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Michael Bamberger

Michael Bamberger

Joined: Dec 11, 2013

Senior Writer, Sports Illustrated Senior writer Michael Bamberger joined Sports Illustrated in 1995, and primarily covers golf. The author of six books, his work has appeared in three editions of The Best American Sportswriting.

Kobe Bryant bids farewell to Philly, his childhood home and basketball origin
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Kobe Bryant bids farewell to Philly, his childhood home and basketball origin

PHILADELPHIA — Yes, the Sixers were playing the Lakers, and by the final buzzer there would be a winner and a loser, but did the outcome matter? Not really. Not

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Ruben Amaro's dismissal as GM end of Phillies' days as family business
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Ruben Amaro's dismissal as GM end of Phillies' days as family business

The firing of Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro wasn't personal; it was just business. But that in itself is a radical change for the franchise.

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SI Vault: Second Effort: Craig Biggio got better after changing positions
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SI Vault: Second Effort: Craig Biggio got better after changing positions

Craig Biggio was already an All-Star as a catcher, but when he moved to second base in the early 1990s, it changed his career and helped put him on the path to the Hall of Fame.

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You don't bunt with John Kruk: Great parenting advice from Jim Fregosi
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You don't bunt with John Kruk: Great parenting advice from Jim Fregosi

Our first child was 15 months old at the time and our second was on the way, and the moment Fregosi said that, off went the bulb: That's how you raise kids.

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Alex Rodriguez's Saturday night in Trenton felt like the end is near
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Alex Rodriguez's Saturday night in Trenton felt like the end is near

Rodriguez was playing him deep and Franco hit a bullet, almost over the bag. Rodriguez, moving like a big cat, made two fleet steps to his right, fielded it

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Running not against the clock, but instead for solidarity
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Running not against the clock, but instead for solidarity

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- There was no marathon here on this Sunday, a blue and nippy spring morning. There wasn't, we were reminded on the start line, even a race.

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Dangers of open-water swimming
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Dangers of open-water swimming

My first newspaper job after college was at the Vineyard Gazette on Martha's Vineyard, an island in Massachusetts surrounded by sea and ocean, some of it very

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With the sweep, the Phillies now wait; that's good and bad
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With the sweep, the Phillies now wait; that's good and bad

The waiting is the hardest partEvery day you see one more card.You take it on faith, you take it to the heart.The waiting is the hardest part. Tom Petty wasn't

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For the Reds, there is a tomorrow, but that may be all they have left
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For the Reds, there is a tomorrow, but that may be all they have left

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Halladay in total control on night he enters baseball's pantheon
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Halladay in total control on night he enters baseball's pantheon

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Time to give Jamie Moyer his due as he closes in on dubious record
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Time to give Jamie Moyer his due as he closes in on dubious record

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My Bucket List
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My Bucket List

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