Inside the team meeting room, Aaron Rodgers, through sobs, mustered a two-word message to his coach: “I’m sorry,” several players heard him say. “I’m sorry. I’m sorry.” (Via @mikedefabo.bsky.social) www.nytimes.com/athletic/697...

This is awesome www.nytimes.com/athletic/697...

I don’t like reading my old material and mostly think it was hot garbage but I randomly started reading this story in which Fred Smoot went through the nicknames of every player in the locker room. It’s ok still www.washingtonpost.com/archive/spor...

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“The rest, as they say, is well known.” I just don’t understand this. Who says “the rest is well known?” Is that a saying? I have heard of the saying “the rest is history,” which would be apt in this context. I’m not familiar with “the rest is well known.” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

"Cal Raleigh" is also an ACC rivarly now.

I mean, is it the greatest performance in all of sports history might be the question

Hornets v Highlanders

Business is boooooming for the Commanders 🏈They sold 12,000 new season tickets this year, leading the NFL in growth 🏈They signed 64 new corporate deals, going from bottom third of the NFL to top third 🏈Get this: They ADDED seats back to the stadium. www.nytimes.com/athletic/660...

Brandon Coleman grew up idolizing Laremy Tunsil, and said it's "surreal" to be teammates now. He also told Tunsil he wanted to train together in the offseason. "Made my heart feel a little warm," Tunsil told @davidaldridgedc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/659...

Playing Connections: Sports Edition might be the best part of my morning, so I was legit thrilled to partner with Mark Cooper on a special gameboard for Commanders fans. And I was told it was "diabolical," which seems a bit much www.nytimes.com/athletic/con...

Inside Terry McLaurin’s contract: all the incentives, escalators and the Adam Peters April 1 strategy www.nytimes.com/athletic/659...

David Aldridge on what we learned from the Terry McLaurin negotiations about how Adam Peters does business www.nytimes.com/athletic/657...

Bama chicken sandwich (with an Alabama white sauce) from Marvin’s (Section 302) is solid. DMV Crab Rolls is back for 2025

This is pretty cool. Michael Phelps and Jay Glazer created a star-studded mental health support network of sports dudes who need to talk. It now includes The Rock, former UFC and NFL stars, Sean McVay and Dan Quinn. t.co/VN4TinAkX9

"He’s a winner," Bobby Wagner told Dan Pompei, "and energy doesn’t have age. The only time I think about the age difference is when he makes fun of me." Dan goes deep on the friendship between the 35 year old linebacker and 24 year old QB www.nytimes.com/athletic/656...

Jayden Daniels to @diannarussini.bsky.social: “I just know that it is all gonna work out, that both sides will come to an agreement and Terry’s gonna be back out here. We’re gonna be throwing some passes to him.” www.nytimes.com/athletic/656...

One person with knowledge of McLaurin’s contract negotiations told @nickijhabvala.bsky.social the veteran receiver has asked for more than DK Metcalf. Which would mean he wants to be top 4 among WR in AAV, or top 10 in guaranteed money, or top 5 in % of team cap www.nytimes.com/athletic/656...

How NFL execs rank the top three NFL players 25 and under 1. Ja’Marr Chase 2. Jalen Carter 3. Jayden Daniels ‬⁩ www.nytimes.com/athletic/656...

Jayden Daniels spent the offseason scouting himself. @nickijhabvala.bsky.social explains how it's already made him better. www.nytimes.com/athletic/655...

Kliff Kingsbury’s comments were the most pointed yet by a Commanders coach or executive about the urgency of resolving McLaurin’s months-long contract dispute www.nytimes.com/athletic/655...

Out of San Francisco, Deebo Samuel has a plan to recapture what made him great

So @sandonfl.bsky.social has been doing QB Tiers for 12 years. And Jayden Daniels just set the highest mark for a second-year QB in that span. www.nytimes.com/athletic/651...

Even in a departure letter, Sally Jenkins gives some of the best and finest writing you’ll read today. Grateful to have had the chance to work with one of the all-time greats, a singular voice who lifted up Post Sports and made the whole place better.

Steve Goff is a stalwart of American soccer. He helped a whole generation of readers — everywhere, but especially in D.C. — understand and fall in love with this sport. I'm immensely lucky to have had him as a colleague and to get to see up close how a legend gets it done. An incredible run.

For anyone who missed Tom Boswell's awesome speech yesterday afternoon at the Baseball Hall of Fame, here it is on our site: "For me, after all these years, baseball is about generations. We don’t play the game. We replay the memories — together."

We had fun today honoring Boz. They say the personal connection with readers is the thing that will save human-produced journalism. I dunno. But I sure wish we had chartered a bus for WaPo subscribers

Let’s go

Team WaPo Sports (and ex-WaPo sports) headed to Cooperstown to see the great Tom Boswell inducted into the Hall of Fame tomorrow. Yes we are driving in a minivan. (Sorry if you wanted NFL content).

Cindy was a pioneer and a relentless role model in always thinking about what readers actually wanted and needed from us. A legend

Tomorrow is my last day at The Washington Post. I'm taking a buyout. Was a thrill and I will write something else about all this at some point.

Boz not messing around “The Lerner family either should run the Washington Nationals properly or sell the team.” www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

Paying Terry McLaurin big money may seem fair, but it’s bad business (via @ngreenberg.bsky.social) www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

We are launching a Commanders newsletter. Sign up here www.washingtonpost.com/newsletters/...

Tim Strachan, the Maryland broadcaster who was an inspiration at DeMatha, dies at 49 www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

Washington ditched its gold pants in 1979 for burgundy pants with gold and white stripes. The Post's fashion editor, Nina Hyde, reported on the change, which was made by GM Bobby Beathard.

Throwback www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

How have the @nationals.com been so bad?! @emilygiam.bsky.social & @andrewgolden.bsky.social delve into the team's terrible drafts. Since 2012, all the team's drafted position players combined have an oWAR of 1. (you read that right: ONE) www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

The Nationals have the No. 1 pick on Sunday. It’s a monumental draft — one that lets the team improve upon past failures to draft and develop hitters. @emilygiam.bsky.social and I looked into the Nats' drafts and why they’ve struggled since 2012. Here's what we found:

D.C.'s mayor is pleading that any delay on the stadium vote will imperil future events like women's world cup and rugby world cup. Not exactly www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

Fifteen years ago, the Nationals’ team president left, and the GM said: “We have a void to fill.” They never filled it. It’s time. On a new direction for a directionless franchise. www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

“The sun will come up tomorrow,” Mike Rizzo wrote in a text message to ⁦‪Barry Svrluga‬⁩. “That’s the job. I had a great run. Navigated that ownership group for almost 20 years.” www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

James Wood said the HR Derby moment he remembers most from watching *as a kid* is Harper’s win in DC in 2018. So I’ll be putting an AARP patch on my sleeve now too.

A look at the AARP logos sprayed into the grass at Nationals Park:

Formal negotiations on a potential 18-game NFL season aren't expected to begin until early next year at the earliest, leaving it unclear just how soon the league could implement the change www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

right after the "they won't invest in a vr pitching machine" story? come on.

The Nationals finally have a jersey patch sponsor: AARP www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

Confession: I'm a genealogy nut. So I tried an experiment. wapo.st/4lAWXf4

This technology is wild Not wild: Almost every team in MLB has the priciest model. Guess which team doesn't. www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

Almost every team in MLB — from the Yankees and Dodgers down to the Marlins, White Sox and Rockies — has invested in the fanciest pitching machine available. The Nats still don't have one. www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...