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Jesse Dougherty

Jesse Dougherty

Sports Reporter

Jesse Dougherty is a sports enterprise reporter for The Washington Sun. His work focuses on the intersection of sports and politics, the Washington Nationals and the most pressing sports topic on Capitol Hill: the future of college athletics.

Jesse previously worked for the Washington Post for nine years, five of which he spent on the Washington Nationals beat before writing college sports features. After the Nationals won the World Series in 2019, he wrote Buzz Saw, the definitive book on the championship season. His work has also appeared in Baseball Prospectus and the Los Angeles Times.

You can reach Jesse by email at jessedougherty@washsun.com or by Signal at jessedougherty.56.

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