Eduardo Tansley

Sports was one of America's most accessible forms of entertainment. Now it's paywalled, splintered and sold to the highest bidder. Fandom isn't being nurtured. It's being mined. For @nytopinion on the state of sports, and what it says about America: nytimes.com/2025/06/16/opi…

With one question, Deion Sanders gave a student reporter a ‘life-changing moment’ … Meet @Andrew_Cherico. He is truly awesome. nytimes.com/athletic/64881…

The Nico Williams-to-Barça fallout: ▪️Exit clause refusal triggered the meltdown ▪️Deco rejected it with Olmo past saga in mind ▪️Athletic's new contract footage recorded late hours last night ▪️Luis Diaz and Rashford, next targets & more ⤵️ nytimes.com/athletic/64733…

US Vice-President JD Vance, an Ohio native, watched on at the TQL Stadium in Cincinnati as Jobe Bellingham helped Borussia Dortmund reach the last 16 of the Club World Cup. Bellingham assisted Daniel Svensson for the only goal of the game as the German side beat Ulsan of South…

Inter, Severance and the innie-outie conflict of the Club World Cup nytimes.com/athletic/64425… Welcome to Innie Milan – where work is life

FIFA suit last night blocked my question to Juve coach Igor Tudor about how it felt to be in Oval Office on gameday when the U.S. President talking major world issues like Iran. Questions have to be about the game, they said. nytimes.com/athletic/64366…

Big thank you to @TansleyEduardo & @TheAthletic for covering the valuable work the @HoopsfixFdn is doing alongside @AccessSport & @SamSureMusic to renovate basketball courts 🙌

The UK is not known for its basketball courts. In fact, as @UK_SBB show, some courts here can be pretty strange. But @Hoopsfix/ @HoopsfixFdn (@SamNeter) and @SamSureMusic are changing that. @TheAthleticNBA @TheAthletic Read here: nytimes.com/athletic/63995…

From @TheAthleticFC: In 2018, ahead of the FIFA World Cup, designer Matthew Wolff and Nike made a Nigeria football kit that became a modern trailblazer. “It was probably the first football shirt to have this drop moment that transcended football.” nyti.ms/3G1nyCG

Javier Aguirre felt the need to apologize. As the Mexico national team manager prepared his team to meet the Dominican Republic in the opening match of the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup, he noticed something on film. The DR soccer team wasn’t just debuting in the Gold Cup to make up…

Individual walkouts are commonplace in lots of American sports but it's new for football at the Club World Cup. What do players think of it? Will it be rolled out elsewhere and will anyone have some fun with it? Or just blank their opponents like Urawa Red Diamonds captain…

Nigeria's home shirt for the 2018 World Cup is coveted by kit geeks and cherished by Nigeria fans. @TansleyEduardo explores the impact of one of the most iconic shirt releases of the modern era ⬇️

Justin Reid... the NFL's chess champ 🏆 @TheAthletic @TheAthleticNFL nytimes.com/athletic/64315…

The Club World Cup starts in the US tonight — it's time to get up to speed with the key talking points around the tournament. To do that, @TansleyEduardo provides all the answers on Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and much, much more nytimes.com/athletic/64028…

What makes a good football? Mikel Arteta didn't like the Puma’s Orbita 1 last season, while Pep Guardiola criticised the Mitre FA Cup Ultimax Pro. But do they really react and move any differently to the Premier League's Nike Flight 24-25? @LiamTharmeCoach — with the help of…

The Scotsman who helped the Eagles perfect the tush push: 'Nobody else is doing what I do' dlvr.it/TLBKGH

Scotsman @RichieGrayGSI helped innovate a football play the Philadelphia Eagles have made so effective that NFL owners were two votes away from banning it last month. “Nobody else in the world is doing what I do,” he says. @TheAthletic @TheAthleticNFL nytimes.com/athletic/63901…

From @TheAthletic: Chess world champion Gukesh Dommaraju beat Magnus Carlsen in a classical match for the first time, causing the world No. 1 to slam the table in frustration. nyti.ms/4dMOD9l

Yesterday the #UnityCup2025 began. A tournament featuring four nations with large communities in London. Nigeria, Ghana, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago. @Ankaman616 and I discuss the tournament’s importance and cultural impact for @TheAthleticFC nytimes.com/athletic/63832…

The last seven NBA MVP winners have all been international players. 🇨🇦 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2025) 🇷🇸 Nikola Jokic (2024) 🇨🇲 Joel Embiid (2023) 🇷🇸 Nikola Jokic (2022) 🇷🇸 Nikola Jokic (2021) 🇬🇷 Giannis Antetokounmpo (2020) 🇬🇷 Giannis Antetokounmpo (2019)