2013: The Year in Sports (64 images)

Competitors run under the 59th Street Bridge in the New York City Marathon on November 3, 2013. The 47,000 runners will race through five boroughs for the first time since the Boston Marathon bombing, which left three people dead and more than 260 injured in April. UPI /John Angelillo

Driver Jimmy Johnson (48) celebrates after winning for the sixth time the the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship title at the Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida on November 17, 2013. UPI/Gary I Rothstein

Members of the Boston Red Sox celebrate in the clubhouse after winning the 2013 World Series, defeating the St. Louis Cardinals in game six, 6-1, at Fenway Park in Boston on October 30, 2013. This is the first time since 1918 that the Red Sox have won the World Series at Fenway. UPI/Kevin Dietsch

Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Hanley Ramirez (13) high fives Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Yasiel Puig (66) after scoring a run in the 3rd inning of Game 3 of the National League Division Series against the Atlanta Braves at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on October 6, 2013. The Dodgers won 13-6 to lead the best-of five NLDS 2-1. UPI/Lori Shepler