privateer Park as a member of the Southland Conference. They are led by head coach Blake Dean, in his 5th season at UNO.


2020 New Orleans Privateers baseball team, Preseason, SLC media poll
The SLC media poll was released on February 6, 2020 with the Privateers predicted to finish 9th, the position they finished the previous season.


2020 New Orleans Privateers baseball team, Preseason, Preseason All-SLC teams
Along with Abilene Christian, the Privateers were one of only two teams that did not have any players selected by the conference to be part of their all-conference teams.


2020 New Orleans Saints season
The 2020 season was the New Orleans Saints' 54th season in the National Football League, their 45th playing home games at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, and their 14th under head coach Sean Payton. Although they failed to match their 13–3 records from 2018 and 2019, the Saints defended their NFC South title for the fourth consecutive year following a Week 16 victory over the Minnesota Vikings. After beating the San Francisco 49ers in Week 10, they won six straight games for the fourth consecutive season.


2020 New Orleans Saints season
With a Week 13 win over the Atlanta Falcons, the Saints clinched a franchise record fourth consecutive playoff appearance. After Week 17 victory over the division rival, Carolina Panthers, the Saints became the first NFC South member to sweep the division in its history. During the Wildcard round against the Chicago Bears of the 2020–21 NFL playoffs, the Saints made history as one of the first two teams to air in a post-season football game on Nickelodeon, a primarily children-related network. The Saints would defeat the Bears 21–9, advancing to the divisional round, where they were defeated by the division rival and eventual Super Bowl LV champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 30–20, despite having swept them in the regular season.


2020 New Orleans Saints season
This season marked the end of the Drew Brees era in New Orleans as he would announce his retirement on March 14, 2021, after twenty seasons of playing in the NFL, fifteen of those with the Saints.


2020 New Orleans Saints season, Final roster
Rookies in italics53 active, 10 inactive, 16 practice squad (+1 exempt)


2020 New Orleans Saints season, Preseason
The Saints' preseason schedule was announced on May 7, but was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 New Orleans Saints season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
With the win, the Saints began the year at 1–0 for the second year in a row.


2020 New Orleans Saints season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Las Vegas Raiders
This was the first NFL game in Las Vegas or in the state of Nevada. With the loss, the Saints dropped to 1–1 on the season.


2020 New Orleans Saints season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Green Bay Packers
With the tough loss, the Saints dropped to 1–2 for the first time since 2017.


2020 New Orleans Saints season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Detroit Lions
With this win against Detroit, the Saints improve to 2–2.


2020 New Orleans Saints season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. Los Angeles Chargers
Drew Brees faced his former team for the fourth time in his career. A potential game-winning 50-yard field goal by Chargers kicker Michael Badgley hit the crossbar instead, sending the game into overtime. With 5:08 left in the overtime period, Wil Lutz kicked a 36-yard field goal to take a 30–27 lead. But the night belonged to Marshon Lattimore, who stopped Chargers wide receiver Mike Williams on fourth down to seal the victory for New Orleans. They won despite Michael Thomas being out for a fourth straight game. However, this time, it was due to suspension after an altercation with Chauncey Gardner-Johnson during practice.


2020 New Orleans Saints season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. San Francisco 49ers
Drew Brees suffered a collapsed lung and broken ribs. He would be out until Week 15 against the Chiefs.


2020 New Orleans Saints season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Atlanta Falcons
Taysom Hill made his first start with Drew Brees sidelined with a rib injury.


2020 New Orleans Saints season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Denver Broncos
This was an easy win due to the fact Drew Lock, Brett Rypien and Blake Bortles were all ineligible to play following Jeff Driskel testing positive for COVID-19 less than 24 hours before the game, which meant the Broncos named practice squad wide receiver Kendall Hinton, who played QB at Wake Forest, as starting quarterback for the game.


2020 New Orleans Saints season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Atlanta Falcons
Taysom Hill threw his first NFL touchdown pass in the first quarter on a 15-yard pass to receiver Tre'Quan Smith.


2020 New Orleans Saints season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Minnesota Vikings
The Saints clinched their fourth consecutive division title as Alvin Kamara rushed for six touchdowns, tying a 91-year-old NFL record set by Hall-of-Fame-fullback Ernie Nevers of the Chicago Cardinals.


2020 New Orleans sanitation strike
The 2020 New Orleans sanitation workers' strike is an ongoing strike by sanitation workers employed through PeopleReady and Metro Disposal contracted by the City of New Orleans, Louisiana. The strike began on May 5, 2020.


2020 New Orleans sanitation strike, Background
The strike came in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic in Louisiana, which began spreading across the state in March 2020. Louisiana, and the city of New Orleans were among the worst hit states in the United States in terms of total COVID-19 cases and COVID-19 cases per capita.


2020 New Orleans sanitation strike, Background
While employees of the City of New Orleans are entitled to job benefits, sick leave, and paid time off, the sanitation workers for New Orleans are not, as they are not technically employed through the city. The city contracts out the sanitation contract with a private firm, known as Metro Disposal. Metro Disposal contracts their employees through PeopleReady, a maneuver many critics have said, is utilized to minimize pay, avoid employee benefits, and maximize revenue.


2020 New Orleans sanitation strike, History
According to the union, they originally brought their concerns forward in April 2020, but Metro Disposal did not respond to concerns.


2020 New Orleans sanitation strike, History
On May 5, 2020 the first strikes occurred after the Metro Disposal continuously refused to negotiate with the union. Per Gregory Woods, a member of the sanitation union, Metro Disposal refused to admit the sanitation workers on their property to avoid contact with union members. According to the union, after three days of striking, Metro Disposal terminated the contracts of the striking workers, and replaced them with prison labor and labor from halfway houses,


2020 New Orleans sanitation strike, History
As of June 20, strikes have been ongoing. Strikes have been going on through the summer and into fall.


2020 New Orleans sanitation strike, Demands
In an open letter to Metro Disposal and the City of New Orleans, and the New Orleans Sanitation Department, the City Waste Union outlined their demands or else they would go on strike. This included hazard and safety equipment provided to them by Metro Disposal, an increase of the standard day rate to $135 per day, a $150 per day rate of hazard pay until the end of the pandemic, seven paid days of sick leave, and the right to form a union. The union further outlined the Living Wage Ordinance, which covers workers that work for companies that are contracted by the City of New Orleans.


2020 New Orleans sanitation strike, Demands
Additionally, per pamphlets passed out by the City Waste Union, the hoppers were seeking an floor payment of $15 per hour, up from $10.25 per hour, as well the sanitation trucks to undergo routine maintenance by Metro Disposal.


2020 New Orleans sanitation strike, Response, City of New Orleans
New Orleans mayor, LaToya Cantrell, issued a statement saying that the striking workers are not city employees and are employees of Metro Disposal, who are responsible for the treatment and protection of their workers. Cantrell said, that given the contract the city has provided with Metro Disposal, the city expects Metro Disposal to provide the workers with the necessary protections to minimize COVID-19 contamination during the pandemic.


2020 New Orleans sanitation strike, Response, Metro Disposal
Per the City Waste Union, Metro Disposal terminated employment to all striking workers and reverted to hiring workers from local penitentiaries and halfway houses.


2020 New Orleans sanitation strike, Response, Metro Disposal
In a statement by Metro Disposal, the company, on hiring prison labor, claimed that they were being good corporate citizens by allowing inmates to return to society. "Metro Services Group has long been an advocate of helping persons who had been incarcerated return to society in a meaningful and productive way. Metro makes no apologies for this policy as a core element of our commitment to being good corporate citizens." The City Workers Union claimed that it was an attempt to outsource slave labor.


2020 New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico primaries
The 2020 New Progressive Party primaries was the primary elections by which voters of the New Progressive Party (PNP) chose its nominees for various political offices of Puerto Rico for 2020. The primaries, originally scheduled for June 2020, were delayed until August 9, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The August 9 elections, however, were marred by a lack of ballots leading a suspension of the election; polling locations that could not open on August 9 were scheduled to be open for voting on August 16. The winner for the party's nomination for Governor of Puerto Rico is Pedro Pierluisi, former Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico and acting Governor after Ricardo Rosselló's resignation, over incumbent Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced.


2020 New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico primaries, Candidates, Senate
The PNP holds 21 seats in the Senate of Puerto Rico, 6 at-large seats and 15 district seats.


2020 New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico primaries, Candidates, House of Representatives
The PNP holds 34 seats in the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico.


2020 New South Wales Rugby League
The 2020 Canterbury Cup NSW was the twelfth season of the New South Wales Cup, the top rugby league competition administered by the New South Wales Rugby League. The competition acts as a second-tier league to the ten New South Wales-based National Rugby League clubs, as well the Canberra Raiders and New Zealand Warriors.


2020 New South Wales Rugby League
The competition will consist of 24 regular season rounds that will begin on the 14th of March and end on the 30th of August, they will be followed by 4 playoff rounds beginning on the 5th of September and ending with the grand final on the 27th of September. Newtown Jets are the defending premiers. On the 27th of March 2020 the New South Wales Rugby League opted to cancel the remainder of the season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 New Year Honours
The 2020 New Year Honours are appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Honours are awarded as part of the New Year celebrations at the start of January and were officially announced in The London Gazette on 27 December 2019. Australia, an independent Realm, has a separate honours system and its first honours of the year, the 2020 Australia Day Honours, coincide with Australia Day on 26 January.


2020 New Year Honours
The recipients of honours are displayed as they were styled before their new honour and arranged by the country whose ministers advised Her Majesty on the appointments, then by the honour and by the honour's grade (i.e. Knight/Dame Grand Cross, Knight/Dame Commander etc. ), and then by divisions (i.e. Civil, Diplomatic, and Military), as appropriate.


2020 New Year Honours, United Kingdom
Below are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of the United Kingdom with honours within her own gift and with the advice of the Government for other honours.


2020 New Year Honours, Barbados
Below are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of Barbados, on advice of Her Majesty's Barbados Ministers.


2020 New Year Honours, Bahamas
Below are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of Bahamas, on advice of Her Majesty's Ministers in the Bahamas.


2020 New Year Honours, Grenada
Below are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of Grenada, on advice of Her Majesty's Grenada Ministers.


2020 New Year Honours, Solomon Islands
Below are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of the Solomon Islands, on advice of Her Majesty's Solomon Island Ministers.


2020 New Year Honours, Belize
Below are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of Belize, on advice of Her Majesty's Belize Ministers.


2020 New Year Honours, Antigua and Barbuda
Below are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of Antigua and Barbuda, on advice of Her Majesty's Ministers in Antigua and Barbuda.


2020 New Year Honours, Saint Christopher and Nevis
Below are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of Saint Christopher and Nevis, on advice of Her Majesty's Saint Christopher and Nevis Ministers.


2020 New Year Honours (New Zealand)
The 2020 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of New Zealand, on the advice of the New Zealand government, to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders, and to celebrate the passing of 2019 and the beginning of 2020. They were announced on 31 December 2019.


2020 New Year Honours (New Zealand)
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.


2020 New York City FC season
The 2020 New York City FC season was the club's sixth season of competition and its sixth in the top tier of American soccer, Major League Soccer. New York City FC usually played its home games at Yankee Stadium in the New York City borough of The Bronx. However, the 2020 MLS season saw the club play several of their home games at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey due to scheduling conflicts at both Yankee Stadium and Citi Field as well as winterization procedures during the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League which were unavoidable.


2020 New York City FC season
The club's season began on February 20, 2020 with their CONCACAF Champions League fixture against San Carlos.


2020 New York City FC season, Player movement, In
Per Major League Soccer and club policies, terms of the deals do not get disclosed.


2020 New York City FC season, Player movement, Out
Per Major League Soccer and club policies, terms of the deals do not get disclosed.


2020 New York City FC season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup
Due to their final standings for the 2019 season, the NYCFC were scheduled to enter the competition in the Fourth Round, to be played May 19–20. The ongoing coronavirus pandemic, however, forced the U.S. Soccer Federation to cancel the tournament on August 17, 2020.


2020 New York City Subway fire
On the early morning of March 27, 2020, at around 3:15 AM, a northbound 2 train of the New York City Subway caught fire as it entered the Central Park North–110th Street station in Harlem, Manhattan. The fire killed the operator, injured at least 16 others, and severely damaged the north part of the station and the train cars. MTA officials said the conductor and an MTA employee successfully evacuated passengers from the train and off the platform. Passengers and crew from a second train, behind the train with the fire, were also evacuated.


2020 New York City Subway fire, Incident
In the early morning hours of March 27, 2020, a northbound 2 train was operating its late night local run between Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College station and Wakefield–241st Street station. The train consisted of ten R142 cars comprising two five-car train sets numbered 6346-6350 and 6366-6370. While moving north between 96th Street and 110th Street, a fire erupted aboard the second car of the train, 6347, and the train arrived into 110th Street engulfed in flames. Firefighters responded to the fire around 3:18 am. It took 100 firefighters to control the fire.


2020 New York City Subway fire, Incident
A northbound 3 train behind the 2 train was evacuated in the tunnel. At the time of the fire, there was extremely low visibility due to the intense smoke which also began to seep through the station entrances to 110th Street. After the fire was extinguished, it was revealed that 6347 had suffered severe fire damage, as well as additional fire and smoke damage to the 110th Street station and the rest of the train consists.


2020 New York City Subway fire, Incident
Sixteen people were injured, with four suffering serious injuries; the injured included five firefighters. The motorman, identified as 36-year-old Garrett Goble, was found on the tracks and pronounced dead shortly after. He was the only fatality, and died after working to save all the passengers on the train.


2020 New York City Subway fire, Investigation
Additional fires were reported at the 86th Street, 96th Street, and 116th Street stations around the same time, and because of this, the incident is currently being investigated as a possible arson. An "apparently emotionally disturbed person" was questioned in connection to the 110th Street fire. Authorities also reported a shopping cart was set on fire aboard the second car of the train.


2020 New York City Subway fire, Investigation
The MTA offered a $50,000 reward in order to find the person responsible for the fire. The NYPD released a picture of a "person of interest" in association with the fire two days later. Two days after the release of the picture, police arrested Nathaniel Avinger, who was suspected of starting the fire in addition to fires elsewhere, on March 31. Avinger was eventually charged with the murder of Goble after being arrested for an unrelated crime in mid-December 2020.


2020 New York City Subway fire, Aftermath
Train service along the IRT Lenox Avenue Line was suspended as a result of the incident. 2 trains operated along the IRT Lexington Avenue Line between 149th Street–Grand Concourse station to Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center station before resuming regular service while 3 trains operated between New Lots Avenue and 96th Street and then via the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line to/from 137th Street–City College with service suspended between 96th Street and Harlem–148th Street station. Shuttle buses operated along the closed stations. 86th Street and 96th Street stations were also temporarily closed in order to allow FDNY to continue their investigation. Service along the IRT Lenox Avenue Line resumed on March 30 while bypassing Central Park North–110th Street station which was closed for repairs. The station was reopened on April 6, 2020 after some repairs were made.


2020 New York City Subway fire, Aftermath
Cars 6366–6370 were later repaired and returned to service on November 6, 2020.


2020 New York Democratic presidential primary
The 2020 New York Democratic presidential primary took place on Tuesday, June 23, 2020 as part of the Democratic Party presidential primaries for the 2020 presidential election. The New York primary is a closed primary, with the state awarding 320 delegates, of which 274 are pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary.


2020 New York Democratic presidential primary
The Associated Press (AP) declared that Joe Biden won the New York Democratic presidential primary.


2020 New York Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
New York originally joined several northeastern states in holding primaries on the same date (April 28, 2020), often dubbed the "Acela primary" in reference to the namesake Amtrak service. State statute originally had mandated that the primary would be held on February 4 for procedural reasons. In September 2019, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill into law that designated April 28, 2020, as the state's presidential primary date, aligning it with other states' contests on the same day. Primaries for other offices (federal, state, and local) were scheduled to take place on June 23, 2020. Cuomo announced on March 28, 2020 that the presidential primary would be postponed to June 23 because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.


2020 New York Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
Voting is expected to take place throughout the state from 6:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. In the closed primary, candidates must meet a threshold of 15 percent at the congressional district or statewide level in order to be considered viable. The 224 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention will be allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary.


2020 New York Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
Of the 224 pledged delegates, between 5 and 10 are allocated to each of the state's 27 congressional districts and another 37 are allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 49 at-large pledged delegates. These delegate totals do not account for pledged delegate bonuses or penalties from timing or clustering.


2020 New York Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
District-level delegates are selected by voters on the presidential primary ballot. Should candidates be entitled to more delegates based on the results of the primary than eligible delegates presented, then additional delegates will be designated by the state committee at a special post-primary caucus before the state convention. The state Democratic committee meeting, slated for May 2020, will vote on the 49 pledged at-large and 37 PLEO delegates to send to the Democratic National Convention. The 224 pledged delegates New York sends to the national convention will be joined by 46 unpledged PLEO delegates (21 members of the Democratic National Committee; 23 members of Congress, including both Senators, notably Kirsten Gillibrand, and 21 U.S. Representatives; the governor; and former president Bill Clinton).


2020 New York Democratic presidential primary, Cancellation and rescheduling
On April 27, 2020, the Democratic Commissioners at the New York State Board of Elections removed all candidates that had ended or suspended their campaigns for president from the ballot pursuant to NYS Election Law 2-122(a), arguing that only one candidate remained in the race so no primary needed to be held. The commissioners cited the COVID-19 pandemic and millions of dollars in expenses.


2020 New York Democratic presidential primary, Cancellation and rescheduling
On April 28, Andrew Yang sued the New York State Board of Elections over this decision, saying that it "creates a dangerous precedent". On May 5, a federal judge ruled that the primary election must proceed with the candidates and delegates who were on the ballot as of April 26 while the primary will be held on June 23, 2020. The State  appealed the decision to the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals,  but lost the appeal on May 19 and will not appeal further.


2020 New York Excelsior season
The 2020 New York Excelsior season was the third season of New York Excelsior's (NYXL) existence in the Overwatch League and their first under head coach Jeong "imt" Yong-cheol. New York planned to host two homestand weekends in the 2020 season at the Hammerstein Ballroom in the Manhattan Center. While the first homestand took place, all other homestand events were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 New York Excelsior season, Preceding offseason, Organizational changes
On October 21, 2019, New York parted ways with head coach Ty "Pavane" Hyun-sang, as he joined the London Spitfire as an assistant coach. Pavane had been with the team since its inception and led them to a 56–12 regular season record over his career with the team. In his replacement, New York promoted assistant coach Jeong "imt" Yong-cheol as their new head coach on November 19. On December 1, NYXL signed former Seoul Dynasty assistant coach Lee "WhyNot" Ju-hyub as an assistant coach.


2020 New York Excelsior season, Preceding offseason, Roster changes
The Excelsior enter the new season with one free agents, one players which they have the option to retain for another year, and seven players under contract. The OWL's deadline to exercise a team option is November 11, after which any players not retained will become a free agent. Free agency officially began on October 7.


2020 New York Excelsior season, Preceding offseason, Roster changes, Acquisitions
NYXL's first offseason acquisition was on February 15, when the team announced the signing of former Guangzhou Charge off-tank Choi "HOTBA" Hong-jun. The following week, the team promoted off-tank Kim "BiaNcA" Dong-wook from their academy team, XL2 Academy. On November 26, New York signed support player Kim "Mandu" Chan-hee from Korean Contenders team O2 Blast. The following week, on December 4, the team signed DPS player Lee "WhoRU" Seung-joon from Fusion University.


2020 New York Excelsior season, Preceding offseason, Roster changes, Departures
On October 8, the Excelsior announced that they would not pick up their option to keep DPS Yeon-Oh "Fl0w3r" Hwang on the roster another year. A week later, the team announced that they would not re-sign off-tank Kim "MekO" Tae Hong, who had been with the team since their inception in 2017. On December 6, the team announced that DPS player Kim "Pine" Do-hyeon had retired from professional Overwatch and would become a streamer for NYXL.


2020 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
The 86th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2020, were announced on December 18, 2020.


2020 New York Film Festival
The 58th New York Film Festival took place from September 17 to October 11, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was staged through outdoor and online screenings.


2020 New York Giants season
The 2020 season was the New York Giants' 96th in the National Football League and their first under head coach Joe Judge. For the first time since 2003, long-time quarterback Eli Manning was not on the roster, as he announced his retirement on January 22.


2020 New York Giants season
Despite starting the season 0–5 for the third time in eight years, the Giants improved on their 4–12 record from the previous season with their week 13 upset win over the Seattle Seahawks and rallied to finish 6–10, but despite beating their divisional rivals the Dallas Cowboys, the Giants failed to win the NFC East or make the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year, following the Washington Football Team winning their final game against the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 17. The Giants would've needed the Eagles to win in order to win the NFC East due to their head-to-head record against Washington, and it would've made them the first team in the Super Bowl era to make the playoffs with a double-digit losing record.


2020 New York Giants season
On July 20, 2020 the Giants confirmed that their home games would take place without fans in attendance due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.


2020 New York Giants season, Final roster
Rookies in italics53 active, 12 inactive, 15 practice squad (+1 exempt)


2020 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
The Giants lost their first game in the post-Eli Manning era. They suffered their 4th consecutive loss in a season opener, and became 3–8 in home openers since moving to MetLife Stadium.


2020 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
The Giants opened up strong, taking a 10-3 lead on the first play of the 2nd quarter when Daniel Jones connected with Darius Slayton for a 41-yard score. T. J. Watt forced an interception of Jones which sparked two Steelers touchdown drives before halftime. In the 3rd quarter, on the 19th play of an 87-yard drive, Jones was hit by Bud Dupree and forced a goal-line interception, which the Steelers kicked a field goal to make it a 2 possession game. Slayton scored a touchdown in the final minutes and made the final score 26-16 Steelers.


2020 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Chicago Bears
The Giants were down 17–0 at halftime and tightened up their defensive play in the second half, forcing two interceptions from Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky. In the final 2:02, Daniel Jones tried to complete a comeback and led the offense to the Bears' 10-yard line, but could not score, so the Giants started 0–2 for the 4th consecutive year. During the game, running back Saquon Barkley and wide receiver Sterling Shepherd were also knocked out the game with knee and toe injuries respectively. Barkley tore his ACL and did not return for the season.


2020 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. San Francisco 49ers
With the loss, the Giants fell to 0–3 for the first time since 2017. The 49ers did not punt once the entire game while the Giants only mustered 231 total yards. Daniel Jones had multiple turnovers for the third game in a row.


2020 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Los Angeles Rams
Daniel Jones tried to mount a game-tying drive but threw an interception in Rams territory to seal the loss. It was his 7th turnover in 4 games. The Giants fell to 0–4 for the first time since 2017 and failed to score a touchdown for the second consecutive game.


2020 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Dallas Cowboys
The Giants blew a 14-point lead in the second quarter. Daniel Jones' fumbling woes continued after he was sacked and Cowboys' Anthony Brown returned that same fumble for a touchdown. The Giants briefly regained the lead with 8:46 left in the 4th quarter after Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott suffered a season-ending ankle injury, but their defense could not hang on against backup quarterback Andy Dalton. The Cowboys kicked a game-winning field goal to drop the still-winless Giants to 0–5 and two games behind the 2–3 Cowboys.


2020 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Washington Football Team
Tae Crowder, the last pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, recovered a fumble and ran 43 yards for the go-ahead score with 3:29 remaining. After responding with a touchdown to make it 20–19, Washington coach Ron Rivera chose to go for the 2-point conversion, and the win, which was unsuccessful and guaranteed Joe Judge his first win as an NFL head coach.


2020 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Philadelphia Eagles
After a slow start in the first half, the Giants gained momentum to take a 21–10 fourth-quarter lead. However, several mishaps would ensue for New York, including late penalties and a critical drop by Evan Engram in the 4th quarter at the Eagles 25 yard line. Philadelphia capitalized on the momentum swing and scored two unanswered touchdowns for a 22–21 lead with 40 seconds left in regulation. With one last chance to drive for a potential game-winning field goal, Daniel Jones was strip-sacked by Brandon Graham on second down. The Eagles recovered the loose ball, sealing New York's fate. The heartbreaking loss dropped the Giants to 1–6 on the season and extended their losing streak against the Eagles to eight games dating back to Week 9 of the 2016 season.


2020 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Despite leading 17–15 heading into the fourth quarter, more miscues haunted the Giants as the defense allowed Tom Brady to score 10 points and quickly fell behind 25–17. Despite the miscues, the Giants drove down the field with Daniel Jones finding Golden Tate in the endzone with 28 seconds left. However, during the two-point conversion, controversy arose after the referees picked up a flag for an Antoine Winfield Jr. pass interference on Dion Lewis in the endzone as Winfield made a deflection on a Daniel Jones pass. This forced the Giants to attempt an onside kick and could not recover the kick ending the game. The Giants dropped 1–7 for the third time in four seasons.


2020 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Washington Football Team
The Giants took an early lead and never trailed. Washington fought back from a 20-3 deficit and cut the lead to 23-20. However, two late interceptions allowed the Giants victory and swept Washington for the second straight year to improve to 2–7. The Giants had 5 total takeaways and did not turn the ball over for the first time in the season and extended their winning streak against Washington to 5 games. The Giants were the only NFC East team to defeat Washington in the 2020 season.


2020 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
With this win, the Giants avenged their Week 7 loss and improved to 3–7 on the season. The Giants did not turn the ball over for the second straight game and did not force any turnovers on defense. The victory also snapped an 8 game losing streak to the Eagles, dating back to Week 9 of the 2016 season. After the game, the Giants extended kicker Graham Gano $14M through the 2023 NFL season.


2020 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Cincinnati Bengals
The Giants opened up with a Wayne Gallman touchdown on 4th and Goal, set up by a 53-yard completion from Jones to Evan Engram. The Bengals returned the ensuing kickoff for a touchdown of their own and the halftime score was 10-10. The Giants defense forced three turnovers in the 2nd half, the first an interception by Niko Lalos, a rookie from Dartmouth making his NFL debut, and a forced fumble later by Logan Ryan which he also recovered.


2020 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Cincinnati Bengals
The Bengals cut into the Giants 19-10 lead in the final minutes and had a chance to win the game on the final drive, but backup quarterback Brandon Allen was sacked by Jabaal Sheard and lost the ball, which was recovered by the Giants. Daniel Jones injured his hamstring in the win.


2020 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Cincinnati Bengals
With the win, the Giants won their 700th regular season game and won in Cincinnati for the first time ever.


2020 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Seattle Seahawks
The Giants did not have Daniel Jones as their starting quarterback and were double-digit underdogs going into a cross-country battle with the Seahawks. In only his second appearance with the team and first start, Colt McCoy and the Giants shocked the NFL with one of the biggest upsets of the 2020 season. McCoy won his first game as a starting quarterback since October 27, 2014, when he was with the Washington Redskins. The Giants defense contained Russell Wilson all game long, sacking him 5 times and forcing 2 takeaways.


2020 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Seattle Seahawks
Seattle was leading 5–0 at halftime, but in the third quarter, the Giants' rushing attack broke through with a 60-yard run by Wayne Gallman which set up two Alfred Morris touchdowns on back-to-back possessions. With a 17–12 lead and under two minutes to play, the defense was able to stop Wilson one last time. With the upset win, the Giants improved to 5–7, beat the Seahawks for the first time since 2010, and earned their longest winning streak since 2016. In addition, New York would take sole possession of first place in the NFC East, though the Washington Football Team would move back into a first-place tie with the Giants the following night with an upset win over the Pittsburgh Steelers.


2020 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Arizona Cardinals
The Giants average starting field position was from their own 17-yard line while the Cardinals' started from their own 47-yard line all game. The Giants struggled from start to finish in an uphill battle as Daniel Jones and the offense struggled to move the ball with only 4 first downs in the first half. The defense kept the game competitive as long as they could with an early goal line stand, but were overmatched in a 26-7 blowout loss. The Giants snapped their four-game winning streak, dropped to 5-8 on the season, and lost Jones to another leg injury. New York also dropped to second place in the NFC East when the Washington Football Team defeated the San Francisco 49ers later that afternoon to take sole possession of first place.


2020 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Cleveland Browns
Before Week 14, the NFL flexed the Giants-Browns game into the Sunday Night Football slot, replacing the San Francisco 49ers visiting the Dallas Cowboys. It was the first time the Giants have played on Sunday Night since the 2018 season.


2020 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Cleveland Browns
The Giants did not have Daniel Jones due to his injury and also lost offensive coordinator Jason Garrett and defensive back James Bradberry who both contracted COVID-19. Former Browns draft pick Colt McCoy and former head coach Freddie Kitchens were promoted to starting QB and offensive coordinator, respectively. The Giants opened the game with great field position and drove into the red zone only to turn the ball over on downs on a fake field goal attempt.


2020 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Cleveland Browns
The defense forced a turnover on downs of their own and the Giants took advantage of the ensuing field position and led 3–0 after the first quarter. Baker Mayfield then got hot, leading the Browns on three 10+ play touchdown drives, two of them for 95 yards. The Giants offense struggled to gain that kind of momentum and the Browns won 20–6, dropping New York to 5–9 and losing to the Browns for the first time since 2008.


2020 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Baltimore Ravens
The Ravens scored on all 4 drives in the first half and all of them were 10+ plays. Daniel Jones made his third start in 5 weeks and could only muster 89 yards on 8 completions in the first half. A tired Giants defense couldn't keep up, and the Ravens became the first team since 2008 to have 3 players run for 75+ yards in the same game (Jackson, Dobbins, and Edwards).


2020 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Baltimore Ravens
In the loss, kicker Graham Gano tied a Giants franchise record with his 29th consecutive field goal.


2020 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Baltimore Ravens
Despite the loss, the Giants remained in playoff contention with Washington's loss to the Panthers, and the Eagles loss to the Cowboys.


2020 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Baltimore Ravens
The Giants aim to be the first 6 win team in the playoffs other than those in the strike-shortened 1982 season, and the winner of the NFC East will be the first team in NFL history to make the playoffs after a 2-7 start.


2020 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Dallas Cowboys
With the win, the Giants improved to 6–10 and snapped a 7-game losing streak against the Dallas Cowboys, which dates back to Week 14 of the 2016 season. They also won all three home games against the NFC East opponents in a season for the first time since 2005. However, Washington won its game later in the evening, claiming the division title and eliminating New York from the postseason. Had Washington lost, the Giants would have won the division based on tie-breakers and become the first team in NFL history with double-digit losses to make the playoffs.


2020 New York Guardians season
The 2020 New York Guardians season was the first season for the New York Guardians as a professional American football franchise. They played as charter members of the XFL, one of eight teams to compete in the league for the 2020 season. The Guardians played their home games at MetLife Stadium and were led by head coach Kevin Gilbride.


2020 New York Guardians season
Their inaugural season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the XFL officially suspended operations for the remainder of the season on March 20, 2020.


2020 New York Guardians season, Season summary
The Guardians destroyed the Tampa Bay Vipers in the first game of the season, winning 23–3. The next week, however, they were shut out by the DC Defenders 27–0. They stumbled again in week 3, losing to the St. Louis BattleHawks 29–9. They stole a win from the Los Angeles Wildcats at home by 3 points, winning 17–14 with a change at the quarterback position, starting Luis Perez over Matt McGloin. This success continued into week 5, where the Guardians were able to defeat the Dallas Renegades on the road 30-12 before the season's abrupt end.


2020 New York Guardians season, Game summaries, Week 1: Tampa Bay Vipers
The Guardians started their inaugural season at home for Round 1 against the Vipers. Heading into halftime, the Guardians led 17–0. Though, the Vipers were able to get on the board in the third quarter, in the fourth quarter, the Guardians wrapped up the scoring of the game with a late touchdown (with a failed 1-point attempt) to make it 23–3. This would be the final score of the game.


2020 New York Guardians season, Game summaries, Week 2: at DC Defenders
In their first road game ever, the Guardians were shut out in Round 1 against the Defenders 27–0.


2020 New York Guardians season, Game summaries, Week 3: at St. Louis Battlehawks
After being shut out on the road, the Guardians traveled again this time for Round 1 against the Battlehawks. The Battlehawks scored the only points of the first quarter when Christine Michael ran for a 14-yard touchdown (with a failed point attempt) to make it 6–0. The Guardians got on the board in the second quarter when Matt McCrane kicked a 53-yard field goal to make it 6–3. The Battlehawks would go on a 17–0 run to take a 23–3 lead at halftime.


2020 New York Guardians season, Game summaries, Week 3: at St. Louis Battlehawks
They added to their run by scoring the only points of the third quarter when Taylor Russolino kicked a 58-yard field goal for a 26–3 lead. The Guardians scored again in the fourth quarter when Luis Perez found Austin Duke on an 8-yard touchdown pass (with a failed point attempt) to make it 26–9. Russolino closed out the scoring of the game with a 36-yard field goal as the Battlehawks won 29–9.


2020 New York Guardians season, Game summaries, Week 4: Los Angeles Wildcats
After another tough road loss, the Guardians went home to take on the Wildcats. The Guardians scored first in the first quarter when Matt McCrane kicked a 51-yard field goal to make it 3–0. Though, the Wildcats would take the lead when Josh Johnson found Tre McBride on a 4-yard pass (with a failed 2-point play) to make it 6–3. In the second quarter, it was all Guardians when they made it 14–6 at halftime. After the break, the Wildcats tied the game up at 14-14 when Josh Johnson found Saeed Blacknall on a 42-yard pass. However, in the fourth, quarter the Guardians would wrap the scoring up when McCrane kicked a 47-yard field goal to make the final score 17–14.


2020 New York Guardians season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Dallas Renegades
After a tough home win, the Guardians traveled to take on the Renegades. In the first quarter, the Renegades scored first when Austin MacGinnis kicked a 23-yard field goal to make it 3–0. The Guardians tied it up later on in the quarter when Matt McCrane kicked a 46-yard field goal to make it 3-3. In the second quarter, McCrane kicked a 39-yard field goal to make it 6–3. However, the Renegades tied it up before halftime when MacGinnis kicked a 36-yard field goal to make it 6-6.


2020 New York Guardians season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Dallas Renegades
In the third quarter, the Guardians retook the lead when Marvin Williams ran for a 1-yard touchdown (with a failed point play) to make it 12–6. They would make it 20-6 when Luis Perez found Carl Pearson on an 80-yard touchdown pass. Philip Nelson was then intercepted by Ryan Mueller and it was returned 33 yards for a touchdown to make it 27–6. The Renegades then made it 27-12 after Austin Walter ran a kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown (with a failed point play) to close out the quarter. In a highly defensive fourth quarter, the Guardians scored the only points in what would be MacGinnis's fourth field goal from 26 yards out to make the final score 30–12.


2020 New York Guardians season, Game summaries, Week 6: Houston Roughnecks
After a huge win on the road, the Guardians were to return home for a game against the Roughnecks. However, this game, along with the remainder of their games were canceled due to the sudden rise of the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 New York Guardians season, Game summaries, Week 6: Houston Roughnecks
Nevertheless, the Guardians managed to finish their first season with a winning record.


2020 New York Jets season
The 2020 season was the New York Jets' 51st in the National Football League, their 61st overall, their second under general manager Joe Douglas and their second and final under head coach Adam Gase. They failed to improve upon their 7–9 record from 2019 or return to the playoffs for the first time since 2010. Their 2–14 record was their worst record since their 1996 campaign in which they went 1–15, and shortly after the Jets closed their season with a loss to the New England Patriots the team fired Gase as head coach.


2020 New York Jets season
The Jets became the first team to be eliminated from playoff contention after a loss in Week 11 dropped them to 0–10. They continued their losing streak to week 14, resulting in a franchise-worst 0–13 start, before they claimed their first victory in Week 15 against the Los Angeles Rams to prevent a winless season. With the Cleveland Browns and Tampa Bay Buccaneers qualifying for the postseason for the first time since 2002 and 2007 respectively, the Jets now have the longest active postseason drought in the NFL, with 2010 being the last season the Jets qualified for the postseason.


2020 New York Jets season
On July 20, the Jets confirmed that their home games would take place behind closed doors due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.


2020 New York Jets season, Preseason
The Jets' preseason schedule was announced on May 7, but was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 New York Jets season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Buffalo Bills
The Jets started their season with a loss, starting 0–1.


2020 New York Jets season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. San Francisco 49ers
The Jets have not won a home opener since 2015. The Jets dropped to 0–2.


2020 New York Jets season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Denver Broncos
With the loss, the Jets dropped to 0-4 for a second straight season. It marked the first time in franchise history they've had two straight seasons where they started 0–4.


2020 New York Jets season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. Arizona Cardinals
With a 30–10 loss to the Cardinals in Week 5, the Jets experienced their first 0–5 start since their disastrous 1996 season. Two days later, the Jets released disgruntled running back Le'Veon Bell less than two years after signing him to a massive contract. This was also the first of two games in which backup Quarterback Joe Flacco started due to injuries to starting Quarterback Sam Darnold.


2020 New York Jets season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Miami Dolphins
With the shutout loss (the first shutout of the season), the Jets started 0-6 for the first time since the 1996 season. With the Giants and Falcons winning their first games this week, this left the Jets as the only winless team in the NFL for 2020.


2020 New York Jets season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. Buffalo Bills
Amidst heavy criticism, Head Coach Adam Gase gave up offensive play calling duties, instead leaving it to Offensive Coordinator Dowell Loggains. Under Loggains, the Jets were able to build a 10–6 lead over the Bills by halftime after a Sergio Castillo field goal and La'Mical Perine touchdown. Despite this, the Jets offense struggled in the second half. While the Jets were able to prevent Buffalo from scoring touchdowns, the Bills were able to score enough field goals to hand the Jets an 18–10 loss. With this loss, the Jets dropped to 0-7 for the first time since 1996


2020 New York Jets season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Kansas City Chiefs
With the loss, the Jets fell to 0–8. It would be their first such start since 1996.


2020 New York Jets season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. New England Patriots
After Sam Darnold suffered a shoulder injury, Joe Flacco would start for the New York Jets once again. Facing an injury-plagued New England Patriots team, the game was seen as a big chance for the Jets to get their first win of the season. Flacco threw touchdown passes to Breshad Perriman and Jamison Crowder, alongside two Sergio Castillo field goals to lead 20–10 at halftime. However, the Patriots rallied and in the final five minutes of the game, following a crucial interception by Joe Flacco, the Patriots were able to tie the game 27–27. As time expired, Nick Folk kicked the game winning field goal for the New England win. With the loss, the Jets started 0–9 for the first time in franchise history. They were also eliminated from AFC East division title contention for the 18th consecutive year.


2020 New York Jets season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: at Los Angeles Chargers
The Jets started 0-10 for the first time in franchise history. With this loss, along with the Colts beating the Packers, the Jets became the first team to be eliminated from playoff contention.


2020 New York Jets season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Miami Dolphins
The Jets started 0-11 for the first time in franchise history, and their only score in the entire game came from a field goal put up in the first quarter by Sergio Castillo.


2020 New York Jets season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Las Vegas Raiders
The Jets led much of the early portions of the game, scoring two early touchdowns and holding a 13–7 lead. Despite giving up the next seventeen points and entering the fourth quarter trailing by eleven, the Jets scored twice and reclaimed the lead with 5:34 remaining. On the ensuing Las Vegas drive, the Raiders were stopped on fourth down inside the New York 10-yard line when Derek Carr threw an incompletion on fourth down after offsetting penalties negated a first down.


2020 New York Jets season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Las Vegas Raiders
The Jets forced the Raiders to use their remaining time outs on their possession and punted the ball back to them, leaving the Raiders sixty-one yards from the end zone with thirty-five seconds left. Carr managed to get Las Vegas into New York territory on the first play of the drive, with Darren Waller hauling in a completion to the 46-yard line. After spiking the ball to stop the clock, Carr threw two consecutive incompletions to bring up third down with thirteen seconds showing.


2020 New York Jets season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Las Vegas Raiders
On third down, Jets defensive coordinator Gregg Williams decided to call for a play referred to as a zero blitz, which results in nearly every defender rushing the play and a lobe defensive back remaining in coverage. The call backfired on the Jets as receiver Henry Ruggs was able to get past rookie cornerback Lamar Jackson, leaving himself wide open and enabling Carr to easily find him for the go-ahead touchdown with five seconds left. The Raiders won the game 31–28.


2020 New York Jets season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Las Vegas Raiders
With the loss, the Jets fell to 0–12 for the first time in franchise history, becoming the first team to start 0–12 since the 2017 Browns, who failed to win a game that season. After the game Williams drew criticism for his play call from the media, players, and coach Adam Gase and after discussions between Gase and team administrators, Williams was relieved of his duties the following day.


2020 New York Jets season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Seattle Seahawks
The Jets suffered a blowout loss in their second trip to the West Coast in the season. The game is known for being Seahawks safety Jamal Adams' first game against the Jets since Gang Green traded him in the 2020 offseason. Another ex-Jet, quarterback Geno Smith, came into the game late in the third quarter. The Jets extend their franchise-worst start to 0–13, and the 13 losses in a row also set a franchise record.


2020 New York Jets season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Los Angeles Rams
The Jets entered the game as 17-point underdogs. They dominated in the first half and never once gave up the lead. After the Rams failed to convert on fourth down, that allowed the Jets to kneel and improve to 1–13. This win also prevented the Jets from joining the 2017 Cleveland Browns and 2008 Detroit Lions as among the only teams to finish 0–16. The Jets are also the first team to win after starting 0-13 since the 2011 Indianapolis Colts.


2020 New York Jets season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Cleveland Browns
The Jets defeated the Browns for the first time since 2017 as they avoided their first 1-win season since 1996. With the win, the Jets relinquished the 1st overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft to Jacksonville.


2020 New York Jets season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at New England Patriots
The loss ended the Jets season at 2–14. With the Cleveland Browns and Tampa Bay Buccaneers clinching playoff spots, the Jets now hold the longest active postseason drought in the NFL, dating back to 2010. This would be the last time Sam Darnold would start for the Jets as he would be traded to the Carolina Panthers during the off-season. The Jets were also the only team to lose all 6 games in the division.


2020 New York Liberty season
The 2020 WNBA season was the 24th season for the New York Liberty franchise of the WNBA. The Liberty opened the regular season on July 25, 2020 versus the Seattle Storm.


2020 New York Liberty season
During the off-season the Liberty announced that they would return to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn as their permanent home. In the 2018 and 2019 seasons, the Liberty's primary home venue was the Westchester County Center in White Plains, New York. Additionally, the Liberty announced that Walt Hopkins would replace Katie Smith as head coach.


2020 New York Liberty season
This WNBA season will feature an all-time high 36 regular-season games. However, the plan for expanded games was put on hold on April 3, when the WNBA postponed its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Under a plan approved on June 15, the league is scheduled to hold a shortened 22-game regular season at IMG Academy, without fans present, starting on July 24.


2020 New York Liberty season
The Liberty's shortened season started slowly, when they lost their first five games. Their first win came on August 7th, but was followed by another seven straight losses. An eight game losing streak saw the team finish 2–20 for the season. Number one overall draft pick Sabrina Ionescu only played in three games for the Liberty. Their .091 winning percentage was the worst in team history.


2020 New York Lizards season
The 2020 New York Lizards season was the 20th and final season for the Lizards in Major League Lacrosse. The Lizards were coming off of a 5-11 record in the 2019 season in which they missed the playoffs, where they finished in last place in the standings. However, the Lizards would finish with an 0-5 record, becoming the second team in MLL history to finish a season winless, joining the 2006 Chicago Machine where they went 0-12.


2020 New York Lizards season, Shortened season
Originally slated to play a ten-game regular season that was originally scheduled to begin play on May 30, Major League Lacrosse suspended the season until July 18 due to the COVID–19 pandemic. The season was then rescheduled as a five–game regular season with all games including the postseason being played at Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, home of the Chesapeake Bayhawks.


2020 New York Mets season
The 2020 New York Mets season was the franchise's 59th season and the team's 12th season at Citi Field. The team hired Carlos Beltrán to be their manager in November 2019, however in the wake of the Houston Astros sign stealing scandal, on January 16, 2020, Beltrán and the Mets agreed to part ways. On January 24, 2020, Luis Rojas was hired as the Mets manager. The season is also the last season to have Fred Wilpon as the team's majority owner before being sold to billionaire hedge fund manager Steve Cohen.


2020 New York Mets season
On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled. Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the CDC restricting large public events. On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players reported to training camps on July 1 in order to resume spring training and prepare for a July 24 Opening Day.


2020 New York Mets season
On September 23, the team suffered its 31st loss, sealing their third losing season in four years. On September 26, the Mets were eliminated from playoff contention in a 4–3 loss to the Washington Nationals, continuing a four-year-long playoff drought. The Mets finished the regular season 26–34, giving them a last place finish as a result of a 4–6 record against the Washington Nationals, who also went 26–34.


2020 New York Mets season
The Mets led MLB in batting average (.272) and OPS+ (122), however they also grounded into the most double plays (53, tied with the Milwaukee Brewers) and had the most runners left on base (445).


2020 New York Mets season, Game log, Regular season
On April 28–30, the Mets were supposed to play against the Miami Marlins in the Puerto Rico Series in San Juan. But due to the pandemic, MLB cancelled the Series.


2020 New York Open
The 2020 New York Open was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the New York Open, and part of the ATP Tour 250 series of the 2020 ATP Tour. It took place in Uniondale, United States, at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum from February 10 through 16, 2020.


2020 New York Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2020 New York Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2020 New York Open – Doubles
Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies were the defending champions but chose to compete in Rotterdam instead.


2020 New York Open – Doubles
Dominic Inglot and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi won the title, defeating Steve Johnson and Reilly Opelka in the final, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(8–6).


2020 New York Open – Singles
Reilly Opelka was the defending champion, but lost to Jason Jung in the quarterfinals.


2020 New York Open – Singles
Kyle Edmund won the title, defeating Andreas Seppi in the final, 7–5, 6–1.


2020 New York Open – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2020 New York Red Bulls II season
The 2020 New York Red Bulls II season is the sixth ever season of competitive soccer played by the New York Red Bulls II, the reserve team of Major League Soccer's New York Red Bulls. The side participates in the USL Championship, the second-tier of American soccer.


2020 New York Red Bulls II season, Competitive, U.S. Open Cup
Due to their ownership by a more advanced level professional club, Red Bulls II is one of 15 teams expressly forbidden from entering the Cup competition.


2020 New York Red Bulls season
The 2020 New York Red Bulls season was the club's twenty-fifth season in Major League Soccer, the top division of soccer in the United States.


2020 New York Red Bulls season, U.S. Open Cup
New York Red Bulls will enter the 2020 U.S. Open Cup in the Round of 32.


2020 New York Red Bulls season, Leagues Cup
New York Red Bulls will enter the 2020 Leagues Cup in the Round of 16.


2020 New York Red Bulls season, MLS is Back Tournament
On June 10, MLS announced that a bracket format named "MLS is Back Tournament" would begin July 8 at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Walt Disney World, and end with the final on August 11.


2020 New York Red Bulls season, Player statistics, Assist Leaders
As of 21 November 2020. This table does not include secondary assists.


2020 New York Riptide season
The New York Riptide are a lacrosse team based in Uniondale, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2020 season was the team's 1st season in the league. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was suspended on March 12, 2020. On April 8, the league made a further public statement announcing the cancellation of the remaining games of the 2020 season and that they would be exploring options for playoffs once it was safe to resume play.


2020 New York Riptide season, Regular season, Current standings
x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games PlayedW: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowedDifferential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game


2020 New York Riptide season, Roster, Entry Draft
The 2019 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 17, 2019. The Riptide made the following selections:


2020 New York State Assembly election
Elections to the New York State Assembly were held on November 3, 2020 in the U.S. state of New York. The elections were part of the biennial elections in the United States, with elections for the State Senate, the U.S. House, and U.S. president being held on the same day. Primary elections were held on June 23.


2020 New York State Assembly election
Assembly Democrats won 105 of the chamber's 150 seats on Election Day, while Republicans won 43 seats and two other seats were won by members of third parties.


2020 New York State Assembly election, Summary
Longtime Asm. Carmen Arroyo (D-Bronx) was disqualified from the Democratic primary ballot due to election fraud.


2020 New York State Assembly election, Summary
Incumbent Asms. Michael DenDekker, Joseph Lentol, Michael Miller, Walter Mosley, Felix Ortiz, and Aravalla Simotas were defeated in Democratic primaries.


2020 New York State Assembly election, Summary
Incumbents Ellen Jaffee (D-Suffern) and Mark Johns (R-Webster) were defeated in the general election.


2020 New York State Assembly election, Summary
Assemblymember Rebecca Seawright was disqualified from seeking re-election as a Democrat due to paperwork errors, but instead campaigned as the candidate of the Rise and Unite Party and was re-elected.


2020 New York State Assembly election, Summary
Assemblymember Fred Thiele, a member of the Independence Party who caucuses with the Democrats, was re-elected in Assembly District One.


2020 New York State Senate election
The 2020 New York State Senate elections were held on November 3, 2020, to elect representatives from all 63 State Senate districts across the U.S. state of New York. It was held alongside numerous other federal, state, and local elections, including the 2020 New York General Assembly elections. Primary elections were held on June 23, 2020.


2020 New York State Senate election
Prior to the 2020 elections, Democrats held 40 seats in the State Senate, while Republicans held 20 seats and three other seats were vacant. Democrats have long had an edge in New York due to the liberal bastion of New York City, which is compounded by strength in the greater New York City metropolitan area and several smaller cities upstate such as Albany, Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse.


2020 New York State Senate election
Nonetheless, Republicans had controlled the State Senate for all but three years since World War II and the Senate was the last Republican-controlled body in the New York government, until 2018, when Democrats won their greatest share of New York State Senate seats since 1912. In the 2020 elections, Democrats managed to increase their supermajority majority by 3 seats, flipping 5 seats while Republicans flipped 2.


2020 New York State Senate election, Background
By 2018, the State Senate was the last Republican-controlled body in the New York government. In the 2018 elections, Democrats gained eight Senate seats, taking control of the chamber from the Republicans. Previously, Republicans had controlled the Senate for all but three years since World War II, and the Democrats' largest share of New York State Senate seats since 1912. At the beginning of the 2019-2020 legislative session, the Senate Democratic Conference held 39 of the chamber's 63 seats. In July 2019, Simcha Felder — who had caucused with the Republicans during their time in the majority — was accepted into the Senate Democratic Conference, giving the Conference a total of 40 members.


2020 New York State Senate election, Background
During the 2019-2020 session, Republican Bob Antonacci resigned his seat to become a trial court judge; also, eight other members of the Senate Republican Conference announced that they would not seek re-election in 2020. In June, one of those eight Senate Republicans, Senate Minority Leader John J. Flanagan, announced that he would resign from the Senate to take another position. On July 20, 2020, Republican Sen. Chris Jacobs stepped down after being elected to the United States House of Representatives.


2020 New York State Senate election, Background
Before the 2020 elections, Democrats held 40 seats in the State Senate. Republicans held 20 seats, and three other seats were vacant.


2020 New York State Senate election, Results
Following the 2020 elections, the New York State Board of Elections noted that county boards of elections "received a historically high number of absentee ballots for the November 3rd 2020 General Election due to the coronavirus pandemic", and added that "unofficial election night results do not include the results of absentee ballot voting".


2020 New York State Senate election, Results
On Election Day, City & State New York reported that "in many of the state’s most competitive Senate races, Republicans have managed to preliminarily come out on top"; however, City & State cautioned that "outstanding absentee ballots meant that the status of many races remained uncertain and could very well turn around for candidates on both sides of the aisle who found themselves behind on election night. Those mail-in ballots were obviously the major caveat in every race, which will likely drag out many results for a week or more".


2020 New York State Senate election, Results
On November 23, 2020, Spectrum News reported that Senate Democrats had won at least 41 seats, and added that races in the 40th, 42nd, and 50th State Senate districts had not yet been called. Those races were eventually called in favor of Democrat Peter Harckham, Republican Mike Martucci, and Democrat John Mannion, respectively.


2020 New York State Senate election, Results
Also on November 23, 2020, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins asserted that Senate Democrats would enter 2021 with "a supermajority of at least 42 members", giving the party an "unprecedented share" of power in the state Legislature. According to Politico, "the numbers mean that Democratic legislators now have the two-thirds needed in each house to override any vetoes from Gov. Andrew Cuomo without relying on Republican support".


2020 New York State Senate election, Results
The results of the 2020 Senate elections were certified on December 3, 2020. Democrats won a total of 43 seats, while Republicans won 20. Republicans managed to defeat Democrats Monica Martinez in the 3rd district (Long Island) and Jen Metzger in the 42nd district (Upstate), but Democrats picked up five other Upstate seats for a net gain of three. They already held a majority on the strength of holding all but one seat in New York City.


2020 New York State Senate election, Results
Results by district. BOLD represents a flip and ITALICS represent a new Senator of the same party.


2020 New York Yankees season
The 2020 New York Yankees season was the 118th season in New York City for the Yankees, and the 120th season overall for the franchise. The Yankees played in Yankee Stadium in the city's northern borough of The Bronx and were led by Aaron Boone in his third season as team manager.


2020 New York Yankees season
On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled. Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the CDC regarding large public events. On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players reported to training camps on July 1 in order to resume spring training and prepare for a July 23 Opening Day.


2020 New York Yankees season
The Yankees started off the shortened season with a hot 16–6 start, but would then quickly lose 15 out of their next 20 games evening their win loss record at 21-21. The Yankees ended up finishing the season 2nd in their division with a 33–27 record, 7 games behind the division champion Tampa Bay Rays in the AL East, but good enough for the 5th seed in the American League due to MLB's postseason expansion for the season. The Yankees would sweep the Cleveland Indians in a best-of-three Wild Card Series to advance to the American League Division Series against the Tampa Bay Rays, but their struggles against the Rays would continue, as they were eliminated in 5 games.


2020 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Transactions, 2020
On September 17, the Yankees became the first team in MLB history to hit six plus home runs in each of their previous three games. While facing the Toronto Blue Jays in the last game of a three-game series, they hit five home runs in one inning (the fourth), tying an MLB record. This marks just the fourth time in MLB history that a team has hit six or more home runs in three consecutive games, hitting 19 total.


2020 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Transactions, 2020
Highlights of the regular season included DJ LeMahieu finishing the season with a major league-leading .364 average. Luke Voit also topped the majors with 22 home runs. They are the first pair of teammates to lead the MLB in batting average and home runs since Hank Aaron (.355) and Eddie Mathews (46 HR) for the 1959 Milwaukee Braves. LeMahieu is the 4th Yankee to lead the majors in hitting and the 9th Yankee to win an AL batting title. LeMahieu is also the second player ever to win a batting title in each league.


2020 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Transactions, July
The 2020 New York Yankees season began on July 23 against the defending champion Washington Nationals. Yankees ace Gerrit Cole made his debut for his new team after his offseason signing where he departed from the Houston Astros. Cole recorded his first ever win in the Yankees pinstripes, going 5five innings alongside five strikeouts. The game was cut short due to weather, however the Yankees started the season with a 4–1 win. Yankees all-star slugger Giancarlo Stanton started the season hot with three RBIs as well as a two-run home run in the first inning off opposing ace Matt Scherzer.


2020 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Transactions, July
Game two of the series went to the Nationals, as the Yankee bats never came to life. The Yankees lost 9–2, however Giancarlo Stanton remained hot, hitting his second home run of the season. Ultimately, the Yankees won the series taking game three by a score of 3–2. Yankees pitcher Jonathan Loáisiga recorded his first start of the season, however long time reliever Chad Green was rewarded the win thanks to two late game home runs from Luke Voit and Gleyber Torres.


2020 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Transactions, July
Following the series win against the Nationals, the Yankees were slated to head north to take on the Philadelphia Phillies. Ultimately these games were postponed after a number of players from the Phillies tested positive for COVID-19. The Phillies had just come off a three-game series against the Miami Marlins, in which 18 Marlins players and staff tested positive for COVID-19. Following new MLB COVID guidelines lead to the postponement of this series.


2020 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Transactions, July
In wake of the Philadelphia postponement, the Yankees traveled to downtown Baltimore to take on the Baltimore Orioles at the iconic Camden Yards. The Yankees extended their hot streak, winning both games by a score of 9-3 and 8-6 respectively. The Yankee bats were beginning to heat up in late July featuring five Yankee home runs in the two game span. Yankees ace Gerrit Cole recorded his second win of the season while Jonathan Loáisiga notched his first win as well.


2020 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Transactions, July
The final series in July featured the Yankees paired against the division rival Boston Red Sox. However, the series proved to be less of an even match than expected, as the Yankees took down all three games in a clean sweep. In game one, the Yankees put up 5 runs from a combined three home runs from Aaron Judge, Gio Urshela and Brett Gardner. The Yankees won this game 5–1. Game two had a very similar result as the Yankees won 5-2 off of an Aaron Judge solo HR and a Gio Urshela grand slam.


2020 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Transactions, July
The last game of the series was a much closer game, with the Yankees edging out the Red Sox 9–7. Aaron Judge continued to show off his fire power, hitting two home runs and extending his home run streak to five games. The Yankees win marked six wins in a row and put their record at 7-1 through the end of July.


2020 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Transactions, August
The Yankees began their first series in August playing the Philadelphia Phillies who were returning from a weeklong layoff due to MLB COVID-19 protocols. The Yankees were slated to play the Phillies earlier this season, so this four-game-series was a make up from the missed series before. The Yankees made easy work of the Phillies in game one, winning 6–3. Gerrit Cole notched his third win in his third start giving up 1 earned run in six innings pitched. The next two games were a doubleheader, and due to the COVID shortened season, all doubleheaders were 7-inning-games.


2020 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Transactions, August
The Yankees split the doubleheader, losing the first game 11-7 while winning the second game 3–1. The Yankees would lose the last game of the series by a score of 5–4, putting the series record at 2-2 and the Yankees overall record at 9–3. The Yankees 9–3 record was the second best in the American League, trailing the Minnesota Twins by one game.


2020 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Transactions, August
Following the split series with the Phillies, the Yankees headed down to Florida to take on the Tampa Bay Rays. Game one of the series resulted in a Yankees defeat with a final score of 1–0, the sole run from this game coming from a Michael Pérez sacrifice fly in the eight inning. The next two games were played as a doubleheader in which the Yankees took the first game 8-4 and lost the second game 5–3. Both games were 7 innings as mandated by the MLB's COVID-19 protocol for doubleheaders.


2020 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Transactions, August
Gerrit Cole started the first game of the doubleheader but ultimately received a no-decision which snapped a 20-game win streak dating back to the previous season. Instead, Yankees reliever Chad Green notched his second win of the season. The Yankees lost the final game of the season 4-3 due to a Michael Perez walk off single in the bottom of the 9th. The Yankees lost the series to Tampa Bay 1–3, recording their first series loss of the season and bumping their record down to 10–6 on the season.


2020 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Transactions, August
After a day of rest on August 10, the Yankees were back home to take on the 11-7 Atlanta Braves. The Yankees played a quick two-game-series against the Braves, winning both games. The first game was a high scoring affair in which the Yankees won 9-6 powered by a 3-RBI game from both Luke Voit and Mike Ford. Aaron Judge added a home run as well, but ended up leaving the game due to injury. It was also announced that Yankees outfielder Giancarlo Stanton is expected to miss 3–4 weeks due to a hamstring injury.


2020 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Transactions, August
Yankees starting pitcher Jordan Montgomery record the win and improved his record to 2–1 on the season. The following game the Yankees won 6-3 powered by a DJ LeMahieu four-hit game as well as a three-hit game from Yankees outfielder Clint Frazier in his season debut. Jonathan Loáisiga got the win in the reliever position and improved to 2–0 on the season.


2020 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Transactions, August
Following the series sweep of the Braves, the Boston Red Sox returned to Yankee Stadium for a four-game series. The Yankees had swept the Red Sox in their previous encounter this season, and this series was no different. The Yankees won four straight against the Red Sox and were now riding a six-game win streak through the middle stages of August. Gerrit Cole pitched a gem in game one of the series, going seven innings while allowing one earned run. Gleyber Torres went 4-4 and Mike Tauchman punched in four RBIs to lead the Yankees to a 10–3 win.


2020 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Transactions, August
The Yankees won game two 11-5 thanks to a five-RBI performance from Clint Frazier. James Paxton recorded his first win of the season. However, red-hot hitter DJ LeMahieu left the game with an apparent thumb injury. Mike Ford drove in 3 runs in game three and J. A. Happ cataloged his first win of the season as the Yankees won 4–2. To complete the sweep, the Yankees won the final game of the series 6–3; Yankees first basemen Luke Voit hit two home runs alongside three RBIs. Despite the team's injuries, the Yankees were now 16-6 - the best record in MLB.


2020 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Transactions, August
The Yankees continued their homestretch against the Tampa Bay Rays, who trailed the AL East best Yankees by 2.5 games. The three-game series resulted in three Yankees losses. The Yankees lost the series opener 6–3, despite home runs from both Luke Voit and Gary Sánchez putting an end to the Yankees six-game winning streak. Yankees starting pitcher Masahiro Tanaka recorded his first loss of the season, moving him to 0–1 on the season. Gerrit Cole pitched game two of the series, recording his second no decision of the year.


2020 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Transactions, August
Cole allowed two home runs to Tampa Bay Rays players, and the Yankees went on to lose the game 2–4. The Yankees lost the final game of the series 10–5, allowing the Rays to pass the Yankees for the lead in the division. Luke Voit remained very hot, hitting his 10th home run of the season, tying him for the AL lead in home runs hit with Mike Trout. In their seven games played against the Tampa Bay Rays, the Yankees are 1–6.


2020 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Transactions, August
The much anticipated Subway Series between the New York Yankees and the New York Mets was inevitably postponed due to multiple positive COVID-19 tests within the Mets organization. Out of precaution, the three-game series was delayed and to be played later in the season.


2020 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Transactions, August
After a long five day rest for the Yankees, the season resumed in Atlanta where they took on the Atlanta Braves for the second time this season. The two-game-series was played in one day, both games being 7 innings as it was a doubleheader. The Yankees lost the first game 5-1 as Gerrit Cole recorded his first loss of the season, as well as his first losing performance in 28 straight starts dating back to last season. Cole allowed 3 home runs in five innings.


2020 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Transactions, August
Luke Voit hit was responsible for the only run of the game, hitting his 11th home run of the season. The Yankees suffered a similar result in the second game, losing 2–1, earning reliever Chad Green his first loss of the season. This marked back-to-back series sweeps against the Yankees and dropped them to a 16–11 record on the season.