Sports | best of 2023 18 Sports Stories That Scored Including the story of a Wisconsin teen who may be redefining speed skating By Newser Editors Posted Dec 22, 2023 10:54 AM CST Updated Dec 27, 2023 9:17 AM CST Copied It was a banner year for Mikaela Shiffrin. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta) Awesome wins, feel-good moments, major achievements, and one story of a particularly hellish ultramarathon. On the sports front, 2023 had it all. Here, the 18 most-read sports stories of the year: He Gave Up Chance to Make World Series History for a Friend After Damar Hamlin Collapsed, This Employee May Have Saved His Life Wisconsin Teen May Be Redefining Speedskating This Was the Craziest Play of the NFL Weekend Hero Ex-NFL Star Is 'on the Road to Recovery' 'While You Pray for Damar Say One for Tee Higgins, Too' Expect Hallucinations During This Hellish Ultra-Marathon Former No. 1, Who Retired at 25, Finds Life After Tennis Crazy Win Was Third-Biggest Comeback Ever in Playoffs A 'Gift' Was Entangled in Chris Evert's Grief The Masters Makes Comical Invitation Gaffe This 18-Year-Old Notches a Soccer Milestone Gronkowski Will Try to Kick Field Goal in Live Super Bowl Ad Quirky ESPN Ad Campaign Is Back MLB Teams Sign a Bunch of Players' Family Members Title Game Was Biggest Blowout in Bowl History For American Mikaela Shiffrin, a Milestone Skiing Victory Freediver Shatters Another Frigid Record (Read more sports stories here.) Read These Next White House rolls with Trump's 'daddy' nickname. New Fox star, 23, misses first day after car troubles. Supreme Court ruling is a big blow to Planned Parenthood. Man accused of killing his daughters might be dead. Report an error