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Barry Svrluga

Washington, D.C.

Sports Columnist at The Washington Post

Husband. Father. Sports columnist at The Washington Post. Occasional author. I'm just lucky to have the work.

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  • Column: Slumps are part of baseball. The trick for CJ Abrams is weathering them.

    1 day ago | fredericknewspost.com | Barry Svrluga

    The CJ Abrams the Washington Nationals need if they’re going to scratch their way back to .500 and make the rest of this season interesting is in there somewhere. It’s the version who led off the first inning with a single to center, a steal of second base and a run to give the Nats a (brief) lead over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night.

  • Phil Mickelson’s legacy: Helping pro golfers and diminishing pro golf

    2 days ago | washingtonpost.com | Barry Svrluga

    Phil Mickelson’s legacy: Helping pro golfers and diminishing pro golf (washingtonpost.com) Phil Mickelson’s legacy: Helping pro golfers and diminishing pro golf By Barry Svrluga 2025060419510200 Later this month, the day after the U.S. Open ends at Oakmont Country Club outside Pittsburgh, Phil Mickelson will turn 55. Presumably, Mickelson won't have completed the career Grand Slam — he is short the U.S. Open.

  • Slumps are part of baseball. The trick for CJ Abrams is weathering them.

    2 days ago | washingtonpost.com | Barry Svrluga

    Slumps are part of baseball. The trick for CJ Abrams is weathering them. (washingtonpost.com) Slumps are part of baseball. The trick for CJ Abrams is weathering them. By Barry Svrluga 2025060409550000 The CJ Abrams the Washington Nationals need if they're going to scratch their way back to .500 and make the rest of this season interesting is in there somewhere.

  • The IOC’s policy on Russia takes a complex issue and muddles it further

    1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Barry Svrluga

    The IOC’s policy on Russia takes a complex issue and muddles it further (washingtonpost.com) The IOC’s policy on Russia takes a complex issue and muddles it further By Barry Svrluga 2025052812422000 Here's an athletic-political salad: The International Olympic Committee's outgoing chief, Thomas Bach, has said, "If politics decides who can take part in a competition, then sport and athletes become tools of politics." And yet his organization banned Russian and Belarusian athletes from the 2024...

  • Padraig Harrington, a mental blip and the maddening game of golf

    1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Barry Svrluga

    Padraig Harrington, a mental blip and the maddening game of golf (washingtonpost.com) Padraig Harrington, a mental blip and the maddening game of golf By Barry Svrluga 2025052523572600 When it comes to the Senior PGA Championship, which concluded on a gorgeous Sunday at brawny Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland, let's concentrate on a topic that relates to the everyman and steer clear of the unthinkable.

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Barry Svrluga
Barry Svrluga @barrysvrluga
11 May 25

Alex Ovechkin, through three games in this series: zero goals, zero assists. Number of times he went three straight games with no points in the regular season: one. Is it all on the captain? No. Do they need production from him? Absolutely. https://t.co/klZvYx7zbV

Barry Svrluga
Barry Svrluga @barrysvrluga
10 May 25

RALEIGH — https://t.co/G3a5hUPEfG

Barry Svrluga
Barry Svrluga @barrysvrluga
9 May 25

Connor McMichael put the Caps up one. But how hard — and how important — is it to get that second goal? On a must-win May game, and the tension within. https://t.co/fr3g1us4xt