Jesse Dougherty

Washington, D.C.

Sports Staff Writer at The Washington Post

College sports for @washingtonpost. Used to do the baseball. Same handle on Thr*ads. Email me: [email protected]

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NCAA votes to allow schools to pay athletes — as long as a judge approves

2 days 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

6 days 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 weeks 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.
A title was on the line with 19.7 seconds left. Here’s how Florida won it.

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Jesse Dougherty

A title was on the line with 19.7 seconds left. Here’s how Florida won it. (washingtonpost.com) A title was on the line with 19.7 seconds left. Here’s how Florida won it.
At major NCAA settlement hearing, judge asks for more revisions

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Jesse Dougherty

At major NCAA settlement hearing, judge asks for more revisions (washingtonpost.com) At major NCAA settlement hearing, judge asks for more revisions By Jesse Dougherty 2025040801321600 Ninety minutes before the championship game of the NCAA men's basketball tournament Monday night, Claudia Wilken, the judge presiding over the potential settlement of three major antitrust cases that have hung over the college sports industry for years, told the sides to keep on working. More precisely, she...
College sports are about to change again. It’s palpable at the Final Four.

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Jesse Dougherty

College sports are about to change again. It’s palpable at the Final Four. (washingtonpost.com) College sports are about to change again. It’s palpable at the Final Four. By Jesse Dougherty 2025040711051300 SAN ANTONIO — Charlie Baker has spent the past week ping-ponging between Tampa and here, living the life of the NCAA president during March Madness: more meetings than hours in the day, more hands to shake than time to shake them.
What Is The Final Four?

2 weeks ago | collegesportsmoney.substack.com | Jesse Dougherty

Glad you asked! Walking around San Antonio all week, I’ve been wondering that myself. What I’ve learned, maybe more than anything, is that it’s a convention with a dash of basketball mixed in. There’s been at least one actual convention, run by the National Association of Basketball Coaches. Then there are a lot of things that seem convention-y: Conferences, panels, invite-only parties that don’t feel like parties at all. And otherwise, the men’s Final Four is … Heavily barricaded.
The dunk of the NCAA tournament helps Florida outlast Auburn

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Jesse Dougherty

The dunk of the NCAA tournament helps Florida outlast Auburn (washingtonpost.com) The dunk of the NCAA tournament helps Florida outlast Auburn By Jesse Dougherty 2025040602211600 SAN ANTONIO — There is, if you zoom all the way out, a total excess of Final Four material. The first one was in 1939.
The dunk of the NCAA tournament helps Florida outlast Auburn

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Jesse Dougherty

UFC on ESPN 65 video: Rhys McKee blows up Daniel Frunza's face for doctor's stoppage TKOIt took Rhys McKee five tries over the course of nearly five years and two stints with the promotion, but he finally got his first octagon win Saturday at UFC on ESPN 65. The welterweight from Northern Ireland put on a striking clinic against Daniel Frunza (9-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) in their preliminary …
The rare five-year college basketball player in a year-to-year sport

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Jesse Dougherty

The rare five-year college basketball player in a year-to-year sport (washingtonpost.com) The rare five-year college basketball player in a year-to-year sport By Jesse Dougherty 2025040513051200 SAN ANTONIO — A few years back, when Auburn men's basketball coach Bruce Pearl recruited Walker Kessler to play ahead of Dylan Cardwell, Cardwell stayed with the program, even though he could have transferred to another school without sitting out a year.