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The Athletic reportedly enters exclusive talks with The New York Times about potential sale
Things look to be getting serious between The Athletic and The New York Times.
While Wayne Gretzky has a “limited number of on-air appearances,” he’s still making an impact on his NHL on TNT coworkers
Gretzky is set to increase his NHL on TNT appearances around the Winter Classic and the run to the playoffs. But he's had an impact on his coworkers in his appearances so far.
Karen Crouse leaves New York Times after 16 years, with exit coming after suspension following Michael Phelps article
"After 16 years, I've resigned from @NYTSports to pursue nascent projects that are particularly timely."
The Athletic will not be bought by The New York Times, with those companies ending acquisition talks
The companies reportedly couldn't agree on an acquisition price, or on how to handle staffers with equity in The Athletic.
Dan Snyder claims in court filing that minority owner Dwight Schar is trying to extort him via media leaks
"Plaintiffs' purpose in submitting their supplemental filing is now clear: to try to continue to smear me in an effort to gain leverage in this business dispute."
UFC president Dana White goes on factually-incorrect expletive-filled rant against the New York Times and reporter Kevin Draper
"F*ck that guy. F*ck that guy. ...And what happened when this guy and this paper covered the UFC – when they’ve never covered it before? What do you think happened?"
A Bleacher Report NBA tweet that screwed up attribution, linking, and Jayson Tatum’s name was called out, then deleted
This tweet got roasted and was quickly deleted, but not before picking up over 700 likes.
This Week In Hot Takes: Dan Clark writes “F**k you, Manny Machado” after Machado says Orioles “didn’t show me a little bit of...
Clark's flaming of Machado was the hottest take for Feb. 22-28.
On First Take, Stephen A. Smith says “I would love to see my man Marc Stein back,” “I wish he was still here”
"I am incredibly happy to have Adrian Wojnarowski with us, incredible insider, does a phenomenal job, but there's room for one more. I would love to see my man Marc Stein back."
Newsprint prices are at a three-year high, could climb further if U.S. taxes Canadian paper
The U.S. is expected to impose a 15 to 25 per cent duty on Canadian uncoated groundwood paper, which could boost newsprint costs for American papers.
Kevin Draper is the latest Deadspin alum to head to the New York Times
Draper joins John Koblin and Greg Howard at the Times.
New York Times’ Richard Sandomir writes his final sports media column
He’s been one of the most influential and most tenured writers covering the sports media beat. But after...
