Katie Strang

6 days ago | nytimes.com | Dan Robson |Katie Strang

In March 2009, Peter Wall, a Canadian video journalist, traveled to the prestigious Silver Stick PeeWee AAA hockey tournament in Port Huron, Mich., hoping to document families consumed by the all-encompassing, professionalized culture of elite-level minor hockey. When he arrived in Michigan, Wall found Paul Marner and his 12-year-old son Mitch, a star forward for the Vaughan Kings. And he met Judi McLeod and her son Mikey, who had just turned 11 and played for the storied Toronto Marlboros.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Dan Robson |Katie Strang

More than three decades later, Murray Walter still carries the heavy memory. It weighs on his voice. Not anger, exactly. At least not anymore. It took him years to get past that part. But he's in his late-70s now, long retired from his career as a small-town trial lawyer. And that old fury has settled into a resigned sadness. "Of all the cases that I had over 50 years, this one was the one that was the most difficult for me personally," Walter says.

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Katie Strang

It is Feb. 26, and "The Pat McAfee Show" is filming in Indianapolis the week of the NFL Scouting Combine. McAfee sits behind a desk. Before him is an arc of chairs, occupied by a few of what he describes as his "stooges" and a featured guest: Adam Schefter, ESPN's NFL insider. Schefter's presence and the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine logo behind the chairs seemingly portend the day's subject matter. However, McAfee has a different topic on his mind.

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Katie Strang |Andrew Marchand

Fox Sports executive vice president Charlie Dixon, a co-defendant in two lawsuits filed last month in which he was accused of sexual battery, has been placed on administrative leave, sources briefed on the matter told The Athletic. Noushin Faraji, a former hairstylist for Fox Sports, alleged in her complaint that Dixon groped her at a co-worker's party in January 2017.

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Katie Strang

Last week, Julie Stewart-Binks sat in an empty lounge on the rooftop of a hotel near her apartment in New York City. She is about to watch a clip from her time as a Fox Sports host and reporter. It is a moment that she thinks about often, but one that she has never wanted to relive in full. She hits play on the video, then her hands jerk back toward her chest, as if bracing for a blow.