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The Match with Bill Murray, Mark Wahlberg, Charles Barkley, Wayne Gretzky and more starts Thursday

TNT is going big with the 10th installment of The Match.

TNT is going big with the 10th installment of The Match.

This time around, it’ll be a two-night event in prime time with no pro golfers but eight big-time celebrities as well as a star-studded announcing crew.

Dubbed “The Match: Superstars,” the competition will be televised on Thursday, Nov. 21, and Friday, Nov. 22, with coverage simulcast on TNT and Max. The event was filmed at The Breakers Rees Jones Golf Course at Breakers West Country Club in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Check out the celebrity lineup: Bill Murray, Mark Wahlberg, Charles Barkley, Wayne Gretzky, Michael Phelps, Nate Bargatze, Ken Griffey, Jr. and Blake Griffin.

The initial matches will pit Murray and Gretzky against Barkley and Griffey as well as Wahlberg and Phelps vs. Bargatze and Griffin.

There will then be semifinals and a final match. Those will be individual match play contests with the eventual winner banking $1 million.

Thursday Nov. 21

  • Wahlberg/Phelps vs. Bargatze/Griffin, 7:30 p.m.
  • Barkley/Griffey Jr. vs. Gretzky/Murray, 9 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 22

  • Semifinals, 7:30 p.m.
  • Final match, 9 p.m.

Calling the action is TNT’s Ernie Johnson, back at the Match for a fifth time. He’s joined by Charles Barkley, who will be making his ninth appearance at The Match as either a player or commentator. Also, a pair of Masters champs – Trevor Immelman and Bubba Watson – will provide analysis. Kathryn Tappen returns as the on-course reporter.

In September, Golfweek reported on a Match featuring Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler against Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau. That PGA Tour vs. LIV event is scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 17 in Las Vegas.

Here are some photos from The Match Superstars.

Ken Griffey Jr. and his dad played catch at the Field of Dreams Game and baseball fans were emotional

What a special moment between Ken Griffey Jr. and Ken Griffey Sr. at the Field of Dreams Game.

The 2022 Field of Dreams Game began with quite the emotional scene for baseball fans.

As Thursday’s game got underway in Dyersville, Iowa, emotions were already peaking as fans settled into their seats for a bout between the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds. Joey Votto himself already talked at length about what the movie and the game means to him after losing his father more than 14 years ago.

And who were the first people to emerge from the cornfields on Thursday? None other than Ken Griffey Jr. and Ken Griffey Sr., one of the most iconic father-son baseball duos in history. Not only that, the two played a wonderful game of catch much like the iconic Field of Dreams scene that inspired this entire event before the rest of the players took the field.

The drop from Griffey Sr. notwithstanding, what an opening! Baseball fans were, as expected, were quite emotional after this heartwarming father and son moment.