I’m Christian Caple, and On Montlake is my site and newsletter dedicated to sourced, insightful reporting on the University of Washington football program. Before launching in March 2023, I covered UW football for more than four years at The Athletic, and for four years before that at The (Tacoma) News Tribune.
I grew up in Longview, Wash., attended UW, worked for the student newspaper, graduated in 2010 and have been covering college football ever since. Just at Washington, I’ve covered six head coaches, two CFP appearances and a national championship game, an 0-12 season, a Rose Bowl, two firings and four games played in an empty stadium.
Since 2010, I've also worked at the Moscow-Pullman Daily News, Seattlepi.com and the Spokesman-Review newspaper in Spokane, Wash. My work has earned top-10 recognition from The Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) 11 times — in beat writing, column writing, long and short features, game story, digital sections and excellence in video — including a first-place finish in the 2024 contest for column writing.
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