Why ProPublica Is Leaning Into Sports Investigations by Tracy Weber September 18, 2026, 5:00 am

Why ProPublica Is Leaning Into Sports Investigations https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-sports-investigations?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=secondary Sports is a wealthy, powerful industry. We’ll cover the system instead of the games. We’ll ask who’s responsible for some of its biggest problems and who’s preventing them from being fixed. by Tracy Weber September 18, 2026, 5:00 am The sports journalism landscape is contracting. But at ProPublica, we’re diving in. We won’t cover the games, but we’ll be keeping score — of which powerful people are winning, of who’s being hurt and of which systems can be held accountable. Managing Editor Tracy Weber explains why we’re devoting more resources to covering this wealthy, powerful industry.