[2] Tracy was a staff writer at The New Republic and at Tablet, where he won a National Magazine Award for Blogging.
[3] While editing Tablet's blog, Tracy approached Franklin Foer about writing a sports-themed book, which eventually led to the idea for the anthology Jewish Jocks.
[8] The New Republic hired Tracy as a staff writer in 2012, writing about the media, politics and New York City intelligentsia.
[9][10] In 2014, Tracy joined the staff of The New York Times, covering college athletics for the paper's Sports desk.
[12] In 2022, Tracy joined the paper's Culture desk to cover debates about representation and politics in the arts.