Despite the always heated debate regarding whether or not they are, in fact, actually sports, eSports continues to evolve. The past year has been particularly eventful, with developments taking place so quickly they're often difficult to track. Here's a playback of the top eSports news from 2017.

When Team USA competes this winter in PyeongChang, expect there to be some additional vocal support outside of the parents, friends and the diehard fans who will make the bucket-list trek to the Olympics. Expect cheerleaders. It's a development that has the sports community buzzing.

Outdoor sports events, which have confronted various security threats over the years, now have a new one: drones. This follows a recent incident in which a man (who was later arrested) used an unauthorized UAV to pepper a crowd at an NFL game with propaganda leaflets.

Christmas is closer than the Super Bowl, so it's appropriate that Minneapolis, host of the big game, has a wish list. In addition to the economic impact (that's a given, after all), organizers want the event to attract jobseekers and tourists and even inspire local children to get fit.

While much of the United States has been consumed with the national anthem debate in professional football, other disruptions are occurring on a global level and are expected to impact the future of American football as a potential Olympic sport. And we don't mean that in a positive way.

When Dionne Warwick hit the charts in 1968 with "Do you know the way to San Jose," she put the city on the pop culture map. Nearly 50 years later, organizers are hoping international table tennis learns the way to San Jose, already a U.S. hub for the sport.