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Sports Archive

Archives for May 2016

Technology
LeBron James’s manager, Maverick Carter: Athletes become kings when they control their own messageLeBron James’s manager, Maverick Carter: Athletes become kings when they control their own message
Technology

Teens in Houston don’t care what 50-year-old newspaper columnists in New York think, Carter says.

By Eric Johnson
How Steph Curry’s three-pointers get the 360-degree replay treatment from Intel
Technology

A new perspective on key plays.

By Ina Fried
Sports
America’s world champion women’s soccer team is treated worse than our mediocre men’s teamAmerica’s world champion women’s soccer team is treated worse than our mediocre men’s team
Sports

Why the US women’s national soccer team might go on strike — just two months before the Olympics

By Emily Crockett
Sports
Watch Samantha Bee’s delightful takedown of sexism from Seattle sports fansWatch Samantha Bee’s delightful takedown of sexism from Seattle sports fans
Sports

Meet the Seattle Seawards, your new “ports” team of badass councilwomen.

By Emily Crockett
Explainers
Harvard is finally cracking down on its exclusive, sexual assault–prone final clubsHarvard is finally cracking down on its exclusive, sexual assault–prone final clubs
Explainers

They’re like frats, but fancier and more elitist.

By Dylan Matthews
Technology
Disney wants to write a very big check to buy part of MLB’s video streaming companyDisney wants to write a very big check to buy part of MLB’s video streaming company
Technology

This could be Disney’s largest digital video bet so far.

By Peter Kafka
Technology
Amazon didn’t get the NFL deal, but it’s getting more serious about sportsAmazon didn’t get the NFL deal, but it’s getting more serious about sports
Technology

Amazon hires James DeLorenzo to head up its newly created sports group.

By Peter Kafka

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