At Seattle On Tap, we cover sports at the speed sports actually move. Our readers come to us for fast, accurate, readable coverage of the teams and stories they care about — from the Seahawks, Mariners, and Kraken to the national headlines shaping the leagues. We take that trust seriously, and this page explains exactly how we work.
How We Produce Our Coverage
Seattle On Tap operates a technology-driven newsroom. Our editorial system continuously monitors a curated set of established sports news sources, identifies developing stories, and produces original written coverage using AI language models under a defined editorial framework.
This is not a hidden process, and it is not an unsupervised one. Every article moves through a multi-stage validation pipeline before it reaches a reader:
- Source validation — stories are drawn only from a vetted list of established sports outlets and team publications.
- Date and recency checks — automated gates reject stale, out-of-season, or mistimed content.
- Factual plausibility checks — scores, statistics, standings, and claims are checked against sports data feeds for internal consistency before publication.
- Quality thresholds — articles that fail our readability, structure, or completeness standards are rejected, not published.
- Duplicate detection — a rolling window prevents the same story from being republished.
Articles that fail any stage are discarded. Our editorial team monitors system output on an ongoing basis through regular spot review, and adjusts the standards, sources, and validation rules that govern every article we publish.
Our Use of AI — Full Disclosure
We believe readers deserve to know how the journalism they read is made.
Seattle On Tap uses AI language models to write our articles. This is disclosed on every article we publish, and we state it plainly here.
What that means in practice:
- AI writes the copy. Our system uses AI to produce original written coverage of sports stories reported by established outlets. Articles are written in our voice, to our standards.
- AI does not invent facts. Our models are given source material to work from. We do not use AI to generate statistics, quotes, or events from nothing, and our validation gates are designed to catch fabricated or implausible claims before publication.
- Humans set the standards and oversee the system. Our editorial team defines the sources, the voice, the validation rules, and the quality bar. We review output regularly and intervene when the system falls short.
- Humans do not individually review every article prior to publication. We publish at a volume where that is not the case, and we would rather tell you that directly than imply otherwise.
We think automated coverage, done with rigor and disclosed honestly, is a legitimate way to serve sports fans who want fast coverage of a lot of teams. We do not think it is a substitute for original reporting, and we do not present it as one.
Attribution and Sourcing
Our coverage is based on reporting by established sports news organizations. We do not conduct original reporting, we do not conduct interviews, and we do not claim to.
We do not reproduce articles verbatim. Our system produces original writing about reported events. If you believe we have used your work improperly, contact us at hello@thesportsontap.com and we will respond promptly.
Corrections
We publish at volume, and we will get things wrong. When we do, we want to fix it.
If you spot an error — a wrong score, a bad stat, a misattributed quote, an out-of-date claim — email us at hello@thesportsontap.com. We review every correction request we receive. Articles found to contain errors are corrected or removed, and when a story is materially corrected, we note what changed.
Corrections also feed back into our system. A recurring error is not just an article problem — it is a validation problem, and we fix it at the source.
Editorial Independence
- Sponsored content is always labeled. If we are paid to publish something, you will know.
- Affiliate relationships are disclosed. Where we earn commission on links, we say so.
- Our coverage is not for sale. No advertiser, partner, or sponsor influences what we cover or how we cover it.
Our Standards
- We write clearly, for a general sports audience, without jargon or padding.
- We do not use misleading headlines or clickbait framing to earn a click.
- We do not fabricate quotes, sources, or statistics.
- We do not publish rumor as fact. Unconfirmed reporting is labeled as unconfirmed.
- We correct our mistakes publicly rather than quietly.
Questions
Questions about how we work, corrections, attribution concerns, or partnership inquiries: hello@thesportsontap.com
Seattle On Tap is part of the Sports On Tap network.
Updated: July 2026