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Tampa Bay Rays Roar Back On and Off the Field as Billionaire Bid Fuels Local Revival Hopes

The Tampa Bay Rays made headlines with a record-setting 12-8 comeback win over the Orioles while billionaire Patrick Zalupski leads a $1.7 billion bid to buy the team, potentially ending years of relocation rumours. The move would keep the franchise rooted in Tampa and signals a fresh chapter both on…

International Business Times UK · Jun 19, 2025

Ending manhood in the hall of shame

Pete Rose and Donald Trump are the dregs of American maleness

Salon · Jun 13, 2025

Sports Commissioners Should Take Heed of Elon Musk’s Fallout With Donald Trump

The president loves to use sports as a cultural wedge and when he comes calling, executives should remember how impossible he is to satisfy.

Sports Illustrated · Jun 9, 2025

Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe and politics: Baseball and the real world collide more often than we think

Since the game’s early days, baseball mythology has been constructed — often deliberately — to set itself apart

The Independent UK · May 15, 2025

Pete Rose returns to the Hall conversation as baseball embraces his original sin

MLB’s all-time hits leader was exiled from the sport he loved because of his gambling. Now the game is embracing betting at every opportunity

The Guardian - US · May 15, 2025

Pete Rose’s MLB Ban Ends After Death

Pete Rose is no longer banned by MLB after death, reigniting Hall of Fame hopes and sparking a tribute in Cincinnati.

Sports Lens · May 14, 2025

Will Pete Rose and Joe Jackson join the Hall of Fame?

Will Pete Rose and Joe Jackson join the Hall of Fame? Due to their death, Rose and Jackson are no longer permanently ineligible.

The Sports Daily · May 14, 2025

Rose and Jackson get posthumous reprieve, but gambling on baseball is still MLB's biggest sin

Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson received a posthumous reprieve from baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday, making both players eligible for the sport’s Hall of Fame after their careers were tarnished by gambling scandals

The Independent UK · May 14, 2025

SI:AM | Why Rob Manfred’s Pete Rose Decision Is So Controversial

It’s a bad look for a couple of reasons.

Sports Illustrated · May 14, 2025

Why were Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe Jackson banned from Baseball Hall of Fame?

Major League Baseball reinstates two of the sport’s great players, making them Hall of Fame eligible.

Al Jazeera · May 14, 2025