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Dave Sheinin

@davesheinin.bsky.social
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Family man; sports reporter at www.washingtonsun.com; ex-WaPo; singer/songwriter; good hang; semicolon aficionado. I'm still out here looking for a spark. More at www.davesheinin.com

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LetTeddyWin @blog.letteddywin.com · 11/09/2026
I would like to see @davesheinin.bsky.social spending some time in BlueSky because he's writing some pretty compelling stuff for @washingtonsun.bsky.social ! washingtonsun.com/sports/washi...
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New Technology, New Ideas: How the Nationals Overhauled Their Farm System
While the Nats stagger to the finish line, the franchise’s minor league teams are surging.
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The Sunday Long Read @thesundaylongread.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Don't miss our first newsletter of 2026, featuring @stephenrodrick.bsky.social, @briangroh.bsky.social, @davesheinin.bsky.social & more! mailchi.mp/sundaylongre...
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☀️ The Sunday Long Read: Fireworks, Political Violence, Fancy Watches
The week's best journalism. Every Sunday.
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Post Sports @postsports.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
2025 may be remembered as the year a reckoning began over the unholy marriage of sports and legalized gambling.
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Analysis | Is anything real anymore? In 2025, even sports fans started to doubt.
The integrity of games might be sports’ most precious commodity. This year’s gambling scandals have fans questioning it — a trend some view as an existential threat.
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Chris Richards @chrisrichards.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
If you want to improve your life, spend some time with this absolutely terrific piece by @davesheinin.bsky.social who gets behind the damn piano to show us how iconic sports theme music works wapo.st/480klhN
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The 10 best sports theme songs of all time — and what makes them great
Our list of the greatest sports theme music includes John Tesh’s iconic “Roundball Rock,” several dark riffs on football and a whole lot of nostalgia.
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Dave Sheinin @davesheinin.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Words couldn’t fully convey the awesomeness of these 10 epic sports themes, so I tried doing it at a piano www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
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The 10 best sports theme songs of all time — and what makes them great
Our list of the greatest sports theme music includes John Tesh’s iconic “Roundball Rock,” several dark riffs on football and a whole lot of nostalgia.
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Nate Huffstutter @nate-huffstutter.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
“You’re seeing genuine, authentic trust & that’s the first step. That’s all we want to achieve, the first step.” 🎙️ Following the WAPO article from @davesheinin.bsky.social, I spoke w/ Ohio HOF 🏈 coaches Al Powell & Jim Place about their Social Justice 7v7 Tourney ⤵️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMjU...
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Ep 10: Al Powell & Jim Place— “Win Little Battles—Tackling Racism & Social Justice Through Football”
YouTube video by Truth In The Arena
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 03/08/2025
For the fifth straight year, high school football teams in Ohio came together for discussions about social justice, unity and acceptance. The event has continued despite the end of diversity-related initiatives across the state and the country.
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In football-mad Ohio, a camp focused on social justice is still going strong
For the fifth straight year, football teams came together for discussions about social justice, unity and acceptance. The event has continued despite the end of diversity-related initiatives across th...
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Post Sports @postsports.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
In recent months the problem of online threats and harassment of athletes by gamblers appears to have become more widespread, more specific and more sinister. Read more from @davesheinin.bsky.social, @andrewgolden.bsky.social and a host of @postsports.bsky.social reporters here:
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‘Kill yourself’: Toxic mix of betting, social media fuels athlete abuse
As live-betting and “prop bets” explode, athletes say they face more threats from fans than ever.
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Dave Sheinin @davesheinin.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Last night, the Celtics tied an NBA record with 63 3PAs. In the first quarter, 22 (!) of their 24 FGAs were 3's. Is this the product the NBA wants? Is it what the fans want? We explored this issue and more in our project, Beautyball www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
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The NBA is facing an analytics-fueled crisis. MLB can relate.
Critics say the steep rise in three-pointers has made the NBA less entertaining, mirroring MLB’s recent fan revolt. Neither sport has an easy fix.
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Tom Jackman @tomjackmanwp.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
What a terrific piece by @davesheinin.bsky.social on the impact of analytics on the NBA, and MLB, and how the leagues are trying to keep the games interesting. No paywall here: wapo.st/4hcN5FJ
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The NBA is facing an analytics-fueled crisis. MLB can relate.
Critics say the steep rise in three-pointers has made the NBA less entertaining, mirroring MLB’s recent fan revolt. Neither sport has an easy fix.
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John Tomase @jtomase.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Read this series. It turns out you can break sports like a boardgame. The problem of analytics is the homogenization of play, from MLB's three true outcomes to the NBA's 3-point assault. Optimization makes everyone the same. If there's only one "winning" strategy, what's the point of watching?
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Dave Sheinin @davesheinin.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Part 3 of “Beautyball” explores whether the NFL could someday face the same crisis of deteriorating aesthetics that has plagued MLB and the NBA www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
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Dave Sheinin @davesheinin.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Part 2 of our project, "Beautyball," has as its protagonist Warriors coach Steve Kerr, who wonders, like many, whether today's NBA is in the same place MLB was several years ago: optimized to the point where the league needs to take steps to fix its aesthetics www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
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The NBA is facing an analytics-fueled crisis. MLB can relate.
Critics say the steep rise in three-pointers has made the NBA less entertaining, mirroring MLB’s recent fan revolt. Neither sport has an easy fix.
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Dave Sheinin @davesheinin.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
What happens when analytics and optimization effectively "solve" a sport, and how can leagues push back to fix their aesthetics? MLB already knows. The NBA is finding out. The NFL and NHL? Stay tuned. Here is part one of our three-part series, "Beautyball": www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
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Analytics transformed sports. Has it also made them less entertaining?
The “Moneyball” era changed how teams play, coach and are built. But the quest for efficiency is increasingly being blamed for robbing sports of their beauty.
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