Jesse Dougherty

Washington, D.C.

Sports Staff Writer at The Washington Post

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Trump vs. Harvard has international athletes scrambling for answers

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Jesse Dougherty |Emily Giambalvo

Trump vs. Harvard has international athletes scrambling for answers (washingtonpost.com) Trump vs. Harvard has international athletes scrambling for answers By Jesse Dougherty; Emily Giambalvo 2025060713223000 Not long after President Donald Trump's first attempt to bar Harvard from enrolling international students last month, the school's men's soccer team, along with athletic teams all over campus, received a note from the coaching staff.
House v. NCAA settlement approved, allowing colleges to directly pay athletes

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Jesse Dougherty

House v. NCAA settlement approved, allowing colleges to directly pay athletes (washingtonpost.com) House v. NCAA settlement approved, allowing colleges to directly pay athletes By Jesse Dougherty 2025060702020100 Starting July 1, colleges will be permitted to directly pay athletes for the first time, the result of U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken granting final approval to a multibillion dollar legal settlement Friday night.
Bill Belichick, Jordon Hudson and the making of a PR disaster

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Adam Kilgore |Jesse Dougherty |Ben Strauss

Bill Belichick, Jordon Hudson and the making of a PR disaster (washingtonpost.com) Bill Belichick, Jordon Hudson and the making of a PR disaster By Adam Kilgore; Jesse Dougherty; Ben Strauss 2025051314001900 PORTLAND, Maine — Jordon Hudson stepped down from a riser and toward the middle of the Miss Maine USA pageant stage, where an emcee held a microphone and a question chosen at random.
Lawyers tweaked the major NCAA settlement. Is it enough for the judge?

1 month ago | spokesman.com | Jesse Dougherty

If settling the landmark House v. NCAA case was ever a game of chess, it’s now a full-on game of chicken between lawyers and U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken. The latest: After Wilken asked the lawyers last month to change how the settlement would implement new roster limits, they came back with their tweaks Wednesday, saying schools would be permitted – though not required - to grandfather in current athletes who have lost spots (or could lose spots) because of the potential legal agreement.
Lawyers tweaked the major NCAA settlement. Is it enough for the judge?

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Jesse Dougherty

Lawyers tweaked the major NCAA settlement. Is it enough for the judge? (washingtonpost.com) Lawyers tweaked the major NCAA settlement. Is it enough for the judge? By Jesse Dougherty 2025050723594400 If settling the landmark House v. NCAA case was ever a game of chess, it's now a full-on game of chicken between lawyers and U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken.
Judge threatens to deny major NCAA settlement if conditions aren’t met

2 months ago | spokesman.com | Jesse Dougherty

The House vs. NCAA settlement is coming down to a clear condition from U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken: If there is to be a settlement approved, both sides will need to tweak how new roster limits are implemented, making it so no current college athletes lose a spot as a result of the legal agreement. And if they don’t make those changes, Wilken wrote Wednesday that she will deny the settlement. Wilken set a May 7 deadline for attorneys to meet the requirement.
Judge threatens to deny major NCAA settlement if conditions aren’t met

2 months ago | washingtonpost.com | Jesse Dougherty

Judge threatens to deny major NCAA settlement if conditions aren’t met (washingtonpost.com) Judge threatens to deny major NCAA settlement if conditions aren’t met By Jesse Dougherty 2025042323415900 The House v.
NCAA votes to allow schools to pay athletes — as long as a judge approves

2 months ago | washingtonpost.com | Jesse Dougherty

NCAA votes to allow schools to pay athletes — as long as a judge approves (washingtonpost.com) NCAA votes to allow schools to pay athletes — as long as a judge approves By Jesse Dougherty 2025042121160200 The college sports world is still waiting on whether Judge Claudia Wilken will approve a settlement of the House, Carter and Hubbard antitrust cases, a decision that would permit schools to pay athletes directly for the first time.
Stanford Coach Kyle Smith proposes relegation system for ACC basketball

2 months ago | washingtonpost.com | Jesse Dougherty

As far as public perception goes, Kyle Smith says he feels at least a little misunderstood. Yeah, he’s a numbers guy. You get that label when you’re an early adopter of analytics — like way, way early — using hand-kept numbers, spanning more than 50 categories of practice minutia, for a playing-time system that tries to remove biases from a coach’s most important decisions.
Adrian Wojnarowski's latest NIL innovation at St. Bonaventure: Insurance

2 months ago | washingtonpost.com | Jesse Dougherty

SAN ANTONIO — Six months into his new life, Adrian Wojnarowski plugged in his phone and set it face down on the floor of a hotel conference room. It would stay that way for more than 30 minutes, buzzing alone, untouched.