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Boston’s Big Four Puts The Hurt On Wizards

If you have been referring to Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, and Kevin Garnett as Boston’s “Big Three”- you need to think again. Rajon Rondo is out to prove this season that it’s actually Boston’s “Big Four”. The Wizards were the latest victim to the Boston Point Guard that started the season with back-to-back double-double performances and unleashed [...]

Eagles defeat Redskins 34-10

Liberty Bell courtesy of KCZooFan At the end of the first half the Redskins had the chance to get on the board after being handed a gift of a possession after a Brian Orakpo sack led to a fumble recovery by Perry Riley deep in Eagles territory. The Redskins couldn’t help but be the Redskins [...]

Best of: DC Sports 2011

Nats Game Seats Belowcourtesy of Mr. T in DC 2011 was not a banner year for sports in the District of Columbia, I’m afraid to say. While the Nationals worked hard to move up the NL East ladder, they still had a losing record. The Capitals once again flamed out in the second round of [...]

Redskins Preview Week Seventeen: The Eagles

Eagles8 courtesy of Homer McFanboy If you have made it to this point in the Redskins season then it might feel like you deserve a prize. It is unfortunate that there is no prize given out to Redskins fans that make it all the way to the end of the season. Perhaps they have bragging [...]

Should DC Really “Shut Up” About Andray Blatche?

Nick Young and Andray Blatche courtesy of Keith Allison For most of the country the main headline coming out of the Washington Wizards’ first game of the season was the boos directed towards ex-Kardashian Kris Humphries. I feel bad for NBA fans and coaches who probably have no idea why Humphries is the most hated [...]

Vikings defeat Redskins 33-26

Seahawks6 courtesy of Homer McFanboy There are a lot of plays in from the Vikings 33-26 defeat of the Redskins that sum up how the game went. It was a game of mistakes for the Washington Redskins. The Redskins had a Rex Grossman fumble that led to a Vikings field goal, a off-sides call on [...]

Nats Add Key Left Hander to Young Deep Rotation

Gio Gonzalezcourtesy of Kimberly* Late Thursday afternoon the news leaked out that the Nationals had acquired Gio Gonzalez for a package of players that included RHP’s AJ Cole and Brad Peacock, LHP Tom Milone, and catcher Derek Norris. In a conference call tonight Mike Rizzo talked about the deal that had been in the works since before [...]

Redskins Preview Week Sixteen: The Vikings

IMG_7667 courtesy of dbking  Since Matt Barkley announced yesterday that he was heading back to USC and their are reports the Robert Griffin III and possibly Landry Jones could be leaning towards heading back to their respective schools there has been a lot of concern over the future of the Redskins at the quarterback position. One thing [...]

Caps Top Predators, 4-1

Mike Knuble has played 1,000 NHL games. courtesy of bridgetds The Capitals honored 39-year-old Mike Knuble last night for playing in 1,000 NHL games, then went out and earned a hard fought 4-1 victory over the Nashville Predators before a festive crowd at Verizon Center last night. Riding goals from marquee players Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas [...]

Redskins defeat Giants 23-10

Cowboys2 courtesy of Homer McFanboy After Rex Grossman’s four interception game against the Eagles a decision was made. With the great power of hindsight that now looks like a poor decision. When John Beck took over for Rex Grossman people were excited to see what Beck could do, and for at least one game Beck [...]

Don’t Push The Panic Button On The Wizards… Yet.

Welcome back to the NBA. Friday the Wizards opened up their two-game pre-season with a very uninspiring 103-78 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers. It wasn’t even close at any point during the night. The media was quick to paint the Wizards as the same ol’ team: Be the first to like. Like Unlike

The Wizards Post-Lockout FAQ

It is going to be a Happy Holidays for the Washington Wizards. Not only does December 25th mark the return of NBA across the country- the Wizards will open up 2012 with a New Years Day game against the Boston Celtics in the Verizon Center- a game that maybe closer than you think considering the [...]

Redskins Preview Week Sixteen: The Giants

Giants1 courtesy of Homer McFanboy Remember all the way back to week one when the Redskins looked surprisingly good in beating the Giants. Ryan Kerrigan scored a touchdown in his first game as an NFL player, and Rex Grossman looked like a competent quarterback. It might feel like it was a long time ago or happened [...]

Flyers Flatten Caps, 5-1

Flyers goalie Ilya Bryzgalov courtesy of bridgetds The Caps carried their resurgent power play and a two-game winning streak into last night’s game against Conference-leading Philadelphia Flyers. But they came undone through a combination of Philadelphia muscle and poor goaltending. A series of soft shots and deflections got past starting goalie Tomas Vokoun as the [...]

Patriots defeat Redskins 34-27

Santana Moss courtesy of Keith Allison A game as good as Sunday’s match-up between the Patriots and Redskins shouldn’t have ended the way it did. With CBS refusing to show a replay of the Santana Moss penalty it is unclear whether or not there was a penalty, but there was no foul once Santana Moss [...]

Lamont Peterson brings a Title to DC

_MG_0874courtesy of dbking As soon as the decision was announced the crowd erupted with the fury they had held in all night. For most of the evening the cheers of Amir, Amir were louder and more numerous than those of DC, DC. It sounded like the typical Nationals vs. Phillies game that happens in DC, [...]

Redskins Preview Week Fourteen: The Patriots

Tom Brady courtesy of Keith Allison Ever since Drew Bledsoe went down with an injury and Tom Brady emerged on the scene the Patriots have been the class of the NFL. They have down it not just by having one of the best quarterbacks in the league, but also by mixing in talented by high [...]

Jets defeat Redskins 38-19

dolphins3 courtesy of Homer McFanboy This past Sunday’s game against the New York Jets got off to a good start for the Redskins with two young offensive players continuing to show development. Fred Davis caught a long pass to put the Redskins in scoring range and then Roy Helu ran it in. Helu had a [...]

Redskins Preview Week Thirteen: The Jets

‘Mark Sanchez’ courtesy of ‘Jeffrey Beall’ Last Sunday the Redskins won their fourth game of the season. After starting out 3-1 the Redskins then proceeded to lose their next six games to fall to 3-7 before winning last week. While the Redskins were 3-1 there was talk of a playoff run, but for that to happen [...]

Caps Fall to Penguins, 2-1