--- description: Gregory is a senior sports correspondent at TIME. His work has been cited in the annual Best American Sports Writing anthology nine times. His stories have won awards from the U.S. Basketball Writers Association and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and his work was named a finalist for Deadline Club and Mirror awards for excellence in magazine writing and reporting on media, respectively. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production ---  # Sean Gregory  ## Sean Gregory Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gregory is a senior sports correspondent at TIME. His work has been cited in the annual Best American Sports Writing anthology nine times. His stories have won awards from the U.S. Basketball Writers Association and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and his work was named a finalist for Deadline Club and Mirror awards for excellence in magazine writing and reporting on media, respectively.  ## Sean Gregory Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Jul 23, 2026 ### [How Mary Steenburgen Fell in Love With Pickleball](https://time.com/article/2026/07/23/mary-steenburgen-the-dink-pickleball-interview/) The veteran actress on her new comedy 'The Dink' [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Jul 20, 2026 ### [Spain Finish Off a World Cup to Remember](https://time.com/article/2026/07/20/spain-world-cup-2026-final-argentina-tournament-recap/) Spain’s run to the title was impressive, but the legacy of this tournament will likely extend far be... [SPORTS](/section/sports/) *  Jul 18, 2026 ### [‘Superteams’ to Collide at World Cup Final](https://time.com/article/2026/07/18/-superteams-to-collide-at-world-cup-final/) With commentary from the players and coaches rolling in, here’s a roundup of the top storylines to w... [SPORTS](/section/sports/) *  Jul 15, 2026 ### [England’s Soul Is Crushed, Again, This Time by More Messi Magic](https://time.com/article/2026/07/15/england-argentina-world-cup/) England was mere minutes away from going back to the World Cup final for the first time in 60 years.... [SPORTS](/section/sports/) *  Jul 12, 2026 ### [Erling Haaland’s World Cup Ends In a Shocking Place](https://time.com/article/2026/07/12/erling-haaland-world-cup-end-norway-england-defeat/) The last thing anyone expected was Haaland, the breakout icon of this World Cup, finishing his tourn... [SPORTS](/section/sports/) *  Jul 10, 2026 ### [This Should Have Been the Grant Wahl World Cup](https://time.com/article/2026/07/10/grant-wahl-death-world-cup-soccer/) The preeminent soccer journalist in the U.S. died at the 2022 tournament. [SPORTS](/section/sports/) *  Jul 7, 2026 ### [A Messi Miracle Takes Over the World Cup](https://time.com/article/2026/07/07/lionel-messi-world-cup-argentina-egypt-goal/) Argentina makes stunning comeback in round-of-16 game against Egypt [SPORTS](/section/sports/) *  Jul 7, 2026 ### [Belgium Silences U.S. Amid World Cup Noise](https://time.com/article/2026/07/07/us-world-cup-exit-belgium/) A day that started with questions of political meddling between Trump and FIFA ended with Belgium kn... [SPORTS](/section/sports/) *  Jul 6, 2026 ### [Erling Haaland Is Proving Himself Wrong](https://time.com/article/2026/07/06/erling-haaland-norway-brazil-world-cup-win-impossible-viking-row/) The Norwegian star striker once said his team could never win the World Cup. After defeating Brazil,... [SPORTS](/section/sports/) *  Jul 5, 2026 ### [Common Sense Prevails at the FIFA World Cup](https://time.com/article/2026/07/05/common-sense-prevails-at-fifa-world-cup/) FIFA gave the U.S. striker Folarin Balogun, the team’s leading goal scorer at this World Cup, a rare... [SPORTS](/section/sports/) *  Jul 5, 2026 ### [France, the World Cup Favorite, Lives On](https://time.com/article/2026/07/05/france-the-world-cup-favorite-lives-on-with-a-little-love-from-local-fans/) American fans showed up in Philadelphia to support one of their nation’s earliest allies on Independ... [SPORTS](/section/sports/) *  Jul 2, 2026 ### [Jesse Marsch Doesn't Care What You Think of Him](https://time.com/article/2026/07/02/jesse-marsch-canada-coach-world-cup-interview/) The Canada coach from Wisconsin on his passionate postgame speech and playing on July 4 [SPORTS](/section/sports/) *  Jul 2, 2026 ### [America's World Cup Dreams Fueled By 'Pretty' Soccer](https://time.com/article/2026/07/02/us-bosnia-herzegovina-world-cup/) The U.S. men are playing a World Cup brand of soccer we haven’t really seen from the Stars and Strip... [SPORTS](/section/sports/) *  Jul 1, 2026 ### [Captain Grandpa Has Heard All the Old Jokes](https://time.com/article/2026/07/01/tim-ream-world-cup-age-usa/) U.S. Soccer's Tim Ream on playing in the World Cup at 38 [SPORTS](/section/sports/) *  Jun 30, 2026 ### [Don't Underestimate Bosnia and Herzegovina](https://time.com/article/2026/06/30/bosnia-herzegovina-vs-usa-world-cup/) The U.S. team will face them in the round of 32 on July 1 [SPORTS](/section/sports/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/sean-gregory/","name":"Sean Gregory"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/sean-gregory/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/sean-gregory/"},"name":"Sean Gregory","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","description":"Gregory is a senior sports correspondent at TIME. 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