CNN —The New York Times will shut down its sports desk and shift its daily coverage of athletes and teams to The Athletic, the newspaper announced Monday. The decision to dismantle The Times’ long-standing Sports desk comes as the paper aims to provide a “greater abundance of sports coverage than ever before,” New York Times Chairman A.G. Sulzerberg and CEO Meredith Kopit Levien announced in a memo Monday. The closure will allow the paper to maximize both The Times’ and The Athletic’s respective newsrooms, they said. Sports stories across The Times’ website will be sourced from the nearly 150 daily stories published by The Athletic, which includes coverage of leagues, teams, and players, both domestic and international, Sulzerberg and Levien said. The New York Times acquired The Athletic last year in a bid to expand its sporting coverage.

---

Persons: A.G, Sulzerberg, Meredith Kopit Levien, Levien, ” Organizations: CNN, The New York Times, The Athletic, Sports, ” New York, Times, Athletic, ” Sports