Oliver Bateman

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Hard Knocks is a season ticket to the soul of the NFL

Oliver Bateman · September 13, 2024 5:12 am

The Olympic athletes are great fun to watch. Finding the right ways to watch them isn’t

Oliver Bateman · August 9, 2024 4:45 am

An ode to Canadian football

Oliver Bateman · July 19, 2024 4:35 am

Bill Walton created the game of basketball that Luka Doncic dominates

Oliver Bateman · June 7, 2024 4:35 am

From left to right: Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani, and ex-NBA player Jontay Porter have both been at the center of recent sports gambling scandals. (Illustration by Tatiana Lozano / Washington Examiner; AP Photos)

The sun never sets on the sports-betting empire

Oliver Bateman · April 24, 2024 9:50 pm

How the sports fan became an asset manager

Oliver Bateman · March 21, 2024 9:00 pm

Wrestling and the recreation of cable

Oliver Bateman · February 1, 2024 8:00 pm

Jim Harbaugh and the return of bully ball

Oliver Bateman · January 11, 2024 10:00 pm

Magazine - Life & Arts

How to pick up a sport

Oliver Bateman · December 28, 2023 6:21 pm

Magazine - Life & Arts

Sports in a time of crisis

Oliver Bateman · November 10, 2023 6:43 am

Sean Strickland, right, and Israel Adesanya battle in the main event of UFC 293.

Magazine - Life & Arts

Belichick’s Patriots need a hard reboot, not an extended epilogue

Oliver Bateman · October 27, 2023 5:45 am

Sean Strickland, right, and Israel Adesanya battle in the main event of UFC 293.

Magazine - Life & Arts

MMA champion Sean Strickland is the 21st century ‘Cinderella Man’

Oliver Bateman · September 15, 2023 9:20 am