Is there a Trump sports curse? USMNT's World Cup flameout revives the theory

From the Knicks' NBA Finals stumble to USMNT's Belgium blowout, a pattern keeps surfacing whenever the president shows up. Is ...

US women Olympians react to historic Supreme Court ruling on the protection of women's sports

Olympic gold medalists celebrate the Supreme Court ruling upholding state laws that ban transgender athletes from competing ...
The New York Times

How U.S. sports tickets got so expensive – and why it shocks the rest of the world

MetLife Stadium, shown here during the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup final, will host the 2026 World Cup final next summer Al Bello / Getty Images The protests erupted over “unacceptable” £77 tickets. In ...

While US sports fragment, Brazil is putting the World Cup on YouTube for free

While viewers in the United States face increased fragmentation, a different model is succeeding in Brazil. World Cup fans in ...
The New York Times

Fixing in sport: With gambling arrests in NBA and MLB, what can the U.S. learn from Europe’s scars?

Illustration: Kelsea Petersen/The Athletic; Michael Santiago/Getty, Diamond Images/Getty, Angela Weiss/Getty For the last eight months, The Athletic has been investigating the threat of fixing to the ...
USA Today

Congress addresses 'crisis' in youth sports. Can we fix it?

The big business of youth sports has reached the U.S. Congress. A House subcommittee says it has created a “crisis” for kids and their parents. “The youth sports industry generates more than $40 ...