Will Disney strike a deal to end its YouTube TV blackout?
YouTubeTV knows it remains in the driver’s seat
Sports
Thursday
Thursday
Shane Gillis: MVP of the ESPYs
The comedian saved the award show
Should Olympians be paid?
Sporting events like the Olympics generate billions. But while officials, organizers and broadcasters are well-compensated for their roles, the athletes are not
Thursday
Baseball may be trapped in a two-party system
The sport braces for another Dodgers-Yankees scrum, a duopoly less about parity than power
Wednesday
Why are the Democrats so eager to lose the trans sports debate?
Digging in is an interesting choice
Monday
Which GOAT really is the greatest?
From DiMaggio’s fifty-six-game hitting streak in 1941 to the ‘Tiger Slam,’ a look back at the true sporting marvels of the ages
Friday
The Super Bowl spectacle is marketing genius
As it is, today’s NFL is bigger than ever and preparing to take over the world — and the world is very willing
Wednesday
Trump scores feminist victory with trans sports Executive Order
‘I respect women, I love women, I cherish women’
Friday
Rein in the rainmakers: gambling apps aren’t going anywhere
Too many people simply can’t handle online sports betting
On the front line of the tennis magazine wars
How many more boutique mags can the sport bear?
Thursday
An ode to six-on-six
The wonderfully idiosyncratic sporting variant achieved extraordinary popularity in rural Iowa
Monday
The new worst team in baseball
Perhaps the Chicago White Sox’s swift decline was not the result of a calculated scheme but rather a classic case of Murphy’s Law
Tuesday
The joy of watching terrible athletes compete at the Olympics
It would be boring to see just a handful of highly athletic countries participating
Friday
Why?! Prince Harry to get ESPY
Whether or not Harry’s accomplishments measure up to Pat Tillman’s legacy is up for debate
Tuesday
Inside Oberlin College’s failed auto-da-fé
When it comes to women’s sports, former lacrosse coach Kim Russell is firmly in the camp of objective science
Does boxing still matter?
MMA has overtaken the sport in the public mind
Wednesday
Is flag football the future of the game?
As fewer parents are letting their children play, many are seeking a less dangerous alternative
Tuesday
Why America’s top TV networks are banking on English soccer
It sure seems like there are more red-blooded Americans patrolling our streets in Arsenal and Liverpool shirts these days
Friday
Football is now going hog-wild for legal betting
You can bet the game’s embrace of its sportsbook partners will turn out better for them than for bettors
Wednesday
Why the New York Times sports section failed
It’s a funny quirk of history that the New York Times was the only paper to really thrive in the Internet age, all while struggling with sports, which gets so aggressively followed on the Internet
