Archive: May 25, 2008 - May 31, 2008
This Could Be Dangerous
I'm surprised there haven't been more comments on this lovely little item about one Daniel Snyder looking to buy local sports-talk station WTEM: "Purchasing WTEM would give Red Zebra a much better signal for Redskins games and Redskins-related programming." Does "Redskins-related programming" make your stomach turn, too? bfjam: The problem...
By Lindsay Applebaum | May 30, 2008; 2:25 PM ET | Comments (8)
Roundup: Best of the Week
Looking back on a week of top-notch, borderline offensive comments in sports: -- On the sad Nats: Bob L. Head: losing sucks. the offense sucks. i'm thinking of going fully longterm with longterm. i'm even going to type in all lower case letters until i feel better. which will probably...
By Lindsay Applebaum | May 30, 2008; 1:37 PM ET | Comments (1)
Comment of the Day
Comment of the day, in response to Alex Ovechkin starting a clothing line (seriously): Troy: I love my Ovie and I do look forward to seeing what he comes out with...however I must admit if you were to scratch out Ovechkins name every time its mentioned in the article and...
By Lindsay Applebaum | May 29, 2008; 6:30 PM ET | Comments (0)
Selling Fouls?
When is a no-call a bad call? When the Lakers' Derek Fisher clearly bumped the Spurs' Brent Barry on Barry's last-second shot last night, official Joey Crawford didn't call a foul. Conspiracy? Not so, writes the Post's Michael Lee: Why wasn't the foul called? Because Barry didn't sell it well...
By Lindsay Applebaum | May 28, 2008; 2:57 PM ET | Comments (3)
What's Wrong With Hockey?
While the majority of us were barbecuing, Hockey Guy Tarik El-Bashir wrote this piece previewing the Stanley Cup finals between the Detroit Red Wings and the Pittsburgh Penguins. The star-studded matchup (remember this guy?) is one the NHL hopes will "revive minuscule television ratings and serve as a potential first...
By Lindsay Applebaum | May 28, 2008; 2:08 PM ET | Comments (4)
Ted's Take on the Fans' Take
It's still weird to me that Capitals owner Ted Leonsis is a blogger. Not because he isn't a righteous dude, but because certain other franchise owners in this city are so. . . not bloggy like that. Could you ever imagine a certain other franchise owner taking the time to...
By Lindsay Applebaum | May 28, 2008; 8:36 AM ET | Comments (6)
Caption Contest
What's going on between the Lakers' Pau Gasol and the Spurs' Manu Ginobili? Caption it up. (Lucy Nicholson -- Reuters)...
By Lindsay Applebaum | May 27, 2008; 3:51 PM ET | Comments (12)
First!
And the award for Best Claim to Being First on the Redskins Insider goes to . . . brownwood26 (7:09 a.m.): First, damn it, first!!!! brownwood26 (7:14 a.m.): this is great, wow, um, I'd like to thank God first and foremost, without Him this doesn't happen...my wife and my daughter,...
By Lindsay Applebaum | May 27, 2008; 3:40 PM ET | Comments (2)
