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Why Sports Networks Treat Coaching Fires Like Reality TV Eliminations
The breathless countdown to a coach’s firing has little to do with journalism. How sports networks treat coaching fires like reality TV eliminations.
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Why Sports Satire Is the Most Honest Journalism in Media Right Now
The funniest voices in sports media are also the most truthful. Why sports satire is the most honest journalism happening in media right now.
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The Stadium Hostage Guide: How Owners Extort Cities
Owners threaten to leave, cities pay up, and the con repeats. A VDG Sports field manual for reading how owners extort cities for stadiums and get away with it.
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Sports Hot Take Psychology: Why Bold Opinions Win Fans
A studio light pulses red, a room falls silent, and a voice strips a legend of his crown. Sports hot take psychology and why bold opinions win fans.
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Why ESPN Is Losing the Room (And Has Nobody to Blame but Itself)
There was a moment you realized ESPN was performing sports instead of covering them. Why ESPN is losing the room and has nobody to blame but itself.
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The NFL’s $110 Billion Deal Means the Networks Covering the League Are Also Paying It
The NFL’s media deals run through 2033 and are worth roughly $110 billion. The networks paying that bill are the same ones covering the league.
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How TikTok Didn’t Save Sports Journalism — It Made the Hot Take Dumber
TikTok promised to free sports journalism from the gatekeepers. Instead the algorithm rewarded volume and speed, and the hot take got dumber.
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Sammy Sosa Returns: Exposing the Steroid Era
Sammy Sosa’s apology does not reveal anything fans did not already know. It reopens the Steroid Era and the Cooperstown question baseball keeps dodging.
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The Long-Form Sports Essay Is Dead — And the Algorithm Killed It
This is not a eulogy, it is an indictment. The algorithm replaced serious sports writing with content engineered to be forgotten, and the long-form essay is the casualty.