June
The billionaire sports investor gunning for golf
John Henry turned a commodities fortune into a sporting empire. Now, he’s taking on the sovereign wealth that is rewriting the rules of the game.
- Sara Germano
April
This absurd boxing match shows how profitable sports media’s become
Why did a famous ex-baseball player get into a fight with a 21-year-old internet intern, and what does it say about popular culture?
- David Bockino
December 2023
This Japanese baseballer could be more valuable than Taylor Swift
Japanese star Shohei Ohtani has signed a ten-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, believed to be the largest individual sports deal in the world.
- David Brandt
May 2022
Baseball’s last link to Babe Ruth and Joe DiMaggio dies
Roger Angell, whose writing about baseball in The New Yorker was original, spellbinding and impossible to imitate, has died, aged 101.
- Matt Schudel and Bill Trott
May 2019
Biomechanics, faster pitching and big questions for baseball
With more strikeouts and a lot less running between bases, baseball purists say the game ain't what it used to be.
- Dave Sheinin