The Dodgers became baseball’s first repeat champions in 25 years. It took everything they had. www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

Column on today's NBA bombshell ... Every betting scandal is a chip off sports' most valuable asset: Integrity www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

The honeymoon period is over for this new #Commanders regime, writes @jerrybrewer.bsky.social. "If the Commanders have been eating chocolate-covered strawberries and sipping champagne, well, now it’s time to banish someone to sleep on the couch." www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

Really enjoyed writing this one. On Cal Raleigh, his bootylicious nickname and 90s Seattle nostalgia giving way to a new era. And it's through the prism of one man who can speak to all of this: Sir Mix-a-Lot. www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

Seattle's vibes are gone as the Mariners (and Humpy) lose at home again. Column from @jerrybrewer.bsky.social

To avoid a 3-0 ALCS deficit, Toronto went into survival mode last night, needing to show urgency yet remain composed. It was the perfect time for Shane Bieber to show he's still Shane Bieber. On his reclamation and the thundering bats that complemented him: www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

The Mariners advanced to the ALCS. Fittingly, it took 15 innings. Our @jerrybrewer.bsky.social with the scene in Seattle:

Finally, against a quality opponent on the road, these Commanders looked like a team with a playoff pedigree. Column by @jerrybrewer.bsky.social:

Good piece from Tashan.

Pete Carroll and Jim Harbaugh will renew their rivalry Monday night. Our @jerrybrewer.bsky.social breaks down how it has changed since they last clashed: www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

Excited to be on the same team as you, Tashan. Thrilled to work with @tomschad.bsky.social, too. Our Commanders beat is whole again.

Sylvia Fowles, the greatest center never to flaunt greatness, actually has a big personality; she just preferred to make room for others. Column from @jerrybrewer.bsky.social

I wrote about the greatness and grace of Sylvia Fowles as she enters the Hall of Fame. The entire HOF class is a good one, and the women's group is all-time special. But don't overlook Fowles, whose accomplishments grow even more impressive with time. www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

Any other generational, homegrown (drafted) stars that teams repping Dallas want to trade? It's officially a trend. Who's next in that city to do something really dumb?

The Big Ten and SEC are fighting over how to fix the sport they broke Read @jerrybrewer.bsky.social: www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

Jon Gruden will exhaust all legal tactics until he forces the NFL to confront some uneasy questions. column by @jerrybrewer.bsky.social

What drives a young man once chasing a football dream to take a rifle to the NFL's doorstep? The truths are hard. The answers aren't easy. Please read and reflect on today's column: www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

As Beal works toward a buyout with the Suns, it’s worth looking back at the deal he signed with the Wizards to help ensure such an error never happens again. Read @jerrybrewer.bsky.social:

Cooper Flagg enters the league as the new great American hope in an era ruled by international stars. Column by @jerrybrewer.bsky.social

Tyrese Haliburton must do more. He doesn’t need to operate differently, however. Column by @jerrybrewer.bsky.social

The face of the NBA is a title with diminished meaning and murky criteria that punishes candidates as much as it promotes them. Column by @jerrybrewer.bsky.social

Column: On the Sonics ... and the Thunder. Not the Sonics/Thunder! And Seattle's persistent passion to get a team back and continue its NBA story www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

The NBA playoffs are usually a reckoning for foul merchants. But this year? Column by @jerrybrewer.bsky.social

Column: In a conference finals round of wet-behind-the-ears contenders, let us say one final farewell to the Dynasty Era -- the only era that NBA had ever truly known www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

Is the NBA draft lottery rigged? I mean, probably not, but ... Read today's column here: www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

Draymond Green is again playing the victim, when he is anything but, writes @jerrybrewer.bsky.social.

Nikola Jokic deserves a Nuggets roster worthy of his basketball genius, writes @jerrybrewer.bsky.social.

I'm so grateful!!! What a day.

Nearly three decades after Tiger Woods won the Masters, Black golfers still have a minimal presence on the PGA Tour. I wanted to explore what challenges remain in changing the complexion of golf & what Woods felt his purpose was instead of leading the crusade. wapo.st/4icb7ku

From today's column: "It was not the ending that this men’s basketball national championship gamedeserved. But during a capricious time in college athletics, does anything resolve in a clean and fulfilling way?" Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

Read @jerrybrewer.bsky.social on the game of the tournament, won by Kelvin Sampson's tough, gritty Houston Cougars:

Cooper Flagg turned 18 just 3½ months ago. He should be attending prom right now, not leading Duke to the Final Four. Yet despite his acne and aw-shucks demeanor, Flagg is the man of the moment. Read @jerrybrewer.bsky.social:

My column on Cooper Flagg and the value of staying in the moment ...

"Their methods work, for now. They’ll have to build a little differently next time. They’re shooting jumpers at a moving basket." Column by @jerrybrewer.bsky.social

Maryland and Kevin Willard now face the scariest foe: Tomorrow. Read @jerrybrewer.bsky.social

"Who wants the ball?" "I want the [mutha effin'] ball!" How Derik Queen -- a nice, playful, extremely gifted kid -- became The Man during a forever moment. Read column here: www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

Lovely press row memorial for John Feinstein here at Climate Pledge Arena.

A controversial Olympian, a menacing champ, an ordained minister, a ubiquitous salesman: George Foreman lived a quintessentially American life. Read @jerrybrewer.bsky.social:

Column: On Penny Hardaway, four-mile walks in Maui and keeping the faith along the path from legend to coach www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

"Take away the fancy suits, Italian swagger and quick wit. Expose him as a man as flawed as he is brilliant. Force him out of the spotlight. And then watch him come back with a ferocity that supersedes everything else." Column by @jerrybrewer.bsky.social

I think the Commanders trading for Deebo Samuel was a solid move, even though he is aging. Shared some thoughts about it here:

The Oscar-winning actor’s portrayal of a small town coach in “Hoosiers” showed us a man with understated strength, a taskmaster with emotional intelligence and a tormented winner. Read @jerrybrewer.bsky.social:

On one hand, it’s heaven for him, landing with an organization with a history of amplifying the game’s best players. On the other, he must live up to an exacting standard with the Lakers. Column by @jerrybrewer.bsky.social

There’s a lesson for all of America in the city’s strength, hospitality and commitment to community, even as misfortune keeps tormenting it. Read @jerrybrewer.bsky.social:

Super Bowl LIX column: From dynasty to disaster, Chiefs had no chance against the Eagles www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

Column: You didn't need a physics professor to tell you that Saquon Barkley's reverse huddle was amazing. But three months later, a trained eye enriches the analysis of the most incredible "just cuz I can" NFL play of the year www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

Column: How cruel is the Chiefs' dynasty? Look at how the Bills have suffered. www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

You really haven’t seen a bargain until you watch one take a backward leap to hurdle a human being. Saquon Barkley, a 2,000-yard wonder and creator of inconceivable feats, is the personification of a damn good deal. Read @jerrybrewer.bsky.social:

"If you don't have pressure on you, are you doing anything meaningful?" How Ohio State survived it all -- the scrutiny, the expectations and the embarrassment of one "awful" day against rival Michigan -- to reach their championship potential. www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

"I think the nation just latches on to humble people," Notre Dame QB Riley Leonard said of Coach Marcus Freeman. Um, not really. Not anymore. Yet here stands Freeman -- a modest, charismatic star without seeking celebrity. www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/01/20/marcus-freeman-coach-notre-dame/