Jeff Bechthold

My personal (i.e., non-work) account ... proud pup-owner and Husky.

[Iowan Stallion @IowanStallion]

Shoutout Jaydon Mickens this season
(@JaydonMickens)

44 Receptions - Stallions Regular Season Record
587 Yards - Stallions Regular Season Record
2 Touchdowns

Phenomenal season, and should be All-UFL. Hope to see him around next year.

[Washington Rowing @UW_Rowing]

2026 UW Men's Rowing Season Recap:

🏆 Paup Cup
🏆 Bolles Cup
🏆 Benderson Cup
🏆 Schoch Cup
🏆 Erickson Cascade Cup
🏆 Windermere Cup
🏆 MPSF Championship
🏆 Stewards Cup
🏆 James Ten Eyck Trophy
🏆 Varsity Challenge Cup

#RowingU

[Washington Rowing @UW_Rowing]

WOMEN'S RECAP | Washington's women's four earned the bronze at 2026 NCAA Championships, while the Huskies finished tied for 6th in the nation overall.

Details: https://t.co/r4beYjySJ9

#RowingU

[Washington Rowing @UW_Rowing]

It's a Purple Sunday at IRAs.

Washington has won the men's rowing National Championship for the 22nd time in an absolute thriller!

#RowingU

[U.S. Soccer Men's National Team @USMNT]

From Pico Rivera, CA...

Cristian Roldan is heading to the FIFA World Cup 2026!

[Jeff Bechthold @JeffBechthold]

@IndyHawk89 @BrentoninMarion @HawkeyeFootball It's at 8:00 pm CT and it's on FOX or FS1:

https://t.co/aS5c31Lyfk

[Jeff Bechthold @JeffBechthold]

I was at this game as a second-grader, with my dad. Wish I had a ticket stub or something!

[Baseball by BSmile @BSmile]

50 Years Ago Today: Chicago #Cubs outfielder Rick Monday saves the American Flag from being burned during a game vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium! (April 25, 1976) #MLB #Baseball #History 🇺🇸

[Jeff Bechthold @JeffBechthold]

PSA:

A tax *RETURN* is the set of documents you fill out and submit to the IRS.

A tax *REFUND* is the money you get back for over-payment of taxes.

[Chris Vannini @ChrisVannini]

Great stop up at @UW_Football today. Huskies are top 15 in returning production coming off a 9-win season, some big pieces back.

[Jeff Bechthold @JeffBechthold]

Always been fascinated with Jojo Mathis' career:

https://t.co/Vn5QqdBla8

[Andy Yamashita | 山下伸幸 @ANYamashita]

Dan Milsten, a former UW football player who played between 2002-05, was diagnosed with two forms forms of cancer in January

His family said they've been astounded by the community's response

“We hope he can keep on fighting”

https://t.co/voY5T06njn

[Jeff Bechthold @JeffBechthold]

I’ve said for years to anyone who would listen — Jason is as good a sports color analyst as I’ve ever heard, at any level, any sport. We’ve been lucky to have him.

[Jason Hamilton @jasondhamilton]

https://t.co/gDTYB2lrVM

Mic drop? A bittersweet moment for me. Thanks to @UW_MBB, @Castricone, @UWCoachSprinks, @Coach_Hopkins, @CoachRomar and Bob Rondeau for the nice words. I appreciate you all and can't thank you enough for your friendship. J-Ham OUT!

[Jeff Bechthold @JeffBechthold]

The best sports columnist in the country. Assuming Chuck is interested in continuing in that profession, someone is about to hire a really special writer and person.

[Chuck Culpepper @ChuckCulpepper1]

So on the 4,167th and final day of a job so exhilarating that I'd swear at least 4,000 of the days qualified as very good or better, the coffee came with whooshing thoughts of the 11 years and the four months and the 27 days.

The brain tore through the datelines from 17 countries and 43 states, the three World Cups, the four Olympics, the 10 tennis majors, the 20 golf majors, the 11 men's Finals Four, the 28 College Football Playoff games, the 10 Kentucky Derbys, the tour of Jordan-Oman-Kuwait-United Arab Emirates, the 46 days in the peerless Australia -- I mean, come on, really? -- the depth of the beauty of South Koreans, and those times when I looked in the mirror (briefly) and saw a lunatic.

Maybe the looniest would be covering a game in Seattle on a Friday night, then a game in Clemson on that Saturday night (with Lamar Jackson on the field looking even more dizzying than usual). Or was it the Boise on a Friday night, the students swimming into the frigid river for a goal-post chunk after midnight, then the one hour of sleep, then the Indianapolis on a Saturday night? No, wait, wait, it had to be this: Novak Djokovic winning the French Open in Paris on Sunday early evening, then U.S. Open golf preparations starting on Tuesday . . .

. . . in Los Angeles.

Non-deranged people might find such a sequence unfair; for whatever metabolic reason, I just kept giggling.

Well, something surpassed all of that, somehow. To be part of the Washington Post Sports department was to be a part of an exemplary human experience, a rarefied collegiality, a beacon of collaboration and a near-bewildering scarcity of envy. For just one thing, I never, ever thought, way back last century, that I'd inhabit a world and a staff where everyone would treat my husband as one of the group, where a deputy sports editor would say, in a kitchen, near the end of a holiday party, "Alfonso! Come over here and hug me!" All of it reinforced that on the medal stand of life, human collaboration deserves a spot and maybe even the gold, for its curious capacity to bolster seemingly all 35 trillion of our cells.

I love these forever teammates all so much it probably annoys them, and they call to mind a relic of a show always worth unearthing. It's Episode 168 of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," the episode she titled, "The Last Show," when the WJM newsroom staff works a final news show and has a last group hug, and Mary wishes to emote, and Lou wishes not to emote, but then Mary gives a stirring speech and then the ever-gruff Lou relents and, in a quaking voice, says something resonant all the way clear into February 2026:

"I treasure you people."

[Heather Tarr 🦄 💜 @CoachTarr]

From the heart of the equipment room, Gary McGuire makes magic happen. Every visor, jersey, and detail is a reflection of his care, precision, and pride in supporting the @UWSoftball 🦄 program. Nobody cares more deeply about their work or the people they serve than G-Man.

Whether it’s prepping for game day, organizing our gear with surgical precision, or making sure every athlete feels seen and supported, Gary’s den is where excellence begins. His quiet leadership and tireless commitment set the tone for everything we do.

Thank you, Gary, for being the gold standard. We appreciate you. And we’re better because of you.

[Washington Men's Soccer @UW_MSoccer]

A star in Seattle ⭐️

Richie Aman has been nominated for the Seattle Sports Commission's Men's Sports Star of the Year award!

Cast your vote for Richie at the link below.

🔗 https://t.co/fmGnnQokcj

[Sundodger Creative @SundodgerUW]

Join our team! 🚨📽️

We're looking for an Assistant Director of Video Production to join us on Montlake.

More info: https://t.co/pUKun8jw0K

#GoHuskies

[College Sports Communicators @CollSportsComm]

National championship salute to the @UWAthletics communications and creative team! With the 2025 College Cup victory, Washington became the first team in NCAA history to win six straight NCAA Tournament games away from home to clinch the championship.

Jack Larkin and Zac Zeman (@zaczeman00) captured content for the men's soccer team during their historic run to the 2025 NCAA title. They both stepped outside of their traditional job descriptions to get photos, video, and other content that shared the experience of the student-athletes and elevated the communication and media output.

@UW @bigten

[Jeff Bechthold @JeffBechthold]

Congrats to Indiana, and congrats to the UW football stats crew, which just worked its 12th straight @CFBPlayoff Championship Game.

[Jeff Bechthold @JeffBechthold]

@dannyoneil Be well, Danny

[Jeff Bechthold @JeffBechthold]

@PFF_Jordan Pho restaurants.