> I got tired of opening the sports section to find another story about how violent athletes are to their spouses, or how unfair high schools are to transgende

> I got tired of opening the sports section to find another story about how violent athletes are to their spouses, or how unfair high schools are to transgender women. It seemed like the writers were more concerned about signaling their virtuous views of social issues, laundering their own privileged backgrounds by pretending to care. ... Sports writing isn't about human rights or social issues. It is about contention, about struggle. As George Orwell put it, Don't worry. That kind of coverage in sports will still happen: > A group on the business desk will cover money and power in sports, while new beats covering sports will be added to other sections. The moves are expected to be completed by the fall.