Kent Babb

Washington, D.C.

Sports features writer for The Washington Post

Education: University of South Carolina, BA in journalism

Kent Babb has covered sports for the Washington Post since 2012 and is currently assigned to its Sports and Society enterprise team. His journalism often explores the intersections of sports and cultural issues, such as politics, mental health, and race. Babb's work was included three times in The Best American Sports Writing anthology and was selected in the inaugural edition of The Year's Best Sports Writing. The winner of numerous national awards, his features have honored three times by The Associated Press Sports Editors as the nation's best. Babb is the author of two widely acclaimed boo
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Lamar Jackson’s secret superpower

“I know what the f--- I’m doing,” says the NFL’s most exciting – and least compromising – star. This year, he plans to prove it.

September 5, 2024

The Transfer: Seven years, four schools, one last shot to make it worthwhile

Casey Thompson has taken a winding journey through modern college football. It’s brought him back to where his family’s story began.

August 24, 2024

March Madness, Mulkey, and no men

After an exciting run of games during this year's women’s NCAA March Madness tournament, the final four teams are set. Today on Post Reports, two sports reporters discuss this season’s most prominent characters and why women’s basketball is having a moment.

April 3, 2024

The Kim Mulkey way

The LSU coach holds grudges, battles everyone — and keeps winning. But at what cost?

March 30, 2024

All across Detroit, solidarity through football

Across the city last Sunday, Detroiters clung to hope -- for their team, for their city and beyond.

January 21, 2024

They watched their husbands win the Heisman – then lost them to CTE

For years, Heisman weekend was a chance to remember their husbands’ glory. Now it’s a reminder of a sport’s violent toll.

December 8, 2023

Deep Reads: Football bonded them. Then it tore them apart.

They were roommates and teammates at Harvard, bound by their love of football and each other. Then the game — and the debate over its safety — took its toll. This Deep Reads episode is part of a collection of occasional bonus stories from “Post Reports.”

November 24, 2023

From Sin City to America’s sports capital

Las Vegas is transforming itself again. What do the glitz of Formula One and the Super Bowl mean for the city’s future – and for the workers building it it?

November 17, 2023

Mike McDaniel needs a reboot

Before the Dolphins’ coach could break the NFL, he had to fix himself.

November 13, 2023

Football coaching’s Madden generation

They grew up playing ‘Madden NFL,’ the megahit video game. Now they’re using it to teach in college and the pros.

September 20, 2023