Howard Megdal is a Senior Contributor at The IX Newsletter and The Next Basketball Newsroom. He specializes in covering a wide range of sports including WNBA, NFL, NWSL, MLB, and NCAA basketball, with a strong focus on sports business and competitive sports. Howard's work has been featured in prominent publications such as The New York Times, FiveThirtyEight, and Sports Illustrated.
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Basketball Insider Howard Megdal asks his remaining key questions for the first-half of the 2026 WNBA season.
NEW YORK — Welcome to Basketball Insider, presented by The BIG EAST Conference. As the assembled media gathered to speak with New York Liberty head
Basketball Insider Howard Megdal reviews the 2026 WNBA All-Star rosters, and argues that nothing is all that wrong with them, actually.
Welcome to Basketball Insider, presented by The BIG EAST Conference. The WNBA's All-Star weekend is just over a week away (we'll have a swarm of
Welcome to Basketball Insider, presented by The BIG EAST Conference. The moment Sandy Brondello was caught on a hot mic during the game between the
By: Howard Megdal
Welcome to Basketball Insider, presented by The BIG EAST Conference. I come bearing a thousand conversations and observations from Chicago, a truly
By: Howard Megdal
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Welcome to a special Baseball Insider, presented by The BIG EAST Conference. It had been 72 years since the All American Girls Professional Baseball League disbanded in 1954.
Welcome to Basketball Insider, presented by The BIG EAST Conference. Expectations are a funny thing in professional sports, something best exhibited by the New York Liberty and the Washington Mystics.
Basketball Insider Howard Megdal argues for a well-balanced WNBA media diet, and for actually covering women's sports.
By: Howard Megdal
Welcome to Basketball Insider, powered by The BIG EAST Conference. The legend herself, Pat Summitt, built her reputation and dynasty at Tennessee on the principle of defense over offense.
