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Washington Commanders Star WR Praising Work Ethic and Charisma of QB Jayden Daniels
ASHBURN, Va. — The Washington Commanders have a lot of excitement brewing around them and the presence of rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels is a big part of it.
His electric play style is what immediately drew Commanders fans and media to Daniels during the pre-draft process, but it’s his personality and work ethic several team members have said led to the selection at No. 2.
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Since then, Daniels has been working to impress his coaches, teammates, and to earn the spot most in Washington assume he’ll get as the franchise’s next starting quarterback.
For wide receiver Terry McLaurin, Daniels will be yet another new starting quarterback in what has been a revolving door of new names and faces throughout his relatively short career. The franchise is hoping this one sticks around for a while, and McLaurin is liking what he’s seeing from Daniels so far.
“He’s very charismatic. I think he’s really personal when he walks into the building, he just has a calm demeanor about him. He’s very approachable,” McLaurin said of his quarterback. “So guys have no problem whether you’re an offensive lineman, receiver, running back, talking to him, communicating what the objective is of this play or what he’s seeing or what he’s thinking. And he came in really prepared. I feel like when he was getting one’s reps or where he’s working with the twos, he does a great job of getting the most out of the reps that he needs to accomplish. I think he’s going to be a really good player because of the time and the work that he puts in. I don’t think I’ve had a young quarterback that really has come in and within the first week he’s like, ‘Hey, can we get this route,’ or ‘Let me get this rep after practice.’”
“He came in really prepared. I feel like when he was getting one’s reps or where he’s working with the twos, he does a great job of getting the most out of the reps that he needs to accomplish.”
– Terry McLaurin on Jayden Daniels
The more we hear about Daniels being in command, comfortable, taking charge, or whatever positive description is being used of how he’s performing through rookie minicamp, OTAs, and now into his first mandatory minicamp, the more buzz builds around him.
That buzz was never louder than when Daniels was seen leading the first-team offense in 11-on-11 drills for the first time in front of attending media. That excitement was something you could feel on the practice field Tuesday. And it’s something McLaurin is feeling as well.
“It’s exciting for me because that opens the door where they got a lot on their plate, but at the same time when you know there’s that open door of communication and he’s not afraid to get that work in before or after practice or talk through things, it makes the growth part a lot quicker,” McLaurin continued. “He’s very talented, but he’s extremely humble as well. And I’m looking forward to see how he continues to grow.”
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Trinity Rodman signs record deal with Washington Spirit
USWNT forward Trinity Rodman signed a three-year deal with the NWSL’s Washington Spirit. The deal makes Rodman the highest-paid female footballer in the world.
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Washington Spirit goalkeeper Aubrey Kingsbury has announced that she and her husband Matt are expecting a baby in July.
The couple made the announcement in a video on the Spirit’s social media channels, holding a baby goalkeeper jersey on the pitch at Audi Field.
Kingsbury becomes the most recent Spirit star to go on maternity leave, following defender Casey Krueger, midfielder Andi Sullivan and forward Ashley Hatch.
Sullivan gave birth to daughter Millie in July, while Hatch welcomed her son Leo in January.
Krueger announced she was pregnant with her second child in October.
Kingsbury has served as the Spirit’s starting goalkeeper since 2018, and has been named the NWSL Goalkeeper of the Year twice (2019 and 2021).
The 34-year-old has two caps with the U.S. women’s national team, and was named to the 2023 World Cup roster.
The club captain will leave a major void for the Spirit, who have finished as NWSL runner-up in back-to-back seasons.
Sandy MacIver and Kaylie Collins are expected to compete for the starting role while Kingsbury is on maternity leave.
The Spirit kick off their 2026 campaign on March 13 against the Portland Thorns.
YAKIMA, Wash. — Yakima could soon take a major step toward redesigning Sixth Avenue after the Washington State Public Works Board awarded the city a $985,600 loan.
The loan was approved for the design engineering phase of the Sixth Avenue project. The funding can also be used along Sixth Avenue for utility replacement and updated ADA use.
The Yakima City Council must decide whether to accept the award. If the council accepts it, the city’s engineering work will move forward with the design of Sixth Avenue.
The cost of installing trolley lines is excluded from the plan. The historic trolleys would need to raise the funds required to add trolley lines.
The award is scheduled to be discussed during next week’s City Council meeting.
Microsoft will ramp up its investment in the University of Washington.
Brad Smith, the company’s president, made the announcement at a press conference with University of Washington President Robert Jones on Tuesday.
That means hiring more UW graduates as interns at Microsoft, he said.
And he said all students, faculty, and researchers should have access to free, or at least deeply-discounted, AI.
“ Some of it is compute that Microsoft is donating, and some of it is pursuant to an agreement where, believe me, we give the University of Washington probably the best pricing that anybody’s gonna find anywhere,” Smith said. He assured the small group of reporters present that it would be “many millions of dollars of additional computational resources.”
The announcement today didn’t include any specific numbers.
But Smith said Microsoft has already invested $165 million in the UW over several decades.
He pointed to Jones’ vision to spur “radical collaborations with businesses and communities to advance positive change,” and eliminate “any artificial barriers between the university and the communities it serves.”
Microsoft’s goal is for AI to help UW researchers solve some of the world’s biggest problems without introducing new ones.
At Tuesday’s announcement, several research students were present to demonstrate how AI supports their work.
Amelia Keyser-Gibson is an environmental scientist at the UW. She’s using AI to analyze photographs of vines, to find which adapt best to climate change.
It’s a paradox: AI produces carbon emissions. At the same time, it’s also a new tool to help reduce them.
So how do those things square for Keyser-Gibson?
“ That’s a great question, and honestly, I don’t know the answer to that,” she said. “I’m highly aware that there’s a lot of environmental impact of using AI, but what I can say is that this has allowed us to make research innovations that wouldn’t have been possible otherwise.”
“If we had had to manually annotate every single image that would’ve been an undergrad doing that for hours,” Keyser-Gibson continued. “And we didn’t have the budget. We didn’t have the manpower to do that.”
“AI exists. If we don’t use it as researchers, we’re gonna fall behind.”
Microsoft reports on its own carbon emissions. But like most AI companies, it doesn’t reveal everything.
That’s one reason another UW student named Zhihan Zhang is using AI to estimate how much energy AI is using.
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