I did so, but not being much of a Times reader then, I quickly moved on. Sixty-six years later, I had a rush of mixed feelings when the Times recently announced that it was going to abolish its sports department. I had, in fact, long wondered whether the Times needed a sports department. Such thoughts only intensified when I first saw the announcement that the Times was dropping its sports department. (Meanwhile, The Athletic has been bulking up its staff, even adding a respected former Times sports editor, Jason Stallman.)

Source: New York Times November 26, 2023 11:02 UTC