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Jesse Dougherty
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College sports things for the Washington Post. Midwest transplant, apparently. Happy to be here and not there.

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Appreciate you sharing this, Danny!

And it’s a good question, cause I feel the same way. I’ve done a lot of reflecting about beat coverage in particular since leaving the beat. I have landed on that I got way too far from understanding the fan experience (which made me condescending at times).
November 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Guess who
November 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Reposted by Jesse Dougherty
The teams with the most non-Saturday games since 2000? The Toledos and Boise States of the world.

The teams with the fewest non-Saturday games? The Michigans and Georgias of the world.
October 31, 2025 at 1:27 PM
True legend.
October 31, 2025 at 1:06 PM
But playing on Thursdays doesn't come without some tradeoffs. After all, everything in modern college sports is a negotiation.

What ECU loses at the gate it hopes to gain back in exposure.

A longtime fan shared the perspective below.

www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
October 31, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Also a generational phone battery.
October 28, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Thank you, Susan! Means a ton
October 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
You’re the man, Schad. Thanks so much for sharing!
October 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Much love, sir. (And thank you)
October 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Ace doesn't like to be called AJ’s agent. He doesn’t like manager or handler, either. He prefers dad, same as ever.

And the best argument that he's NOT AJ's "agent": Agents don't often discipline their clients like a parent.

Take the anecdote below.

www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
October 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
But of the dozens of people I talked to for this story, a good number of them did like Ace's general approach: Keep as much money for AJ — and the family — as possible. Keep the snakes out at all costs.

Take this quote below.

www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
October 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM