2020 was a year.

COVID-19, the election, the fight for justice and equality, we spent most of it locked down,

which amplified everything.

So we hurt a lot.

Sometimes we laughed, but most of the year just felt like the twilight zone.

2020 showed us just how thin the line between America at its best and worst truly is.

It's a messy intersection, a wild, venn diagram of race, politics, hope, money, violence,

and the desire to be free.

And there were few spaces in American life in 2020 where those circles overlap more than

in professional sports.

We are dedicating this season to Breonna Taylor.

The same energy that we hold on the floor is the same energy that we have towards having

justice for Breonna Taylor.

Despite the overwhelming plea for change, there has been no action, so our focus today

cannot be on basketball.

In the middle of a global pandemic that upended the sports world, during the most outwardly

race's presidency in a generation, 2020 was a year in which the Black Athlete stood

on the line and demanded respect, not just for themselves, but for Black people.

I think it was just a collective enough that happened to Black athletes where they decided

this is the fight that's worth risking it all for.

I'm Tremaine Lee and this is Into America.

Today, we go into the protest and power of the Black Athlete in 2020, with journalist

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