In a year when it seemed like nothing could go right, the sports Gods smiled on Los Angeles, rewarding long-suffering fans of the city's beloved Dodgers and Lakers with titles just weeks apart, but formal celebrations will have to wait due to COVID-19. The Dodgers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday to clinch the club's first championship in 32 years after enduring heartbreaking losses in the 2017 and 2018 World Series. The LeBron James-led Lakers, stunned by the death of former star player Kobe Bryant in a helicopter crash in January, beat the Miami Heat to end their decade-long title drought earlier in the month.