Sports and Society

This era is both the best time and the worst time for fans to watch sports. Fans can watch games from around the world on devices they carry in their pockets, but it’s never been more costly and difficult to find games. As media becomes more fragmented, streaming services can offer lucrative deals f...

Vice President JD Vance warned U.S. athletes at the Milan Cortina Games to “expect ‘pushback’ if they delve into politics, defending” President Trump’s criticism of freestyle skier Hunter Hess. Vance said, “You’re not there to pop off about politics. So when Olympic athletes enter the political aren...

There is a growing gap in playability for young athletes who show unique skills. They are singled out to join traveling teams and elite squads before they know how to tie the laces of their hyper-expensive athletic footwear.

Police in Milan “clashed with a breakaway group of anti-Olympics protesters on Saturday, deploying water cannons and detaining at least seven people following a march by several thousand a day after” the opening ceremony. Milan police said that riot officers “responded after several protesters set o...

President Trump “ripped” U.S. skier Hunter Hess on Sunday after Hess “spoke out against the political climate in his home country” at the Milan Cortina Games. Trump on Truth Social wrote, “U.S. Olympic Skier, Hunter Hess, a real Loser, says he doesn’t represent his Country in the current Winter Olym...

The U.S. delegation entered San Siro for the Milan Cortina Games opening ceremony on Friday “to a chorus of boos and disapproving whistles from the international crowd of more than 65,000.” The “jeering only intensified when Vice President JD Vance appeared on the big screen during Team USA’s arriva...

To get a sportswriting job at The Washington Post, I sat with Ben Bradlee. To fall in love with The Washington Post, I read Shirley Povich. To understand the ache now at The Washington Post, I’m channeling them both.

The city of Santa Clara has “enacted a last-minute policy” ahead of Super Bowl LX that will “prevent federal agents from using city-owned property for immigration enforcement activities.” Under the policy, federal agents “would be prohibited from using city-owned properties including parking lots, g...

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is “investigating whether Nike discriminated against white workers” and wants a federal judge to “force Nike to turn over more documents and records about its diversity, equity and inclusion programs,” according to Matthew Kish of the Portland OREGONI...