Wimbledon’s AI Announcer Was Inevitable
Sports commentary has long been trending toward vanilla broadcasters. Why not have bots finish the job?
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Can the Left Make Peace With a National Flag?
An unassuming English soccer team manager reclaimed patriotism from the far right.
I Saw a Sports Miracle
The Yankees’ Domingo Germán threw the league’s first perfect game since 2012.
Scenes From the 2023 Special Olympics World Games
Images from the many competitions taking place at the 2023 Special Olympics World Games, in Berlin
San Antonio, the Spurs, and Me
With the first-overall pick in the NBA draft, the team has a shot at becoming one of the league’s perennial winners once again.
Can Baseball Keep Up With Us?
Are we just too impatient for America’s famously leisurely national pastime? Hanna Rosin asks staff writer Mark Leibovich whether the changes MLB is making this summer could help him, and the rest of us, fall in love with baseball all over again.
The Owners Who Run Teams for the Money
The analytics revolution in pro sports also transformed the front office.
The Golf Merger May Be Dead on Arrival
The PGA Tour wants to team up with LIV Golf to eliminate competition. Federal antitrust enforcers aren’t going to like that.
The PGA Tour’s Stunning Hypocrisy
The preeminent golf league suddenly decided that Saudi Arabia’s many sins are not a problem.
Moneyball Broke Baseball
But now the whiz kids who nearly ruined the national pastime have returned to save it.