At the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020, COVID-19, a disease caused by the coronavirus, began to spread around the world. Life changed overnight, and the focus of the media was reduced to the emergence of the pandemic and the suppression of the disease in a very short time. The media also took on an influential role in conveying important information, especially when the lockdown was introduced in many countries and when people were forced to stay in their homes for several weeks and months. In these circumstances, sports also had begun to have somewhat different functions than before the pandemic, especially football as one of the most popular sports in Croatia and worldwide. The aim of this research was to analyze the frequency of the appearance of content about the Croatian Football League (HNL) during the period from January 15 to May 15, 2020, that is, two months before and two months after the suspension of the competition (March 11) due to the epidemic. The basic hypothesis of this work is as follows: HNL was represented on the Večernji.hr portal more frequently before the interruption due to the outbreak of the epidemic caused by the coronavirus. The hypothesis was confirmed because the analysis of trends in the publication of articles on the Večernji.hr internet portal (with a sample of 286 articles) showed that the media representation of HNL in the media, i.e. on the aforementioned internet portal, was worse during the period after the emergence of the coronavirus. The results of the research testify to the media reception of sports in general, but also to sports in a wider social context, and can serve as a basis for future research on the global relationship between media and sports in extraordinary circumstances.