Vox Media’s Coverage of the 2024 Summer Olympics

With the 2024 Olympics around the corner, Vox Media is covering the summer games across written, audio, and video from all different angles including lifestyle, news, and of course, sports. From newsworthy moments and interviews with participating athletes to Parisian travel and culinary recommendations to pop culture highlights, Vox Media’s brands including SB Nation, Vox, Eater, New York Magazine, and more, will be the go-to sources for all your Olympics coverage.

SB Nation, Vox Media’s sports network built by the fans and for the fans, will feature coverage across its 200 communities to cover the breadth of the games with reporting including viral moments, the medal count, and following the fascinating personalities and controversies. SB Nation’s award-winning, critically-acclaimed YouTube channel, Secret Base, will drop two new episodes of its fan-favorite franchises “Prism” and “Rewinder.” On July 31, “Prism” will focus on NBA star Carmelo Anthony. Melo has never won an NBA title, which distracts from the fact that he won literally everywhere else. Maybe most interestingly, the version of him we saw when winning gold medals with Team USA showcased the potential that the NBA never fully got. This Olympics, that’s the version of Carmelo Anthony worth remembering. Then, on August 7th, “Rewinder,” in partnership with Amazon, will look at the incredible Olympian Simone Biles. She is so talented that she has (currently) five gymnastics moves named after her. In order to appreciate the absurdity of that, “Rewinder” is looking back at the first time Biles pulled off the Yurchenko Double Pike in competition and the journey she took to reach that point.

Eater, the locals-first authoritative guide to eating better, will take audiences through Paris providing them a refreshed Guide to Paris, with some new maps for anyone visiting before, during, or after the summer Olympics, along with inside details of where athletes eat while participating, and more. In addition, Eater recently released a new episode of “The Experts” that follows the 2023 winner of the Paris Baguette Competition, Tharshan Selavarajah who runs Le Pain de Tharshan and how he won the coveted title. Each year, Paris hosts the best baguette competition and the winner wins a year of delivering baguettes and baked goods daily to the President of France.

PS, Vox Media’s brand making wellness more accessible, has already kicked off its coverage of the 2024 Summer Games. Recent coverage includes What to Know About the Controversy Behind the Paralympics TikTok Account, Gabby Douglas Is Returning to Gymnastics With Her Best Foot Forward, I Went Fencing With Team USA’s Maia Chamberlain, and It Was Better Than “The Parent Trap” and So, the Olympic Villages Won’t Have Air Conditioning?. In addition PS will talk to Olympians about how they keep their nerves in check, what it actually costs to go to the Olympics, and how they handle life after the games.

Vox Media’s premium beverage brand, Punch has updated its own Paris Guide, with classic French cocktail recipes to know, some of the best natural wine bars, bistros and caves to visit, and expert tips to know before you cross the Atlantic.

Thrillist, the go-to digital media publication for passion-led travel, has released Itineraries, an editorial and video travel series focused on Paris that explores the city with creators and locals as guides driven by passion points such as food, arts, culture, adventure, outdoors, and more. In addition, Wander Musts will be doing a full Olympics takeover featuring a US Olympian or Paralympian every week of the Games with the first one featuring Olympic fencer Miles Chamley-Watson.

At New York Magazine’s publications, Intelligencer will provide coverage of the big news moments, The Cut’s dedicated sports section, Keep it Moving, will have explainers of all the breakout stars from Team USA and rivals from other countries, and Vulture will keep audiences up to date on how to watch the major events of the Olympics including next week’s Opening Ceremony.

The Verge is approaching Olympics coverage through a unique tech perspective. With stories already rolling out, The Verge will look at the interaction of AI and the events including NBC’s Paris Olympics coverage will have AI-generated recaps, split screen, and more, and An AI version of Al Michaels will deliver Olympic recaps on Peacock. In addition, it will cover the biggest tech stories coming out of the Olympics and look at the extreme heat at Summer Olympics.

Vox, the site dedicated to helping everyone understand our complicated world, will feature a range of coverage including stories on the Seine River cleanup, explainers about different scoring, how Paris is handling rising terror threats, and more. In addition, reporter Michael Waters will be doing interviews with trans-Olympians and Today, Explained, Vox’s daily news podcast, will make several enterprise episodes focused on some of the most unique, fun storylines of these games including Making the Paris Games green; Men’s gymnastics; and Breakdancing at the Olympics.

On the Vox Media Podcast Network, Celebrity Memoir Book Club, hosted by comedians Ashley Hamilton and Claire Parker, will take an irreverent look back at Olympian memoirs including Michael Phelps’ Beneath the Surface and Simone Biles’ Courage to Soar. In addition, the Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe hosted podcast A Touch More will premiere on August 7 with the first episode focusing on women’s basketball and soccer at the Summer Games.