In case you needed any reason to support the Red Sox this year.

Zags No. 1 in preseason poll for second straight season. UCLA (vs. GU on Nov. 23 in Las Vegas) is No. 2.

For the next few days, you can subscribe to The Post for only $9.99 for an entire year. It’s The Post’s biggest discount in years. It’s a great deal. Here is the link: washingtonpost.com/blackfriday

Shocked and saddened to learn of the sudden passing of #FredHiatt, editorial page editor of The Washington Post. Fred was not only brilliant, but kind and thoughtful beyond measure. It’s no exaggeration to say that people in DC of all parties and persuasions loved and respected him.

In addition to all the achievements mentioned in this WaPo editorial, Fred Hiatt was a ferocious champion of human rights in N Korea, which he followed carefully and wrote about with insight. He was also a kind and generous friend. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…

With early data rolling in, here’s where we currently stand with Omicron First, we have plenty of evidence that Omicron will spread easily, quickly, and far We should expect, globally, relatively large waves of infections How will people fare? Depends on who you are Thread

Words of wisdom about the coming tidal wave.

Autumn vs. deep winter in Methow Valley, northern Washington State.

Thrilled to see DAUGHTER OF THE MORNING STAR by Craig Johnson, MURDER AT THE MISSION by Blaine Harden, and THE GOOD HAND by @MPFSmith are all nominated for the Reading the West Book Awards! readingthewest.com/32nd-annual-lo…

Badass Ukrainians keep carjacking tanks of the “most formidable army of Europe”. Or should I say - tankjacking? #РоссияСмотри #StandWithUkraine

"Hello Russian stupid boys," sneer residents of Mykolaiv, Ukraine, who refuse to lose as corpses pile up around them. This war dispatch by NYT's Michael Schwirtz is the best I have read: heart-wrenching, funny, grisly and inspiring. nytimes.com/2022/03/15/wor…

Ginni Thomas texts reveal fears, motivation to overturn 2020 election — Dan Balz‘s Sunday Take washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…

Perfect read for championship day in men's college basketball: Gonzaga's junior forward Drew Timme makes good money doing commercials and may forsake the pros for another year. By the excellent Jim Meehan of Spokesman Review. spokesman.com/stories/2022/a…

Lyrical is exactly right. A class-act person, colleague and reporter. nytimes.com/2022/07/11/bus…

If this happened in another country, we would also call it an attempted coup. Our statement at Freedom House

The metamorphosis is absolutely stunning!

Murder at the Mission is a finalist in the Washington State Book Awards. Winner announced Sept. 13.

“What a great place to have a war,” Mr. Page told the Toronto Globe and Mail in 2016. “Good-looking women, great food, beaches, the best dope.” wapo.st/3Rfld7j

Twitter skips out on rent in Seattle. seattletimes.com/business/lawsu…

At The Seattle Times, 70 percent of revenue now comes from readers: wan-ifra.org/2023/01/at-the…