Tom Dart is a Houston-based freelance journalist. Twitter @Tom_Dart
August 2025
The $62m question: does a high school really need a professional-style stadium?
A 10,000-seat arena for a school with fewer than 2,000 students raises questions about America’s sporting and educational priorities
April 2025
The A’s settled into their new home in Sacramento. The result was familiar
The team that brought us Moneyball is in the middle of a move from Oakland to Las Vegas. Fans turned up to their home opener but this is still a club in flux
March 2025
Were the all-conquering Edmonton Grads the most dominant team of all time?
The Canadians were described by basketball’s inventor as his sport’s finest team. And they competed at a time when female athletes were often dismissed
February 2025
Why high-profile athletes are perfect targets for burglary gangs
Trump at the Super Bowl: how the NFL’s culture war ended in surrender
January 2025
Will the Dodgers’ billions make MLB like European soccer? Not so fast …
Chiefs return to Super Bowl after breaking Bills’ hearts in another thriller
December 2024
LeBron to Saudi and a UK NFL team: our bold sports predictions for 2025
On the heels of another sports year that was chock full of surprises, Guardian US contributors make their bold predictions for the months to come
‘Stay the course’: do MLS’s anemic ratings in the Apple TV era matter?
It’s certainly strange that MLS apparently struggles to outdo pickleball in the broadcast TV ratings. But with a North American World Cup looming, there’s no reason for panic
LA Galaxy partied like it was 2014 but prepared for 2024 in MLS Cup victory
Original glamour club fell on lean times before it decided to adapt to a league that has changed beyond recognition
November 2024
Orlando Pride lift first NWSL title behind Barbra Banda’s early strike
The big bet
Fanduel network shows an industry bought and paid for by gambling
Weah sparks a goal-fest; Pulisic is Captain Maga: five things we learned from USMNT
What kind of host will Donald Trump be for the World Cup and Olympics?
October 2024
Alexi Lalas keeps tweeting Maga propaganda. Does it matter?
Mauricio Pochettino offers USMNT something crucial in debut win: hope
September 2024
Pochettino will bring stardust to the USMNT but appointment is still a risk
US Soccer are jumping into the unknown by appointing a great club-level coach who has no international experience
August 2024
Sophia Smith’s extra-time goal sends USWNT to Olympic gold medal match
Emma Hayes has led the US to the Olympic gold medal match in her first tournament in charge, thanks to Sophia Smith’s late goal against Germany
‘The world’s getting faster’: business as unusual as US swimmers’ dominance erodes
The Americans topped the medal table in the pool in Paris but the men were close to going without an individual gold to show for their efforts
The Olympic shot put diet: a nine-egg sausage burrito – and that’s just for breakfast
Paris gold medalist Ryan Crouser consumes up to 6,000 calories a day and spends $1,000 a month on food. He’s far from the exception among athletes
