Pedro Gomez posthumously inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame in Arizona (0:19)
ESPN reporter Pedro Gomez posthumously inducted into the Arizona Sports Hall of Fame. (0:19)
Pedro Gomez, the late ESPN baseball reporter whose award-winning career spanned 35 years and included coverage of more than 25 World Series, was posthumously inducted into the Arizona Sports Hall of Fame on Tuesday night.
Before joining ESPN, Gomez, who lived in Phoenix, was a columnist and national baseball writer for the Arizona Republic. At ESPN, he covered baseball for “SportsCenter,” “Baseball Tonight” and other studio shows, live events and radio.
Gomez died unexpectedly in February 2021 at the age of 58. His family, including his wife Sandra, sons Rio and Dante, and daughter Sierra, attended the ceremony and accepted the honor on his behalf.
“He was always so proud of us, all three of us, me, my brother, my sister. It could be very easy for them to get caught up in his business and, you know, the lifestyle that comes with it and just focus on that,” he said. Rio Gomez, a pitcher in the Boston Red Sox organization, according to the Arizona Republic. “But he always came back to us and was incredibly proud of us. And he was able to, you know, stay present in the important things that were important, which was his family.”
Also inducted along with Pedro Gomez are former Arizona Cardinals star Larry Fitzgerald; former Phoenix Mercury star Jennifer Gillom, who coaches basketball at Phoenix’s Xavier College Preparatory; former Northern Arizona basketball player Peggy Kennedy; Karen Self, girls basketball coach at Seton Catholic Preparatory in Chandler, Arizona; and the late Arizona philanthropist Michael Kennedy.
A video was played for each guest.
“He was just that way about himself and he was able to make everyone feel like he was their best friend,” Rio Gomez said as he gave his acceptance speech on behalf of his father.
How old is Pedro Gomez?
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Did Pedro Gomez have a heart attack?
Unfortunately, Pedro Gomez died of a heart attack, also called sudden cardiac arrest. On the same subject : MLB praises CBD sponsorship as an important change for sports leagues. Pedro Gomez was a sportscaster who was beloved in the San Francisco Bay Area.
What happens to Pedro Gomez?
Unfortunately, Pedro Gomez died of a heart attack, also called sudden cardiac arrest. Pedro Gomez was a sportscaster who was beloved in the San Francisco Bay Area. Gomez began writing for the Miami News in the 1980s, before he began covering sports in San Diego.
