THIS IS a gallery we never would have been able to publish in 2021. Or, for that matter, the year before that.
After sports shut down in March 2020, restrictions kept the media at bay when the leagues finally, tentatively opened up. Press passes for bubble tournaments were at a premium, usually reserved for writer-correspondents. For images, the media had to make do with a shared pool of photos.
Then, when leagues big and small, collegiate to pro, returned with a roar in 2022, the lensmen of the fourth estate were back in full force, capturing the emotion on the court, field, and pitch. From Calvin Abueva's infamous "night night" taunt to the unbridled joy of the Filipinas national football team, from veteran San Miguel big man June Mar Fajardo to weightlifting rising star Vanessa Sarno, from the anguish of Chot Reyes to the triumph of Jordan Clarkson, here are the top 40 sports photos of 2022, as captured by SPIN.ph lensmen Jerome Ascano and Marlo Cueto.








































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