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Owen Krucoff

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Copy editor @Richmond.com Mizzou alum, DMV native Past: Toledo Blade, Clarksburg (WV) Exponent Telegram, Washington Spirit, Bethesda Big Train and more I miss @postsports.bsky.social 🥏

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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
When Liz Skalka joined The Blade as a political writer, Toledo’s famed daily was known for its ambitious local newsroom. Now it’s preparing to publish its final issue. www.cjr.org/news/toledo-...
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The Toledo Blade’s shocking, inevitable news.
When I joined as a political writer, Toledo’s famed daily was known for its ambitious local newsroom. Now it’s preparing to publish its final issue.
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Owen Krucoff @owenkrucoff.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Sports Business Journal ranks Richmond as the #4 best minor league sports market in the US. It's the first time Richmond has been in the top 10. www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/202...
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Minor League Markets: No. 4 Richmond, Va.
Minor League Markets: No. 4. Richmond, Va.
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Owen Krucoff @owenkrucoff.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I covered Cannon Dinger's high school football and baseball teams for the local paper in West Virginia. Kinda disappointed he went with football over baseball as his main sport
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Owen Krucoff @owenkrucoff.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
This feels like it's happening because both sides didn't have anything better to do. The USMNT has never had success bringing a manager back for a 2nd cycle, and Pochettino has been open about wanting to return to Europe. Unless there's a prohibitive buyout, I doubt he's here in 2030.
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The Richmonder @richmonder.org · 28/07/2026
The Richmonder 25: Keys Pattie is the glue holding Richmond's ultimate frisbee scene together
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The Richmonder 25: Keys Pattie is the glue holding Richmond's ultimate frisbee scene together
"The only thing you need to play is a frisbee itself."
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Owen Krucoff @owenkrucoff.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Virginia's OC says he had a candid conversation with #Mizzou coach Eli Drinkwitz about Beau Pribula while Pribula was in the portal. The QB ultimately transferred from Mizzou to UVa. richmond.com/sports/colle...
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Owen Krucoff @owenkrucoff.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Richmond finishes 12th, just ahead of DC, on Fox's list of top markets for World Cup viewing.
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Owen Krucoff @owenkrucoff.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Putting a roof on Audi Field is just bizarre to me. No other soccer-specific stadium in the US is indoors, and DC already has indoor arenas plus an indoor NFL stadium coming in a few years. Covering more seats with a roof could be nice, but I don't think anyone wants or needs an indoor stadium.
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Owen Krucoff @owenkrucoff.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The Spirit now have a 480-minute scoreless streak against Gotham FC across all competitions, dating back to the 2024 NWSL playoffs.
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Steven Goff @stevengoff.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
France-Morocco World Cup quarterfinal in Foxborough last Thursday drew an average of 10.3 million viewers on Fox, peaked at 13.6 million, per network. Top markets, by ratings: 1. Boston 2. SF Bay Area 3. Kansas City 4. Washington, DC 5. Richmond
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Owen Krucoff @owenkrucoff.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Richmond remains in Fox's top 10 World Cup TV markets through the round of 16 and is the only market on the list without an MLS or USL Championship club.
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Owen Krucoff @owenkrucoff.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
The Nats are bringing home Chris Hacopian, the son of former Bethesda Big Train coach Derek Hacopian and an MCPS (Churchill HS) product who started his college career at Maryland.
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Owen Krucoff @owenkrucoff.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Hosting the World Cup was fun and hopefully will help grow soccer here in the long term, but on the field, this goes down as a failure by the #USMNT. Pochettino and this group of players squandered the chance the program had spent years building toward.
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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 05/07/2026
Folarin Balogun will be available to play the USMNT’s round of 16 match against Belgium, with his one-game red-card ban that he received against Bosnia and Herzegovina suspended.
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Owen Krucoff @owenkrucoff.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Huge win of course, but Balogun's red card will make the Belgium game a lot tougher. That may have been a tournament-changing moment for the #USMNT
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Steven Goff @stevengoff.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Top markets for Fox Sports coverage of World Cup through 54 of 104 matches: 1. Kansas City 2. Boston 3. Austin 4. Dallas 5. San Diego 6. San Francisco 7. Atlanta 8. Richmond 9. Washington, DC (tie) St. Louis
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Owen Krucoff @owenkrucoff.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
#USMNT    clinches Group D with a game to spare. Looking ahead, as long as the 3rd-place team in Group B advances, US is almost guaranteed to play that team. Next week's Bosnia-Qatar game will likely determine that.
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Owen Krucoff @owenkrucoff.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
15.9 million viewers in English and 8.9 million in Spanish equals more than 7% of the US population watching last night's game.
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Owen Krucoff @owenkrucoff.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Unreal first half, and the best overall performance in decades by the #USMNT    in a World Cup match.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 12/06/2026
Twenty student newspapers in Maryland are fighting a district memo that they’re concerned could lead to censorship. The memo says administrators must review all content printed in school publications before deciding whether it can be published.
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Fearing censorship, student journalists sound alarm over district policy
Montgomery County students are pushing back against a memo that ordered principals to review final drafts of all printed material.
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Owen Krucoff @owenkrucoff.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Fox running ads during World Cup games is bad enough already. But a couple times now I've seen them run their own in-house ads for their own coverage. They aren't even making money from running that! Everyone seeing this ad is already watching the World Cup (well, trying to).
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Owen Krucoff @owenkrucoff.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
The "hydration" breaks were predictably an excuse to run commercials. They were bad for the flow of the game and made the game stretch past 2 hours. With the watered-down format, Mexico is already all but through to the knockouts. That's something we're going to see a lot of in this group stage
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Richmond Times-Dispatch @richmond.com · 09/06/2026
Among the United States' 26-player roster, at least five have connections to Virginia.
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5 players in US World Cup squad with Virginia connections
Among the United States' 26-player roster, at least five have connections to Virginia.
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Owen Krucoff @owenkrucoff.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Richmond ranked #3 in the country for the highest % of households watching the UEFA Champions League final on Saturday.
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Owen Krucoff @owenkrucoff.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Great moment last night for #Mizzou soccer alum Sarah Luebbert. From Jefferson City, never played for a team outside Missouri until going pro. Undrafted and didn't catch on in NWSL, went all the way to Club America for a fresh start. Now a veteran there and a Concacaf champion.
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Owen Krucoff @owenkrucoff.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
The Spirit lose a crazy thriller of a final in Mexico. After finishing 2nd in the NWSL regular season and playoffs the past two seasons, they now finish 2nd in Concacaf. Five consecutive competitions where they can't get over the hump.
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Washington Spirit @washingtonspirit.com · 21/05/2026
The Final Fixture of the 2025-2026 CONCACAF W Champions Cup! 💪 Ft. Us and Club América Feminil! ⚔️
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Ethan @ethanhamm.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Ultimate is so much more exciting than flag football I'm sorry, this should be the big bet sport
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Strong take I am on board with
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Jeff Kassouf @jeffkassouf.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
One to watch Saturday: OL Lyonnes is in the #UWCL final and the Washington Spirit in the Concacaf final. Both owned by Michele Kang. Each would qualify for 2027 FIFA Champions Cup + 2028 Club World Cup wins. FIFA regulations for 2026 edition didn't allow two clubs with same owner to each compete.
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NBA @nba.com · 10/05/2026
The Washington Wizards win the NBA Draft Lottery 2026!
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Owen Krucoff @owenkrucoff.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Tonight is #DCU's only game of the MLS season that isn't exclusively paywalled on Apple TV. But it's a late kickoff, the start was moved from FS1 to FS2 because of live pickleball running over, and the club's own social media makes no mention of the game being on linear TV.
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Owen Krucoff @owenkrucoff.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
The best number of teams for the NCAA basketball tournaments is 64. Not 65, not 68, and certainly not 76.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch @richmond.com · 16/04/2026
"It's an opportunity for us to get to play against an MLS team in front of the City Stadium faithful. We're a team that has a great legacy in this."
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Richmond Kickers U.S. Open Cup legacy, local talent evident in loss to Columbus Crew
"It's an opportunity for us to get to play against an MLS team in front of the City Stadium faithful. We're a team that has a great legacy in this."
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Owen Krucoff @owenkrucoff.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
What a rough night for the Open Cup in the Mid-Atlantic. After Richmond lost 3-0 to Columbus, DC United has been knocked out at home by League One's Knoxville. DC was lucky to even make it to extra time, then blew a lead in extra time and lost in PKs.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette @post-gazette.com · 14/04/2026
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to continue publishing after sale to nonprofit media group
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to continue publishing after sale to nonprofit media group
Toledo, Ohio-based Block Communications Inc. is selling the Post-Gazette assets to the Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism, publisher of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Baltimore Banner.
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Owen Krucoff @owenkrucoff.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
First time at Richmond's brand-new ballpark, CarMax Park. Great minor league stadium, and the experience should be even better once the developments around it get built.
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Owen Krucoff @owenkrucoff.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Took some inspiration from 2008 to write the headline for the opening of Richmond's new ballpark.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch @richmond.com · 08/04/2026
A capacity crowd of about 10,000 watched the Flying Squirrels play their first game at CarMax Park.
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CarMax Park opens up to 'a first-class baseball community'
A capacity crowd of about 10,000 watched the Flying Squirrels play their first game at CarMax Park.
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Owen Krucoff @owenkrucoff.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Richmond Kickers will host the Columbus Crew in the US Open Cup round of 32. It's the first time they've hosted an MLS team in the cup since 2022. If they advance, the round of 16 would be at DC United or at home against Knoxville.
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Owen Krucoff @owenkrucoff.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The Richmond Kickers took down USL Championship side and in-state rival Loudoun United with a 90+6' winner in the US Open Cup, and the goal scorer celebrated by posing front of the Loudoun supporters. The Kickers could potentially host an MLS team in the next round.
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Owen Krucoff @owenkrucoff.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Not only does Italy miss a 3rd straight World Cup despite the tournament being expanded, but they lose with Bosnia's game-clinching penalty kick scored by a 21-year-old born and raised in Wisconsin. Unfathomable
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Washington Nationals @nationals.com · 26/03/2026
every game. all season. let's goooooo. Cox DIRECTV Fubo Spectrum Verizon Fios Xfinity Nationals.TV | nationals.com/watch
Watch all Nationals regular season games in Nationals Territory.

$99.99 seasonal streaming at Nationals.TV

or on TV:

Cox channel 159
DIRECTV channel 641
Fubo
Spectrum channel 330 or 425
Verizon Fios channel 579
Xfinity channel 1261
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Washington Nationals @nationals.com · 25/03/2026
excited to share our first three OFFICIAL CHANNELS for Nationals.TV (with more to come soon) 👀⚾️ learn more + keep track at nationals.com/watch
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Owen Krucoff @owenkrucoff.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Now there's finally an update, with hopefully more to come. If your provider is on this list, you should be able to watch the Nats on these channel numbers or by logging into the MLB website/app with your info.
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Owen Krucoff @owenkrucoff.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
One day before the start of the season, the Nationals still say TV partners for their new broadcasts "will be announced closer to the start of the season." Fans who have cable TV or a streamer like YouTube TV still don't know if they'll have to pay separately for Nats. #Natitude
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Owen Krucoff @owenkrucoff.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
March Madness broadcast appears to place Washington, DC, somewhere around Poolesville, Maryland, during a logo quiz segment
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Owen Krucoff @owenkrucoff.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Three home runs for Richmond-area native Vinnie Pasquantino (playing for Italy) to help send the US into the World Baseball Classic quarterfinals.
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Owen Krucoff @owenkrucoff.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
The Washington Post decided it wasn't worth it to cover news and features about local sports in the DC area. Now, on the first day of an all-wire sports section, the centerpiece story is a feature about local sports from somewhere else.
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Tom Schad @tomschad.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
An aptly brilliant farewell from @barrysvrlugawp.bsky.social and WaPo Sports
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