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Back in 1993, Fox paid $1.58 billion to air NFC football games for the next four years. It was a staggering deal that helped solidify the NFL’s...
Back in 1993, Fox paid $1.58 billion to air NFC football games for the next four years. It was a staggering deal that helped solidify the NFL’s...
Did you imagine being this exhausted as 2024 comes to a close? Heading into an election year like this one, I had imagined, once it was over, I’d...
Did you imagine being this exhausted as 2024 comes to a close? Heading into an election year like this one, I had imagined, once it was over, I’d...
Measured by sheer number of viewers, this might have been the most popular sports year in American history. More people watched the Super Bowl than...
With the 15-year, $765 million contract they’ve given to Juan Soto, the New York Mets have shaken up baseball — and really all of sports — for many...
With the 15-year, $765 million contract they’ve given to Juan Soto, the New York Mets have shaken up baseball — and really all of sports — for many...
When I moved to New York City in January 2000, the Yankees reigned so supreme that it felt like a rupture in the universe when they lost. And then...
When I moved to New York City in January 2000, the Yankees reigned so supreme that it felt like a rupture in the universe when they lost. And then...
If you haven’t yet come to terms with this month’s catastrophic election results, you may currently be using sports as an escape hatch. This, of...
If you haven’t yet come to terms with this month’s catastrophic election results, you may currently be using sports as an escape hatch. This, of...
Advertisement Supported by Guest Essay By Will Leitch Mr. Leitch is a contributing editor at New York magazine and the author of the novels “How...
Last week, it looked like a narcissistic, past-his-prime, science-denying, self-aggrandizing serial liar might finally get the public comeuppance...
Last week, it looked like a narcissistic, past-his-prime, science-denying, self-aggrandizing serial liar might finally get the public comeuppance...
Before Sunday, I had never run 26.2 miles in my life. Like many people preparing for their first marathon, I spent months training for the actual...
Before Sunday, I had never run 26.2 miles in my life. Like many people preparing for their first marathon, I spent months training for the actual...
For Yankees fans, one of the more charming story lines from this World Series was the emergence of a photo of current shortstop Anthony Volpe as an...
For Yankees fans, one of the more charming story lines from this World Series was the emergence of a photo of current shortstop Anthony Volpe as an...
For Yankees fans, one of the more charming storylines from this World Series was the emergence of a photo of current shortstop Anthony Volpe as an...
It is certainly understandable why no one would want to celebrate this particular anniversary, but 2024 marks 30 years since the 1994 strike...
It is certainly understandable why no one would want to celebrate this particular anniversary, but 2024 marks 30 years since the 1994 strike...
On Sunday night, something unprecedented happened at Madison Square Garden: A legitimately exciting preseason NBA game took place. The basketball...
On Sunday night, something unprecedented happened at Madison Square Garden: A legitimately exciting preseason NBA game took place. The basketball...
In 2008, LeBron James, then just 23 years old, still a year out from the first of his four MVP awards, did something highly unusual for a top-tier...
In 2008, LeBron James, then just 23 years old, still a year out from the first of his four MVP awards, did something highly unusual for a top-tier...
The NFL may be more popular, the NBA may be cooler, the WNBA (amazingly) may be driving the most exhausting culture-war conversations, but when it...