Here's our initial story on MacKenzie Gore, who was traded to the Texas Rangers for five prospects. w/ @chelseajanes.bsky.social and @spencernusbaum.bsky.social:

Exclusive: FBI is investigating the death of Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay

This firing-and-hiring cycle for NFL coaches went entirely off the rails with the John Harbaugh, Mike Tomlin and Sean McDermott moves.

ACL tears keep sidelining women’s basketball stars. What’s going on?

Best bets for the AFC and NFC championship games

The NFL solved overtime — and left coaches with a big decision

The right, and wrong, words for your kid’s postgame talk

Lines for the Caps here in Vancouver: McMichael-Strome-Leonard Protas-Sourdif-Wilson Ovechkin-Dowd-Frank Duhaime-Lapierre-Beauvillier Chychrun-Carlson Fehervary-Roy Sandin-TvR Thompson

Al Harris will interview for the Commanders' DC vacancy, person familiar confirms. ESPN first reported. Harris, who was on Dan Quinn's staff in Dallas, becomes the 6th known candidate for the gig. Joins Patrick Graham, Joe Cullen, Dennard Wilson, Karl Scott and Jonathan Gannon.

It certainly appears Tom Wilson could return to the Capitals' lineup tonight. Our @baileyannej.bsky.social has more from Vancouver:

Audi Crooks: The women’s basketball force fans struggle to discuss Column from @candacedbuckner.bsky.social

In 1967, an Indiana freshman wrote a letter to her parents, explaining why she wouldn't go to the Rose Bowl. She became a lifelong IU fan, though died right before the football team went on this magical run. Her family has made sure she hasn't missed it: www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2026/...

“We won the national championship at Indiana University,” Curt Cignetti said as the confetti fell. “It can be done.” How did the Hoosiers do it? Six seconds at a time. From columnist Barry Svrluga: www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2026/...

Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones get the call from baseball's Hall of Fame.

The Nationals claimed UTL Mickey Gasper off waivers from the Minnesota Twins and DFA’d Andry Lara. Gasper has appeared in 58 big league games over the last 2 seasons The positions he’s played in those games: DH, 1B, 2B, LF and C.

Indiana wasn’t possible before now. So maybe college football isn’t broken. Column from @stevengodfrey.bsky.social

Just as Warriors get on track, Jimmy Butler is lost for the season

Indiana’s Curt Cignetti conquered college football six seconds at a time

The Indiana football team is the national champion.

In the third period, the Avalanche showed why it towers over the rest of the NHL, handing the frustrated Capitals a 5-2 defeat and their third straight loss. Our @baileyannej.bsky.social has more from Denver:

The Wizards' losing streak reaches seven games after they let a 10-point lead slip away against the Clippers.

Jeff Hafley is heading to the Dolphins as Miami remakes itself in the Green Bay Packers' image.

Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair said Sunday he was told he would be “pulled” from that day’s playoff game against the New England Patriots if he again wrote “Stop the genocide” on his eye-black tape.

The #Commanders are promoting Darnell Stapleton to offensive line coach and Shane Toub to assistant offensive line coach, person familiar confirms. ESPN first reported. Stapleton spent last season as asst. OL coach, while Toub was quality control.

How rare would Indiana football’s turnaround to a title be? We analyzed data, comparing Indiana to – every national champion – every team with a perfect record – every team in the history of top-level CFB The answer here, in the form of seven charts: www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2026/...

What to know from the NFL playoffs: The next star quarterbacks are emerging

A sprawling college football season ends with a matchup that’s so very Miami

Why is Mike Shildt -- who abruptly stepped down as the Padres' manager in October -- already back in the game with the Orioles? “The best way of describing it is I was tired of being the principal. I wanted to get back to being the teacher.” More from our @chelseajanes.bsky.social:

The one thing the Texans' defense needs? A little more help from the offense, starting this afternoon in the NFL playoffs' divisional round against the Patriots.

The NBA’s new all-star voting process will make room for some fresh faces. Ben Golliver's picks for the Eastern Conference starters: Cade Cunningham Jaylen Brown Jalen Brunson Tyrese Maxey Donovan Mitchell As for the West ... ⬇️

The Seahawks left no doubt. Now they're a win away from the Super Bowl.

Mike Shildt stepping down as Padres manager was so stunning it made people wonder if more was going on. Now, as he starts new role with Orioles, he maintains it was simple. “I was tired of being the principal. I wanted to get back to being the teacher.” www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2026/...

In the NFL playoffs, 49ers Coach Kyle Shanahan toggles between mastery and heartbreak. He wins or a scar forms. What will tonight's matchup with the Seahawks bring?

Can confirm that the Nationals have signed righty reliever Trevor Gott to a minor league deal, per source. @ken-rosenthal.bsky.social first. Gott had good underlying metrics in ‘22/23 but had TJ in April ‘24 and hasn’t pitched in the majors since. 9.16 ERA in limited AAA stint last year.

It will be tough to top the first round of the NFL playoffs. But what could be in store when the divisional round kicks off this afternoon? Get caught up here. ⤵️

This is such a good, fun, informative read from @sam4tr.bsky.social and @samaha.bsky.social: www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2026/...

"There’s always a chip on our shoulder. Not a lot of people recruited us or wanted us." The Indiana football powerhouse wasn't bought. It was built with players who were counted out before they came together. From our @chuckculpepper.bsky.social:

As the money keeps flowing in, college football is booming. But college football is broken because there is no single person who wakes up every day and thinks, “What’s in the best interest of college football right now?” From Post columnist Barry Svrluga:

Kyle Tucker and Bo Bichette are off the board. Where do MLB teams in need of offense go from here? Analysis from our @chelseajanes.bsky.social:

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:

Looking ahead to Bills-Broncos, 49ers-Seahawks, Texans-Patriots and Rams-Bears this weekend.

Another piece to the #Commanders coaching staff: Danny Etling is being hired as assistant QBs coach, person familiar confirms. @mzenitz.bsky.social first reported. Etling and OC David Blough were college teammates at Purdue in 2014. Will join D.J. Williams in the QB room.

College football is chaotic, messy — and more popular than ever

The Dodgers keep doing the unthinkable. Will the rest of baseball decide it’s unallowable? www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2026/...

Just because booing might be every fan’s right, it’s not always the right idea. Column from @candacedbuckner.bsky.social

Want to know what it’s like to be an Indiana fan right now? Take a look at their group chats during this crazy run, from taking over a juke box in an Alabama bar, pulling a whole family out of Disney World to watch a game and so much more: www.washingtonpost.com/sports/inter...

Getting a lot of questions about how the Nats moving to MLB as a broadcast partner instead of MASN will affect fans. Tried to answer some of them here.

“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

Bettors and players fixed dozens of NCAA basketball games, prosecutors say

As of Thursday morning, the lowest price for a national championship game ticket on StubHub is $2,722. The AVERAGE ticket price is of course way higher. A look at supply, demand trends + why this game was always going to light up the secondary market: www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2026/...