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Fan Hit In Head By Scorched Home Run Ball
A fan in the first row in left field at Citizens Bank Park took Anthony Rendon's screaming line-drive home run right off his head in the fifth inning of tonight's Phillies-Nationals game. ...
Ian Desmond Shaved His Goatee Between Innings
Sure, that's a totally normal thing for a professional athlete to do in the middle of game....
Redskins Survey Fans On Team Name, Favorite Marketing Buzzwords
The Redskins appear poised to be competitive for the first time in a long while. But aside from the obvious (PUT RG3 EVERYWHERE), rebranding a franchise is a long and complicated process. Frank Luntz focus groups and fake Indian chiefs were just the beginning. Now the team is polling fans, and some ...
Here's A Bored Baseball Fan Playing With A Rubik's Cube
Our tipster tells us that this picture was snapped at a Nationals game, shortly after Ryan Zimmerman clubbed a grand slam. I hope he solved the cube. I've never been able to figure out how to finish one of those damn things....
Ex-Fiancée Had No Idea Jason Collins Was Gay, Remains “Deeply Hurt”
Carolyn Moos is the former Stanford and WNBA player who dated Jason Collins for eight years, only to have him call off their engagement without explanation one month before their 2009 wedding. Back in April, after Collins told the world he was gay, Moos said she had had no idea. She's now written a ...
That Time Babe Ruth Ran Into The Wall And Knocked Himself Out
Here's a wonderful photo, pulled from the archives by historian Michael Beschloss—Babe Ruth knocked completely unconscious by a collision with a concrete wall....
Robert Griffin III And New Wife Release First Rap Video
So here's Robert Griffin III and his wife (and one other lady) rapping about candy. It's on the weird side, I guess, but it also seems like the kind of thing a couple does when they enjoy each other's company. So good for them. ...
Bryce Harper Homers In First At-Bat Off The DL
In his return from a stint—it's always a stint—on the disabled list for injuries including left-knee bursitis and a wall-negotiating impairment, Bryce Harper sent the second pitch he saw over the left-center fence and gave the Nationals a 1-0 lead over the Milwaukee Brewers....
This Is Where The Debate Over "Redskins" Went Completely Off The Rails
We've finally come to the end of the crazy line in the Washington Redskins name debate. It's going to be hard to top Walter E. Williams writing about "busybodies and tyrants" for The Oakland Press in a column so nuts you really want it to be satire. ...
The Time Has Come For Dan Snyder To Change His Name
Times change, people. There once was a day in America when the idea of two gay men openly marrying seemed absurd. There was once a day in America when segregation was the law of the land. But the arc of the moral universe bends toward justice, and today we no longer tolerate evil that in another er...
Just A Fire In A Light Tower During A Game At Nationals Park
No one was injured, and the fire never spread beyond the light tower up in right field, so go ahead and laugh!...
Redskins' Indian-Chief Defender: Not A Chief, Probably Not Indian
Lately, the Washington Redskins are having a harder time defending the team's name than the rest of the NFC East had defending the read-option last season. One of the more entertaining parts of Redskins owner Dan Snyder's effort has been his ongoing Indians-love-"Redskins" campaign, whereby the team...
Adam LaRoche And His Son Would Like To Show You Their Very Large Guns
No big deal, just the Washington Nationals first baseman and his son enjoying a summer day with their guns. Someone should introduce these two to Brek Shea. I bet they could team up for a kick-ass Fourth of July party. ...
Donté Stallworth Loves Gay Marriage, Argues With Twitter
Newly minted Redskins receiver Donté Stallworth has opinions on things! He was not a fan of the flu vaccine. But he is a huge fan of today's Supreme Court rulings that struck down the Defense of Marriage Act and killed Prop 8 in California. He took to Twitter to celebrate, and more than held his own...
Someone Wrote The World's Dumbest Column About John Wall's New Tats
This, from the Washington Post's Jason Reid, is not so much a column as it is an extended pageant answer. It's as if someone had just asked: "Miss DC, do you think the Washington Wizards should give John Wall a max contract in light of his recently revealed predilection for body art?" And Miss DC h...
Your Nats-Fan-Reading-At-The-Game Update
Here we have an un-sideburned Nats fan dutifully continuing the Nats-fans-reading-stuff-at-a-baseball-game trend for which they have become world famous. ...
Read Roger Goodell's Letter To Congress Defending The Redskins Name
Last month, 10 members of Congress publicly called on Roger Goodell to change the name of the Redskins. Now, Goodell responds, in a letter calling the nickname "a unifying force that stands for strength, courage, pride and respect." ...
