My first day at @theathletic.com is March 16!
I’ll keep breaking news and writing features, but there’s a new element to this, too — answering your questions directly. (More on that soon!)
Hope you’ll come along for the journey!
New IG & TikTok: byspencernusbaum
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Well, Nats fans, I’m sticking around.
Thrilled to announce that I’m joining the @theathletic.com as the Washington Nationals beat reporter.
I’m amped about our plans for the beat, and believe you will be, too.
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The Athletic is hiring Barry Svrluga, Adam Kilgore, Candace Buckner, Ava Wallace, Spencer Nusbaum and Jason Murray www.nytco.com/press/the-at...
not to speak for all of @postsports.bsky.social but I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has reached out over the past week or so. Asked what we needed, asked how to help, etc. etc. etc.
I'll remember that kindness, I think, more than anything. I'll remember the light.
I was among the many sports reporters laid off by The Washington Post today. Feeling a lot of gratitude for my time working for this paper.
Not looking back. Looking ahead to what’s next!
It was such a joy to work in @postsports.bsky.social. Just an absolute gift. I was so so so lucky to have been a part of this place, and so so so lucky to work with these lovely, kind, clever, incredible people. This was the dream.
(uh also If you need an editor, please do holler.)
I'm doing it on the Hellsite, so I might as well do it here, too. I'm taking requests for specific Sports pages to share from The Post's collection of color PDFs, which dates back to April 2002. Hit me.
People ask me what my favorite part of working at The Post is and I often tell them my granddad. A native Washingtonian, he’s an avid sports fan. When I was hired in 2021, it was a full-circle moment for my family.
Serving local readers like him is a privilege. #SaveThePost
If nothing else, I’ve always hoped our work in the Washington Post’s sports section could give readers a meaningful connection to (and understanding of) something bigger than themselves.
I’ve seen today: It has. Forever grateful to be a part of this team. #SaveThePost
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The Nationals began a massive overhaul of the organization today. Scouts, execs and others have been told they won’t be back.
“I think I was a Rizzo guy. Maybe they want to move on from all things Rizzo.”
The Washington Nationals appear to some as “directionless,” with too many hands on the wheel. From @barrysvrlugawp.bsky.social, @andrewgolden.bsky.social and @chelseajanes.bsky.social: www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
When Mac was a baby, Bryce Harper cradled him in his arms. A decade later, that same kid led “sell the team” chants at Nationals Park.
On Wednesday, I talked to nine fans in nine innings about the state of the Nats rebuild. Here’s what they had to say: www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
Hi all! I’m writing about the state of the Nats rebuild through the perspective of the fans.
As such, if you’re at tonight’s game and interested in sharing your thoughts, please reach out! We’ll set up a time to talk for an inning during the game.
For anyone who missed Tom Boswell's awesome speech yesterday afternoon at the Baseball Hall of Fame, here it is on our site:
"For me, after all these years, baseball is about generations. We don’t play the game. We replay the memories — together."
the absolute best. kind to everyone, made us all better. it was such a joy to work with dan.
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“The sun will come up tomorrow,” Mike Rizzo wrote in a text message to Barry Svrluga. “That’s the job. I had a great run. Navigated that ownership group for almost 20 years.” www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
“Every inning, I just looked there [and] I can’t believe they were in the stands.”
“It still feels like a dream.”
After five applications and a decade of waiting, Keibert Ruiz’s parents finally got to America. They finally got to see their son play again.
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“Uh-oh. Good lord. Are you kidding me?”
“Oh, no he didn’t.”
“Yes, he did.”
“No, he didn’t.”
“Yes, he did.”
“No way. How many other guys in baseball are doing that?”
On James Wood, the announcers discovering his abilities, and the gift he already has.
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Tom Wilson's fingerprints are all over Washington's best nights so far in these playoffs. On the Caps' relentless winger, the "heart and soul" of the team, whose teammates are running out of ways to describe what he does:
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a great time to re-up derek law content cc @spencernusbaum.bsky.social
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The Caps’ Game 2 rally towels feature “so much agape love” www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
such a great and charming story of fandom and video games and solid excuses to get out of work and screaming and crying and going to a Nats game to see your personal fave. (who is on the injured list)
“Sometimes as pro coaches we get in this idea like: ‘This player is what he is. He is who he is. There’s nothing that can be done.’”
Not so. On developing individuals for the good of the team — and driving deeper in the playoffs.
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They hadn’t won a playoff series since they won the Cup. They hadn’t clinched at home in a decade.
On the Capitals over the Canadiens, the weight lifted — and what’s next.
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“Too many people coach the uniqueness out of people.”
But no one could coach it out of Mitchell Parker. And now, with the highest arm angle of any starter in baseball, he’s flourishing.
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“It’s so thin, you want to be on the right side of that.”
On the Caps’ tenuous 2-0 lead, and playoff hockey that eats away at the stomach lining. Welcome to spring.
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