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Can’t believe there is much more to cut in Metro and still be able to have a section. If they cut Sports, how many beats survive?
Scoop: WaPo head of visuals Greg Manifold is leaving for other opportunities, according to an internal memo
It’s the latest gut punch to the WaPo newsroom, which is anticipating significant cuts to audio, sports and metro divisions ahead
www.status.news/p/washington...
It’s the latest gut punch to the WaPo newsroom, which is anticipating significant cuts to audio, sports and metro divisions ahead
www.status.news/p/washington...
Pain at The Post
As morale sinks and top talent exits, staffers at The Washington Post are bracing for more pain ahead of the holidays—raising questions about Will Lewis’ leadership, nearly two years into his tenure a...
www.status.news
October 23, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Can’t believe there is much more to cut in Metro and still be able to have a section. If they cut Sports, how many beats survive?
If you want a troubling preview of where local sports coverage is going with the Washington Post, look at the coverage of the Wizards' preseason. The Post's Wiz beat writer wrote just five stories over the month of training camp, and one of the five was about ticket prices!/1
October 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
If you want a troubling preview of where local sports coverage is going with the Washington Post, look at the coverage of the Wizards' preseason. The Post's Wiz beat writer wrote just five stories over the month of training camp, and one of the five was about ticket prices!/1
One of the most notable things of his tenure so far is how he significantly shrunk the section. Before he came, there were 2-3 op-ed pages most days and sometimes even more on Sundays. Now, it’s down to one page a lot of days and just two last Sunday.
Some scoops in here: Adam O'Neal is telling people he will helm The WaPo's flagship opinion podcast, spending upwards of four hours a day on it. He's also indicated, per a source, that he plans to remain in his current job for decades. www.status.news/p/washington...
October 8, 2025 at 3:33 AM
One of the most notable things of his tenure so far is how he significantly shrunk the section. Before he came, there were 2-3 op-ed pages most days and sometimes even more on Sundays. Now, it’s down to one page a lot of days and just two last Sunday.
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Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldn’t write it
National Guard is now tasked with picking up garbage in DC
August 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldn’t write it
I don’t know—dumping the whole season on the weekend the NFL season starts doesn’t seem like a strategy to get viewers. Peacock is basing a good part of its streaming strategy on sports and they’re going to put their most high-profile show on against a huge sports weekend?
Instead of a janky, four weeks-with-multiple-episodes-each-week release, Peacock has decided to binge-drop “The Paper” on Sept. 4. Which probably should’ve been the plan all along? Anyway:
Peacock Will Deliver ‘The Paper’ All at Once With Change to Binge Release
The ‘Office’ follow-up had initially been scheduled to roll out over a few weeks in September.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
August 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I don’t know—dumping the whole season on the weekend the NFL season starts doesn’t seem like a strategy to get viewers. Peacock is basing a good part of its streaming strategy on sports and they’re going to put their most high-profile show on against a huge sports weekend?
Crazy that the Post is buying out their longtime soccer writer a year before the World Cup comes to the US….but mazel tov to Steven Goff.
Congrats to @stevengoff.bsky.social on a legendary run at the post covering #DCU and all things soccer!
July 20, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Crazy that the Post is buying out their longtime soccer writer a year before the World Cup comes to the US….but mazel tov to Steven Goff.
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Two nuggs via Elliotte Friedman (www.sportsnet.ca/article/what...)
July 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Two nuggs via Elliotte Friedman (www.sportsnet.ca/article/what...)
The Post may be printing the same number of Sports stories as they were before the merging of the print sections, but not making one of those Sports stories today a Caps free agent preview was a pretty bad omission. (I'm not even asking for a column, just a story...)
July 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The Post may be printing the same number of Sports stories as they were before the merging of the print sections, but not making one of those Sports stories today a Caps free agent preview was a pretty bad omission. (I'm not even asking for a column, just a story...)
Vitek Vanecek is a Stanley Cup champion.
June 18, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Vitek Vanecek is a Stanley Cup champion.
The Washington Post is a self-proclaimed national newspaper but didn’t send a reporter to any games of the Stanley Cup Final.
June 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The Washington Post is a self-proclaimed national newspaper but didn’t send a reporter to any games of the Stanley Cup Final.
My dream of becoming a Washington Post columnist may now be possible…
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/b...
The Washington Post Plans an Influx of Outside Opinion Writers
www.nytimes.com
June 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
My dream of becoming a Washington Post columnist may now be possible…
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/b...
20 minutes to round two. Let’s bring it home, Caps!
May 1, 2025 at 1:08 AM
20 minutes to round two. Let’s bring it home, Caps!
11-year-old on watching Logan Thompson play goalie: “It looks like he doesn’t know what he’s doing, but he does!”
May 1, 2025 at 12:37 AM
11-year-old on watching Logan Thompson play goalie: “It looks like he doesn’t know what he’s doing, but he does!”
Pretty sure that the Caps have never swept a best of seven playoff series in their history. (They have swept a best of five series.)
April 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Pretty sure that the Caps have never swept a best of seven playoff series in their history. (They have swept a best of five series.)
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One of the best games of Ovi's career
April 22, 2025 at 2:26 AM
One of the best games of Ovi's career
Looking back on this 15 years later, it’s incredible that it may not even make the top 3 in devastating Caps losses in the pre-Cup Ovi era. 2017 was worse, 2015 I think was. 2016? 2009? So many choices.
looking back at caps-canadiens (in 2010) (feat. @dcsportsbog.bsky.social on A1) (and some other stuff)
April 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Looking back on this 15 years later, it’s incredible that it may not even make the top 3 in devastating Caps losses in the pre-Cup Ovi era. 2017 was worse, 2015 I think was. 2016? 2009? So many choices.
According to Sports Business Journal’s Buzzcast pod, Caps local TV ratings up 41 percent this season.
April 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
According to Sports Business Journal’s Buzzcast pod, Caps local TV ratings up 41 percent this season.
An Alex Ovechkin commemorative section featuring a 2010 @dcsportsbog.bsky.social article!
April 13, 2025 at 12:59 PM
An Alex Ovechkin commemorative section featuring a 2010 @dcsportsbog.bsky.social article!
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Scroll down this piece for the video of Ovechkin taking a shot at your face. It says something www.washingtonpost.com/sports/inter...
What makes Alex Ovechkin’s shot so unstoppable?
Ovechkin’s trademark one-timer has been an NHL wonder for two decades. Here’s why it can be a goalie’s worst nightmare.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Scroll down this piece for the video of Ovechkin taking a shot at your face. It says something www.washingtonpost.com/sports/inter...
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The man sitting next to me on the Metro is reading a printout of the "Tariff" Wikipedia page
April 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The man sitting next to me on the Metro is reading a printout of the "Tariff" Wikipedia page
The Athletic doesn't even have a Caps beat writer, and they're still beating the heck out of the Post when it comes to covering the Ovi record chase:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/624...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/624...
How the NHL is preparing for Ovechkin’s record goal: OviCasts, a traveling caravan and Gretzky in the building
The game will be stopped for a ceremony when Alex Ovechkin passes Wayne Gretzky for most all-time goals, regardless of playoff implications.
www.nytimes.com
April 2, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The Athletic doesn't even have a Caps beat writer, and they're still beating the heck out of the Post when it comes to covering the Ovi record chase:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/624...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/624...
Ryan Leonard is the Caps' most hyped/anticipated prospect since Kuzy more than a decade ago. Amazing that he's going to debut late in a season where the team is close to locking up the top seed in the conference for the playoffs.
April 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Ryan Leonard is the Caps' most hyped/anticipated prospect since Kuzy more than a decade ago. Amazing that he's going to debut late in a season where the team is close to locking up the top seed in the conference for the playoffs.
The Washington Post website now has a ticker at the bottom of the page with links to stories in other publications. It's distracting (you can hide it, though), but why would they want to show you stories from other sites that you may find more interesting than the Post homepage?
March 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The Washington Post website now has a ticker at the bottom of the page with links to stories in other publications. It's distracting (you can hide it, though), but why would they want to show you stories from other sites that you may find more interesting than the Post homepage?
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Facts are so yesterday
In the new world order that we're building they are not required
In the new world order that we're building they are not required
February 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Facts are so yesterday
In the new world order that we're building they are not required
In the new world order that we're building they are not required