Mavericks fans were never going to forgive Nico Harrison for trading Luka Dončić. They got their wish; the Mavs fired the GM Tuesday. But Harrison didn’t operate in a vacuum. Will Dallas’ owners, who approved the deal, face similar public wrath? In @theathletic.com: www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...

The Commanders, along with the decisions they have to make amidst a lost season, have to pick a name for their new stadium. It should not be named after President Trump, as he reportedly wants, for obvious, financial & historical reasons. In @theathletic.com: www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...

Commanders ownership is expected to discuss the impending new RFK Stadium deal, and its potential name, with President Trump during Sunday’s game with the Lions. Our @nickijhabvala.bsky.social and I with details, in @theathletic.com: www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...

There was no reason for Jayden Daniels to still be on the field Sunday night, after the Seahawks had dominated the Commanders for three-plus quarters. It led to catastrophe. And Washington has to do better building around its franchise QB. In @theathletic.com: www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...

Commanders in the ‘80s unis tonight. Very, very cool.

I was pulling for Toronto because they haven’t won it all in so long, but am more glad I won’t be up until 3 am until the end - even with Falling Back tonight.

Everyone hates tanking, and says it’s a scourge. Except …it still, often, works, as is the case with the 76ers, who went paws up to end last season and got gifted a huge talent in V.J. Edgecombe, who’s brought some hope back to the Illadelph. In @theathletic.com: www.nytimes.com/athletic/676...

Wonderful work from @curlyfro.bsky.social and James Jackson on NBA pioneers Earl Lloyd, Chuck Cooper and Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton, who broke the league's color barrier in the '50s, & are being honored during the NBA's 75th anniversary season. In @theathletic.com: www.nytimes.com/athletic/676...

Savages, reconsidered: 5) Augusta 4) Beast 3) Trey Ye 2) Fred 1) The One and Only:

Annnd … they’re going to the 18th in Chavez Ravine:

Wizards fans have heard this over & over the last 50 years: be patient. But, this time, it’s true: the Wiz have rising young players to build around. If Washington gets a top-3 pick next year in a loaded draft, it could be ready to move. In @theathletic.com: www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...

I still expect the Wiz to have a long season, but they may have two real pieces to build around going forward in Kyshawn George and Tre Johnson. George with a career-high 34 points, including seven 3s, with 11 boards; Johnson with 17 on 7 of 13 (three 3) in a rather convincing win at Dallas.

Thursday's indictments announced by the FBI, involving alleged gambling schemes involving NBA players and Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, again exposed the imminent and future danger the league has by not dealing, finally, with tanking. In @theathletic.com: www.nytimes.com/athletic/674...

The NBA is back, and that means it’s time to fearlessly forecast what will happen this season in my annual 24 Questions column. Which means next year, I’ll remind you of the three predictions I got right, and ignore the 21 I got wrong! In @theathletic.com: www.nytimes.com/athletic/670...

NBA champs? League MVP? Flagg and Wemby impact? The …NBA Cup winner? Cats and dogs, living together, mass hysteria: our NBA staff’s picks for everything under the sun this NBA season, in @theathletic.com : www.nytimes.com/athletic/673...

Twenty-plus years after losing its broadcast rights to the NBA, NBC is back, with a new era of NBA coverage starting tonight. And that means John Tesh’s iconic theme, “Roundball Rock,” synonymous with NBC’s package in the ‘90s, is back as well. In @theathletic.com: www.nytimes.com/athletic/671...

The Commanders lost Jayden Daniels to a hamstring injury in the second half of a 44-22 drubbing in Dallas Sunday. With no receiving corps and a porous defense, Washington needs to sit its franchise QB for a while. Maybe a good long while. In @theathletic.com: www.nytimes.com/athletic/673...

Second and 17 at their own 21, after a sack, and Dallas called time with 31 seconds left. Why? Because they know they can get whatever they want, whenever they want. Prescott burns Lattimore for 44 down the sideline to Pickens; Javonte Williams runs rampant for 33; 2-yard Prescott to Ferguson TD.

That would qualify as another not-good start for the Commanders; Dallas wins the toss, and takes the ball first. When teams do that, they expect to run right down your throats downfield. Five plays, 66 yards, touchdown. Dallas, 7-0.

No words. Ten Ks, three homers. Same dude.

GIVE THAT MAN A TRIDENT

Jayden Daniels took the blame for Washington’s last-second loss to the Bears Monday. In doing so, he showed the kind of responsibility and leadership the Commanders will need to get past this sputtering start to the season, and beyond. In @theathletic.com: www.nytimes.com/athletic/671...

Nearly a year after the Commanders, somehow, pulled off a Hail Mary to beat the Bears at Northwest Stadium, Chicago returns to town Monday night. An oral history of that miracle finish, from (almost) everyone involved on both sides, in @TheAthletic: www.nytimes.com/athletic/670...

I’m too old to get the Blake Griffin Wayfair commercials, right?

Loving this game. Lids getting heavy, though.

Aces high. Congrats to Las Vegas, back on top in the WNBA behind the league's MVP, A'ja Wilson. She is incredible

Who wore it better?

Oscars, reconsidered: 5) Robertson 4) Te 3) Wilde 2) Madison 1) Grouch, The

The Nationals formally introduced Paul Toboni Wednesday as their new president of baseball operations. He has the chops to lead and modernize the organization. But that will only happen if ownership spends more on and off the field. In @theathletic.com: www.nytimes.com/athletic/668...

The Wizards call the summer “Jump Season,” an expectation that their young players should improve after 170 offseason days. Washington likely won’t win a lot more games this year, but fans can start asking for a more competitive product. In @theathletic.com: www.nytimes.com/athletic/667...

The Commanders got an emotional lift Sunday from an unexpected source-coach Dan Quinn, who got bowled over by his quarterback near halftime, got up, wiped off the blood and stayed on the sideline for the rest of Washington’s win over Vegas. In @theathletic.com: www.nytimes.com/athletic/664...

We do not know yet for sure if the Clippers circumvented the salary cap via an endorsement deal w/their now-defunct corporate partner & Kawhi Leonard. But if the NBA finds L.A. broke rules, Adam Silver must bring resolve and severe punishment. In @theathletic.com: www.nytimes.com/athletic/663...

The D.C. City Council, in an 11-2 vote, gives second and final approval for a $3.8B project, including a 65,000-seat stadium on the old RFK Stadium site by 2030, along with a massive mixed-use development of the surrounding area. The Commanders are, officially, returning to D.C.

Former defensive end Charles Mann, before the final D.C. City Council vote on the Commanders’ stadium proposal at the RFK site. Mann owns a company that is doing work at the renovation of Capital One Arena, and hopes his company will be among those working on the RFK project.

The Commanders were solid if unspectacular in their Week 1 win over New York. But things took a gelatinous turn in Green Bay Thursday. Was their poor play a one-off, or more ominous? Our @nickijhabvala.bsky.social and I discuss, in @theathletic.com: www.nytimes.com/athletic/662...

The Commanders got worked Thursday by the young and fast Packers, whose defense throttled Washington in a 27-18 win. Yes, it’s early, but the dominance was reminiscent of how the Eagles manhandled the Commanders in the NFC title game. In @theathletic.com: www.nytimes.com/athletic/662...

The Commanders and Jayden Daniels were sloppy on offense through much of Sunday’s season opener with the Giants. But Washington’s deeper on that side this year, and led by Deebo Samuel and … Bill…the Commanders pulled away late. In @theathletic.com: www.nytimes.com/athletic/660...

The night the back of the card, the front of the card and everything that matters gets the ultimate recognition. @Hoophall #25HoopClass

There are people among us who are just…better humans. Maya Moore is one of those people. Her basketball excellence, which culminates tonight with her enshrinement in the Naismith Hall of Fame, is the less impressive part of her journey. In @theathletic.com: www.nytimes.com/athletic/660...

The Commanders go as Jayden Daniels goes. So Washington traded four picks to get Laremy Tunsil from Houston-while moving Brandon Coleman inside to guard. It’s a duo Washington hopes can help make its offensive line dominant, and keep JD5 clean. In @theathletic.com: www.nytimes.com/athletic/659...

Back…with fuller pockets.

Now that the actual numbers for Terry McLaurin's extension are out...who cares? The point is that there actually was a negotiation between a star Commander and the front office. That's the marker Adam Peters is putting down in D.C. In @theathletic.com: www.nytimes.com/athletic/657...

It’s hard to believe a Major League Baseball team can be as consistently, comically inept on the bases as the Nationals have been for the last several seasons…

Finishing up my annual 30-1 offseason rankings with this summer’s big winners - the top 10. You’ll find the defending champs here. You’ll find a happy Joker and Ice Trae and Kawhi and Cooper here. And you’ll find KD and his new team here. In @theathletic.com: www.nytimes.com/athletic/654...

My annual 30-1 rankings of every NBA team’s offseason continues today with teams 20-11. Conference finalists, tankers, squads stuck in the middle, Giannis, Embiid, Dame, Ant, Brunson, top five markets, small markets..they’re all here! In @TheAthletic: www.nytimes.com/athletic/654...

The annual 30-1 ranking of every NBA team’s offseason-from the Rockets getting KD, to the Hawks getting KP, to the Bucks stretching Dame, to the Thunder continuing to roll; it’s all here, starting with teams 30 (actually, an incomplete) to 21, in @theathletic.com: www.nytimes.com/athletic/646...

Terry McLaurin has a legit argument to get paid at the top level for his position. The Commanders have good reasons to hold the financial line. But this isn't debate class. Both sides need to give a little, and get him back on the field. In @theathletic.com: www.nytimes.com/athletic/653...

Herein lies the dilemma for the Commanders with Terry McLaurin: none of these theoretical offers make any sense for a team that made the NFC Championship Game less than seven months ago, and is all-in on winning now. www.nytimes.com/athletic/653...

Initial story on the 9-3 vote of the D.C. City Council Friday afternoon to approve legislation for a $3.8 billion development deal at the former RFK Stadium site, that will include a 65,000-seat stadium for the Washington Commanders, in @TheAthletic: www.nytimes.com/athletic/653...