Box Seats: February 6, 2011 - February 12, 2011
Race to the bottom
With nearly every game they play, the Wizards solidify their lottery position. For most of the season Flip Saunders has talked about how the Wizards were still in the hunt for the playoffs based on how bad the bottom of...
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Lee Friedman
| February 12, 2011; 10:51 AM ET |
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Ignoring the burning wreckage, part 3: the midfield
It was around this time last year that United decided to fire their entire midfield. Fred: traded. Christian Gomez: released. Danny Szetela: cut. Foribert N'Galula: N'Gone. Ben Olsen: retired. It was weird. The "fire everybody" strategy doesn't really work. It...
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Jeff Maurer
| February 10, 2011; 2:00 PM ET |
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A red road renaissance
The Ovechkin era has enthralled D.C. area fans, filling up Chinatown on game nights and elevating the Verizon Center into one of the toughest, loudest places to play in the NHL. Lest you think the Rockin’ the Red phenomenon is...
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Kareem El-Alaily
| February 10, 2011; 12:30 PM ET |
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Caps community relations roundup
I’ve got to tell you, I was all set to write a post today on how stringing together a win against the division-leading Tampa Bay Lightning, the rival Pittsburgh Penguins, and the talented but less familiar San Jose Sharks was...
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Nicole Weissman
| February 10, 2011; 11:11 AM ET |
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One true building block
Lemme see — I’ve written that the Wizards should trade Andray Blatche and avoid major investment in Nick Young. Let’s turn the focus to a positive — the development of the team’s one true franchise bedrock: John Wall. Despite injury struggles, a balky...
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Kevin Broom
| February 9, 2011; 2:58 PM ET |
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Terps should hire Randy Shannon
As shocked as I was when I read that Terps Defensive Coordinator Don Brown had taken the same job with Connecticut, I was even more shocked when I read the Terps were interviewing Randy Shannon to take over his spot....
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Ryan Cooper
| February 9, 2011; 12:06 PM ET |
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NL East position rankings: third base
Third base is a big name position for the NL East. You’ve got four first-round draft picks, four all-stars, and an MVP. With each player at a different stage in his career, the rankings come together pretty easily. 1. Ryan...
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Ryan Korby
| February 9, 2011; 9:42 AM ET |
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Packers box up Steelers in Super Bowl XLV
Waaaay too much information to cover in one blog so necessity demands of me brevity and tidbits as opposed to paragraphs of analysis and opinion. “Lets get it started in here”: *Bad Ben finished the season with the same quote...
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Evan Bliss
| February 7, 2011; 2:25 PM ET |
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Puppy power
Some notes on the weekend: - Now that the NFL’s annual exercise in pseudo-patriotic treacle that would make even a Tea Partier blush, semi-famous writers throwing temper tantrums about the weather, and product placement is over, I’d like to welcome...
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Ryan Cooper
| February 7, 2011; 11:00 AM ET |
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Those Super Bowl commercials
I am writing this post at halftime of the Super Bowl. Originally, I planned to do a short piece about the three former Redskins, each released in disgrace, now playing quite well up in Pittsburgh. You know, Ryan Clark, starting...
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Stephen L. Carter
| February 7, 2011; 9:02 AM ET |
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