Sports Reporting

  • By On July 6, 2020 In Featured, Featured Issue, Story in the Public Square Tags , ,

    Race and the NFL with Ken Belson

    Air Dates: July 6-12, 2020 Sports play a giant role in American public life—and their absence has been a much-discussed part of the pandemic.  Ken Belson covers the National Football League for The New York Times.  Belson writes about teams, stadiums, medical issues, lawsuits and more in his coverage of the National Football League (NFL) for The Times.  Mr. Belson joined the Sports section in 2009 after spending three years … Read More

  • Trenni Kusnierek on Story in the Public Square
    By On August 21, 2018 In Featured, Featured Issue, Featured Slide, General, Story in the Public Square Tags , , , , ,

    Pastimes meet Politics with Emmy-winning Sports Anchor & Reporter Trenni Kusnierek

    Air dates: August 25-27, 2018 Sports have the power to unify people from diverse backgrounds, to give us something to be excited about and to talk about, together, no matter who we are, what we do, or where we’re from. But in the last couple of years, politics intruded in our pastimes. As an Emmy-winning sports anchor and reporter, Trenni Kusnierek has a unique perspective on sports in American culture. … Read More