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Post by mm67 on Jul 10, 2023 10:40:30 GMT -5
The Times is closing its sports section and sending readers to The Athletic, a separate subscription service. Sports of The Times was failing but it had a history of so many fine sports writers including
HC's Dave Anderson & Fordham's Arthur Daley. Luckily, we can still get all the news that's fit to print from the nation's paper of record.
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Post by longsuffering on Jul 10, 2023 10:54:21 GMT -5
The Times is closing its sports section and sending readers to The Athletic, a separate subscription service. Times Sports section was lousy but it had a history of so many fine sports writers including HC's Dave Anderson & Fordham's Arthur Daley. Luckily, we can still get all the news that's fit to print from the nation's paper of record. Sad. |
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Post by Chu Chu on Jul 10, 2023 12:28:06 GMT -5
The Times is closing its sports section and sending readers to The Athletic, a separate subscription service. Sports of The Times was failing but it had a history of so many fine sports writers including HC's Dave Anderson & Fordham's Arthur Daley. Luckily, we can still get all the news that's fit to print from the nation's paper of record. That would be Pulitzer prize winner Dave Anderson! |
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Post by Xmassader on Jul 10, 2023 22:16:13 GMT -5
The Times is closing its sports section and sending readers to The Athletic, a separate subscription service. Sports of The Times was failing but it had a history of so many fine sports writers including HC's Dave Anderson & Fordham's Arthur Daley. Luckily, we can still get all the news that's fit to print from the nation's paper of record. Isn’t sports news occasionally part of “all the news that’s fit to print”? Would have the same question if the Times had eliminated the business section or the sections about arts and literature. Seems like self-relegation to a lesser status. |
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Post by longsuffering on Jul 11, 2023 0:39:37 GMT -5
The Times is closing its sports section and sending readers to The Athletic, a separate subscription service. Sports of The Times was failing but it had a history of so many fine sports writers including HC's Dave Anderson & Fordham's Arthur Daley. Luckily, we can still get all the news that's fit to print from the nation's paper of record. Isn’t sports news occasionally part of “all the news that’s fit to print”? Would have the same question if the Times had eliminated the business section or the sections about arts and literature. Seems like self-relegation to a lesser status. When the first transgender pitcher who can get a curve ball over the plate makes the majors, the Times will be all over it. |
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Post by alum on Jul 11, 2023 5:22:59 GMT -5
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Jul 11, 2023 10:43:12 GMT -5
Isn’t sports news occasionally part of “all the news that’s fit to print”? Would have the same question if the Times had eliminated the business section or the sections about arts and literature. Seems like self-relegation to a lesser status. When the first transgender pitcher who can get a curve ball over the plate makes the majors, the Times will be all over it. Or when a transgender switches swim teams at UPenn, rewrites record books, bumps biological women out of qualifying for events, and takes home gold medals, the NYT will write a piece like -- Trans Swimmer Revives an Old Debate in Elite Sports: What Defines a Woman? |
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Post by longsuffering on Jul 11, 2023 10:45:37 GMT -5
When the first transgender pitcher who can get a curve ball over the plate makes the majors, the Times will be all over it. Or when a transgender switches swim teams at UPenn, rewrites record books, bumps biological women out of qualifying for events, and takes home gold medals, the NYT will write a piece like -- Trans Swimmer Revives an Old Debate in Elite Sports: What Defines a Woman?Let's poll the women members of Crossports. |
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Post by rgs318 on Jul 11, 2023 10:58:20 GMT -5
Will that include biological men who now wish to identify as women?
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Post by Chu Chu on Jul 11, 2023 11:36:40 GMT -5
The Times is closing its sports section and sending readers to The Athletic, a separate subscription service. Sports of The Times was failing but it had a history of so many fine sports writers including HC's Dave Anderson & Fordham's Arthur Daley. Luckily, we can still get all the news that's fit to print from the nation's paper of record. Isn’t sports news occasionally part of “all the news that’s fit to print”? Would have the same question if the Times had eliminated the business section or the sections about arts and literature. Seems like self-relegation to a lesser status. If you have a full subscription to the paper, The Athletic is included. Essentially it just replaces the sports section. The difference is you can now subscribe just to The Athletic as a separate item. |
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Post by WCHC Sports on Jul 11, 2023 13:23:29 GMT -5
Before NYT, The Athletic was more than worthy enough that I pay for it and never bat an eyelash. Just last month, they got rid of a ton of beat writers for particular teams (my beloved Cowboys one among them, and a big reason why I subscribed as a New York resident looking for more content/coverage). NYT is sharpening the pencil on this prime acquisition, while trying to leverage its strengths exclusively for sports content. The classic, "We just bought the thing, so let's [gut] use it." I can imagine this continuing to get more clumsy before it gets better, and probably never as good as when The Athletic first started.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jul 11, 2023 13:47:27 GMT -5
Another point here is that the New York Times sports department was union and The Athletic isn't
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