Hannah Keyser

For CNN I'm looking to talk to young men (feel free to interpret "young" broadly) who are actively sports betting sober—as in, you made a conscious decision to abstain for your wellbeing or you quit gambling—but are still sports fans. If that's you: Hannah[dot]keyser[at]cnn[dot]com

I was excited to get to write about this because one of the most effective and important thing men can do to make sports more welcoming to women who want kids is to make a big deal about their own babies and demand their own parental accommodations and take their full paternity leave if offered.

Baby’s first CNN byline: a little more behind the scenes on the story of Blake Butera, who became the Nationals new manager and a first-time dad on the same day. www.cnn.com/2025/11/19/s...

Mo’ne Davis Is Finally Ready to Play Baseball Again More than a decade after becoming a Little League sensation at age 13, Mo’ne Davis is set to make more history as the face of the Women’s Pro Baseball League.

Mo'ne Davis spent years telling people that she was done playing baseball. She did not want to be forever defined by what she did as a 13-year-old in Little League, a decade ago, and she did not feel like there was space for her to do much else. And then she felt differently. On Davis and the WPBL:

oh, i did not know this was a thing!! is there a consistent reason? like... just theorizing... over-involved parents making that job extra trying?

love this. a million years ago (2017) I made a documentary short for deadspin about high school cricket in new york city focusing on the John Adams HS team and I looooved getting to know the kids and the culture. I'd be very interested in finding another way into that realm.

Today is my first day as a sports writer at @cnn.com. I'll be covering all sports, not just baseball (but also baseball, see you back at the ballpark come spring!) and I want to dig in especially on the weird, the niche, the nontraditional, and youth sports. So get at me with stories in that realm.

The end of a season, the end of our era Some news.

A bit of news about The Bandwagon and myself. Plus a great pic from Zach’s wedding. open.substack.com/pub/bandwago...

But also, on the Blue Jays. Coming up just short doesn’t invalidate the moral of their season. open.substack.com/pub/bandwago...

The World Series is over. @zcrizer.bsky.social and I wrote about it at The Bandwagon.

First, a little more on the Dodgers winning open.substack.com/pub/bandwago...

The Bandwagon wrap-up of an epic World Series is here, from me and @hannahrkeyser.bsky.social. bandwagon.substack.com/p/90-never-i...

For @theguardian.com: If this is what a broken sport feels like, don’t fix it.

www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n...

would not have thought anything about Yamamoto would make me say this but: relatable

if i send you this, the baseball is good but i had a blue jays story mostly written

i'll allow it

Dodgers look like a team full of 9 hitters (derogatory)

Blue Jays look like a team full of 9 hitters (complimentary)

Max should do the noble and correct thing and take a swing at someone just to get ejected and save his manager from himself

why are these interviews not happening between innings?? i'm apoplectic

not an athlete because i would NOT be jogging here

when you're amped the fuck up... but also just like, bone tired and ~4 hours away from sleeping soooo hard

pst: if it's a walk, you don't have to hurry

oh he's a leader

watching the World Series, Game 6, with my mom, a mets fan: "The mets aren't going to be any better in 2026."

is he dressed as the Chihuahua that looks like a blueberry muffin? Kinda niche but I like it. bsky.app/profile/deft...

dispatch from the suburbs: multiple groups of children dressed as Savanah Bananas players

(also one Rockford Peach)

is this guy in costume? as what?

watching this game with my parents. my mom has declared her willingness to be a scorekeeper if we're really in that desperate of need...

i say this without snark and certainly with some not small amount of hypocrisy: feels like a lot of postseason analysis is 'whichever team won most recently is going to win the series'

good disappearing hat trick