Adam Kilgore

Washington, D.C.

Reporter covering national sports

Education: Syracuse University, attended

Adam Kilgore attended Syracuse University and made his first stop at The Washington Post immediately after college, serving a two-year internship and primarily covering college sports, mostly Virginia and Virginia Tech. He was part of the Pulitzer Prize-winning team that covered the 2007 shooting at Virginia Tech. He moved to Boston in fall 2008 to cover the Red Sox for the Boston Globe and returned to The Post in February 2010 to cover the Washington Nationals.
Latest from Adam Kilgore

Twelve years after finishing sixth, she’s in line for Olympic bronze

American Shannon Rowbury feels ‘some good closure’ after another suspension in an infamous London Games race leaves her with the third-fastest time.

September 5, 2024
Shannon Rowbury celebrates after winning the 3,000 meters at a Diamond League meet in 2013.

The NFL headlines you’ll be reading in November

Caleb Williams is an MVP candidate. The Jets’ playoff drought lives. Those and other stories that could bubble up by midseason.

September 4, 2024

Hamish Kerr wasn’t interested in sharing high jump gold with Shelby McEwen

At the Tokyo Olympics, two high jumpers decided to share the gold medal. That wasn’t enough for New Zealand’s Kerr In Paris.

August 10, 2024

For Masai Russell, a photo finish becomes an Olympic dream come true

The 24-year-old doesn’t lack for ambition, and she delivered on the final day of track at Stade de France by winning gold in the 100-meter hurdles.

August 10, 2024
Masai Russell is all smiles after achieving another of her ambitious goals.

After torment in Tokyo, U.S. hurdler Rai Benjamin finds peace in Paris

‘The unspoken team captain’ of the Americans finally gets to a gold medal of his own, avenging narrow loss to Karsten Warholm three years ago.

August 9, 2024
Rai Benjamin celebrates the gold medal he said he was at peace without winning.

Noah Lyles’s case shows a new reality for Olympians: Playing through covid

What had been a barrier in Tokyo and Beijing amounts to no more than a caution in Paris.

August 9, 2024
Noah Lyles dons a face mask following Thursday's 200-meter final.

A covid surprise on the track

It was clear something was wrong with Noah Lyles when he came in third in his signature race. Then he revealed he had covid. Ava Wallace talks with The Post’s Adam Kilgore and Barry Svrluga about what that twist says about the legacy of the pandemic at the Paris Olympics.

August 9, 2024

Noah Lyles reveals covid diagnosis after winning bronze in 200 meters

After leaving the track in a wheelchair while breathing heavily, the U.S. sprinter said he tested positive Tuesday morning.

August 8, 2024
Bronze medalist Noah Lyles leaves the track in a wheelchair after competing in the 200 meters.

U.S. track and field has an epic night on tap at Paris Olympics

With Stade de France as a stage, U.S. track envisions a blockbuster night starring Noah Lyles, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Grant Holloway.

August 8, 2024
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone has her eyes on breaking her own world record in the 400-meter hurdles, but she could get a push from Femke Bol of the Netherlands.

Quincy Hall, to whom nothing’s been given, took the Olympic 400 meters

U.S. sprinter says, “Anything I can think of that’s going to get me to that line, I think of it.” In Paris, it got him a gold medal.

August 7, 2024
Quincy Hall crosses the finish line just ahead of Britain's Matthew Hudson-Smith.