Don Van Natta Jr.
@dvnjr.bsky.social
ESPN Senior Writer. NYT Bestselling Author now writing a bio of Jerry Jones for Simon & Schuster. Co-founder The Sunday Long Read. Bourbon, neat.
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“.. The NBA on NBC is that old friend you haven’t seen in years but when you reconnect, you realize how much you missed him.”
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October 22, 2025 at 11:46 AM
“.. The NBA on NBC is that old friend you haven’t seen in years but when you reconnect, you realize how much you missed him.”
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- @dvnjr.bsky.social @nba.com
EXCLUSIVE for ESPN: Jon Gruden says he’s eager to discover the truth in a Nevada courtroom t.co/M6MI48b2Dk
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45960156/jon-gruden-eager-discover-truth-nfl-emails-lawsuit
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August 12, 2025 at 11:08 PM
EXCLUSIVE for ESPN: Jon Gruden says he’s eager to discover the truth in a Nevada courtroom t.co/M6MI48b2Dk
The Nevada Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Jon Gruden in his appeal against the NFL.
Gruden will get discovery and his day in court alleging that Commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL improperly leaked his emails, leading to resignation as Raiders head coach.
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Gruden will get discovery and his day in court alleging that Commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL improperly leaked his emails, leading to resignation as Raiders head coach.
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August 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The Nevada Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Jon Gruden in his appeal against the NFL.
Gruden will get discovery and his day in court alleging that Commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL improperly leaked his emails, leading to resignation as Raiders head coach.
For ESPN: t.co/ctjALfjXk9
Gruden will get discovery and his day in court alleging that Commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL improperly leaked his emails, leading to resignation as Raiders head coach.
For ESPN: t.co/ctjALfjXk9
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New pod: @dvnjr.bsky.social on all the chaos at the NFL Players Association these days.
What does Lloyd Howell's resignation mean for the league's 18-game expansion hopes?
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What does Lloyd Howell's resignation mean for the league's 18-game expansion hopes?
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A Major NFLPA Fumble
Podcast Episode · The Varsity · 07/27/2025 · 50m
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July 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
New pod: @dvnjr.bsky.social on all the chaos at the NFL Players Association these days.
What does Lloyd Howell's resignation mean for the league's 18-game expansion hopes?
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
What does Lloyd Howell's resignation mean for the league's 18-game expansion hopes?
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Hey BlueSky, follow the great @dvnjr.bsky.social — his reporting is one of the few ways to know what really goes on in professional sports.
July 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Hey BlueSky, follow the great @dvnjr.bsky.social — his reporting is one of the few ways to know what really goes on in professional sports.
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Filed to ESPN: Feds probing NFLPA actions that ‘may be criminal,’ according to document obtained by ESPN
With @kalynkahler.bsky.social
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With @kalynkahler.bsky.social
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https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45822794/feds-probing-nflpa-actions-criminal-doc-says
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July 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Filed to ESPN: Feds probing NFLPA actions that ‘may be criminal,’ according to document obtained by ESPN
With @kalynkahler.bsky.social
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With @kalynkahler.bsky.social
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Enjoyed this wide-ranging conversation with @ourand.bsky.social about the chaos inside the NFL Players Association and the union’s path beyond Lloyd Howell Jr.
New pod: @dvnjr.bsky.social on all the chaos at the NFL Players Association these days.
What does Lloyd Howell's resignation mean for the league's 18-game expansion hopes?
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
What does Lloyd Howell's resignation mean for the league's 18-game expansion hopes?
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
A Major NFLPA Fumble
Podcast Episode · The Varsity · 07/27/2025 · 50m
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July 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Enjoyed this wide-ranging conversation with @ourand.bsky.social about the chaos inside the NFL Players Association and the union’s path beyond Lloyd Howell Jr.
Filed to ESPN: Feds probing NFLPA actions that ‘may be criminal,’ according to document obtained by ESPN
With @kalynkahler.bsky.social
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With @kalynkahler.bsky.social
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https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45822794/feds-probing-nflpa-actions-criminal-doc-says
t.co
July 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Filed to ESPN: Feds probing NFLPA actions that ‘may be criminal,’ according to document obtained by ESPN
With @kalynkahler.bsky.social
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With @kalynkahler.bsky.social
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"What happens when you close off the process to them? You don't get diversity of ideas ... And then you get caught up with a guy like Lloyd Howell, who has never spent one day in his life helping workers."
Great story by @dvnjr.bsky.social and @kalynkahler.bsky.social
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Great story by @dvnjr.bsky.social and @kalynkahler.bsky.social
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"If he failed, their process failed": Inside the NFLPA meltdown
Players are looking to learn from the mistakes that led them to hire ex-NFLPA executive director Lloyd Howell Jr.
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July 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"What happens when you close off the process to them? You don't get diversity of ideas ... And then you get caught up with a guy like Lloyd Howell, who has never spent one day in his life helping workers."
Great story by @dvnjr.bsky.social and @kalynkahler.bsky.social
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Great story by @dvnjr.bsky.social and @kalynkahler.bsky.social
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Filed to ESPN: “If he failed, their process failed”: Inside the NFLPA meltdown
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With @kalynkahler.bsky.social
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https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45800610/inside-nflpa-executive-director-lloyd-howell-tenure
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July 23, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Filed to ESPN: “If he failed, their process failed”: Inside the NFLPA meltdown
With @kalynkahler.bsky.social
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With @kalynkahler.bsky.social
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Actual "Oh my god...." out loud. The audacity to think your strip club expense report is not only going to get reimbursed but also won't get you fired! Incredible stuff from Lloyd Howell's run as NFLPA leader.
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Ex-NFLPA boss' strip club expenses face scrutiny
Former NFL Players Association leader Lloyd Howell Jr. resigned after an outside investigator hired by the union received documents this week showing he charged the union for two visits to strip clubs...
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July 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Actual "Oh my god...." out loud. The audacity to think your strip club expense report is not only going to get reimbursed but also won't get you fired! Incredible stuff from Lloyd Howell's run as NFLPA leader.
via @dvnjr.bsky.social + @kalynkahler.bsky.social:
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This is an absolutely WILD story. The conflict of interest is so clear and extreme that to have the whatever you call it to continue is actually quite amazing.
Latest for ESPN: Sources: NFL, NFLPA agree to keep collusion ruling’s details from players.
With @kalynkahler.bsky.social
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With @kalynkahler.bsky.social
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Sources: NFLPA, NFL concealed collusion findings
In wake of revelations, NFLPA now says it will appeal the Jan. 14 arbitration ruling.
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July 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
This is an absolutely WILD story. The conflict of interest is so clear and extreme that to have the whatever you call it to continue is actually quite amazing.
Filed to ESPN: Belichick pushes back on Kraft: Pats job was “big risk” with “many internal obstacles” www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
Belichick pushes back on Kraft: Pats job 'big risk'
On the heels of comments by Robert Kraft, Bill Belichick says he was the one who took the risk to join the Patriots in 1999.
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July 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Filed to ESPN: Belichick pushes back on Kraft: Pats job was “big risk” with “many internal obstacles” www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
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Latest for ESPN: NFLPA head Lloyd Howell Jr. also works for a private equity firm approved to invest in NFL.
Sources say union lawyer asked Howell to consider resigning from The Carlyle Group; he refused.
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Sources say union lawyer asked Howell to consider resigning from The Carlyle Group; he refused.
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Source: NFLPA boss works for NFL-interested firm
Lloyd Howell Jr. joined the firm in March 2023, three months before the NFLPA hired him to be the players' chief representative in relations with the league.
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July 10, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Latest for ESPN: NFLPA head Lloyd Howell Jr. also works for a private equity firm approved to invest in NFL.
Sources say union lawyer asked Howell to consider resigning from The Carlyle Group; he refused.
With @kalynkahler.bsky.social
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
Sources say union lawyer asked Howell to consider resigning from The Carlyle Group; he refused.
With @kalynkahler.bsky.social
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
Latest for ESPN: NFLPA head Lloyd Howell Jr. also works for a private equity firm approved to invest in NFL.
Sources say union lawyer asked Howell to consider resigning from The Carlyle Group; he refused.
With @kalynkahler.bsky.social
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
Sources say union lawyer asked Howell to consider resigning from The Carlyle Group; he refused.
With @kalynkahler.bsky.social
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
Source: NFLPA boss works for NFL-interested firm
Lloyd Howell Jr. joined the firm in March 2023, three months before the NFLPA hired him to be the players' chief representative in relations with the league.
www.espn.com
July 10, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Latest for ESPN: NFLPA head Lloyd Howell Jr. also works for a private equity firm approved to invest in NFL.
Sources say union lawyer asked Howell to consider resigning from The Carlyle Group; he refused.
With @kalynkahler.bsky.social
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
Sources say union lawyer asked Howell to consider resigning from The Carlyle Group; he refused.
With @kalynkahler.bsky.social
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
Latest for ESPN: Sources: NFL, NFLPA agree to keep collusion ruling’s details from players.
With @kalynkahler.bsky.social
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
With @kalynkahler.bsky.social
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Sources: NFLPA, NFL concealed collusion findings
In wake of revelations, NFLPA now says it will appeal the Jan. 14 arbitration ruling.
www.espn.com
July 10, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Latest for ESPN: Sources: NFL, NFLPA agree to keep collusion ruling’s details from players.
With @kalynkahler.bsky.social
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With @kalynkahler.bsky.social
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New pod: An all baseball edition. @dvnjr.bsky.social on:
* The FBI's investigation into OneTeam Partners.
* MLB's coming work stoppage.
* Rob Manfred's legacy.
* Pete Rose.
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* The FBI's investigation into OneTeam Partners.
* MLB's coming work stoppage.
* Rob Manfred's legacy.
* Pete Rose.
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Moneyball Meets the F.B.I.
Podcast Episode · The Varsity · 06/04/2025 · 51m
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June 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
New pod: An all baseball edition. @dvnjr.bsky.social on:
* The FBI's investigation into OneTeam Partners.
* MLB's coming work stoppage.
* Rob Manfred's legacy.
* Pete Rose.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
* The FBI's investigation into OneTeam Partners.
* MLB's coming work stoppage.
* Rob Manfred's legacy.
* Pete Rose.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
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If you missed our SABR panel on Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe, and the Baseball Hall of Fame with @keithob.bsky.social, @jayjaffe.bsky.social & @dvnjr.bsky.social, the video is now up on YouTube.
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SABR Webinar: Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe, and the Baseball Hall of Fame
YouTube video by SABRvideos
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May 26, 2025 at 5:13 PM
If you missed our SABR panel on Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe, and the Baseball Hall of Fame with @keithob.bsky.social, @jayjaffe.bsky.social & @dvnjr.bsky.social, the video is now up on YouTube.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=EIg6...
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Filed to ESPN: EXCLUSIVE: Pete Rose, 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson among players reinstated by MLB
May 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Filed to ESPN: EXCLUSIVE: Pete Rose, 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson among players reinstated by MLB
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Whenever I think of Manfred I think of this profile by
@dvnjr.bsky.social. Van Natta, who is a friend of ours, never intrudes. He barely comments. He allows Manfred to build his own gallows, measure the rope ... www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
@dvnjr.bsky.social. Van Natta, who is a friend of ours, never intrudes. He barely comments. He allows Manfred to build his own gallows, measure the rope ... www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
April 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Whenever I think of Manfred I think of this profile by
@dvnjr.bsky.social. Van Natta, who is a friend of ours, never intrudes. He barely comments. He allows Manfred to build his own gallows, measure the rope ... www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
@dvnjr.bsky.social. Van Natta, who is a friend of ours, never intrudes. He barely comments. He allows Manfred to build his own gallows, measure the rope ... www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
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There’s two kinds of news: the kind powerful people want you to know, and the kind they don’t.
@dvnjr.bsky.social specializes in the latter.
A conversation about investigating the near-coups and power struggles inside the most powerful institution in U.S. culture: the NFL youtu.be/DDd69KKBLrg?...
@dvnjr.bsky.social specializes in the latter.
A conversation about investigating the near-coups and power struggles inside the most powerful institution in U.S. culture: the NFL youtu.be/DDd69KKBLrg?...
NFL Owners Confidential: How Roger Goodell Survives Scandal — and a Jerry Jones Coup | PTFO
YouTube video by PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT
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February 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
There’s two kinds of news: the kind powerful people want you to know, and the kind they don’t.
@dvnjr.bsky.social specializes in the latter.
A conversation about investigating the near-coups and power struggles inside the most powerful institution in U.S. culture: the NFL youtu.be/DDd69KKBLrg?...
@dvnjr.bsky.social specializes in the latter.
A conversation about investigating the near-coups and power struggles inside the most powerful institution in U.S. culture: the NFL youtu.be/DDd69KKBLrg?...
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New pod: ESPN's Don Van Natta on the biggest business issues facing the NFL.
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In Goodell We Trust?
Podcast Episode · The Varsity · 02/05/2025 · 43m
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February 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
New pod: ESPN's Don Van Natta on the biggest business issues facing the NFL.
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Dan Snyder’s view of the Commanders title run from afar: ‘He f#%*-ing hates it.’
Snyder’s second act, in London. My latest for ESPN with Seth Wickersham: www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
Snyder’s second act, in London. My latest for ESPN with Seth Wickersham: www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
Sources: Snyder 'hates' Commanders success
Sources close to the ex-Commanders owner say he remains in denial over what led to his ouster from the NFL.
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January 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Dan Snyder’s view of the Commanders title run from afar: ‘He f#%*-ing hates it.’
Snyder’s second act, in London. My latest for ESPN with Seth Wickersham: www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
Snyder’s second act, in London. My latest for ESPN with Seth Wickersham: www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...