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Obama casts his A-11 vote for GW
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(By Mitchell Layton - GW Athletics) Look, I know the president likes basketball, and I understand he has a thing for the Bulls--whom he watched lose to the Wizards last year--and the Oregon State Beavers--who are coached by his brother-in-law, and whom Obama watched beat GW on Saturday...
Ben Olsen with his fans
9 days ago by
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Ben Olsen was going to be honored after the third quarter of Tuesday night's Wizards game; a nice gesture for a local icon on the day he retired. Then, of course, Abe Pollin died, and neither Olsen nor the Wizards thought this was the right night for a tribute to somebody else...
Snyder recalls growing up a Bullets fan
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Daniel M. Snyder stood in a FedEx Field concourse Tuesday afternoon, wearing casual slacks, a Redskins parka and football gloves, and helping distribute around 3,500 turkeys to Prince George's County residents. It's the sort of event that can help humanize an owner, and I suppose...
Wall Street Journal covers the Burgundy Revolution
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The big national media folks are covering my favorite little indie band, and so I'm going to react with the usual mix of prideful satisfaction over the validation and immature resentment over them not totally getting it. The Wall Street Journal sank its teeth into the Burgundy...
Theismann calls Skins' system "horrific"
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I'm having a hard time figuring out whether Joe Theismann thinks the Redskins' play-calling system is good, bad or medium. I guess the system has its positives and its negatives, its supporters and its detractors, its highlights and its lowlights. And sometimes you just never...
Fletcher: Dallas "didn't deserve to win"
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(By Jonathan Newton - TWP) After Sunday's 7-6 thriller, the Cowboys are now 5-1 all-time against the Redskins in one-point games. (The teams have also tied twice.) The "1," though, is fairly well-remembered, and makes lots of Washingtonians' lists of the greatest...
Zorn: "It is bleak"
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That was kind of unfortunate. Leading and shutting out Dallas in the Cowboys' ridiculous home stadium for most of the game, then losing by one at very end after two missed field goals feels more nauseating than losing to Detroit, I think. "There's no loss tougher than...
Redskins still hate Dallas
12 days ago by
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This was predictable, but when I posted the other day how Dexter Manley and Darryl Grant still hate Dallas, out came the comments about how those were the good old days when real men knew how to hate The Star, when winning was more important than making a few bucks, when various organs...
Earl Boykins bench presses more than you
15 days ago by
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Earl Boykins man is listed at 5-foot-5, 139. His max bench press is 315 pounds. This makes him the Wizards' strongest pound-for-pound player. And a lot of people, I told him, are surprised by that number. "I think they should be," he said. "I think they should be...
Matt Bradley on blood, fights and stitches
15 days ago by
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(By Frank Franklin II) Since this has obviously been declared Matt Bradley Week, I'm gonna take another crack at this thing. Bradley was on Mike Wise's 106.7 radio show earlier this week, and since Wise is never shy about asking exactly what he wants to ask, the interview turned...
Teammates respond to Gilbert's Twitter quest
15 days ago by
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Gilbert Arenas's quest for one million Twitter followers has now been going on for about two days. He's got about 2,300 followers. If he can maintain this pace, he'll reach a million followers in about two-and-a-half years, by which point no one will be using Twitter any...
Caron Butler in the urban jungle
15 days ago by
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"Hey Dan," read the e-mail from Reader Matt. "Do you know where to find a video of the Caron Butler commercial that they run on Comcast during games this year?" This is now a full-service Wizards blog, so here you go, Matt. Special bonus: the Antawn Jamison video...
LeBron's night, in pictures
16 days ago by
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Some people might ask whether this LeBron hatred stuff ever gets old, this reveling in the Wizards scoring one home win over another against a top-flight Cavs team no matter what their own record is. No, is your answer. I mean, do fall Sundays ever get old? Do Dogfish Head limited...
Welcome to America's first green pro sports team
16 days ago by
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"I'm just so appreciative to come back," former Terps star Byron Mouton said during Wednesday's introductory Maryland GreenHawks press conference. "I love playing basketball, and going out and talking to kids about global warming." Look, this is going to...
Gilbert chases wackiness and Twitter
16 days ago by
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Agent Zero Pilot from Gilbert Arenas vs Agent Zero on Vimeo. So the new thing now is that "Gilbert Arenas" is somehow failing, and that "Agent Zero," represented as a Lil Penny-esque bobblehead in the above video from Gil's Web site, needs to return to save...
Matt Bradley's bloody night, in pictures
17 days ago by
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You won't see a better night by a so-called role player in D.C. sports this year. It's just impossible. Let's recap. First, with his team down, 1-0, Bradley starts punching Rangers tough guy Aaron Voros in the head. And vice versa, obviously.
Portis says RB situation isn't awkward at all
17 days ago by
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As Ladell Betts & Clinton Portis week continues, the injured No. 26 himself spoke up, discussing the future of the Skins' starting running back slot Tuesday afternoon. During his weekly appearance on ESPN 980's "John Thompson Show," Portis praised Betts and said...
Zorn: "For me, practice helps a guy"
17 days ago by
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The Portis Practice debate briefly traveled from the Internet to the radio Tuesday afternoon, when Kevin Sheehan asked Jim Zorn about the whole Portis diva thing on ESPN 980's "Jim Zorn Show." The great part about an NFL season is the unstoppable creation of 17 different...
Bruce Boudreau on the verge of 100 wins
17 days ago by
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Chatting at 11:30. Submit questions here. Part of my job seems to be listening to various radio appearances by various members of the D.C. sports establishment. Some of them are fine. Some of them are great. And some of them are terrible. The Redskins' Executive Vice President...
Theismann wants Betts in, Randle El out
18 days ago by
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(By John McDonnell - TWP) Joe Theismann has a reputation as an incurable optimist, and, sure enough, he was finding great hope in the offensive line Monday morning. Still, he's shown increasing willingness to challenge the Redskins' status quo this season, and he took on two...
Josh McDaniels on beating "the Chargers"
18 days ago by
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Here's how Josh McDaniels opened his post-game press conference Sunday afternoon, according to NFL.com video: "First I want to give credit to the Chargers and Coach Zorn. You know, they obviously played 60 minutes better than we did, were well-prepared, and did a lot of good...
Earl Boykins with Gheorghe Muresan
18 days ago by
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When the Wizards walked to the locker room at halftime aginst the Pistons, I suddenly thought I was going to get a chance to snap an iconic television photography image of Earl Boykins with Gheorghe Muresan. As you well know, there's already an iconic image of previous short-and...
Welcome to D.C., Levi Jones
18 days ago by
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] So how about Levi Jones, huh? He comes in at the second-most important offensive position, and suddenly the Redskins have their highest-scoring output of the season, and their biggest margin-of-victory in the Zorn Era. "A great pick-up for us," London Fletcher said of Jones...
'Worst Owner Ever' Banner
18 days ago by
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Now this is a big banner, huh? Anyone know who was responsible for it? Or what the reaction of security might have been? Let me also say that my first reaction when I heard that the Redskins had overturned their sign policy was something like this: "Whew, I thought they'd...
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