Jonathan Clegg

New York

Editor at The Wall Street Journal

Sports Editor @WSJ. Co-author of NYT bestseller THE FORMULA, THE CLUB, and MESSI vs. RONALDO: https://t.co/dGHcKs8JxE

Articles

An Epic Super Bowl Beatdown, but Not a Historic One Yet

2 months ago | sports.yahoo.com | Jonathan Clegg

We're witnessing an epic beatdown in the Super Bowl, but it's not yet a historic one. The Eagles entered the fourth quarter with a 34-6 lead, putting them on course for the largest winning margin since the Seattle Seahawks beat the Denver Broncos 43-8 in 2014.
Turning Ideas into Reality: My Journey Through Side Projects

Nov 29, 2024 | dev.to | Jonathan Clegg

Side projects are more than just a creative outlet—they’re a way to solve real-world problems, learn new skills, and have a little fun along the way. Over the past few years, I’ve worked on three projects that are close to my heart: Nature Tech Jobs, Coworking Space Hub, and Beat Darwin. Each one has been a unique challenge and an opportunity to grow as a developer and creator. Here’s the story behind them.
In Sailing’s Most Famous Race, Britannia Definitely Doesn’t Rule the Waves

Oct 13, 2024 | wsj.com | Joshua Robinson |Jonathan Clegg

The annals of sporting futility are full of sad-sack teams that run into humiliating defeat, season after season, only to come back for more. The NFL’s Arizona Cardinals, for instance, have never won a Super Bowl in 58 years of trying. The Toronto Maple Leafs have gone more than half a century without a Stanley Cup. The Seattle Mariners have never reached a World Series.
The Identity Shift That Has England on the Brink of Soccer Glory

Jul 11, 2024 | wsj.com | Joshua Robinson |Jonathan Clegg

BERLIN—To anyone familiar with the England national soccer team’s long and tortured history of humiliations and pratfalls, the squad that will play in Sunday’s European Championship final on Sunday has been completely unrecognizable. The close calls have gone their way. They have won penalty shootouts. And the heartbreaking late goals have all been scored by guys with the Three Lions on their jersey, not against them. All of which has been as unfamiliar to England fans as tea without milk.
Bookshelf

Jul 11, 2024 | college.columbia.edu | Jonathan Clegg

Hot Hand Sutras: Essays and Articles by Lawrence Shainberg ’58. Shainberg’s collection of fiction and non-fiction includes previously published works and some published for the first time (independently published, $12.95). After Camus by Jay Neugeboren ’59. This vivid portrait of a marriage spans a series of historical events, from the Vietnam War through the AIDS epidemic and Gulf War, to the Iraq War and the advent of the right-wing Le Pen movement in France (Madville Publishing, $21.95).
How a radical Mercedes F1 design may be the most-expensive mistake in sports history

Jul 4, 2024 | afr.com | Jonathan Clegg |Joshua Robinson

Jonathan Clegg and Joshua RobinsonJul 5, 2024 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? In early March 2022, the private jets and cargo planes that ferry Formula 1 cars around the globe – along with drivers, mechanics, chefs, and personal stylists – converged on the desert kingdom of Bahrain.
The Richest League on Earth Is Tearing Itself Apart

Jun 10, 2024 | wsj.com | Joshua Robinson |Jonathan Clegg

The document that changed the course of English soccer—and by extension global sports—was initially written by hand on a single sheet of paper back in 1990. Known as the Founders’ Agreement, it became the charter of a brand new venture called the Premier League. And over the next three decades, it would help turn the top tier of English soccer into a media and entertainment behemoth.
He Dominated College Football. Can He Defy History in the NFL?

Apr 23, 2024 | wsj.com | Jonathan Clegg |Laine Higgins

From the moment he arrived in college football, Brock Bowers was a dynamo that defenses had no idea how to stop. Even as a freshman at the University of Georgia, a school that won more games and had more players drafted than any other, he was the focal point of the entire offense. He worked the middle of the field like a slot receiver, broke off big plays like a deep threat, and punished would-be tacklers like a big galoot on the offensive line.
A Note From A Proud Papa

Mar 7, 2024 | linkedin.com | Joshua Robinson |Jonathan Clegg

Out This Month, and already a #1 Bestseller on Amazon's "Entertainment Industry list: by Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg Wall Street Journal reporters and authors of "The Club" and "Messi v Ronaldo," Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg tell the riveting saga of how Formula 1 broke through in America, detailing the eclectic culture of racing obsessives, glamorous settings, gearheads, engineering geniuses, dashing racers, and bitter rivalries that have made F1 the world’s fastest growing...
Win A Copy Of The Book 'The Formula' By Joshua Robinson And Jonathan Clegg

Mar 4, 2024 | redcarpetcrash.com | Joshua Robinson |Jonathan Clegg |Jeffrey D. Hoffmann |Christina Dodd

The book is in stores on Tuesday, March 12th. Click on the link to buy a copy. https://amzn.to/48vqqzSFor decades in America, car racing meant NASCAR, and to a lesser extent IndyCar, with Formula 1—the wealthiest racing league in the world—a distant third. Fast forward to 2023, and F1 has emerged at the front of the pack powered by a passionate yet nascent American fanbase. The F1 juggernaut has arrived, but this checkered flag was far from inevitable.