D.C. Sports Bog: November 21, 2010 - November 27, 2010
Albert Haynesworth on perspective and the future
Combine Thanksgiving with a win, and you can get a feel-good story about anything. And thus, Albert Haynesworth's appearance on Tuesday night's episode of TBD's Parker and Parker felt good. Why just look, there's a visual of a smiling Haynesworth hugging a smiling fan while Redskins COO Dave Donovan...
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| November 24, 2010; 12:24 PM ET |
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Maryland field hockey national title: the radio call
The Maryland field hockey team won its seventh national title over the weekend with a 3-2 double-overtime win over North Carolina. To do so, the Terps had to rally from a 2-1 deficit against the second-ranked Tar Heels, who had beaten them in last year's title game and who...
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Dan Steinberg
| November 24, 2010; 10:17 AM ET |
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Macho Harris goes from flag football to Redskins
(By Preston Keres - TWP) New Redskins safety Macho Harris played 15 games with the Eagles last season, but after being cut at the end of training camp, he was out of organized football this fall. That wasn't an easy transition. "Just watching these past 10 weeks, watching these...
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Dan Steinberg
| November 24, 2010; 9:42 AM ET |
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Gilbert Arenas and Nick Young, happy
Try to watch this video of a happy Gilbert Arenas joined by a happy, hatted Nick Young without smiling. 'Tis impossible. "Hey, my man, I want to say thank you," Young says, interrupting the interview abd referring to the pass that led to his game-winning three. "No problem, any...
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Dan Steinberg
| November 23, 2010; 11:44 PM ET |
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LaRon Landry on turkeys, D.C. and his injury
There are a lot of community-service type events involving pro athletes this time of year, and it's impossible to get to all of them. On Tuesday alone, there were at least three Turkey-themed Redskins events, in three different locations. But a few things convinced me to head to LaRon...
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Dan Steinberg
| November 23, 2010; 11:11 PM ET |
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Ryan Zimmerman's wedding dance video
After years of being fairly boring in public, Ryan Zimmerman virtually flaunted his sense of humor last season, with ridiculous radio ads and ridiculous TV ads, not to mention strongly worded declarations about the future of the Nats. None of that, though, comes close to his dance routine at...
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Dan Steinberg
| November 23, 2010; 10:16 PM ET |
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Phillip Daniels says Rooney Rule is "terrible"
Redskins defensive end Phillip Daniels has talked frequently about his desire to get into the worlds of broadcasting and radio after his playing days end. He's getting a taste with a two-hour HD radio show on the Sports Journey Broadcast Network that debuted this week, and he seems to understand...
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Dan Steinberg
| November 23, 2010; 2:34 PM ET |
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Capitals must pick up their socks
(By Bruce Bennett - Getty) I think Bruce Boudreau put it best, when he was asked about the Caps' unsightly Monday night loss: "We all have to pick up our socks and find out what's gone wrong in these last three games," he said. "You go 8-0-1 and then...
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Dan Steinberg
| November 23, 2010; 1:23 PM ET |
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Football Insider Live: Titans recap, Vikings preview and Thanksgiving traditions
Dan Steinberg and Rick Maese joined Cindy Boren and host Jonathan Forsythe on this week's webcast to talk about Sunday's overtime win, how the Redskins might fare against the Vikings, and Thanksgiving football. You can also download the podcast of this show or subscribe to the podcast....
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| November 23, 2010; 12:28 PM ET |
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Which Monday night blowout was worse
After the Capitals got worked over by the Devils on Monday night -- that would be the next-to-last-in-the-NHL Devils -- some fans began asking Chad Dukes to disgorge a rant upon D.C.'s hockey team. "Completely different situation," Dukes responded on Twitter. "Ted is not taking advantage of fan loyalty....
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Dan Steinberg
| November 23, 2010; 12:03 PM ET |
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The John Riggins Signature Series Pick-Up
(By Toni L. Sandys - TWP) There's a long proud history of people posting remarkable old John Riggins ads for Ford trucks. See, most notably, this one of Riggins rapping. Riggins himself recently added another one to the Internet, featuring the 1983 John Riggins Signature Series Pick-Up, done in...
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Dan Steinberg
| November 22, 2010; 6:08 PM ET |
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Atlantic 11 Week 2: Georgetown Remains on top
(By Jim R. Bounds - AP) One thing you always learn by tending to the several dozen Atlantic 11 voters: Democracy is so overrated. Either that, or my form for voting on the best men's basketball teams in the District, Maryland and Virginia is too hard to use. Georgetown...
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Dan Steinberg
| November 22, 2010; 4:33 PM ET |
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Here's Bill Murray cheering for the George Mason basketball team
Things I like: the George Mason Green Machine pep band. Comedian Bill Murray. Things I like but didn't think I'd ever see: Comedian Bill Murray conducting the George Mason Green Machine pep band. See, Murray's son Luke is an assistant basketball coach at Wagner. He's friends with many other...
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Dan Steinberg
| November 22, 2010; 1:56 PM ET |
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Redskins suffered a trainer injury in Tennessee
Before Sunday's game, the Redskins were down several starters because of injury, including LaRon Landry, Carlos Rogers and Artis Hicks. During pre-game warmups, they lost Chad Simpson. And during the game, they lost Casey Rabach, Lorenzo Alexander, Clinton Portis, Anderson Russell, Derrick Dockery, Kedric Golston and -- for a...
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Dan Steinberg
| November 22, 2010; 1:38 PM ET |
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How a Redskins spokesman handles a missed field goal
This is Tony Wyllie, the Redskins' top spokesman, when he thought that Graham Gano's field goal at the end of regulation was going to be true. As did we all, it goes without saying....
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Dan Steinberg
| November 22, 2010; 12:48 PM ET |
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Who had the worst week in D.C. sports?
Vote for the best and worst in D.C. sports over the past week and watch Cindy Boren and Dan Steinberg discuss it on the Sports-o-meter.
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| November 22, 2010; 11:08 AM ET |
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HBO's Caps-Penguins preview: Six highlights
The HBO 24/7 Caps-Penguins preview ran on Saturday night, and I figured I could wait until Monday morning to post my reactions. Instead, every hockey blog in existence went ahead and posted the entire 12-minute clip. You can watch it on Caps Insider, but I'll push on with providing...
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Dan Steinberg
| November 22, 2010; 10:49 AM ET |
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These weird Redskins and the 20-point mark
(By Jonathan Newton - TWP) The Redskins have been playing pro football for 79 years. And I'm going to go ahead and say that the 2010 results are the weirdest in franchise history. As Brian Mitchell pointed out on Comcast SportsNet's post-game coverage Sunday evening, this year's Redskins are...
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Dan Steinberg
| November 22, 2010; 9:01 AM ET |
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Redskins-Titans, Best and Worst
(By Jonathan Newton - TWP) Best and worst from the Redskins' 19-16 overtime win over the Titans. Best Summary: I'll turn to Grant Paulsen from 106.7 The Fan, who wrote this on Twitter: Redskins were without 4 starters when day began. Lost 1 guy pregame and 8 for the...
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Dan Steinberg
| November 21, 2010; 5:06 PM ET |
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