Stephen Cohen
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Managing editor for enterprise, The Athletic. Colorado State, Newhouse, Seattle P-I alum.
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Intro post: Iām Steve, an enterprise editor for
@theathletic.bsky.social
, where I get to work with some of the best writers in the business on some of their best stories. Itās a decent gig. Before that I covered some fairly good Seahawks teams. I live in the PNW with my wife and two kids under 4.
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āI wouldnāt wish this on my worst enemy,ā is a nice sentiment, but I would 100 percent wish a broken foot with two kids under 5 during the holidays on my worst enemy.
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Oh good Chris Pratt.
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The New York Times
3 days ago
When Chinaās rulers ordered tens of thousands of soldiers to crush pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing in 1989, Gen. Xu Qinxian was the commander who famously said no. Now, leaked video from his court-martial was posted online.
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Justin Wolfers
6 days ago
Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.
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Thoughts and prayers, right?
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Security checkpoints are gonna be funā¦
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Iām now bionic.
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Jourdan Rodrigue
8 days ago
A couple good or bad choices can swing an NFL game. But the entire game is a long series of decisions mapped out by strategists youāll never see. Their ability and empowerment depends on the teamā¦and head coach. Meet some of the NFLās āsituational mastersā:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/688...
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The āsituational mastersā who help make the NFLās most crucial calls
In the hyper-competitive NFL, some teams seek an edge by empowering in-game decision-making consultants, whose help can loom large.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6880984/2025/12/12/nfl-situational-game-management-experts/?source=emp_shared_article
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Charles Ornstein
9 days ago
Another banned word list--that includes the word..."women"
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If you buy your kid an AI-powered stuffy, you get what you get.
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9 days ago
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Iāve never been injured badly enough to need a walking boot before, but my God are those things medical miracles.
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11 days ago
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This guy is a moron.
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11 days ago
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OMG that Harbaugh scream.
12 days ago
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From the creators of āWaterworldā ā¦
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14 days ago
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Evil.
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Bryan Curtis
24 days ago
Checked my momās fridge and found that the Ken Griffey bars I put there 36 years ago. Not a joke, folks, as Biden used to say.
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jamelle
16 days ago
this is extraordinary. too many people in my profession have circled the wagons around someone who lacks the moral sense of a child
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Broke my foot this morning because I decided life isnāt batshit crazy enough as is.
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As someone who went to college near Greeley, let me say that I cannot think of a place more different from Portland.
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18 days ago
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Iām sorry, Atticus Sappington?
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Brendan Quinn
24 days ago
Wrote about football. And people. And the wonderfully weird world of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Happy Thanksgiving.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/683...
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A journey to Michiganās Upper Peninsula, where the Lions and Packers draw the lines
On a swath of land in Michigan, Lions and Packers fans live side-by-side. They're called the Yoopers.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6837163/2025/11/26/detroit-lions-green-bay-packers-yoopers/
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Getting the Antichrist would actually be a huge deal for the White Sox.
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25 days ago
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The Athletic
29 days ago
Marquette King boomed punts downfield, then celebrated with moves tailored to his opposition, carving out a distinct persona at a position known for anonymity. That persona may also be the reason he has spent the last several years out of the NFL:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...
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Rodger Sherman
about 1 month ago
Perfect story
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Zak Keefer
about 1 month ago
"Maybe you get a beer named after you, or maybe you close a Tony Robbins seminar at midnight, or maybe you just drop your kid at school and hit golf balls in paradise ..."
@brianchamilton.bsky.social
on the happiest men in the NFL, long snappers:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...
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The NFLās most anonymous men are also the happiest: āMy lifeās not realā
'People think itās impossible to get in (as a long snapper). Itās damn near impossible to stay in.'
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6802946/2025/11/20/the-nfls-most-anonymous-men-are-also-the-happiest-my-lifes-not-real/
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about 1 month ago
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Brian Hamilton
about 1 month ago
"I tell people, my life's not real." To be an NFL long snapper is to have your worth measured by a half-dozen plays every week. It's also a shot at football nirvana. A story for
@theathletic.com
on the sport's last happy men, and what they're chasing.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...
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The NFLās most anonymous men are also the happiest: āMy lifeās not realā
'People think itās impossible to get in (as a long snapper). Itās damn near impossible to stay in.'
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6802946/2025/11/20/the-nfls-most-anonymous-men-are-also-the-happiest-my-lifes-not-real
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Dan Robson
about 1 month ago
I went on a journey ā to Las Vegas, San Diego, Dallas, and Buffalo ā to learn about the NFLās long-distance kicking revolution. From a camp of pro hopefuls to Brandon Aubrey, Cameron Dicker, Cam Little and more. Hereās my story on the art of kicking.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...
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Karen Attiah
about 1 month ago
I will never forget having to edit Jamalās final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered. He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/jamal-khashoggi-what-the-arab-world-needs-most-is-free-expression/2018/10/17/adfc8c44-d21d-11e8-8c22-fa2ef74bd6d6_story.html
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āThings happen,ā he said of a journalistās murder and dismemberment by a foreign government.
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about 1 month ago
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I donāt wanna to be meanā¦ but I canāt help it. This is some of the worst schlock imaginable.
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about 1 month ago
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Michael Hobbes
about 1 month ago
These articles always depend on a bizarre Schroedinger's Seattle: The city is falling apart due to progressive overreach but we should have re-elected the conservative non-socialist who has been in charge for the last four years.
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Iād feel more empathy for Marjorie Taylor Greene if I didnāt remember that sheās Marjorie Taylor Greene.
www.cnn.com/2021/01/27/p...
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Video surfaces of Marjorie Taylor Greene confronting Parkland shooting survivor with baseless claims | CNN Politics
Video of Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene confronting Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg before she was elected to Congress went viral Wednesday amid an uproar over newly surfaced comments sh...
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/27/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-david-hogg-video
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Chris Morran
about 1 month ago
NEW: Trump likes to claim that his pardons are about undoing supposed Biden DOJ overreach, but
@propublica.org
found at least a dozen instances where Trump has granted clemency in criminal cases that originated during the first Trump term. By
@jeremykohler.bsky.social
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A Tale of Two Terms: How Powerful Figures Were Prosecuted in Trumpās First Term, Then Pardoned in His Second
We found that Donald Trump has granted clemency in at least a dozen criminal cases that originated during his first term. No other president has used clemency to erase his own appointeesā actions on s...
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-pardons-erased-prosecutions-second-term
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Laura Helmuth
about 1 month ago
Nuzzi's fawning coverage of the sociopathic conspiracy crank she was having an affair with aided his rise to political power, which he is using to perpetrate the worst intentional public health catastrophe of our unnecessarily shortened lifetimes, and THAT is the STORY.
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As a former church-going person, this gives me a modicum of hope.
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I canāt stop laughing at the face.
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CC: Colorado State
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Kelsey Atherton
about 1 month ago
"What's the point of standards?" should be the definitive line on Bari Weiss. She's gotten this far by flaunting and mocking them, and stepping over the heads of anyone who ever tried to bind her to professionalism.
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Rodger Sherman
about 1 month ago
still wild how many companies/media organizations/thought leaders etc. seem to be operating under the assumption this guy and his movement have the mandate of the American people when it's clear that most of us hate him
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Peter Baker
about 1 month ago
Our reporters interviewed 40 of the men the Trump administration sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador: They described being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards and driven to the brink of suicide.
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āYou Are All Terroristsā: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/world/americas/el-salvador-prison-migrants.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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The Athletic
about 1 month ago
The Portland Trail Blazers hand the Oklahoma City Thunder their first loss of the season. Deni Avdija: 26 PTS, 10 REB, 9 AST, 2 STL
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The Portland Trail Blazers
about 1 month ago
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OPB
about 1 month ago
Oregonās most diverse county, Washington County, declared a state of emergency this week because of increased immigration enforcement that has cloaked much of the community in fear over the past few weeks.
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Washington County declares emergency over increased ICE activity
Hillsboro, Washington County set aside a combined $400,000 to help communities impacted by immigration arrests.
https://www.opb.org/article/2025/11/05/washington-county-emergency-increased-ice-activity/
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This is sick.
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about 1 month ago
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The Athletic
about 2 months ago
Mike Trout is a generational MLB talent, a player who should have been plastered on Times Square billboards and cereal boxes. But he's faded from the sportās consciousness. How?
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I know it wonāt last, but being able to watch a competitive Blazers team for free via antenna is awesome.
about 2 months ago
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Ryan Haas
about 2 months ago
In case you missed the news late last night, the National Guard in Portland is still being held back with an injunction until at least Friday.
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Federal judge blocks National Guard deployment to Portland through Friday
In her 16-page order granting the preliminary injunction, U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut said she needed more time to go through the case. The block now goes until 5 p.m. on Nov. 7.
https://www.opb.org/article/2025/11/02/national-guard-block-again-portland-oregon/
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