Joe Drape

3 weeks ago | infomoney.com.br | Joe Drape

WASHINGTON – O filho de Brittany Coleman, Kaden, acabara de completar 10 anos quando os treinadores de futebol juvenil começaram a entregar envelopes com milhares de dólares em suas mãos. Eles queriam que Kaden jogasse para seus times de clubes em Maryland, em Nova Jersey e em todo o meio-Atlântico. Coleman sempre recusou. Pagamentos para os melhores jogadores, um segredo não muito bem guardado nos esportes juvenis, não eram permitidos, e ela não queria manchar a reputação do filho.

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Joe Drape

Major brands and local sponsors have offered lucrative deals to high school, and even younger, stars who promote their products. Kaden Coleman-Bennett has been famous in youth football circles since he was 9. Credit... Maansi Srivastava for The New York Times Last summer, Ms. Coleman allowed Kaden to sign sponsorship deals with a local fashion brand, Second N Six, and an athletic gear company. Kaden also has an agent to help him with future deals.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Joe Drape

Using social media, podcasts and other innovations, Jon Green has turned DJ Stable into a $30-million-a-year entity. His colt, Sandman, is among the favorites to win the 151st Kentucky Derby. Jon Green fell for horse racing as a little boy tagging alongside his Uncle Marty to Monmouth Park on the Jersey Shore. Marty always wore three-piece suits, and after every race he would pull a winning ticket from one of his pockets for his nephew to cash in.

Mar 20, 2025 | thenewstribune.com | Joe Drape

BOSTON -- For nearly 50 years, the ramshackle White Stadium in Frederick Law Olmsted’s Franklin Park in Boston has been a monument to neglect. The peeling paint and potholed track are a testament to a neighborhood long victimized by the city’s politics of race. Now, this stadium may finally be getting a second life as the home of one of the National Women’s Soccer League’s newest franchises. But in sports-crazed Boston, not everyone is happy.

Mar 20, 2025 | star-telegram.com | Joe Drape

BOSTONFor nearly 50 years, the ramshackle White Stadium in Frederick Law Olmsted’s Franklin Park in Boston has been a monument to neglect. The peeling paint and potholed track are a testament to a neighborhood long victimized by the city’s politics of race. Now, this stadium may finally be getting a second life as the home of one of the National Women’s Soccer League’s newest franchises. But in sports-crazed Boston, not everyone is happy.