Stephanie Apstein

Joined: Jan 1, 2011

Stephanie Apstein is a senior writer covering baseball and Olympic sports for Sports Illustrated, where she started as an intern in 2011. She has covered 10 World Series and three Olympics, and is a frequent contributor to SportsNet New York's Baseball Night in New York. Apstein has twice won top honors from the Associated Press Sports Editors, and her work has been included in the Best American Sports Writing book series. A member of the Baseball Writers Association of America who serves as its New York chapter vice chair, she graduated from Trinity College with a bachelor's in French and Italian, and has a master's in journalism from Columbia University.

Philadelphia’s stars eat (mostly) healthy food, despite some notoriously loving the greasy stuff.

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The Dodgers manager stands out from his peers due to his willingness to publicly challenge any player on his roster.

Blue Jays pitcher Trey Yesavage limited the Dodgers to one run on three hits while walking none and striking out 12 in seven innings.

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The Blue Jays rookie who’s essentially living out of his truck dominated the Dodgers’ star-studded lineup to put his team on the brink of a title.

Vladimir Guerrero, left, and Ernie Clement both had big hits for Toronto in Game 4.

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Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit the go-ahead homer off of Shohei Ohtani in a huge win for Toronto the night after they lost an 18-inning epic in Los Angeles.

Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman hit his second World Series walk-off homer in as many years on Monday night.

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Los Angeles’s first baseman proved that lightning can strike twice just a year apart in Dodger Stadium.

Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto, left, delivered another dominant postseason performance on Saturday.

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The Dodgers righthander delivered his second consecutive complete game on Saturday to join elite postseason company and give Los Angeles a massive win.

Addison Barger hit a pinch-hit Grand Slam to blow open Game 1.

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Toronto blew open Friday night’s series opener with a nine-run sixth inning—the highest-scoring Fall Classic inning since 1968—en route to the 11–4 victory.

Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts have both lived up to the blockbuster deals the Dodgers offered them when building this star-studded roster.

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Just four wins away from a second straight title, L.A. is again under scrutiny. In reality, they’re providing MLB with the blueprint.

Olympics

A double-gold day by Leon Marchand is one of the few individual shows of greatness that comes close to Ohtani. Plus, is there a gymnastics performance that takes the cake?