The best shortened-season performances including Jerry Rice in 1987

The NBA and NHL will be lucky to get in a full playoff if they even return. Major League Baseball certainly won’t play a full 162-game schedule. And who knows about the NFL? But while coronavirus is wreaking havoc on the calendars of every sports …

Karl Malone

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The Utah Jazz legend won his second MVP award in the lockout-shortened 1998-99 season, averaging 23.8 points, 9.4 rebounds and 4.1 assists at the age of 35. The Jazz won 37 of the 50 scheduled game, sharing the league lead with eventual NBA champion San Antonio.