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'''TrueHoop''' is a digital media company co-founded by Henry Abbott, a digital sports media executive and journalist, and Judy Goodwin, an attorney and entrepreneur. After 10 years at ESPN, Abbott relaunched TrueHoop with a subscription-based newsletter covering the [[National Basketball Association]] in February 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://awfulannouncing.com/nba/henry-abbott-truehoop-return-newsletter.html|title=Henry Abbott talks TrueHoop's return as a subscription newsletter|date=2019-02-23|website=Awful Announcing|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-06}} |
'''TrueHoop''' is a digital media company co-founded by [[Henry Abbott (journalist)|Henry Abbott]], a digital sports media executive and journalist, and Judy Goodwin, an attorney and entrepreneur. After 10 years at [[Entertainment and Sports Programming Network]] (ESPN), Abbott relaunched TrueHoop with a subscription-based newsletter covering the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA) in February 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://awfulannouncing.com/nba/henry-abbott-truehoop-return-newsletter.html|title=Henry Abbott talks TrueHoop's return as a subscription newsletter|date=2019-02-23|website=Awful Announcing|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-06}} |
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Prior to that, TrueHoop was a [[weblog|blog]] founded on May 15, 2005, and was one of several blogs honored with the 2005 "Best of the Web award" issued by ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine{{cite web|url=http://www.niemanlab.org/2014/03/qa-espns-henry-abbott-on-truehoop-serving-readers-and-the-future-of-sports-blogging/|title=Niemanlab Future of Sports Blogging}} |
Prior to that, TrueHoop was a [[weblog|blog]] founded on May 15, 2005, and was one of several blogs honored with the 2005 "Best of the Web award" issued by ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine.{{cite web|url=http://www.niemanlab.org/2014/03/qa-espns-henry-abbott-on-truehoop-serving-readers-and-the-future-of-sports-blogging/|title=Niemanlab Future of Sports Blogging}} |
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In February 2007, it was announced that TrueHoop was purchased by [[ESPN]]. ESPN later expanded TrueHoop to a blog network, consisting of many contributors and blogs.http://www.newmediacampaigns.com/page/espn-launches-a-blog-network ESPN Launches a Blog Network In addition to the blog, there was a "TruehoopTV" category of video and [http://www.espn.com/espnradio/podcast/archive/_/id/12426375 podcast] content. |
In February 2007, it was announced that TrueHoop was purchased by [[ESPN]]. ESPN later expanded TrueHoop to a blog network, consisting of many contributors and blogs.http://www.newmediacampaigns.com/page/espn-launches-a-blog-network ESPN Launches a Blog Network In addition to the blog, there was a "TruehoopTV" category of video and [http://www.espn.com/espnradio/podcast/archive/_/id/12426375 podcast] content. |
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In February 2014, Abbott took over ESPN’s NBA coverage in digital and print.{{Cite web|url=http://www.niemanlab.org/2014/03/qa-espns-henry-abbott-on-truehoop-serving-readers-and-the-future-of-sports-blogging/|title=Q&A: ESPN’s Henry Abbott on TrueHoop, serving readers, and the future of sports blogging|website=Nieman Lab|access-date=2019-03-06}} |
In February 2014, Abbott took over ESPN’s NBA coverage in digital and print.{{Cite web|url=http://www.niemanlab.org/2014/03/qa-espns-henry-abbott-on-truehoop-serving-readers-and-the-future-of-sports-blogging/|title=Q&A: ESPN’s Henry Abbott on TrueHoop, serving readers, and the future of sports blogging|website=Nieman Lab|access-date=2019-03-06}} |
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Journalist Henry Abbott has been covering [[Jeffrey Epstein]], [[Leon Black]], and the NBA powerbrokers from the [[Private equity firm]] [[Apollo Global Management|Apollo Global]] in an investigating series. Black co-founded the firm in 1990, with [[Josh Harris (businessman)|Josh Harris]] and [[Marc Rowan]] and worked with Epstein for years despite knowing that in 2008, Epstein had been allowed to plead guilty to only two state-level prostitution offenses to children, even though sex with underage girls is legally rape.Dustin Foote: [https://deadspin.com/is-there-a-connection-between-jeffrey-epstein-leon-bla-1846536825/ Is there a connection between Jeffrey Epstein, Leon Black and … the NBA?], [[Deadspin]], 23 March 2021[https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/podcast/336-pablo-torre-finds-out/episode-39/ How Billionaires Call the Shots in the NBA (and America), with TrueHoop's Henry Abbott], [[The New York Times]], 10 March 2026 |
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==Previous regular contributors== |
==Previous regular contributors== |
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