Bill Saporito

Bill Saporito is an assistant managing editor of TIME and directs the magazine's coverage of business, the economy, personal finance and sports. A Time Inc. veteran, Saporito joined TIME in 1996 as a senior editor. He directed TIME's coverage of the global financial crisis, writing and editing stories about the stock market, investing, the mortgage industry, the real estate bust, bank bailouts and the U.S. auto industry. Previously, he was a senior editor at Fortune, where he was a member of the publication's board of editors. He began his career at the New York Daily News. Saporito received a B.A. from Bucknell University and an M.A. from Syracuse University. He and his wife live in Manhattan.

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Soccer

The U.S. Women’s Team Is Golden Again in Soccer

By Bill SaporitoAug. 09, 20120

“Fans deserve a great final,” Abby Wambach said before the U.S. women’s soccer team’s gold-medal match against Japan. And they got one, with the U.S. avenging last year’s World Cup loss to the same Japan team

Olympics

Wonder Women

By Bill SaporitoAug. 09, 20120

Why the London Games were a barrier breaker for female athletes

Olympics

U.S. Soccer’s Goal: Visit London

By Bill SaporitoAug. 03, 20120

If the British Tourist Office is looking for a team to sponsor during these Games, it might look no further than the U.S. women’s soccer team

Olympics

Behind the Failure of the U.S. Men’s Soccer Team

By Bill SaporitoMarch 30, 20120

The men’s Olympic soccer tournament, which features players under 23, isn’t as big a deal as the World Cup. But America’s failure to qualify doesn’t speak well for the future.