Tag: The Athletic

"We have watched the company buy a competitor with hundreds of sportswriters and weigh decisions about the future of sports coverage at The Times without, in many instances, so much as a courtesy call, let alone any solicitation of our expertise."

“His authenticity, likeability, and passion for college sports makes him the perfect candidate to lead and anchor a flagship daily show for On3.”

"As part of the stipulation in the settlement, Knight's tweets have been removed, and The Athletic had published a clarification on past reporting of Bauer's allegations."

“Reporting on the Draft is so hard because nobody wants to get jumped and teams will say [stuff and] people will talk about lying season."

"'Oh, now we are gonna have ads, and we are gonna chase clicks, and we are gonna cut costs, and we are gonna slash the travel budget.'"

"A lot of baseball writers, and I guess sports writers joke that really we’re not equipped or trained to do anything else, which is true."

“At the end of this process, we will have more than 100 beat reporters on teams.”

“I don’t think that Shams and Haynes are making this up independently of each other. They don’t even work together.”

“I’m honored and humbled by the opportunity to work with such a talented staff, and I’m excited about having the freedom and support to go where the news leads me.”

"A big part of my motivation for joining The Athletic was to help create something long-lasting that would thrive well beyond my time with the company. I'm proud that we've done that."