The Vantage Point

Sports coverage has shifted from explaining the game to manufacturing drama. Big personalities and louder opinions get attention and promotions. Nuanced analysis gets sidelined. The…

Sports coverage has become less about games and more about stories that keep you glued to the screen, clicking, sharing, and arguing. What used to…

Sports coverage used to be about breaking down plays, celebrating athleticism, and explaining strategy. That model still exists, but it increasingly lives in the shadow…

You have more power in this system than you realize. The sports media landscape is built to reward outrage, speed, and certainty, not necessarily accuracy…

There is a reason you feel like you know certain commentators. You catch them every morning, they walk through the same narratives about your team,…

Table of Contents The new reality for modern athletes The scale of online abuse The human cost: anxiety, burnout, and silence What needs to change…

Social feeds are full of hot takes, glare-inducing headlines, and heated comment threads. That is not an accident. Platforms are built to reward engagement, and…

Something fundamental has shifted in sports media. Long investigative threads that once unearthed salary cap violations, front office corruption, or structural problems in leagues are…

Here’s the crazy part. Many networks do not even track the accuracy of their analysts. They have entire departments measuring engagement rates, viral moments and…