It’s time again for The Athletic newsroom to honor its own. The Best of 2023 highlights our efforts in breaking news, investigative, enterprise/features, column writing, projects, event coverage, Global Football, audio and new this year, design.
We’ve published more than 47,000 articles and recorded more than 5,000 hours of podcasts in 2023, which means this annual compilation is a small sample of the outstanding work produced this year. So if there’s an article you enjoyed or a podcast you listened to that you don’t see below, give it a shout-out in the comments while also shouting out the stellar work on this list.
Stories are unlocked for your reading pleasure through the end of the year.
Investigation: The football club owner with four names believed to have been convicted of fraud
By Matt Slater and Philip Buckingham (Global Football)
David Hilton cleared a six-figure tax bill and pledged to take Scunthorpe back to the EFL, but his suitability to be owner is under scrutiny.
Jordan Henderson: I strongly believe that me playing in Saudi Arabia is a positive thing
By David Ornstein and Adam Crafton (Global Football)
In his first interview since leaving Liverpool for Saudi Arabia, Henderson answers questions on money, his morals and leaving Anfield.
