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In Which I Defend The Redskins
September 04, 2009 by
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Ok, not defend. But with the onslaught now in full pitchfork mode, I feel like we should at least keep our facts straight. * On Comcast SportsNet, on 106.7 The Fan, and in Friday morning's paper, we've seen variations on this theme over and over again: "If the Redskins...
Chase and Colt on Colt and Chase
September 03, 2009 by
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(By John McDonnell - TWP) Frankly, I was thinking last month that Rayner vs. Suisham was probably twice as juicy as Colt vs. Chase, but the preseason didn't allow my kicker kickoff dreams to come true. The Redskins will almost certainly end the preseason in the bottom three or...
What We Learned From the Final Preseason Game
September 03, 2009 by
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You can learn a lot from watching televised versions of these games, is what I learned. Here are other things, with thanks to CSN. * Antwaan Randle El wears excellent postgame hats. See above * Marko Mitchell is a confident chap. After finishing the preseason with 11 catches for 113...
Caps Win D.C. Attendance Contest
September 03, 2009 by
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The attendance champs. (By Toni L. Sandys - TWP) Owing to FedEx Field's remarkably high capacity, D.C. is likely the only market in the country where the NBA, NHL and NFL franchises could hold a legitimate annual attendance battle. In many years, the totals have been surprisingly...
Sounders Fans Take On D.C.
September 03, 2009 by
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"There'll be a new site next week," a Seattle Sounders fan promised me after Wednesday night's U.S. Open Cup, as his team celebrated their first title. "WeWinTrophiesToo.com, bitches. I'm gonna put a big D.C. United logo with a red slash through it and a...
A Heartwarming Redskins Story
September 03, 2009 by
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The Redskins' ticket stories in our paper have provoked a bunch of different emotions. One is self-loathing. Here's Andrew Beaujon, writing on City Desk: I love this perpetually mediocre, racist-named, fan-suing, for-all-intents-and-purposes-pure-evil team. I have no way to...
Afternoon Bog: Skins Point Out Print Is Dying
September 02, 2009 by
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No morning bog this morning, on account of the first week of preschool. Then I've spent all day reading other people writing about The Post and the Redskins. Some sort of big story broke, apparently. Anyhow, a few late afternoon notes and links, with help from Max Wasserman. *...
Vinny Cerrato Helps 53-Man Roster Guessers
September 02, 2009 by
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If you haven't entered a Redskins 53-man roster pool, do so now. And if you have, read on for some hints from Vinny Cerrato. This will, without question, be like those final week 65-team NCAA field projections, where everybody gets stumped by one out-of-the-Big-10 result. For help...
Why Colt Brennan Wears a Visor
September 02, 2009 by
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Colt Brennan and his visor. (By John McDonnell - TWP) When fans started commenting about Colt Brennan's visor during the Redskins' third exhibition game last week, I began wondering, for the first time, why he wears the thing. Turns out that was kind of a complicated question...
A Message From Stephen Strasburg to D.C.
September 02, 2009 by
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I made a bet with Mike Wise the other day that he would be unable to get Stephen Strasburg to say anything blogworthy during their radio segment together on 106.7 The Fan. Strasburg ended up telling Wise one thing I didn't know--that his nickname used to be "Donkey"-...
Stephon Heyer's WWE Intro
September 01, 2009 by
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Still looking for an image of Heyer's intro. (By John McDonnell - TWP) Since I was still in the FedEx Field parking lot, I completely missed right tackle Stephon Heyer's introduction Friday night. Turns out I missed a show. The first I heard of it came from Rocky McIntosh,...
Clinton Portis on His Turning 28 and John Riggins
September 01, 2009 by
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(By Greg Fiume - Getty) For past birthdays, Clinton Portis has bought himself a Maybach, bought himself a Ferrari, and thrown a $200,000 weekend's worth of parties that included a rooftop Kennedy Center gathering, a dinner at Zola featuring truffled spaetzle and parlor games, and...
Brett Haber Adds "Newspaper Columnist" to Resume
September 01, 2009 by
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If "TV sportscaster begins writing print newspaper column" doesn't qualify as man bites dog news, I'm not sure what does. Since I started at The Post, Wilbon and Kornheiser got a TV show, Ivan Carter left his newspaper job to host a TV show, Rachel Nichols and Howard...
Trevor Matich Reflects on Greg Blache Incident
September 01, 2009 by
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(By John McDonnell - TWP) Chatting at 11:30. Submit questions here. No, this story won't mean much of anything in mid-September, but since people were still talking about it Monday, let's have one more go at it. Both Trevor Matich and Greg Blache referenced their somewhat heated...
On Malcolm Kelly, Grills, Cows and Smiles
August 31, 2009 by
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Kelly and Thomas. (By John McDonnell - TWP) An hour or so after Friday night's game, Devin Thomas was standing in a pile of baby powder and holding forth to the media about, among other topics, his new grill. "Just a grill," Thomas said, when asked to describe his facial...
Help Translate Alex Ovechkin's Tattoo!
August 31, 2009 by
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Alex Ovechkin's answer to Sovetsky Sport/Puck Daddy, when asked about the meaning of the new images that had appeared on his back, was perfectly Ovie. Specifically, he was asked how he would keep the meaning secret when hard-working journalists see his back all too often. "...
How Blogs and Bagels Killed Coach L's Tweets
August 31, 2009 by
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(2008 photo by Joel Richardson - TWP) Having covered Jim Larranaga as a serious journalist for one basketball season, I know this much: the man doesn't speak in 140 characters. Ask him a question about, I don't know, a missed elbow jumper, and then lean back, grab a bottle...
Greg Blache Blows Up Trevor Matich
August 29, 2009 by
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I heard from a reader the other day who was concerned that some of the team's quote machines, like defensive mastermind Greg Blache, have been a little bit off their game this summer. Well, put those concerns in a lockbox somewhere, because Blache was on slinging the verbal darts...
Skins Secondary Not Worried About Pats Points
August 29, 2009 by
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Photo by Brian Murphy. "DeAngelo, has any receiver ever worn you out the way Randy was doing in the first quarter tonight?" came the question from a beat reporter Friday evening. DeAngelo Hall smiled, and turned around to find Carlos Rogers. "Did you hear this question...
Colt Brennan Feels the Love
August 29, 2009 by
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Photo by Brian Murphy. When Colt Brennan's first series Friday night ended with a goal-line interception that the Patriots returned for a touchdown, the jokes started. Press box jokes about Chase Daniel jerseys going on sale. Internet jokes about how Colt would need to be gelded...
Haynesworth Describes His Hit On Brady
August 28, 2009 by
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Redskins defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth chased Tom Brady from Friday's game with a pretty solid hit, landing hard on the golden boy quarterback. Asked about the hit after the game, Haynesworth was his typical self: quiet, reserved, considered and witty. "I mean, it wasn...
Morning Bog: Tony Plush's Broken Hand
August 28, 2009 by
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When Nyjer Morgan was at the ESPN Zone last week, he was asked at least twice about his penchant for the head first slide. Emcee Charlie Slowes asked him if he wouldn't please consider the feet first variety. "Nah, not happening," Tony Plush said. "Headfirst, I just...
Who's D.C.'s Most Popular Athlete?
August 27, 2009 by
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Two of the candidates. (By Evan Vucci - AP) Three years ago, Mike Wise wrote a column, dubbing Clinton Portis D.C.'s most popular athlete, ahead of Gilbert and Ovechkin. Two years ago, I did a similar Top Six list, leading with the same three names as Wise, but in a different order...
Riggo Discusses Twitter and the Skins
August 27, 2009 by
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Two men on Twitter. (2002 photo by John McDonnell - TWP The best part of John Riggins's early experiments with Twitter? That I had to ask him for some mild help understanding his 140-character blasts. Even as every athlete plus their fourth cousin has started twittering, there...
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