Influential people we lost, breakthrough entertainers and the top sports story | Hot off the Wire podcast

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With the long holiday weekend, we’ve produced a brief episode that looks at a few key topics from 2022 involving newsmakers, entertainment and sports.

First, we’ll look back at some of the influential people who died this past year. We’ll also look at the Associated Press breakthrough entertainers of the year. Finally, we’ll look at the AP’s sports story of the year.

— Compiled and narrated by Terry Lipshetz from Associated Press reports