Ep. 153 - Matt Futterman of The Athletic | Narratives in Tennis

Matt Futterman is a staff writer at The Athletic where he covers tennis and Olympic sports. In addition to covering tennis, Matt delivered award-winning investigative reporting for The New York Times, writing a series in 2020 called “Sledhead” that examined the dangers that sliding sports, particularly bobsled and skeleton, pose to the brain. Matt has also covered seven Olympics, a role he will continue to play at The Athletic. Matt joined The New York Times as a deputy sports editor in 2017 before moving back to reporting. Before that, he worked at The Wall Street Journal, The Star-Ledger of New Jersey and The Philadelphia Inquirer. He’s also the author of two well-received books, PLAYERS: How Sports Became a Business, and RUNNING TO THE EDGE: A Band of Misfits and the Guru Who Unlocked the Secrets of Speed. Matt is married with three daughters, and lives in Manhattan. He’s a longtime marathon runner – he’s run 31 of them, including the New York Marathon 13 times – who also plays tennis (he remains annoyed about going 0-8 in singles during his senior year of collegiate tennis at Union College). You can follow Matt’s work at The Athletic here - https://theathletic.com/author/matthew-futterman/

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