Brian Orakpo on pronunciation of his last name
After a win, you have the luxury to ask players fun questions and elicit fun answers and generally discuss things other than dire situations and must-wins and dark clouds of dismay. “He probably...
View ArticleWhy the Wizards were blacked out
The Wizards tweeted Tuesday evening that you could watch their preseason debut on NBA TV. A great many fans evidently planned on doing just that. PROGRAMMING ALERT: Tonight’s #WizNets game can be seen...
View ArticleThe Wizards, Monumental Network and online streaming
I wrote earlier this week how a combination of NBA rules and Comcast SportsNet programming decisions meant that the Wizards’ preseason opener against the Nets Bulls was not available on local...
View ArticleBrian Mitchell to Keith Burns: ‘You are a problem’
It was fairly obvious to any conscious viewers that the Redskins’ special teams did not receive an A+ grade on Sunday night, what with the five penalties — including one on the unit’s coach — the two...
View ArticleBowen: Redskins should have won
Everything about Sunday’s Redskins game was sort of weird. It was weird that the first half was so low scoring. It was weird that the Redskins led by 14 in the third quarter. And it was weird that they...
View ArticleThe time Phil Chenier cursed at Steve Buckhantz
I’m working on a story about Phil Chenier for The Washington Post. I have many good reasons for doing this story now. 1) Chenier is beginning his 30th season as a color analyst for the franchise,...
View ArticleBrandon Meriweather’s tackle at the knees
Brandon Meriweather remained in the news on Sunday, both before and during the Redskins’ win. First, the before: Michael Irvin had some harsh words for Meriweather on NFL Network’s pregame show, in...
View ArticleLeonsis on Monumental Network’s future
Ted Leonsis hasn’t said anything terribly different about the future of his teams’ media rights since he first launched Monumental Network. Still, I pore over every public word he utters on the topic,...
View ArticleShanahan: Last play involved miscommunication
At his postgame press conference on Sunday, Redskins Coach Mike Shanahan said repeatedly that he hadn’t been able to talk to Robert Griffin III about his game-ending interception. The quarterback, for...
View ArticleBrian Mitchell points the finger at the coaches
Normally I wouldn’t post a talking head’s Sunday night postgame thoughts late on a Tuesday afternoon, but I’ve been felled by some sort of food poisoning that has prevented me from moving or...
View ArticleMichael Jenkins does RGIII impression
No, this clip doesn’t mean the D.C. media is turning on RGIII. It just means you have to think of something to do when the Redskins are 3-9. There will still be plenty of time for “holy cow, the...
View ArticleGreg Anthony ‘shocked’ if Wizards miss playoffs
This was a playoffs-or-bust season for the Wizards, and despite all the local preseason optimism, that seemed to be about a 50-50 proposition, based on Vegas’s over-under win totals and expert...
View ArticleFedEx Field grass: still bad
After all those photos of nasty FedEx Field grass last winter, the team announced a plan to prevent a similar disaster this season with a mid-fall re-sodding. The grass looked lush and beautiful at...
View ArticleTed Leonsis on eventually circumventing Comcast SportsNet
Ted Leonsis has talked quite a bit about why his organization created the all-digital Monumental Network, and what that will mean for the Wizards’ and Capitals’ TV rights in the future. But that...
View ArticleElvin Hayes on the current Wizards
First things first: Elvin Hayes gets to say whatever the heck he wants to say about the Wizards, the Bullets or any other D.C. professional basketball franchise, whenever the heck he wants to say it....
View ArticleTiquan Underwood, Steve Buckhantz and the NFLPA’s externship program
About 90 minutes before the Wizards played the Magic last week, Steve Buckhantz tossed a thick stack of his game notes in front of Tiquan Underwood and Frankie Hammond. The two NFL wide receivers...
View ArticleRGIII says he’ll likely ditch the knee brace in 2014
As it became clear in 2013 that Robert Griffin III would not replicate his fabulous rookie season, many fans fixated on his knee brace, wondering whether the apparatus was holding him back. And it...
View ArticleComcast SportsNet launches marketing campaign over possible Dish Network...
Midway through Thursday night’s Caps-Avalanche broadcast on Comcast SportsNet, play-by-play man Joe Beninati began a rather unusual read. He informed viewers of a potential upcoming service issue for...
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