Joe Drape

New York

@NYTSports reporter and NYT Bestselling author of "Our Boys" and "American Pharoah." Now, "Saint Makers." Proudly not a blue check mark.

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Can This 14-Year-Old Football Star Become a High School Millionaire?

5 days 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.
Against the Odds, He Made Thoroughbred Racing a Viable Business

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.
In sports-crazed Boston, a fight over a women’s soccer stadium

2 months ago | 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.
In sports-crazed Boston, a fight over a women’s soccer stadium

2 months ago | 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.
Boston's White Stadium, Future Home of NWSL Team, at Center of Legal Fight

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Joe Drape

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 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.
American priest Emil Kapaun one step closer to sainthood

Mar 8, 2025 | ncronline.org | Joe Drape

On July 2, 2011, the campaign to make Fr. Emil Kapaun a saint took flight when a 3-by-3-by-3 foot wooden crate weighing 300-pounds was shipped from Wichita to Rome. Inside were 8,268 pages of documents — sermons he gave from pulpits in farm towns to theatres of war, personal letters and testimonials by more than 100 people from Kansas to Korea. On Feb.
Veterinarian and 13 Horse Trainers Violated Drug Rules, U.S. Regulator Says

Feb 21, 2025 | businessandamerica.com | Joe Drape

A veterinarian and 13 trainers, seeking an edge at a Pennsylvania racetrack, injected pain medications into the joints of more than 100 horses in violation of federal rules, the federal agency that now regulates the sport said on Friday. Afterward, 30 percent of the horses never raced again and 10 percent were declared lame post-race by a regulatory veterinarian.
As salaries boom, it’s a good time to be an NFL coach

Feb 18, 2025 | sanjuandailystar.com | Joe Drape

By Joe DrapeNo matter what happened on Super Bowl Sunday, Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid is still money. He is the highest-paid coach in the NFL, earning $20 million a year. And his Falstaffian turns alongside his star quarterback, Patrick Mahomes, in those ubiquitous State Farm commercials have made him instantly recognizable, even to nonfootball fans. Reid’s record suggests he is a bargain: three Super Bowl championships in five trips to the game with the Chiefs.
As Salaries Boom, It's a Good Time to Be an NFL Coach

Feb 13, 2025 | nytimes.com | Joe Drape

No matter what happened on Super Bowl Sunday, Kansas Chiefs Coach Andy Reid is still money. He is the highest-paid coach in the N.F.L., earning $20 million a year. And his Falstaffian turns alongside his star quarterback, Patrick Mahomes, in those ubiquitous State Farm commercials have made him instantly recognizable, even to nonfootball fans. Reid's record suggests he is a bargain: three Super Bowl championships in five trips to the game with the Chiefs.
Breeders' Cup Arrives in California, Where Horse Racing Is Struggling

Oct 31, 2024 | nytimes.com | Joe Drape

Bing Crosby built the Del Mar racetrack in the 1930s, when horse racing's popularity in the American sporting landscape was second only to baseball. His pals W.C. Fields, Ava Gardner, Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball roamed its clubhouse. Crosby insisted on a late first post time - 2 p.m. - so they could golf (wink, wink) beforehand or recover from the night before.