The Athletic covers most major teams intently, credibly, largely from an obsessive fan perspective. The Athletic is not represented by the Times's newsroom union, and it operates under separate codes of ethics and reporting standards. The Times promised to continue enterprise reporting about sports, but there are questions about how the two sides will be integrated. And that's sad that that's going away.įOLKENFLIK: According to several people present, New York Times executive editor Joe Kahn praised the section at that contentious meeting on Monday and told staffers the quality of their work had nothing to do with the decision. MACUR: That's what made us different at The New York Times sports section - is that we didn't cover the X's and O's that somebody who didn't care about sports would ever read. The Times shifted away from game stories to eliminate broader trends in the game, conduct investigations and do enterprise work. And my colleagues are sad and feel betrayed and angry.įOLKENFLIK: In recent years, fierce competition emerged from ESPN and other sports channels and social media platforms. And to see it just disappear in a matter of minutes, it's heartbreaking. MACUR: And many of us have dreamed our whole lives to work for The New York Times sports section. MARTÍNEZ: As NPR's David Folkenflik reports, the paper will rely on sports coverage from The Athletic, a website The Times bought early last year for more than half a billion dollars.ĭAVID FOLKENFLIK, BYLINE: On Monday morning, New York Times' top editors told their sports reporters that they'd all keep their jobs in other parts of the paper. JULIET MACUR: The New York Times sports section is basically the history book of sports.
This is Juliet Macur, who has covered sports for The Times for almost 20 years. Yesterday, its leaders announced the newspaper was disbanding its legendary sports desk. A sign of the times at The New York Times.
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