D.C. Sports Bog: May 31, 2009 - June 6, 2009
Jeff Green Night, Bowden's Faith in the Lerners, Dibble Rants
(Bogus call and MASN Pitch Track image via Bugs and Cranks) An assortment of baseball items * Tomorrow night is Green Night for the Bethesda Big Train of the Cal Ripken Sr. League, sponsored by the Greene Turtle and featuring an appearance by former Hoya Jeff Green. Wear green...
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June 5, 2009; 2:46 PM ET |
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Jon Miller's Most Memorable Baseball Game
Site of Jon Miller's most memorable game. (Reuters) Last night, Jon Miller called Randy Johnson's 300th win. Kind of a memorable game, although he's had plenty of others. Barry Bonds's 756th home run. Cal Ripken's record-breaking night. Tom Glavine's 300th win. Countless playoff games, including the New York-Arizona World...
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June 5, 2009; 9:44 AM ET |
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Nats Kosher Fail
A few observations about this story, concerning the dismissal of one kosher food vendor and the delay in launching another at Nationals Park: * You know it's bad when even Washington Jewish Week is queuing up to take shots at you. * The specifics of the case are extremely murky,...
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June 5, 2009; 6:58 AM ET |
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Manny Burriss: Super Redskins Fan
(2008 photo by Luis M. Alvarez - AP) Being a good D.C. kid, a Wilson grad and a former Logan Circle/Shaw resident, I figured Giants shortstop Manny Burriss would be a D.C. sports fan. I figured correctly. Burriss had several dozen D.C.-based supporters out at Nats Park this week,...
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June 4, 2009; 6:35 PM ET |
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Presidential Dog Eats Broadcaster's Coat
The Giants didn't get to meet any members of the first family during their White House tour yesterday, but they did get to meet Bo, which was clearly the highlight for several players. Dave Flemming, the Giants' broadcaster who grew up in Alexandria, had been to the White House many...
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June 4, 2009; 3:58 PM ET |
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Redskins Embrace Texas
(1999 photo by Lucian Perkins - TWP) Last year, Skins wideout Malcolm Kelly would come into the Washington locker room talking about the wonders of Texas, and he'd find few reinforcements for his cause. And now? "Now it's me, Rock, Dock, big Mike Williams. Lendy [Holmes], who came in...
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June 4, 2009; 12:53 PM ET |
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Chris Meidt Discusses Colt Brennan, Chase Daniel
I had to write a big-boy story for today's newspaper about Chase Daniel and Colt Brennan, their friendship, and the fact that despite their obscene college numbers, both are sort of scrambling for a chance in the NFL. This was the best part: in college, they combined to pass...
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June 4, 2009; 11:56 AM ET |
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Scenes From Four Hours of Rain
(Photos by Toni L. Sandys - TWP) I was looking for parking somewhere around P Street, SW, sometime around 10 p.m., when I saw two fans in ponchos high-tailing it away from Nationals Park. "Did they call it?" I screamed out my window, struggling to be heard over the...
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June 3, 2009; 11:50 PM ET |
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Mike Williams Is Large: The Photo Evidence
(Photos by Matt Terl) Look, I know all the problems with this stunt. You will laugh that I'm a skinny undefined vegetarian disgrace to the profession of sports-writing. You will argue that journalists shouldn't really be posing for photos with athletes. You will wonder why I have such a...
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June 3, 2009; 2:35 PM ET |
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Shivashankar > Dibble
Well, Rob Dibble is now an official member of the Washington Nationals baseball club. (And sure, I'll add every caveat in the book: I always misspell words online, Twitter is not a medium for the spelling-obsessed, if we're spell-checking social networking sites we're all going to lose in the...
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June 3, 2009; 1:55 PM ET |
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D.C. United Inspires Graphic Art
Image courtesy Jim Dougan and Hyeondo Park Careful readers of Sam & Lilah, a serialized online comic from D.C.'s Jim Dougan, will notice plenty of close-but-not-quite-exact D.C. references. Like Bake Love, the hip coffee shop and bakery. Or Lindy Wozniak, the cute, perky blond sports anchor. For D.C. United,...
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June 3, 2009; 12:41 PM ET |
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Kornheiser Crushes Gilbert Arenas
"Gilbert Arenas is the worst person on earth," Tony Kornheiser said on today's episode of the On the DL podcast. "He's a coach killer and a team killer. He's a team killer, Gilbert Arenas. He got Eddie Jordan fired. He didn't play." Well, this is true. He didn't play. He...
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June 3, 2009; 11:30 AM ET |
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Jim Bowden: "I've Had My Shot"
By Jonathan Newton - TWP Jim Bowden is long gone from the Nats, and the pieces he left behind continue to be dismantled, just about on a daily basis. But in some ways, this season will always be tacked onto his front-office resume, which is why it makes sense...
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June 3, 2009; 9:23 AM ET |
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Brendan Haywood Dings James on Sportsmanship
BFF. (2008 photo by Preston Keres) "I'll go to war with this same team in a heartbeat," Antonio Daniels said after his Wiz got swept out of the '07 playoffs by the Cavs. "But A.D. should look at the video replay of the last few seconds before he makes...
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June 3, 2009; 7:38 AM ET |
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Barra Brava vs. Screaming Eagles
(By Toni L. Sandys and Jonathan Newton - TWP) If you've been to a D.C. United game at RFK, you know of the Barra Brava and the Screaming Eagles, the rival supporters groups that exist literally in each others' shadows. Depending on where the sun is, I guess. The...
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June 2, 2009; 3:51 PM ET |
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Jon Jansen Talks Redskins Football
Jon Jansen anxious to help bring physical style of football to Detroit Lions offensive line For all the heartache about what has or hasn't happened with the Washington Redskins over the past decade, they're still not the Lions. Which is why a guy can get cut from the Redskins, get...
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June 2, 2009; 3:14 PM ET |
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Will Chang: "Beating the Drum is Fun"
(By Michele Miller, La Barra Brava) The first D.C. United game I attended after Will Chang became part of the team's ownership group, I randomly ran into the 50-something owner, in Lot 8, eating grilled meat products with fans. "I'm just one of those guys that likes to have...
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June 2, 2009; 2:09 PM ET |
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D.C. is America's Coaching Graveyard
The senior member of D.C.'s coaching fraternity. This is a 2006 photo. (By Michel du Cille - TWP) Chatting at 11 a.m. Submit your questions here. Possible topics: Jason La Canfora's departure as Skins beat writer, Tracee Hamilton's arrival as a columnist, the meaning of six WaPo staffers at...
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June 2, 2009; 10:44 AM ET |
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Mike Williams: Bison Yes, Steak No
Mike Williams, 30 pounds ago. (May photo by Joel Richardson - TWP) "Boy, I was ready so bad to jump on y'all," Mike Williams said to Andre Carter after today's Skins practice. "I had to calm down a little bit. I don't know, I was just ready. Boy, ya'll...
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June 1, 2009; 7:02 PM ET |
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Redskins Lead League in Recent Heisman Finalists
(2007 photo by Kelly Kline - AP) Over the past five seasons, 14 different players have been Heisman Trophy finalists. The Redskins are the only team boasting two of those players. That would be Chase Daniel and Colt Brennan, who were both finalists in '07, and wound up hanging...
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June 1, 2009; 2:38 PM ET |
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Nats TV Audience: Up 56 Percent
But the TV ratings are shooting upward! (By Alex Brandon - AP) The TV ratings news from NatsTown was mixed this morning. On the one hand, both the team's local ratings and its television audience were up at least 50 percent, the second-biggest jump in the Majors, behind only...
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June 1, 2009; 8:53 AM ET |
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Scenes From Santana Moss's 30th Affair
Santana Moss and Andre Johnson. I didn't go to Sunday's pool party and barbecue that capped off Santana Moss's 30th birthday weekend, but I did make a brief appearance at Current on Connecticut Avenue Saturday night. A few observations. * Maybe I'm crazy, but if a star of the...
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June 1, 2009; 8:24 AM ET |
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