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January 10, 2019
Randy Archibold Named Sports Editor
Randy Archibold, a 20-year veteran, will build on the legacy of creativity and innovation that the department is known for. Read more in this note from Dean Baquet and Joe Kahn.
We are excited to announce that Randy Archibold, a 20-year veteran of The Times and a top deputy on the Sports desk, will be the next Sports editor.
Randy has played a pivotal role in some of the most dynamic recent coverage in the department, from the Olympics and Super Bowls to deeper exploration of issues like race, gender and sexual harassment in athletics.
He is a natural leader of journalists, but retains the soul and curiosity of a reporter, and has laid out an ambitious vision to build on the legacy of creativity and innovation left by Jason Stallman.
Born in Queens and raised in New Jersey, Randy came to The Times in 1998, when he reported for Metro about education, politics, the suburbs and the attacks on the World Trade Center. He was promoted to cover the John Edwards campaign in 2004 and then moved on to National, as a correspondent based in Los Angeles.
From 2010 to 2015, Randy served as bureau chief in Mexico City, writing about El Chapo’s capture and his escape, gang violence in Central America, the cholera epidemic in Haiti and the normalization of diplomatic relations between Cuba and the U.S.
Prior to coming to The Times, Randy worked at newspapers including The Los Angeles Times, The Los Angeles Daily News and The San Diego Tribune.
His years shepherding sports stories have left Randy dispassionate about team loyalties. He was raised a Jets fan and a Yankees fan, mainly because of the team’s prominent exhibition games in Panama, where his father was raised.
His real passion is swimming, and he has been known to jump into the Hudson River for triathlons on the weekend.
Randy was chosen from a pool of diverse candidates from around the newsroom, who offered their own exciting blueprints for the future of our sports coverage. We hope to tap their ideas and energy going forward.
We would be remiss if we did not salute the work of all the editors and reporters on the Sports desk, who over the past several months have not only kept the department rolling, but also delivered distinctive and memorable work.
— Dean and Joe