Cash-strapped Washington Post could fold entire sports section after scrapping Olympics coverage: report

The Washington Post could shut down its entire sports section after management informed staffers that it was abruptly scrapping its planned coverage of the 2026 Winter Olympics two weeks before the opening ceremony.

The decision by the Jeff Bezos-owned publication to cancel coverage of the Winter Games coincides with a report from Puck News journalist Dylan Byers, who tweeted on Saturday that "massive layoffs" at the paper were imminent.

According to Byers, there is increased chatter that the Washington Post's "sports desk could be shuttered entirely" and that its "foreign desk will be hit hard too."...