Candace Buckner

Washington, D.C.

Sports columnist focusing on how sports shape and illuminate our understanding of culture and society.

Education: University of Missouri

Candace Buckner joined The Post in 2016. She has written sports columns and criticism since late 2021. Over her first three years in the role, she has twice earned Top 10 honors in column writing from the Associated Press Sports Editors. Since 2002, Buckner has covered sports at various newspapers, with stops in Macon, Ga.; Kansas City, Mo.; Gary, Ind.; and Vancouver, Wash. and at the Indianapolis Star. Buckner is originally from St. Louis and attended the University of Missouri.
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Latest from Candace Buckner

The Commanders put up a respectable fight. That counts as progress.

It’s clear the Washington Commanders aren’t in the Baltimore Ravens’ class. But they passed a test Sunday by sticking with the Super Bowl contenders.

October 13, 2024

Lamar Jackson created the space for Jayden Daniels to soar

When Jayden Daniels sees Lamar Jackson on Sunday in Baltimore, his message should be “Thanks.”

October 11, 2024

For the WNBA, a wider audience means more money, more problems

The league is discovering the costs and benefits of the Caitlin Clark age, as it becomes a business more than a unifying cause.

October 5, 2024
Fans of Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark cheer at a game against the Washington Mystics in June.

For NBA players who don’t immediately pan out, the ‘B’ word stings

Johnny Davis’s first two years haven’t gone as planned after the Washington Wizards drafted him at No. 10 overall. At age 22, his story isn’t yet finished.

October 1, 2024

As the Wizards rebuild, the thing they need most is lottery luck

The Wizards are doing the hard work. Cooper Flagg would make it easier.

September 27, 2024

Caitlin Clark is going to have to embrace her role as an icon

As her fame explodes, Clark has become an icon in sports and culture while still wanting to be herself — just a baller heading into the WNBA playoffs.

September 21, 2024

The Commanders aren’t yet chasing glory. They’re selling hope.

The Commanders are trying to prove to a battered fan base that hope is not a dirty word.

September 17, 2024

Tyreek Hill isn’t a perfect spokesman. That’s exactly the point.

The NFL star who was detained and handcuffed by Miami-Dade police officers shouldn’t be the man for the moment. Maybe that makes him just right.

September 14, 2024
Miami Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill was detained by Miami-Dade Police Department officers. (Miami-Dade Police Department/Reuters)

Tyreek Hill’s unsettling question should bother us all

The Miami Dolphins wide receiver asked a piercing question after he was detained by police on his way to work: What if he wasn’t Tyreek Hill?

September 9, 2024
Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill holds his hands behind his back after scoring a touchdown against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday. (Al Diaz/Miami Herald/AP)

Trump is praising Brittany Mahomes? Must be football season.

A new NFL season is here, and it’s Harrison Butker vs. the libs, Swifties vs. Brittany Mahomes, the Eagles vs. fake ads and Aaron Rodgers vs. the world.

September 4, 2024
A U.S. flag was displayed in a locker containing Chiefs helmets during a preseason game last month. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)