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The Best Sports Shows, Movies and Books of 2022

An updated TV version of a cinema classic was the high point in a fantastic year for sports media.

Sports Illustrated

'Almost a saint': Roberto Clemente is as influential as ever 50 years after his death

When Roberto Clemente Jr. woke on the morning of Dec. 31, 1972, he immediately tiptoed to his parents' bedroom to see whether his father was up.

Los Angeles Times

Tom Krasovic: Peter Seidler is trying to finish the job that Ray Kroc began

Baseball scouts tell me their bosses can't figure out Peter Seidler's math. The riddle: how the Padres can afford such large player payrolls, without losing big money.

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The Beautiful Life of Vin Scully

The legendary Dodgers broadcaster, who died Tuesday at age 94, was simultaneously a giant and America’s best friend.

Sports Illustrated

Most Little Leaguers Dream of the Big Leagues. He Dreamed of Dentistry

When he played in the 1956 Little League World Series, he told SI that his goal wasn’t MLB. Here’s what happened.

Sports Illustrated

Jeff Luhnow’s Next Act: Soccer

The scandal-marked former Astros GM says he has nothing to apologize for.

Sports Illustrated

Roberto Clemente’s death 50 years ago forever changed his son, a former Phillies minor leaguer

PHILADELPHIA — Roberto Clemente Jr. was dressing for his first spring training workout in February 1986 when a Phillies official alerted him to a group of reporters waiting outside the clubhouse in Clearwater, Fla. He signed with the team a month earlier for $40,000. Now the press wanted to know…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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This Year in Home Run Reactions: A Study in the Human Condition

Dramatic dingers tell us something about baseball. The pitchers reveal something about frustration, pain and apathy.

Sports Illustrated

Ten convicted in attempted killing of slugger David Ortiz

A Dominican court has convicted 10 people involved in the 2019 attempted killing of former Red Sox baseball star David Ortiz

The Independent UK

NFL legend claims playing in MLB was harder as he could 'not master it'

Deion Sanders, the iconic cornerback who defined showmanship in sports in the 1990s, played in both the NFL and MLB and made history when he scored a touchdown and home run on the same day

Daily Mirror

Mike Sielski: Tim Mayza gave up Aaron Judge’s 61st home run. Why his moment of failure was actually a triumph.

CAMP HILL, Pa. — On Sept. 28 at Rogers Centre in Toronto, in the seventh inning of a game against the Blue Jays, on the eighth pitch of his fourth at-bat of his 151st game, the Yankees’ Aaron Judge hit a two-run home run. The ball traveled 394 feet, landing…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Lucas Giolito pitches in to clean up beaches in the Dominican Republic. ‘We have one planet,’ the Chicago White Sox starter says.

When Lucas Giolito arrived in the Dominican Republic earlier this month for a beach cleanup project, he noticed a group of young baseball players going through agility drills with a trainer.

Chicago Tribune

Mets officially bring back Adam Ottavino, continue needed improvements in the bullpen

While the baseball world awaits word on Carlos Correa’s situation with the Mets, the Amazin’s are taking care of other business. The team announced on Tuesday that Adam Ottavino’s one-year deal to return to Flushing is official.

Tribune News Service

Deion Sanders Says Baseball Was More Difficult Than Football

The former cornerback and outfielder said the choice was easy to make.

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And the Most Representative MLB Hitter of 2022 Is ...

Which player best shows the type of baseball we saw this year? Let’s take a look.

Chicago Sun-Times

MLB stars get OK to play for Cuba in World Baseball Classic

It clears the way for MLB stars such as José Abreu, Yordan Alvarez, Randy Arozarena, Yoán Moncada and Luis Robert to play for Cuba in the WBC in March.

The Independent UK

US to let MLB stars play for Cuba in World Baseball Classic

The United States will permit Major League Baseball players from Cuba to represent their home country in the World Baseball Classic next year

Sports Illustrated

MLB Is Giving Older Players More Money As the Game Gets Younger

More players are being paid to leave rather than complete their contracts, and yet teams continue to ink long-term deals that take players well into their 30s.

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The Independent UK

Roberto Clemente remains Latino legend 50 years after death

Roberto Clemente remains one of the most revered figures in Puerto Rico and Latin America 50 years after his death

Sports Illustrated

Baseball World Reacts to Mets’ Concern About Carlos Correa Deal

The infielder’s free agency has taken another unexpected turn.

Reuters

Cuba says U.S. greenlights MLB players for World Baseball Classic

Cuba said on Saturday the United States had granted permission for some of its top ballplayers to participate in the World Baseball Classic on the national team.

Chicago Sun-Times

Christmas isn’t complete without a visit from the Quizmaster

The night won’t be silent when your guests are shouting answers to these baseball trivia questions

Tribune News Service

Alex Simon: Giants have replaced Mets as MLB’s big-market laughingstock

It’s been a pretty good time to be a Giants fan in the near-quarter century since they moved to 24 Willie Mays Plaza, and the three pennants from the 2010s will fly forever.

Chicago Tribune

Paul Sullivan: Mets owner Steve Cohen is on a wild spending spree — and it has baseball in a tizzy

CHICAGO — It was 26 years ago that White Sox Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf shocked the baseball world by signing surly free-agent slugger Albert Belle to a record five-year, $55 million deal.

Chicago Sun-Times

Arbitrator reinstates Cy Young winner Trevor Bauer

The 31-year-old Los Angeles Dodgers star was given an unprecedented two-season suspension without pay by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred on April 29 for violating the league’s domestic violence and sexual assault policy.

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