Ben Strauss

Ben Strauss lives in Washington, DC, where he is a contributing writer for Politico Magazine. Previously, he covered sports for the New York Times from Chicago and before that he was press secretary on Capitol Hill.


Articles by Ben Strauss

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Thursday July 6

from Indentured: The Inside Story of the Rebellion Against the NCAA

Vaccaro’s legion of critics would accuse him of hypocrisy. After all, he made his living for years off the unpaid players.