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BOSTON — Rejoice, relief and rejuvenation will surely be felt on Jersey Street and across New England this week, as the Red Sox have finally, for the first time since Dustin Pedroia in 2013, retained a homegrown superstar on a long-term contract.

"He made his decision. We had to make our decision."

SEATTLE — “A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore.”

PITTSBURGH — New Year's Eve marked 50 years since a plane carrying Roberto Clemente crashed while delivering earthquake relief supplies to Nicaragua. In those five decades, the iconic Pirates outfielder's legacy has soared to incredible and unimaginable heights.

I wrote about the unsealing order in 2020; the order was then affirmed earlier this year, and just today Judge Jed Rakoff (S.D.N.Y.) unsealed "the minimally redacted version" of the letter. (Judge Rakoff's opinion starts with, "Time to close the books.") You can see that redacted version, which is too…

Many of us at Sports Illustrated have spent the last few weeks looking back on this year in sports. We combed through the catalog of stories we’ve published over the past 12 months to pick out our favorites and sum up what happened (or in the case of MMQB editor…

Aaron Judge's home run chase and Houston's second title headlined a baseball season that, for a time, seemed like it might not happen at all.

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.

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.