Sports Issue
The $100 Billion Race to Build the World’s Next Sports Mecca
Stadiums are only the start. From Vegas to Riyadh, cities are making huge bets on mixed-use developments, mega-events and superstar athletes in a bid to lure tourists, investment and cultural clout.
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Esports Was Supposed to Be Bigger Than the NBA. What Happened?
Competitions and live tournaments can still draw huge audiences — and pay out millions in prizes — but the crazy valuations and non-stop media hype now seem more like COVID-induced delusion.
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WAGs on the Rise: The Real Housewives of the NFL Build Content Empires
Beneath the A-list tier of famous football wives and girlfriends — your Taylor Swifts and Simone Bileses — is a class of social-savvy consorts rivaling their partners’ fame and fortune, and fighting the haters.
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Can Michael Rubin’s Fanatics Become a Hollywood Player?
The mogul has cultivated a growing Rolodex of A-listers and created a hit pop culture live events business. Now Fanatics wants to be a studio, too.
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Padel Spanks Pickleball: Inside the Rise of the New Celebrity Sports Obsession
Eva Longoria is hooked. So are David Beckham and Tom Holland. Now the race is on to turn the fast-growing game with a booming elite social scene into a bona fide American business.
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AI Is Bringing Broadcasters Back From the Dead — and Creating New Ones
Sports is hailed as a safe haven from AI, but sportscasting is going all in on the tech, from lightning-fast analytics to broadcasts tailored to your every whim. Are fans ready for Bot Costas?
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The 10 Greatest Sports TV Shows of All Time, Ranked
From a gloriously acted female wrestling comedy to a seminal late-’70s basketball drama to an undeniably “correct” No. 1 choice, THR’s TV critics select their favorites from the genre.
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Don’t Wear Loud Versace if You’re on a Losing Streak: The New Codes of Sports Styling
Size 18 heels, customized suits for giants: Dressing star athletes like Joe Burrow and Brittney Griner is a full-contact sport.
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The Bet That Could Break Sports
If the outcomes of games are called into question, the whole system falls apart: “The nightmare scenario for the leagues is that people see professional sports as professional wrestling.”
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Counsel of Champions: Hollywood’s Top Sports Lawyers
Meet the attorneys who rep Patrick Mahomes, Caitlin Clark and Shohei Ohtani. They’re engineering the sports industry's biggest money moves, from a $10 billion Lakers sale to the legal groundwork for the 2028 Olympics.
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How a Former Pro Surfer Turned Emmy-Winning Cameraman Stays Afloat for HBO’s ‘100 Foot Wave’
Frenchman Laurent Pujol, riding epic swells across the world on a custom Jet Ski, has one of the most singular jobs in cinematography.
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Move Over, Met Gala — The U.S. Open Is New York’s See-and-Be-Seen Event of the Year
In recent years, power players in Hollywood, media, and beyond have elbowed their way down the tennis tournament’s blue carpet to strike deals and be photographed. For the USTA, it’s all by design.
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