Sports
48/60 pts
NFL opening Sunday
Sports/Sep 13, 2026
Week 1 is a product launch that happens to keep score
Fourteen games, three windows, a night soap in New Jersey. The season is no longer coming. It is on.
Worth the look48/60 pts
The whistle
Sports
On-line reviews of sporting news: broadcasts, documentaries, and the media that packages the game.
Entertainment services, namely, providing on-line reviews of sporting news.
11 reviews · 6 briefings
On-line reviews
Sports
47/60 pts
US Open round of 16, on television
Sports/Sep 7, 2026
Holiday tennis is the rare broadcast that does not panic about time
Round of 16 from Queens, a day with no NFL, and a night session that is allowed to be long.
Worth the look47/60 pts
Sports
46/60 pts
The US Open on television
Sports/Aug 30, 2026
Tennis, if you let the afternoon be long
The Open is still the best argument for leaving a match on in another room.
Worth the look46/60 pts
Sports
27/60 pts
Monday Night Football commentary
Sports/Aug 24, 2026
The booth is the show, for better and worse
A football game with a talk show sitting on top of it. Sometimes the talk show wins. That is a problem.
Mixed27/60 pts
Sports
32/60 pts
YouTube Sunday Ticket
Sports/Aug 22, 2026
Every out-of-market game, for a price
The NFL put the whole slate on YouTube. The football is the same. The bill is not.
Mixed32/60 pts
Sports
35/60 pts
Fantasy football, as a product
Sports/Aug 20, 2026
A second job with a commissioner
The app, the group chat, the waiver wire. I play. I am also allowed to say it ate a Sunday.
Mixed35/60 pts
Sports
40/60 pts
Hard Knocks
Sports/Aug 12, 2026
Helmets, mics, myth
HBO's training-camp ritual is still the best commercial the NFL does not have to call an ad.
Worth the look40/60 pts
Sports
38/60 pts
Fox's 2026 World Cup coverage
Sports/Jul 22, 2026
The matches were the point
North America hosted the world's game. American television still hosted a talk show around it.
Mixed38/60 pts
Sports
44/60 pts
Wimbledon, as television
Sports/Jul 13, 2026
Tennis, if you let it be quiet
The best produced tennis in the world, if you can find it under the features.
Worth the look44/60 pts
Sports
43/60 pts
Capitals playoff hockey, on TV
Sports/Apr 28, 2026
Another spring in the District
I am a Caps household. That is the bias, and I am not going to hide it.
Worth the look43/60 pts
Sports
46/60 pts
March Madness 2026
Sports/Mar 24, 2026
The bracket is the product
Three weeks where people who do not watch college basketball become theologians about a 12-seed.
Worth the look46/60 pts
News and commentary
News/Sports/Sep 13, 2026
Week 1 is actually today. The Open is over. The remote changed hands.
A full NFL Sunday, a finished US Open, and a film festival that is already mid-sentence.
The Desk
News/Sports/Sep 13, 2026
Zverev closed the Open. New York can go back to football.
A first US Open title in four sets. The last long tennis broadcast of the summer is over.
The Desk
News/Sports/Sep 7, 2026
The Open kept the remote. Football has to wait until Wednesday.
Round of 16 in Queens. No NFL tonight. A holiday broadcast that is actually long on purpose.
The Desk
Commentary/Sports/Sep 2, 2026
Kickoff week is a product launch. The games are the demo.
College is already loud. The NFL is about to put a bow on a season that has been for sale since April.
The Desk
News/Sports/Aug 13, 2026
Training camp is weather, and the weather has started
Roster cuts, a quarterback controversy, a practiced outrage. August is on schedule.
The Desk
Commentary/Sports/Aug 2, 2026
After the Cup, the argument about American sports media
The world's game left town. The talk shows are still translating it into football.
The Desk