Here are the latest reports from The Washington Posts ‘DC Sports Bog’.
Caps become earliest to clinch Presidents’ Trophy since 2002
The Capitals clinched the Presidents’ Trophy — awarded to the team with the most points during the NHL’s regular season — for only the second time in franchise history on Monday with a 4-1 win over Columbus. It’s the earliest a team has clinched home-ice advantage throughout the playoffs in 14 years. Don’t expect much of a […]
Robert Griffin III says his Redskins experience ‘would break a lot of people’
Note: This is an item about two players who used to play for the Washington Redskins, but no longer do. If that offends you, I’d recommend clicking away immediately. If you’re instead looking for feel-good stories about local athletes, here is something I wrote about three Maryland women’s basketball starters who hope to become doctors. […]
The unbearable weirdness of having your team make an NIT run
On Wednesday night, the George Washington men’s basketball team beat Florida, 82-77, to advance to the National Invitation Tournament final four. Most of you weren’t watching, and that’s … okay. It’s the NIT, after all, and after gorging on NCAA tournament choice cuts for six days, you need a cleanse. Why watch the college basketball […]
Move over Donald Trump. Chris Christie endorses Abe in Nats’ Presidents Race
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie had an up-close view of a different kind of presidential race on Sunday. Spoiler alert: Teddy (Roosevelt) won, thanks to some shenanigans from Navy mascot Bill the Goat. The Nationals’ Racing Presidents have been shaking off their offseason rust and getting in shape for opening day with daily workouts throughout D.C., Maryland and […]
Justin Williams rocked the red (and bed head) at Caps team photo day
Monday was team photo day for the Capitals, so players took after owner Ted Leonsis and arrived at Kettler Iceplex with fresh shaves and perfectly coiffed hair. No … no, they didn’t. See that guy in the middle, standing behind Leonsis and Alex Ovechkin? That’s Justin Williams and he’s not wearing a wig. Team Photo Day! #RockTheRed A […]
Gilbert Arenas watches Wizards’ final game against Kobe Bryant
Gilbert Arenas sat courtside with Floyd Mayweather Jr. at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday for the Wizards’ 101-88 win over the Lakers. In Washington’s final game against Kobe Bryant, Arenas watched John Wall set a franchise record for consecutive games (9) with double-digit assists on the same floor where Arenas scored a franchise record 60 […]
NBA report says refs missed 14 calls at end of Wizards’ 2OT loss to Minnesota
The Washington Wizards badly needed Friday night’s game against Minnesota to help their playoff cause, but the 132-129 loss in double overtime was another step in the wrong direction. The Wizards certainly had their share of chances in the game, including a couple of looks to win at the end of the regulation, but a report […]
Maryland had a very nice season. We expected something grander.
If, two years ago, you had promised Maryland fans that 2016 would bring consistent top 25 rankings, 27 wins, victories over U-Conn. and Wisconsin and a trip to the Sweet 16, you might have been showered with turtle-scented perfumes. Like, the chocolate kind of turtles. With the nuts. When the Terps’ season ended Thursday night, the reaction […]
Tony Bennett doesn’t care that he’s the ‘George Clooney of March Madness’
Vogue.com contributing editor and U-Va. alum Michelle Ruiz wrote an ode to Tony Bennett this week in which she described the Cavaliers basketball coach — not the singer by the same name — as “a hero and heartthrob of college hoops.” The headline declared Bennett, 46, “the George Clooney of March Madness.” After being asked for […]
The Caps have turned Evgeny Kuznetsov’s arm into Beetlejuice’s head
Earlier this week, a representative of Miller e-mailed me out of the blue. She said she had seen me mention my fondness for Miller Lite, and she offered to send me a few complimentary cases. Being a studiously scrupulous journalist, I of course said no. Before you yell at me about my fondness for Miller […]
Ex-Redskins teammates wish RGIII well, as Cleveland publicly embraces the QB
Robert Griffin III signed with the Cleveland Browns on Thursday, giving the former Redskins No. 2 pick a fresh start with a franchise that has a terrific track record of grooming quarterbacks. Wait no, that’s not quite right. Griffin will have a fresh start anyhow. “I’m excited about the opportunity to join the Dawg Pound and […]
A tarnished Robert Griffin III joins the woebegone Browns. What could go wrong?
So one of the most polarizing players in professional sports has signed up with one of the most chaotic franchises in the NFL to play one of the most unstable positions, on any team, in any league. Godspeed, RGIII. Might want to rent, not buy. Thursday’s news that Robert Griffin III was headed to Cleveland […]
Former NFL head coach says Robert Griffin III’s issues ‘are from the neck up’
Robert Griffin III has now moved on, landing in Cleveland, the cradle of quarterbacking and revival and pro football success. Meanwhile, nothing else has changed. D.C. sports fans continue to argue with each other about the quarterback’s Redskins tenure, a discussion that seems likely to outlast the lifespan of the NFL. And football men continue […]
A Caps fan’s guide to passing the time before the playoffs start
The Capitals have 10 games remaining in the regular season over the next two-and-a-half weeks, which could feel like an eternity. The games are meaningless from a standings perspective, with Washington having already secured the top seed in the Eastern Conference and the Metropolitan Division title after Tuesday’s win at Ottawa. Only two other teams have clinched playoff spots, while […]
Nats promos will feature Bryce Harper as Sinatra, Luke Skywalker and a Chia Pet
Bryce Harper joked with MLB Network’s Chris Rose and Kevin Millar last season that it takes him 30 minutes to get himself hair-flip ready, which was perhaps a slight exaggeration. The Chia version of Harper’s “lettuce” (or “salad,” if you prefer) should take a bit longer to prep. A group of fans who were selected to attend the Nationals’ private Clubhouse […]
How Jadakiss is related to the Maryland basketball team
LOUISVILLE — When Maryland sophomore guard Jaylen Brantley was younger, he told several people that Jadakiss was his uncle. His word wasn’t enough. “My whole life, nobody ever believed I am related to him,” Brantley said this week. Following Maryland’s win over Hawaii on Sunday night, Brantley received pretty convincing proof that he is, in fact, […]
Three players put the ‘MD’ in Maryland women’s basketball
After the Maryland women’s team beat Washington to advance to the Sweet 16 Monday night, I was going to write about this photo. When you first glance at it, you think that Brionna Jones, on the left, and Malina Howard, on the right, are celebrating happy news. It was taken right after the Terps saw […]
With Jim Nantz on the call, Terps could be due for buzzer-beater against Kansas
Jim Nantz says that he and his CBS broadcast team of Grant Hill, Bill Raftery and Tracy Wolfson are due for a buzzer-beater. “How did everyone get the memo that all of these games were supposed to be nail-biters, except for the ones we were doing?” Nantz joked this week after calling first- and second-round games in […]
Maryland’s Robert Carter follows up cross-country flight with late-night jumpers
Maryland’s men’s basketball team flew across the country on Monday, arriving home from Spokane, Wash., in time for a brief on-campus pep rally. Several members of the team then went to Xfinity Center to watch the Maryland women’s team’s loss to Washington, where the impact of the last few weeks — the trip to Indianapolis […]
Caps shared a GIF of Justin Williams dancing to ‘Cotton Eye Joe’ via group text
The usually slow-starting Capitals built a 3-0 lead after one period in Ottawa on Tuesday and held off the Senators for a 4-2 win that clinched the top spot in the Eastern Conference and the Metropolitan Division title. Washington players were frustrated by their performance in the second and third periods, but those first 20 minutes, […]
‘Haute Dogs’ and ‘Pinch Dumplings’ win Nats’ pitch-your-product contest
In an effort to increase the variety of local food offerings at Nationals Park, the Nationals invited D.C., Maryland and Virginia-based vendors to participate in a “Pitch Your Product” contest in November. On Tuesday, the Nationals announced Maryland-based Pinch Dumplings and Virginia-based Haute Dogs and Fries as the winners. Pinch Dumplings, which will be available behind Section 302, offers hand-made Chinese dumplings, including […]
Maryland is in the Sweet 16. Dez Wells feels like he is, too.
Dez Wells didn’t see the end of Maryland’s win over Hawaii Sunday night. He was on a plane, flying back from Santa Cruz to Oklahoma City, after a glamorous week-long D-League road trip that also included a stop in Boise. But Wells didn’t need to see the ending to share in Maryland’s first trip to the […]
Cowboys signee Alfred Morris expects to get grief from Redskins fans
Redskins fans should know that this is all pretty weird for Alfred Morris, too. After the Redskins’ fan favorite running back signed a two-year deal with the Cowboys on Tuesday, Morris talked to DallasCowboys.com’s Lindsay Draper about what it’s like to go from one side of a storied NFL rivalry to the other. “That’s tough,” Morris said before echoing […]
The bittersweet departure of D.C.’s bike-riding, Mazda-driving running back
Mike Justice is the sort of Redskins fan who flies from his job in Dubai back to the United States, expressly so that he can go sit in the brutal July heat in Richmond and watch football players do drills. Two years ago, I ran into Mike during one of the first days of Washington’s training […]
Bryce Harper on President Obama’s pitching form: ‘Oof’
Bryce Harper was a 17-year-old at the College of Southern Nevada, still two months from being selected No. 1 overall in baseball’s amateur draft, when President Obama threw the ceremonial first pitch at Nationals Park on April 5, 2010. As a result, Harper hadn’t seen POTUS’s pitch until this week, when the Associated Press asked the Nationals […]
Maryland women experience the wrong side of March Madness
The best thing about a single-elimination tournament is also the worst thing about a single-elimination tournament. A team with a fine regular season — hello, Wisconsin — can discover second-half magic against a team that finished a dominant regular season — sorry, Xavier. The No. 2 seed moves on, the No. 7 seed goes home, […]
No, D.C.’s arena league team will not be named the Bullets
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