Barry Svrluga talks joining The Athletic & recaps the Winter Olympics and his experience
The Kevin Sheehan Show
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4.7 • 696 Ratings
🗓️ 26 February 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | I got into the Olympics late in the Olympics last week, but we talked a lot about Michaela Schifrin. |
| 0:06.4 | We talked a lot about Alyssa Lou. |
| 0:08.5 | Michaela Schifrin sent the following tweet at the end of the Olympics. |
| 0:15.0 | She wrote, quote, I want to sincerely thank one of the great writers out there, Barry's Verluga, |
| 0:22.2 | who will sadly be closing this chapter with the Washington Post. You have covered the highs and lows of my career |
| 0:27.6 | with integrity and passion. Thank you, looking forward to following your next chapter. Close quote. |
| 0:36.6 | That is really unbelievable. you rarely see that happen publicly |
| 0:42.9 | uh from coaches or players or athletes uh barry's veruga joins us right now and the news with |
| 0:49.9 | barry and several others from the post is that they are heading to the athletic. I'm going to get |
| 0:56.0 | to what Michaela Schifrin wrote to you on X, on Twitter in a moment, but I knew certainly that |
| 1:03.5 | Barry's Reluga wasn't going to be out there for very long after, you know, the news about the |
| 1:09.9 | Washington Post Sports Section ending. |
| 1:12.5 | So tell everybody about your next move and who will you, who will be joining you? |
| 1:18.0 | So I'm, you know, so grateful and thankful and excited because I get to do a version of the job that I've always wanted to do. |
| 1:28.5 | I'm going to be with Nikki Jeb Bala, our great beatwriter, |
| 1:32.3 | formerly a teammate of mine at the Post, out in Ashburn, |
| 1:36.4 | doing probably a more commanders-heavy version of my old job. |
| 1:42.3 | Like instead of going out there once a week and for the games, I'll be out |
| 1:46.7 | covering the commanders on a more daily basis, more regular training camp stuff. |
| 1:51.3 | But I'll also be able to weigh in and do my, you know, old columnist gig with, |
| 1:58.0 | whether it's pulling the learner's feet to the fire with the gnats or you know |
| 2:02.3 | weighing what's next for a vetchkin in the caps and just kind of be um a dc voice so you know the |
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