The Tribune’s Top Sports stories for 2022

  • CALDWELL’S DANIEL COWAN placed second in the Class 3A boys’ high jump at the 2022 UIL Track & Field Championships.
    CALDWELL’S DANIEL COWAN placed second in the Class 3A boys’ high jump at the 2022 UIL Track & Field Championships.
  • SNOOK FRESHMAN ETHAN JANAC qualified for the 2022 UIL State Cross Country Meet.
    SNOOK FRESHMAN ETHAN JANAC qualified for the 2022 UIL State Cross Country Meet.

    Last winter, the Beijing Olympics opened up 2022 at the biggest global sporting event -- with a restrictive “zero COVID” policy. The Chinese government used a segregated system that effectively turned Beijing into two cities: one sequestered for the Olympic community and one proceeding very much as normal.

    Then, Texans celebrated another Houston Astros Major League Baseball World Championship -- on…