Barry Svrluga A reporter for The Washington Post, Barry Svrluga currently covers the Washington Redskins. He has covered NASCAR, high school lacrosse, college basketball, the Washington Nationals and the Olympics. He began working at The Washington Post in 2003, after working for newspapers in upstate New York, Maine and North Carolina. He is the author of “National Pastime: Sports, Politics and the Return of Baseball to Washington, D.C.,” which chronicles the debut year of the Washington Nationals. His latest book, “The Grind: Inside Baseball’s Hardest Season” (Blue Rider Press), goes behind the scenes of the relentless major league baseball season schedule.

Barry Svrluga A reporter for The Washington Post, Barry Svrluga currently covers the Washington Redskins. He has covered NASCAR, high school lacrosse, college basketball, the Washington Nationals and the Olympics. He began working at The Washington Post in 2003, after working for newspapers in upstate New York, Maine and North Carolina. He is the author of “National Pastime: Sports, Politics and the Return of Baseball to Washington, D.C.,” which chronicles the debut year of the Washington Nationals. His latest book, “The Grind: Inside Baseball’s Hardest Season” (Blue Rider Press), goes behind the scenes of the relentless major league baseball season schedule.

Barry Svrluga A reporter for The Washington Post, Barry Svrluga currently covers the Washington Redskins. He has covered NASCAR, high school lacrosse, college basketball, the Washington Nationals and the Olympics. He began working at The Washington Post in 2003, after working for newspapers in upstate New York, Maine and North Carolina. He is the author of “National Pastime: Sports, Politics and the Return of Baseball to Washington, D.C.,” which chronicles the debut year of the Washington Nationals. His latest book, “The Grind: Inside Baseball’s Hardest Season” (Blue Rider Press), goes behind the scenes of the relentless major league baseball season schedule.