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Clemente Points K-State to New Heights

Depending on the day and who's judging, Kansas State fifth-year senior Denis Clemente is either simply one of the best point guards in college basketball or deserving of mention among the elite players at any position. Oklahoma coach Jeff Capel was probably somewhere in the middle on the debate last Saturday after...

Andrew McCutchen Has Pittsburgh a Little Too Excited

With the Steelers and Penguins reigning as champs of their respective sports, it's certainly a fun time to be a Pittsburgh sports fan. The trouble now, with the Penguins' season over and Steelers camp still a month away, is that the only game in town is the Pirates. That's fine for a baseball geek like me, but many more...

Carlos Delgado Honored to Wear Roberto Clemente's No. 21 at WBC

One of the cooler aspects of the World Baseball Classic (at least, in my opinion) is that it's one of the rare times that national pride and baseball intersect. It doesn't happen in the Olympics and it's limited during the season, but during the WBC it's evident just how much baseball means in various countries around the...

Puerto Rico Hates Ozzie Guillen

I don't understand why people are making such a big deal of Ozzie Guillen telling Joe Morgan that he thought Ivan Rodriguez and Roberto Alomar were the two best players to come out of Puerto Rico, and not Roberto Clemente, but for some reason it really seemed to strike a chord with a lot of different people. The story was...

Joe Morgan Vs. Ozzie Guillen: Whoever Wins, We Lose

You're doubtlessly aware of Joe Morgan's credentials as an annoyer of baseball fans from coast to coast. It comes with the territory of maintaining positions that are indefensible in the face of actual facts. It's also probably not much of a surprise to you that White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen has the propensity to come...

Roberto Clemente News From the Web

05/23/12 InteractiveMD Names Roberto Clemente Jr. as... Source: Business Wire provider of first-of-its-kind consumer telehealth retail model and customized telehealth solutions for businesses, today announced the appointment of Roberto Clemente, Jr. as its spokesperson.
05/23/12 Dorfman: Elite Heat is grooming boxers in Newark Source: NJ.com There is an obvious shortage of adult boxers in the country today, reflecting the diminished state of the sport, but guess who might be taking their place.
05/17/12 School board preserving Roberto Clemente but not band... Source: The Ann Arbor News - Ann Arbor MI However, at least 12 other cuts remain likely, including funding for band camp at Interlochen, mid-day transportation to Community High and middle school athletic directors.
05/14/12 NJ Senate panel OKs resolution requesting MLB to... Source: NorthJersey.com - Hackensack NJ A measure "respectfully requesting" that Major League Baseball retire No. 21 in honor of Hall of Famer player Roberto Clemente was approved unanimously Monday by a state Senate committee.
05/14/12 N.J. legislation seeks to honor baseball player... Source: NorthJersey.com - Hackensack NJ State Sen. M. Theresa Ruiz, D-Essex, is sponsoring a bill to be heard by a Senate committee Monday that "respectfully requests that Major League Baseball retire the number 21 in honor of the life and career of Roberto Clemente."

Background on Roberto Clemente

Roberto Clemente Walker (August 18, 1934 – December 31, 1972) was a Puerto Rican baseball right fielder who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1955 through 1972. Clemente was awarded the National League (NL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award in 1966. He was on the NL All-Star team 15 times, received 12 Gold Glove Awards, and led the NL in batting average four times.

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