Kevin Durant criticizes media in general, The Athletic’s Ethan Strauss in particular over free agency speculation
On Tuesday, The Athletic’s Ethan Strauss published a deep dive into Kevin Durant’s impending free agency, headlined “Silent...
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Jayson Stark will receive the 2019 J.G. Taylor Spink Award
This is a well-deserved honor.
The Athletic hires Armen Keteyian as part of its continued push into video
The Athletic also hired executive producers Alan Goldberg and Victor Frank.
Roanoke Times and reporter Andy Bitter settle lawsuits over Twitter account he took with him to The Athletic
The Athletic CEO Alex Mather says “We raised this Series C [funding] with audio and video in mind”; how will that work out...
"We raised this Series C with audio and video in mind. We can tell even more stories when we add in audio and video possibilities. Our goal is to serve the subscriber: some love to read, some love to listen, others prefer to watch."
The Athletic brings in another $40 million in one of the largest sports media funding rounds ever
This matches the $40 million The Players' Tribune brought in last January, and is way above what many other sports media companies made early on.
The Athletic collaborates with The Players’ Tribune for new video series on Gordon Hayward
The five episode series will be about Hayward getting back from injury.
Cleveland.com editor Chris Quinn sends all-hands email bashing The Athletic, including to the guy who just left for The Athletic
"I say all this because I suspect the onslaught will continue. ...If they go under, a lot of veteran sports writers will be out of jobs in a suddenly glutted market. I’d hate for someone on our team to be one of them."
The Athletic adds Frank Isola among others, continuing to expand NBA coverage
Sam Amick and Zach Harper were also added to The Athletic's expanded NBA vertical.
The Athletic hires David Aldridge as editor-in-chief of their new Washington, D.C. vertical
Aldridge will stay with Turner Sports until the hire becomes official in October.
The Athletic now boasts local coverage for all 32 NFL teams, with Washington and Jacksonville launches
The quest for world domination shows no signs of slowing down.
Kansas City Star joins Miami Herald in offering a sports-only digital subscription
A second paper is adopting a sports-only subscription model. What does it mean for newspapers?
Jay Glazer will headline NFL coverage for The Athletic
The Athletic introduces its lineup of NFL experts for the upcoming season.
The Athletic launches six new verticals, expands others, adds Travis Haney and Greg Auman (among others)
Haney is known for his work as a national college football reporter for ESPN, while Auman is known for covering the Buccaneers for The Tampa Bay Times.
Shams Charania officially joins The Athletic, will also do work for Stadium
The Athletic will be launching a national NBA vertical in the near future.
