When the base runner is hustling with double sliding mitts on they always look like a gingerbread man to me

this project came from a tip—someone reached out to ask if I would be interested in hearing about an nontraditional sports story. I'm so appreciative I got to tell it and would love to do more like it. If you know of sports doing unexpected things in unexpected places: Hannah.keyser@cnn.com

An estimated 50% of the student population at ATLAS HS is undocumented immigrants. Chronic absenteeism is a big issue—students don't always feel safe transiting and they don't see the value in a diploma. Now, a boxing gym is giving them a sense of solace, and opportunity. www.cnn.com/2026/04/17/s...

Mental health campaigns, especially those in sports, often present overcoming stigma as a complete solution. But, as the situation with Jarren Duran shows, that’s not the end of the story. www.cnn.com/2026/04/18/s...

Mental health campaigns, especially those in sports, often present overcoming stigma as a complete solution. But, as the situation with Jarren Duran shows, that’s not the end of the story. www.cnn.com/2026/04/18/s...

CNN on Instagram: "At a high school predominantly made up of newly arrived immigrants in Queens, New York, the student population is shrinking, and chronic absenteeism is on the rise amid immigration ... 6,520 likes, 212 comments - cnn on April 17, 2026: "At a high school predominantly made up of newly arrived immigrants in Queens, New York, the student population is shrinking, and chronic absenteeism...

You can watch the video version of the story on IG here www.instagram.com/p/DXPOWPYjUWr/

How a storage closet-turned-boxing gym is helping migrant students graduate, and giving them options for the future

I — and fantastic video crew — spent many months working on this story which I am proud of and hope you'll click on and even consider paying for! www.cnn.com/2026/04/17/s...

@zcrizer.bsky.social trying to mets fans feel better... I think. bandwagon.ghost.io/april-will-m...

How a storage closet-turned-boxing gym is helping migrant students graduate, and giving them options for the future

I — and fantastic video crew — spent many months working on this story which I am proud of and hope you'll click on and even consider paying for! www.cnn.com/2026/04/17/s...

[looks around uneasily, as a Phillies-fan-turned-Penn-ancient-history-major-turned-baseball-reporter] Thank... you, world, for this treat but try to be a little less on-the-nose next time. www.penn.museum/blog/major-l...

Like, right?

through 10.5% of the season the mets have half as many shutouts as they did all last year. This:
Matters?
Doesn't matter?
Doesn't matter except that it is causing you a deep and perhaps soul-altering anguish?

Robots made the challenge system possible; humans – full of hubris and frustration – have made it entertaining.

On ABS, which is weird and fun!
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An NCAA tournament loss isn’t just another defeat. For the kids on the court, it’s something so much more | CNN I thought I understood the enormity of the emotions, that it wasn’t the loss athletes mourned so much as the abrupt end of it all. Watching my son’s team lose on Friday gave a new perspective.

“money doesn’t make you a grown up. It just gives you grown-up problems”

Loved this from @danaoneil.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2026/03/28/s...

One reason to bandwagon every MLB team in 2026 With help from a roster of notable baseball fans

One reason to bandwagon every baseball team, with guest appearances from @hannahrkeyser.bsky.social, @sammillerbb.bsky.social, @williamfleitch.bsky.social, @actioncookbook.com and many more.

Happy Opening Day (the real one).
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How many hooks are in your home? Wrong. It’s so many more. When you move out of a place you suddenly realize how many hooks are in use

“‘gahn ‘gahn ‘gahn”

If you’re wondering how this is going, here he demanding “again” in both words and sign language in the exact seconds the song winds down for like the 15th time on today’s walk

we had a brief bit of surprising success with Bad Bunny but then returned to crying at anything that isn't Twist and Shout. A fuller experiment is required.

Help, my toddler will *only* listen to twist and shout by the Beatles and refuses all other music (even the longstanding favorite: songs 3-8 on the Moana soundtrack). What else should we try?

I’m ready to get hurt again by buying into the weather seeming to take a turn for the better

extremely thrilled for all the Venezuelan fans www.cnn.com/2026/03/11/s...

all-star style derby swing off if it's tied after nine, who says no?

(none of the MLB teams with pitchers at the WBC, that's for sure)

The World Baseball Classic, Team USA, and the war problem On conduct unbecoming.

We hear “stick to sports” too much, but let’s be clear here: Team USA itself refused to stick to sports, eschewing representation of so much great American culture for, uh, Da Troops and nothing else.

What Team Italy’s run in the World Baseball Classic means to Italian baseball fans | CNN Team Italy pitcher Dylan DeLucia threw four shutout innings in the World Baseball Classic quarterfinal game against Puerto Rico – purportedly the first baseball game to be broadcast on national Italia...

“So many people are asking how the game is played and what the rules are.”

Write about actual *Italian* Italian baseball fans (yes they exist) and what they made of Team Italy’s charmed if ultimately ill-fated WBC run. www.cnn.com/2026/03/17/s...

My son and his cousin blowing kisses to each other over FaceTime the day before the bombs started falling.

My sister and her family — husband, four-year-old, two-year-old — live in Beirut. They are still there, still trying to teach at AUB and still trying to keep their kids' lives normal despite constant disruptions. I think about them constantly. Her husband wrote this. thepointmag.com/forms-of-lif...

re-upping for tonight's matchup

yes!

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people googling "quanti inning nel baseball" in Italy over the past year...