Cover of Wednesday's Washington Post sports section

Perhaps a more shallow strip across the top if you’re going to play it that way? The Mystics photo doesn’t do much for me. She’s sad; of course she is, they lost.

I would’ve suggested a one-column strip on the right, perhaps, but that would’ve dampened the impact of the nice horizontal and made for a challenge in the Mystics hed.

 

Like I said earlier, it's a no-win situation. Bury the Mystics and get burned by the bra-burning set, or play them big and get kicked in the balls by the Kornheisers of the world. Personally I thought they played it right.

Back in the day the Dallas Morning News would've run two sports sections with each getting major play. Those days went away about the time Creed was riding high on the charts.

 

One of my first thoughts reading this page was, is design still in-house? A paper the size of the Post, I'm guessing it still is. But for the Podunks of the world that outsource it? Good luck changing on the fly.

 

I blame women’s soccer.

 

I still hate seeing ads on a front page like that.

I’m less crazy about the play on Soto’s name than the basketball story on top of everything.

And if Soto is in the headline, why isn’t he in the art?

Please, get off my lawn.

 

Is there a fainting room around?

This is what sets people off ...

 

I guess I'm the only one who found the biggest fault to be the lack of a caption on the Nats' photo.

 

Layout is fine. I’d ask the mystics beat writer to bring more of an A game to a WNBA finals story than that though. Damn near reads like wire.

 

Great hed and Great photo.

 

There is a thread on this and there was no thread on the crazy South Carolina football headline in The State last week? (I realize that I could have started one. It's just surprising.)

 

Very well! I'll see myself out.