Dan Steinberg

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!:

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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...

The Washington Post ran a full-page letter to subscribers in today's print edition from exec editor Matt Murray stating that it is committed to sports and local coverage after laying off the vast majority of the staff on those desks

Capitals coach Spencer Carbery began his media avail this morning by talking about beat writer @baileyannej.bsky.social
who was among those let go by the Washington Post yesterday when it eliminated its sports staff. Bailey was lone independent media member who traveled to Caps road games:

the shuttering of the post's high school sports coverage means no more all-met awards. absolute abdication of the role a local paper should play

Anxious to read about the cultural and societal implications of this deal for the Wizards

Damn that photo looks good

I am part of the mass layoffs at the Washington Post.

I am sad and angry. We all want to keep doing the work.

But for now I want to document a reality of being in journalism today.

I have printed out copies tho. Which is basically the only way to find my 2006 winter Olympics blog. Which really feels appropriate

Simply crushed today for so many amazing and talented people at @postsports.bsky.social. Felt really fortunate to even be a part-time/occasional teammate there for the last decade.

Not sure there are many people I've worked with who are more dedicated or have more integrity than Sarah. Just a world-class editor and human being.

The sports section basically taught me how to read growing up. Somehow, years later, they let me write in those pages. I’ll cherish that forever.