Matt Futterman

Alcaraz and Fonseca light up Miami in a sign of what’s ahead. @TheAthletic nytimes.com/athletic/71355…

Alex Eala is back in Miami — different but also same. @TheAthletic nytimes.com/athletic/71241…

Jessie Diggins is about to do the ultimate mic drop. @TheAthletic nytimes.com/athletic/71286…

Why can't tennis get its schedule straight? Here goes another retool, with a$$i$tance from $audi Arabia. @TheAthletic nytimes.com/athletic/71067…

@avantgame Yes. The hope/plan is to have Catherine Whitaker from The Tennis Podcast do the reading.

@MattFutterman Will you be recording the audio book??? 🙏

Doubleday launched the cover of my next book today…THE CRUELEST GAME: Chasing Greatness in Professional Tennis. Out 8/4/26. It’s about the search for the secret codes for becoming the best of the best — and why it’s so damn hard. Pre-order here: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746451/t…

@Jessicalessin August 4, 2026

@MattFutterman I am excited for this! When coming out.

A big warm welcome to The Athletic empire to the WaPo refugees! @avarwallace @AdamKilgoreWP (needs a new handle!) @barrysvrluga @CandaceDBuckner @spencernusbaum_ @JasonMurray117...LFG... nytco.com/press/the-athl…

American tennis enters the Craig Tiley era. It will not be dull. @TheAthletic U.S. Tennis Association hires Craig Tiley as chief executive from Australian Open nytimes.com/athletic/70545… via @NYTimes

Lindsey Vonn crashed after 13 seconds. And yet she may have been the most enduring character from these Games. The chase for glory — and the price. @TheAthletic Lindsey Vonn competed for 13 seconds. She still owned the Winter Olympics nytimes.com/athletic/70607… via @NYTimes

How Lindsey's leg got put back together again. @TheAthletic nytimes.com/athletic/70604…

How about some love for Team Italy...they're really good! @TheAthletic nytimes.com/athletic/70584…

What does equality look like at the Olympics? Depends on the sport…even the event. @TheAthletic nytimes.com/athletic/70529…

For Mikaela Shiffrin, the most beautiful of days. @TheAthletic nytimes.com/athletic/70555…

Mikaela has one last chance at these Olympics. The slalom should be a lock for a medal, but no such thing exists, in ski racing or life. @TheAthletic nytimes.com/athletic/70521…

Any competition that takes place on snow and ice is going to have surprises. For Team USA, this Winter Games has been one curveball after another. @TheAthletic nytimes.com/athletic/70497…

Biathlon legends Bjoerndalen and Fourcade didn't need another medal ceremony -- except when it highlights 15 years of trying to combat Russian doping. @TheAthletic nytimes.com/athletic/70449…

Earlier in the week, I said the Lindsey Vonn story had gone from inspirational to sad. Lindsey says no one should view her story that way -- and after her fourth surgery of the week she can finally go home. Godspeed LV! @TheAthletic nytimes.com/athletic/70469…

Casey Wasserman and LA28 try to move on together. @TheAthletic nytimes.com/athletic/70462…