When reading through this list of the top sports stories of 2024, you’ll notice something: We’ve made a significant change. Here at The SandPaper, an executive decision was made to narrow these colossally sized stories to 10 entries rather than 20.
So, with that now stuck in your brain – you’ll get over it, trust us – just know coming up with a top 10 is much more difficult than scraping together 20 stories, since the top 10 generally are a tough batch to select.
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