Sports No One Is Winning the YouTube TV Dispute With ESPN. It's Time for Both Sides To Call It Off. Plus: Betting scandals come to baseball, and happy Veterans Day Jason Russell | 11.11.2025 10:00 AM
Sports Baseball's Solution to the Dodgers Isn't a Salary Cap Plus: Teams in city-owned stadiums keep ending up in court, and Israeli soccer fans get banned from a match in England Jason Russell | 11.4.2025 10:15 AM
Sports The NBA's Integrity Problem Is a Cultural Issue—Regulating Sports Betting Won't Fix It Plus: World Cup ticket prices and more government meddling in soccer Jason Russell | 10.28.2025 10:20 AM
Sports NBA Betting Scandal Shows How Legalized Gambling Actually Helps Root Out Corruption FBI Director Kash Patel called it “the insider trading saga for the NBA,” with Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier among those charged. Jason Russell | 10.23.2025 2:00 PM
Sports The End of the College Football Coach as King: How NIL and Boosters Changed Recruiting Forever Plus: Formula 1’s bet on Apple TV, and the awkwardness of Chad Powers Jason Russell | 10.21.2025 10:50 AM
Sports The Agony of Defeat, Not Winning, Is What Makes Sports Exciting Plus: MLB’s labor showdown, and maybe referees really are biased for the Chiefs Jason Russell | 10.14.2025 10:45 AM
Sports Americans Are Turning Against Sports Betting—But It's Not Going Anywhere Plus: World Cup ticket prices, Michael Jordan against NASCAR, and The Smashing Machine Jason Russell | 10.7.2025 10:20 AM
Movies The Smashing Machine Looks at the Early Days of a Combat Sport Politicians Wanted To Ban A fascinating but uneven actor's showcase for Dwayne Johnson. Peter Suderman | 10.3.2025 9:59 AM
Antitrust Michael Jordan's Lawsuit Against NASCAR Could Upend Motorsports But crying to a federal judge is no way to negotiate. Marc Oestreich | 10.1.2025 7:00 AM
Sports 5 Ways To Fix the NFL's Rules, Referees, Schedule, and More How to change the league so that owners, players, and fans are happier Jason Russell | 9.30.2025 10:30 AM
Sports The Ryder Cup Was a Cakewalk—Until America Let the Rest of Europe Play Plus: Fewer people are betting, and did ABC pick Jimmy Kimmel over the NFL? Jason Russell | 9.23.2025 11:45 AM
Sports The NFL's Fight for Stadium Subsidies Is Heating Up Will city and state governments get swindled by sports teams? Jason Russell | 9.16.2025 10:20 AM
Sports The Kawhi Leonard Scandal Raises the Alarm: Are Salary Caps Fair, or Fiction? The evidence against Kawhi Leonard, Steve Ballmer, and the Clippers is damning. Jason Russell | 9.9.2025 10:45 AM
Sports The Weird Law That Keeps the NFL Off (Most) Friday Nights An antiquated law gives high school and college football first dibs on Fridays and Saturdays. Jason Russell | 9.2.2025 11:00 AM
NCAA College Football Is a Fun, Glorious Mess. These 7 Changes Would Make It Even Better. How to fix the conferences, the rules, the playoffs, and more Jason Russell | 8.26.2025 10:45 AM
Sports Rob Manfred Can't Fix Baseball. But These 4 Changes Might. Plus: College football insanity, fans jailed in Venezuela, and the benefits of betting Jason Russell | 8.19.2025 10:45 AM
Venezuela He Took a Bus To Watch His Soccer Team. Instead, He Ended Up in a Venezuelan Prison. Fans of Deportivo Táchira wanted to see their team play in the league final. The mafia state made sure most never made it. César Báez | 8.13.2025 7:30 AM
Sports Keep Government Funding—and Political Meddling—Far Away From Olympic Athletes Plus: Congress might blow up the pro sports business model, and Las Vegas is struggling Jason Russell | 8.12.2025 10:31 AM
Sports The Lawyers Are Taking Over Soccer Plus: surviving Philadelphia, and fixing sports Jason Russell | 8.5.2025 11:05 AM
First Amendment St. Louis Fan Removal for MAGA Hat Ignites Debate Over Free Speech Michael Weitzel was ejected for violating the club’s fan code of conduct, which prohibits “threatening, abusive, or discriminatory" symbols and language. Tosin Akintola | 8.4.2025 3:22 PM
Sports How Sports Tickets Got So Expensive—Or Did They? Plus: regulating college sports, forgiving baseball’s legends, and Happy Gilmore 2 Jason Russell | 7.29.2025 10:50 AM
Sports Baseball, and the Vanishing Art of Forgiveness Can this weekend's Hall of Fame induction of Dick Allen and Dave Parker teach us a lesson about politics? Matt Welch | 7.25.2025 6:30 AM
Sports NFL Players Union Head Lloyd Howell Resigns After $2,426 in Strip Club Receipts Scrutinized Plus: WNBA players want a raise, and Trump wants Redskins? Jason Russell | 7.22.2025 10:00 AM
stadiums Trump Should Kill Commanders Stadium Deal, but Not Because of the Team's Name If Trump kills the deal over the team changing its name, he'd be doing the right thing but in perhaps the most corrupt possible way. Joe Lancaster | 7.21.2025 1:35 PM
Free Speech Major League Soccer Struggles With Free Speech as Fans Protest Trump's Immigration Policies Recent protests at MLS matches and the ensuing bans for some fans have put the league in a delicate position, balancing tolerance and enforcement. Tosin Akintola | 7.18.2025 11:26 AM
Sports Your Favorite Sport's All-Star Game Sucks The differences between teams raised the stakes, but now they’re gone. Jason Russell | 7.15.2025 10:20 AM
Travel Review: The Endless Summer Chases the Perfect Surf Conditions Around the Globe A documentary from 1966 offers a taste of summer, no matter the season. Liz Wolfe | 7.11.2025 6:00 AM
Sports There's No Good Reason for Cities and States To Build or Subsidize Sports Stadiums “There's no such thing as a free stadium,” says J.C. Bradbury. “You can't just pull revenue out of thin air.” Jason Russell | 7.8.2025 11:00 AM
Equal Protection S. Ct. Will Decide: Can States Define Sports Team Eligibility by "Biological Sex Determined at Birth"? Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 7.3.2025 1:12 PM
LGBT How the NCAA Helped Trump Score Big on Transgender Issues The organization was unfair to female competitors, was unfair to Lia Thomas, and handed the Trump administration a win on a silver platter. Billy Binion | 7.2.2025 5:34 PM
Sports Why the NFLPA Kept Damning Collusion Evidence From Its Own Players Plus: NHL labor news, wrestling regulations, and F1: The Movie. Jason Russell | 7.1.2025 11:25 AM
Deregulation State Regulations Make Wrestling Less Fun Missouri's denial of Miyu Yamashita's wrestling license, despite a valid work visa, is a microcosm of overregulation that hurts professional wrestlers and the industry across the country. Tosin Akintola | 6.25.2025 11:50 AM
Sports Sports Absolutely Do Not Need Politicians More Involved Plus: A case for gambling freedom, the NHL’s tax dilemma, and a soccer movie. Jason Russell | 6.24.2025 10:55 AM
Title IX Why Is the Energy Department Making Rules About Sex and School Sports? How Trump is using the agency to fast-track changes to discrimination law. Jeff Luse | 6.17.2025 5:25 PM
Sports Why You Should Care About the Club World Cup (If Your Team or Rival Is In It) Plus: a players union failure, immigration for the World Cup, and Welcome to Wrexham. Jason Russell | 6.17.2025 10:50 AM
Illinois Illinois' Sports Betting Tax Means All Bets Are Off Does Gov. J.B. Pritzker think this helps his presidential profile? Alex Rosado | 6.12.2025 1:40 PM
Sports Amateur Hour Is Over: College Athletes Can Get Paid by Schools Everything you need to know about the House settlement and the new rules governing payments to college athletes. Jason Russell | 6.10.2025 10:30 AM
History That Time the FBI Conspired To Get George Foreman an Award for Boxing In 1968, the feds thought that the boxing champion—and future grill salesman—could be a potent weapon against the left. Matthew Petti | 6.6.2025 10:00 AM
Sports The SEC (the Sports One) Is Acting Like It's Invincible Plus: Sports teams are writing it off, motorsports documentaries, and the NBA and Stanley Cup finals. Jason Russell | 6.3.2025 10:30 AM
Sports The Steroid Olympics Are Coming Plus: Brett Favre, Monaco, and an unprecedented media ban. Jason Russell | 5.27.2025 10:20 AM
First Amendment Supreme Court Orders Maine Legislator Censured for Social Media Post Must Get Voting Rights Back On Monday, the court granted an emergency injunction allowing Rep. Laurel Libby to resume voting and speaking after she was censured for a post criticizing trans women in women's sports. Emma Camp | 5.21.2025 4:30 PM
Sports How To Kill Draft Lotteries Without Encouraging Tanking Plus: the tush push, Pete Rose, and Eddie Vedder. Jason Russell | 5.20.2025 9:45 AM
Sports Free Pete Rose There is no question that Rose defiantly broke the rules, but we love our baseball characters, warts and all. Matt Welch | 5.14.2025 7:00 AM
Sports Draft Lotteries Suck for Die-Hard Fans Plus: Yetis, The Seat, and a political letter that will make your eyes roll. Jason Russell | 5.13.2025 10:00 AM
Sports Is the NBA Alright? Plus: Horse racing thrives, and spring football should too. Jason Russell | 5.6.2025 10:30 AM
First Amendment Maine Legislator Barred From Voting Over Social Media Post Earlier this year, state Rep. Laurel Libby made a post criticizing trans women in women's sports. Her refusal to apologize has cost Libby her right to speak on the House floor and vote on legislation. Emma Camp | 5.2.2025 1:50 PM
Sports Stop Subsidizing the 'Sport of Kings' Plus: A ridiculous tax carveout, Trump backs D.C. stadium, and Shedeur Sanders Jason Russell | 4.29.2025 10:45 AM
