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Ron Washington Once Paid A $200 MLB Fine In Pennies
We missed this on Sunday, but Hardball Talk didn't—Rangers manager Ron Washington, upset over a fairly small fine, might have found the single best CBA loophole when he mailed a box filled with 20,000 pennies to MLB headquarters. ...

Report: Goodell, Redskins Discussed Team Name In Secret D.C. Meeting
In December 2013, Roger Goodell and Redskins executives quietly met with a U.S. Senator and Native American activists opposed to the team name. It was the first such meetings since the 1970s, and it was not constructive....

Dave McKenna Returns To <em>WaPo</em> Sports After Being Run Out By Kornheiser
This Sunday's Washington Post Magazine cover story was written by Dave McKenna, and it is about sports. The fact that McKenna wrote a story about sports isn't momentous, he does that all the time, but as Poynter's Andrew Beaujon reminds us, this is the first time he's been allowed to write about spo...

Flyers Fight Dirty In Another Line Brawl With The Capitals
Bad blood from one of the ugliest brawls of the season finally spilled over in Philly last night, as the Flyers and Caps engaged in a melee that featured a player shoving another while he was done, three guys jumping one, and Wayne Simmonds holding John Erskine from behind while Vinny Lecavlier pun...

Bryce Harper Is Jacked
Via WJFK in Washington comes this photo of Bryce Harper, carrying Girl Scout cookies in his newly enormous arms. He said all winter he was lifting, and he wasn't joking....

Tim Thomas Makes Outstanding Save After Falling On His Ass
OK, Panthers goalie Tim Thomas deserves some crap for falling over in the first place in front of Mike Green's breakaway, but man, he recovered for an excellent save. Green's also an enabler for not aiming anywhere at the roughly 80% of open net....
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It's Been A Horrible Two Days For Fred Davis [Mug Shot Update]
Above is a photo, sent to us by a reader, of Redskins TE Fred Davis being arrested yesterday afternoon in Tyson's Corner, Va. Fairfax County police confirmed Davis was charged with driving under the influence—in his year-old Rolls-Royce Phantom—but no further updates were available on his status thi...

Have You Ever Wanted To Hear Walter Johnson's Voice?
If so, you're a special brand of baseball geek. (And that is a compliment.) You're also in luck....

Redskins Lied About Not Paying Horrible People To Defend Team Name
This became news a few days ago—the Friday evening before the Super Bowl, to be exact. Because of that timing, we can only assume the Redskins didn't want anyone to notice. Don't let them get away with it....


National Congress Of American Indians Releases Anti-Redskins Ad
Just in time for the Super Bowl, the National Congress of American Indians has released a simple, yet powerful, commercial directed right at Dan "you can use caps" Snyder. For nearly two minutes we see video and images of American Indians living their everyday lives while the narrator lists the var...

Alex Ovechkin Scores Juggling Goal From Impressive Angle
Alex Ovechkin returned yesterday after missing two games due to injury and scored his 36th goal of the season with excellent precision. Ovechkin was perpendicular to the goal opening, yet reeled in the puck before flicking it in off of Canadiens goalie Carey Price's back for a 1-0 lead....

Erik Karlsson And Mike Green Hug Amid The On-Ice Chaos
This was from Tuesday, but it's still as cute as it was two days ago. While Mikhail Grabovski and Zack Smith tried to rip each other's faces off during the Senators-Capitals game, Ottawa's Erik Karlsson and Washington's Mike Green shared a lovely moment. (Wait for the last replay.)...

The Dumb Redskins Made A Dumb Trailer For The Upcoming Season
If the fact that this video is rated "BG" (burgundy and gold) for "Team, Effort, Tradition" doesn't make you gag and immediately turn your computer off, then get ready to enjoy some some terrible marketing content courtesy of the Washington Redskins....

All Javaris Crittenton News Continues To Be Bad News
One-time Washington Wizards lockerroom gun-brandisher Javaris Crittenton, who hasn't played in the NBA since his 2010 arrest on murder charges, was arraigned Wednesday in Atlanta on drug charges....

Robert Griffin III Has Had It With Fans Complaining About Dumb Things
The Skins QB has stayed largely silent since the end of the season—he's been around long enough to know that after a 3-13 season, you can't win no matter what you say. But on Friday he made a lengthy post on Facebook. On the face of it, it's a response to one stupid person complaining about the arm ...

Roof Leak Delays Rockets-Wizards Game In D.C.
The Verizon Center sprung a leak this evening because Washington, like much of the east coast, has been under a blanket of rain and this is the result: a basketball rain delay. ...
