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Private capital is transforming sports, challenging the press box to upskill into financial forensics

ESPN owns the NFL's network and a Red Sox owner controls the Boston Globe. The Clippers case, broken by a podcast, shows what investigators can find.

03.10.2026 10

Fortune

Alex Volonte

As private equity, politics and prediction markets reshape sports, is the press box up to the task?

As private equity, politics and prediction markets reshape sports, is the press box up to the task?

Sports journalism has sometimes been called the ‘toy department,’ since it was known for less serious reporting. But the sports page has an...

01.10.2026 10

The Conversation

Alex Volonte

Watchdog journalism’s future may lie in the work of independent reporters like Pablo Torre

Underground reporters could be among the last bulwarks against unchecked power.

06.10.2025 10

The Conversation

Alex Volonte