New On the Bleachers! @zanopticon.bsky.social & I on: - The Super Bowl champ Seahawks for sale - MLBPA drama - Lindsey Vonn 😭 - Quad God brutally skatemogged - Alysa Liu wins her way - @samaha.bsky.social on college hoops betting scandal, FBI investigates Jim Irsay’s death, & rip WaPo sports

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I’ll miss working with all the brilliant folks at @postsports.bsky.social: we published bangers, reached millions of readers, made a real impact. Jeff Bezos killed the world’s best sports section. Here are some stories I’m proud of:

Here’s our story on the gambler accused of orchestrating one of the biggest matchfixing schemes in US history.  @postsports.bsky.social has long delivered some of the best sports reporting out there. I’m grateful to contribute to that legacy. #SaveThePost wapo.st/4tv5Co7

Just wanted to take a minute, for no particular reason whatsoever, and celebrate some of the brilliant work that my @postsports.bsky.social colleagues have done in recent weeks. These stories take time and resources. They're also what make The Post so great. All gift links/free to read...

Breaking: FBI is investigating Colts owner Jim Irsay’s death & the doctor who oversaw his addition recovery treatment. In August, we reported that people close to Irsay were concerned about how much opioids & ketamine Dr. Harry Haroutunian was prescribing. wapo.st/4bIXfyv

NFL players are lighting up their agents about the viral electromagnetic field theory for all the San Francisco 49ers injury woes. @samaha.bsky.social and I decided to investigate: www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2026/...

Chris Dailey had one goal: Make it through the 12-hour bus ride from South Bend, Indiana, to his parents’ house in New Jersey without crying. Our @samaha.bsky.social on the million-dollar kick that one football fan will never forget:

A 19-year-old college football fan had a chance to kick a field goal to win $1 million on national television. Here’s a story about what happened next: wapo.st/49PHKT8

Here's @samaha.bsky.social with what's going on w/ gambling and college basketball today: www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2026/...

“An injured NFL team, an electronic substation and a theory that won’t fade” @sam4tr.bsky.social & I dug into the science & the fears surrounding the 49ers now-infamous training facility: wapo.st/49r1FZq

"a point-shaving scheme involving more than 39 players on more than 17 different NCAA Division I men's basketball teams who then fixed and attempted to fix more than 29 NCAA Division I men's basketball games" Our story on a big new indictment: wapo.st/3NLmq9D

I profiled Azzi Fudd. After all the injuries and doubt, and dealing with that as her life became more and more public, here's a story of getting back to once was — mentally, physically — then becoming even better: www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

New: How Kawhi’s "Uncle Dennis" helped spark the sports scandal of the year. ▶️ Steve Ballmer, Jerry West depositions ▶️ Private texts, Magic voicemails ▶️ An equity fight involving a Knicks star ▶️ Kawhi's private airport Investigation w/ @samaha.bsky.social: www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

Kawhi Leonard’s uncle Dennis Robertson has left a trail of conflict through the NBA.  @sam4tr.bsky.social & I spoke w dozens of ppl & got biz filings, property records, texts, voicemails & court docs, including a Steve Ballmer deposition. Our story in @postsports.bsky.social: wapo.st/4oNuTXM

Thank God I Was Bad At Sports Betting: open.substack.com/pub/samaha/p...

Betting on table tennis has boomed in recent years. That brought a wave of match-fixing scandals & suspicions as the sport tries to root out corruption. Our story on how that crackdown has impacted one player under investigation: wapo.st/440pHat

Was this table tennis match rigged? Gamblers in New Jersey bet against a favored player. Authorities opened an investigation. Our story dives into the complicated process of distinguishing corruption from coincidence, self-sabotage from honest mistakes: wapo.st/47RtnwA

These days gambling apps offer bets on more sports than ever, from table tennis to darts. But what happens when big-money bettors converge on small-money sports? Match fixers offering more cash than what players can earn in salary or prizes. Our @postsports.bsky.social story: wapo.st/43l7vIp

Statement from Post Guild Leadership: The Washington Post Guild condemns the unjust firing of columnist Karen Attiah

In his final months, Irsay got ketamine injections as often as 10-14x per day. Experts consider that a very high number. The actor Matthew Perry was at the time of his death receiving 6-8x per day. More context on Irsay’s doctor: www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

In the months before Colts owner Jim Irsay died, his doctor prescribed him amounts of opioids and ketamine that worried people around him, a @postsports.bsky.social investigation found: wapo.st/4lP5xq6

“A growing number of men have directed their attention to women’s basketball, contributing to a popularity boom that has driven up WNBA revenue, television ratings and cultural relevance. Some have brought old traditions with them.” www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

Israel’s war in Gaza has killed 18,500 children. These are their names: www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...

“Tamura was issued an older model of helmet, which the players jokingly called ‘concussion buckets’ because they didn’t absorb contact as well.” Our @postsports.bsky.social story on the NYC shooter, a former HS football player who said he believed he had CTE: wapo.st/40FdWVt

Men newly tuning into the WNBA have brought a toxic, tribal vibe. And longtime fans who built a culture of inclusion are getting priced out. Our story on the cost of progress in the W: wapo.st/4nzxYub

Fernando Tatis Jr. was the poster boy client for Big League Advantage, a firm that offers cash advances to athletes in exchange for a % of salary. Now, he’s suing them for allegedly “locking him into an unlawful and exploitative arrangement.” Here’s our story on BLA from last year: wapo.st/4niJn1o

DHS agents at the Rose Bowl shuttle bus stop before the PSG-Botafogo Club World Cup game

“They had spent their money for an immersive experience with close friends, camaraderie forged through nerve-racking stakes in a space where men feel comfortable expressing their feelings.” Two nights in Vegas with the fan-bros of UFC: wapo.st/3EYn1B5

Two nights in Vegas with the fan-bros of UFC, via @samaha.bsky.social:

Sports betting companies reward their highest spending customers with lavish perks and a personal host. A growing number of those customers say those “VIP” hosts helped enable their gambling addiction. Our latest @postsports.bsky.social investigation: wapo.st/42q01Tk

“The government blamed ‘an administrative error’ for the accidental deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran immigrant married to a U.S. citizen. Officials claim they’re unable to return him to his family in Maryland.” www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Jontay Porter’s basketball journey, through injuries and doubts, had been an NBA fairy tale — before it became a cautionary tale. A @postsports.bsky.social deep dive into the inaugural corruption scandal of the online sports betting boom: wapo.st/41ST7W3

At 25, @samaha.bsky.social found out about 4 half-sisters living in Lebanon. He writes about his experience in LAST SUMMER IN LEBANON, a road-trip of reconnection - unearthing family secrets and shared histories of their beautiful homeland. Read now! www.switchboardmagazine.com/january-issu...

“As the world requires more of the people in it, it also offers more opportunities to turn away.” www.newyorker.com/culture/essa...

For the inaugural issue of @switchboardmag.bsky.social I wrote about a road trip across Lebanon to excavate family secrets: www.switchboardmagazine.com/january-issu...

Nima Momeni was found guilty of second-degree murder today for fatally stabbing Cash App founder Bob Lee in SF. Here’s my deep dive into the case from the lead up to the trial: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

In 2021 the NCAA started allowing college athletes to get paid. But thanks to patchwork laws, this new market stayed mostly hidden, leaving disparities & chaos to fester in the shadows.  We @washingtonpost.com got records illuminating this booming economy

We obtained NIL records from 25 major conference schools. Our data spans $125 million worth of deals & includes details on 22,000 individual transactions. Here’s what we found: www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/... www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/... www.washingtonpost.com/sports/inter...

Anthony Edwards’s friends and teammates from every stage of his life say he instills a contagious confidence in those around him. My story on Team USA’s youngest hooper: wapo.st/3YmqqAT

The Seine River is at the heart of Paris’s grand Olympic plans. So police are clearing out the tent camps along its banks where many asylum seekers live. What happens to them afterward? My story on a group of young people trying to make a home in France: www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olymp...

An Iowa state police investigation into college athletes who gambled online unraveled amid allegations of illegal searches. My story on a case that embodies the uncomfortable tensions of the sports betting boom: www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/...

Investment firm Big League Advantage offered college athletes cash in exchange for a cut of their future earnings. Did their deals violate state NIL laws? An investigation into the controversial company at the center of a burgeoning industry: www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/...

My story on how declining high school football participation rates contribute to an increasingly dangerous competitive imbalance as the gap between the haves and have-nots widens: www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/...

“The weight of a city’s complicated & entrenched problems fell onto 2 men drawn to the same place from opposite corners of the world, driven by parallel hopes, colliding in a burst of unimaginable violence.” Spent the summer investigating Bob Lee’s death: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Before the private equity firm 777 Partners bought Everton & other soccer clubs around the world, it faced allegations that it profited from predatory financial practices. My first story for the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/...