Ben Strauss

• How John Kelly's Neighborhood Led Him to Trump's Side

Visited Boston to better understand--beyond the headlines--the place that shaped Trump's chief of staff

• Is Joe Arpaio the Next Roy Moore?

In Arizona, I reported on the Senate primary and the man threatening to blow up the race

• The Trick-Shot QB Who Played His Way Into Trump's Inner Circle

Profiled Johnny McEntee and his rise in Trumpworld (co-written with Nancy Cook)

• 'This Is Bad for America, But Great for Us'

Wrote about the evolution of Clay Travis, the perfect sports talker for the Trump era

• Jim Acosta Is the White House's Favorite Reporter

Profiled CNN's Jim Acosta and his moral combat in the White House briefing room

• 'Kris Kobach Came After Me for an Honest Mistake'

Investigated the voter fraud policies of Kansas's secretary of state and tracked down one of the men prosecuted by Kobach

• Did Too Much Caitlyn Jenner Doom ESPN?

Reported how ESPN found itself a target of the political moment

• Column: Trump Throws His NFL Buddies Under the Bus

After Trump attacked the NFL, the league's owners--some of his biggest supporters--had buyers' remorse

• Q&A: 'Mr. President, You Know What It's Like to be a Black Man'

Don King talked to me about Trump at his home in Amish Country outside Cleveland

 

• Football Major, Basketball Minor?

Examined whether college athletes deserve academic credit for playing sports

• After the Game, Reality Sinks in for a Lineman

Spent a day in Berkeley with former Cal player Kendrick Payne, now a Lyft driver

• Face of the N.C.A.A., Battered Early and Often

Profile of N.C.A.A. Prez Mark Emmert ahead of the O’Bannon trial

• A Fight to Keep College Athletes from the Pain of Injury Costs

A study of some of the long-term health issues faced by some former college athletes

• At Northwestern, a Blitz to Defeat an Effort to Unionize

An inside look at the school’s push to win the vote

• The Big Ten’s Bigger Footprint

The rise of the big business of the Big Ten and commissioner Jim Delany

• Booster Proud of His Largess and Game-Day Parties

A former booster dishes about what he calls the good old days

• M.L.B. Has Plan to Let Cuban Players Sign Directly With Teams

Broke the news of a proposal to the State Department to sign Cuban players around the embargo

• M.L.B.’s Good-Will Tour of Cuba Is Hardly the Last Word

Traveled with MLB's delegation, including four Cuban ballplayers who were allowed to return home, to Cuba.

• Cubs’ Last Link to a World Series

A visit to Boston to find Lennie Merullo, the last living Cub to appear in a World Series

• The Pride of Wichita State, Whatever it May Actually Be

Tracing the evolution of WuShock, college sports’ best mascot

• Friendship as Priceless as the National Pastime

Two best friends with Hall of Fame husbands looking back at a lifetime of baseball and more

 

• The Liberal Arts Football Factory

For Slate, I Investigated how a new attitude toward athletics and football are impacting admissions and campus culture at Wesleyan University

• The Change Agent

For The Athletic, I wrote about Tim Nevius, the former NCAA investigator now trying to reform college sports