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RGIII Cleaned Out His Locker And Left Behind An Overwrought Goodbye Note

Washington’s season-ending loss on Sunday also brought an official end to the Robert Griffin III era. Griffin, who didn’t play a down all season and will surely be cut this offseason, left the team as only he could: with a corny note....

Alex Ovechkin Goes End-To-End To Score Spectacular Overtime Game-Winner

Alex Ovechkin lost his damn mind and went the entire length of the rink real fast to put one past Henrik Lundqvist and give the Capitals the 4-3 win in overtime....

Fred Smoot: The Sex Boat Wasn't Even That Cool

Former NFL cornerback Fred Smoot did a Reddit AMA today, and finally declared that he is tired of one of the funniest stories in sports history, the Minnesota Vikings Sex Boat scandal. Before getting to the questions, Smoot had a request:...

Dashaun Phillips Stretchered Off After Scary Head Injury

Washington cornerback Dashaun Phillips left the team’s game in Dallas against the Cowboys after going helmet to helmet with Darren McFadden on this hit. It was eerily similar to a play earlier in the game where Kyshoen Jarrett got shaken up. ...

Dexter Manley Says Black Quarterbacks Are More Mobile Because "They're Probably Used To Running From The Law"

Former Washington star defensive end Dexter Manley already got banned from one D.C. radio station for offensive comments, and he raised eyebrows again today on CBS station WUSA when he had some interesting thoughts on black quarterbacks. Specifically: that black quarterbacks like to run because they...

John Wall Is Pretty Grumpy About Kyrie Irving Leading Him In All-Star Votes

All-star fan voting almost never results in an accurate representation of the most worthy players. Kobe Bryant is leading all NBA players in voting this season despite shooting 34% and NHLer John Scott had the most votes of all hockey players before he was released by the Coyotes. Kyrie Irving is sl...

Kirk Cousins's Enormous Boner Wastes Scoring Opportunity

Kirk Cousins responded to a week of positive coverage, for once, by committing a huge blunder. His boner cost Washington a chance to get points; by inexplicably taking a knee with six seconds remaining, time ran out on the half—denying the Skins a shot at a quick touchdown and even the subsequent fi...

Great Moments In NBA Color Commentary

Color commentator Glenn Consor came up from the rear of Comcast SportsNet’s class today to fill Phil Chenier’s seat, and might have made an ass out of himself during tonight’s Wizards broadcast. Washington came back from behind to beat the Grizzlies tonight; we’re happy to make Consor the butt of yo...

LeSean McCoy Still Has Animosity For Washington, Dishes Out Some Pregame Burns

LeSean McCoy and the Bills are in Washington, where McCoy played a bunch when he was an Eagle. Even though McCoy is no longer in their division, he apparently still won’t pass up a chance to diss Skins fans....

Bankruptcy Filings: Clinton Portis Owes Nearly $5 Million

Former NFL running back Clinton Portis has owed a lot of people a lot of money for some time now, and according to bankruptcy filings, the exact amount that he owes to various creditors is $4,857,659.50....

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How Stupid Do The 'Skins Think We Are?

On Sunday, some social media manager got his or her Twitter accounts mixed up and made it abundantly clear that the @redskinsfacts account, allegedly run by a “growing online community of passionate Washington Redskins fans and others who support the team’s use of its name and logo,” is in fact bein...

Blunder Reveals Washington NFL Team Runs Supposed Fan Account Supporting "Redskins" Name

While Washington was in a close game with Chicago, some suspicious tweeting went down. These two tweets, sent from two purportedly different organizations that have no affiliation with each other, look pretty similar. Given the exact similarities between the two tweets, this is almost certainly a co...

Where Is The Puck? There Is The Puck

The Washington Capitals got outshot down in Tampa Bay yesterday almost 2:1, but they escaped with a 2-1 victory, which Evgeny Kuznetsov sealed with this bit of trickery....

Ohio State's Adolphus Washington Suspended After Getting Arrested In Prostitution Sting

Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer just announced that defensive tackle Adolphus Washington will be suspended for the Fiesta Bowl, due to a violation of team policy. The suspension comes just two days after Washington was arrested for trying to solicit an undercover cop....

Dusty Baker Had A Hell Of A Press Conference

New Nationals manager Dusty Baker took his turn with the media scrum at the Winter Meetings today, and a Dusty chat session always has the potential to be a weird one. (Remember, this is the guy who once bemoaned getting runners on because they’re “clogging up the bases.”) But this one was a doozy....

Two Arrested After Fight Involving Knife At FedEx Field [Update]

A Cowboys fan took video of fans fighting on the concourse of the Skins’ stadium in Landover after Dallas beat Washington Monday night. Though the clip’s narrator claimed a man was stabbed, EMS says they did not respond to a stabbing....

That Terrible Football Game Was Really Fun

I’ve long had this theory that the best NFL games, or at least the most entertaining ones, take place between two bad teams. Mistakes are good for unpredictability, and poor decision-making provides the opportunity for hilarity. It’s part of the reason why college games have such wild finishes. The ...

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Report: Jonathan Papelbon Files Grievance Against Nationals Over Suspension

If there’s one thing you can say for Jonathan Papelbon, it’s that he just does not give a shit about potentially making things awkward at his workplace....