Remarkable stories these days can quickly disappear into the blast of internet drama or depressing news cycles. That gives even more reason to go back during spring training and revisit one feel-good story of 2019: the Washington Nationals’ improbable championship run.

Friends, family, and Lakers fans gathered Monday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles to remember former NBA superstar Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna. The two died Jan. 26 in a helicopter crash that killed all nine people on board. Bryant’s widow, Vanessa, filed a lawsuit Monday against the owner and operator of the helicopter, arguing the pilot should not have flown in the cloudy conditions that day.

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The number of games the 2020 Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs won in the postseason after trailing by double digits, an NFL rec­ord. The 2007 New York Giants came from behind to win four games in the postseason but had not trailed by double digits in any of those games. Other Super Bowl champions have come from behind to win three postseason games, but none had come back from more than one double-digit deficit. The Chiefs, after 10 games this season, had a 6-4 record before winning nine straight games to claim the Super Bowl title.

A dozen tense sled dogs strain at their harnesses, impatiently waiting with 13 other sled teams from the United States and Canada. Behind these 12 dogs, a musher wearing bib number 15 grins and steadies her crew. Sunglasses, purple cap, and a thick, fox-fur-ruffed red snowsuit mostly hide her dark eyes, fair Irish skin, and auburn hair. Her mittened fingers grip the wooden handles of a titanium sled, heavy boots planted firmly on its footboards.

For the first time in 50 years, the Kansas City Chiefs are Super Bowl champions. They defeated the San Francisco 49ers 31-20 Sunday night in Miami, coming from behind in the fourth quarter.

The morning after the Super Bowl can be rough for football fans. Studies have shown more people miss work and get in car accidents on Monday after staying up late the night before to enjoy the big game. Sixteen-year-old Frankie Ruggeri of New York is trying to change that. His petition on Change.org to move the Super Bowl to Saturday had received more than 68,000 signatures as of Wednesday morning.

Investigators are scouring a hillside outside Los Angeles for the victims of the helicopter crash that killed former NBA great Kobe Bryant and eight others. The aircraft went down on Sunday afternoon as dense fog covered the area, leading the Los Angeles Police Department and the county sheriff’s department to ground their choppers. About 20 investigators spent Monday combing through debris scattered over an area the size of a football field in Calabasas, Calif.