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/...