Sara Germano
Sports Reporter at The Information
I write The Arena, a feature column on the business of sports for @theinformation. previously: FT, WSJ. email: [email protected]
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6 days ago |
theinformation.com | Sara Germano
More than 1,700 men have broken the 4-minute mile, but no woman has ever done so. The fastest any female runner has ever covered the distance is 4 minutes and 7.64 seconds, the current world record set by Faith Kipyegon in 2023. Which is to say: not even close. Nevertheless, Nike is staging a race in Paris next Thursday where Kipyegon will attempt the historic feat.
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2 weeks ago |
theinformation.com | Sara Germano
As a triple Olympic champion, Sports Illustrated and Vogue model, and Harvard alum, sprinter Gabby Thomas attracts thousands of fans wherever she competes. She also attracts some genuine weirdos. Last weekend, for example, a man attending Thomas’ race in Philadelphia began to loudly berate her—yelling that she was a “choke artist” and that she was “goin’ down.” Thomas finished fourth, and on Monday, the man tweeted a video of his antics as well as screenshots of wagers he placed on FanDuel.
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1 month ago |
theinformation.com | Sara Germano
Last Saturday, the WNBA’s Indiana Fever hosted the Chicago Sky for their 2025 season opener, a highly anticipated matchup between archrival stars Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese. It was a hard-fought game until the third quarter, when everything went off the rails. Clark, who is white, committed a flagrant foul on Reese, who is Black, leading to a near-scuffle between the teams.
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1 month ago |
theinformation.com | Sara Germano
Six years after Nike stopped selling through Amazon in favor of going direct to customers through its own stores and website, the two companies are getting back together. Amazon plans to start selling Nike products with supplies coming directly from the company, an Amazon spokesperson confirmed on Wednesday. Winning back one of the world’s best-known brands is a victory for Amazon, which has long tried to expand its fashion business by wooing skeptical brands.
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1 month ago |
theinformation.com | Sara Germano
In summer 2021, Matt Scharf and some of his guy friends were playing a round of golf at a leafy course near Austin, Texas, when they arrived at the 14th hole, a 290-yard uphill par 4. Clad in a busy Hawaiian-print polo and a trucker hat, Scharf thwacked a drive straight down the fairway to the green, eliciting immediate whoops of “Dude!” and “Bro!” from his companions.
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