sports journalism

It finally happened. The casual crowd is starting to see what real sports fans have been yelling about for years. ESPN does not care about sports coverage anymore. What mattered years ago was breaking news, investigative reporting, longform documentaries, and giving fans access to the games they love. Now it is personalities, debates, carriage stunts,...

It is no longer about sports. It is about clicks. ESPN used to mean something. Real reporting. Real debate. Real context. Now it feels like a cable version of Twitter. Every show is hunting for the loudest take, the shortest clip, the biggest reaction. The goal is not to inform the fan. The goal is...