The Athletic

theathletic.com/location/philly

Fall in love with the sports page again.

The Athletic is the brainchild of Alex Mather and Adam Hansmann, former colleagues at the fitness tracking app Strava. In 2016, they founded The Athletic with the goal of building the best newsroom in sports, filling a void for fans hungry for deeper sports news and better coverage of their local teams. In 2022, The Athletic was acquired by The New York Times Company.

Note:  The above descriptive information came from the site's About Us page. The organization started in Chicago and now a Philadelphia location.

In The News

• New sports website The Athletic launches in Philadelphia – with some big media names, Philadelphia Business Journal, September 6, 2017.
• The Athletic is bringing subscription-based local sports coverage to a city near you, Tech Crunch, July 8, 2016.