NFL’s custom scouting systems tell the story of the sport’s changing technology Advanced internal scouting systems can sort massive amounts of information on NFL prospects, organizing evaluations, grades and other data.

Most fun detail in this @jourdanrodrigue.bsky.social story: TWO NFL teams recently copied open-source code from the same restaurant-ranking app and created a tool to let their GMs rank prospects against each other. www.nytimes.com/athletic/721...

what an ending to the Division III national title game! Mary Washington beats Emory at the buzzer

Frustrated Nationals fans find themselves shut out of watching Opening Day on TV Fans who spent the game trying to reach customer service missed the start of a new Nationals era, one that featured a 10-4 victory.

Frustrated Nationals fans find themselves shut out of watching Opening Day on TV (via @spencernusbaum.bsky.social and @evandrellich.bsky.social) www.nytimes.com/athletic/715...

Anyhow …. Our @spencernusbaum.bsky.social is doing live chats with fans during the first game of every series as a kind of TA experiment. It starts today. Go harass him in the discussion tab and/or ask him questions www.nytimes.com/athletic/mlb...

It’s a weird time!

Storylines to watch as the Nationals’ rebuild begins again The Nationals are projected to flirt with another 100-loss season. But there are enough new names, and new ideas, to spark hope that more wins are on the horizon.

WaPo seems to be covering the Nats again www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2026/...

After U.S. flag football humbled the NFL, the Olympic conversation is very different Team USA's dominant performance proved they're the ones to beat, and that NFL players have a lot of work to do to get in the Olympic mix.

The Team USA flag guys knew they were gonna win. "Walking through the tunnel, the energy between all 12 of us was just like some Dragon Ball Z character stuff. Everyone was over the power of 9,000. We knew we were already in control." (via @bytimgraham.bsky.social) www.nytimes.com/athletic/714...

baseball has two basic modes:
1. grumpy, slow-paced cotillion
2. drama avalanche where it feels like you’ve been kidnapped but in a way you enjoy for some reason

ESPN bringing on six former Washington Post reporters Former Washington Post reporters Kent Babb, Kareem Copeland, Chuck Culpepper, Robert Klemko, Tom Schad and Ben Strauss will all join ESPN in the coming weeks.

ESPN bringing on six former Washington Post reporters www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/202...

An inside look at NFL scouting reports, and the scouts who create them An NFL scouting report can range from traditional sentences to a series of color-coded messages, shorthand terms and emoji-like tags.

This story on how NFL scouts actually put together their scouting reports rules. Don’t miss the details on what emojis they use. (Via @jourdanrodrigue.bsky.social) www.nytimes.com/athletic/706...

How 'the book' has come to influence the decisions of 100+ college football coaches

The Book:

How a small analytics company has so much influence over college football - and has changed the game.

“I got into it not because I was intrigued by the math, but because I was intrigued by the winning."

www.nytimes.com/athletic/708...

This hurts more than seeing Juan Soto join the Mets.

Okay, not really. But it still sucks.

Pic?

The Athletic Welcomes New Colleagues | The New York Times Company We’re excited to announce the hiring of several Washington Post journalists as The Athletic expands its coverage of the Commanders, launches a new Nationals beat and adds to its growing roster of…

Delighted that we can platform so many outstanding journalists, and bolster our coverage of D.C. sports, joining @nickijhabvala.bsky.social, @joshrobbins.bsky.social and myself.
Being able to cover D.C. teams more is why I joined @theathletic.com in 2018. Welcome!:

www.nytco.com/press/the-at...

Been meaning to ask

it's genuinely very cool to me to see the world's richest newspaper swoop in immediately after a competitor's mass layoffs to hire some generational talents just because they can.

Eight years ago, The Athletic was the obnoxious villain of the story and the Washington Post was the respected institution that treated its sports reporters so well, not a single one jumped ship.

You normally have to watch WWE to see this sort of extreme change in good guy/bad guy roles.

So that's cool. I'm not gonna make the "you must subscribe" pitch or whatever. But I think D.C. sports fans will find themselves more and more wanting to be subscribers. I think you or anyone should feel free to ask me or anyone questions if you have any

The Athletic Welcomes New Colleagues | The New York Times Company We’re excited to announce the hiring of several Washington Post journalists as The Athletic expands its coverage of the Commanders, launches a new Nationals beat and adds to its growing roster of…

The Athletic is hiring Barry Svrluga, Adam Kilgore, Candace Buckner, Ava Wallace, Spencer Nusbaum and Jason Murray www.nytco.com/press/the-at...

And another one

The one thing I think the WaPo really needs more of is staff editorials about the mayor of nyc

The Banner announces coverage of Washington sports The Banner will expand its sports coverage to include Washington, D.C., teams, Editor-in-Chief Audrey Cooper announced in an internal email to staff on Thursday.

🚨The Banner announces coverage of Washington sports www.thebanner.com/banner-pr/ba...

The 51st is expanding D.C. needs more local journalists. You can help us hire them.

A quick 🧵: @51st.news wants to keep growing, and we need your help!

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The Post's gutting showed us we can't trust a billionaire to do the right thing. If we want local news to survive, we need to help *build and sustain it*.

Bezos could have saved WaPo’s sports and local journalists. He laid them off instead. “The equation isn’t adding up.”

(Media) SCOOP: Weeks ago, the owner of the Washington City Paper had offered to purchase The Washington Post's sports and local sections, keeping their desks alive.

The Post reporters were laid off and the desks were shut down instead.

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Welcome to Nats Journal Your new home for Washington Nationals news, analysis, podcasts and community

“When the Nats won the World Series in 2019, there were no fewer than seven professional outlets that covered the team on a regular basis. For the last few days, that number has been reduced to one: MLB.com.”

Make it two https://natsjournal.com/p/welcome-to-nats-journal-0e3

Why the Seahawks’ defense knew it would overwhelm the Patriots: ‘We have too much for them’ Nick Emmanwori woke up Sunday morning thinking, "Yeah, we got this in the bag." Sunday night, he and his teammates proved him right.

Safety Julian Love clutched a Sierra Nevada pale ale and Nick Emmanwori looked at it, puzzled, before being informed it was a drink for old folks. “It really is,” said Love, who turns 28 next month. “It’s all they had left,” Love joked. (via @mikedugar.bsky.social) www.nytimes.com/athletic/703...

This game rules go try it you will not be disappointed

Haha how did you find me? I learned of the game from @sarahlarimer.bsky.social and @scottsallen.bsky.social. It was endorsed by @danshanoff.bsky.social and @markcooperjr.bsky.social. It’s awesome

Sonny Jurgensen, in word and deed, was a majestic figure in Washington sports history Virtually no one in the history of Washington, D.C. pro sports has had Sonny Jurgensen's mixture of electricity and personality.

What did Sonny Jurgensen mean to D.C.? Let @davidaldridgedc explain

The decision that has divided football and could determine the Super Bowl The analytics side is winning the raging debate, but former coach and innovator Mike Martz believes "there's a stupidity to it."

“When somebody says ‘analytics’ on TV, I just run to the bathroom to vomit. We’re relying on some numbers? Really? If you aren’t smart enough and prepared enough to make an educated decision on what to do, then you shouldn’t be there.” Mike Martz! www.nytimes.com/athletic/701...