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The Redskins Lose Two Players To Pre-Game Collision [UPDATE: Now With Video Of The Collision]

Welcome to Redskinspin! Seriously, though, this is worth it. The Skins will be without safety Brandon Meriweather and receiver Aldrick Robinson against Tampa Bay this afternoon after the two collided with each other during pre-game warmups....

Redskins Offer Fancy Wine To Fans To Drown Sorrows

The Washington Redskins are celebrating their 80th anniversary of existence as a franchise. For 79 of those years, they have been called the Redskins. So, let's sell some booze! But not just any booze. A "limited edition" and "rare[ly] combin[ed]" red wine, a cab sav if you're wondering, is the way ...

<em>The Kansas City Star</em> Tries Not To Print The Word "Redskins" Because It's A Racial Epithet

An interesting note from the public editor of The Kansas City Star on the paper's policy of avoidance when it comes to the mascot of the NFL team from Washington:...

Michael Morse Ran The Bases Backwards, Swung With No Bat, And Re-Ran The Bases Forwards Tonight

I'll get you up to speed, so you can just skip all the official review in between: First inning, bases loaded in Busch Stadium for Michael Morse. He hits a long fly ball which bounces off the top of the outfield wall, hits the Energizer ad behind the wall, and comes back into the outfield. The ball ...

Washington Huskies Defensive Coordinator Justin Wilcox Finds Good Defense To Be A Turn-On

Washington upset the eighth-ranked Stanford Cardinal 17-13 last night in Seattle, leading to a field-rushing and a top moment in the still-evolving career of Steve Sarkisian. The defensive battle (neither team found the end zone until the second half) was, apparently, a point of pride for Huskies ...

Daily deal site LivingSocial will foot the bill for late-night Metro runs after Nats playoff games....

Kyle Shanahan Chased The Refs Into The Tunnel, Yelling "You Have No Fucking Balls"

Last week, the NFL issued warnings to coaches about abusing or berating the replacement refs. So naturally, multiple games yesterday ended in chaos, with coaches abusing and berating the replacement refs....

"The Redskins Lost Because Their Comeback Ran Out Of Time, In One GIF

The Bengals beat the Redskins with a lot of interesting play calling and strong play from Andy Dalton and A.J. Green. But for a lot of the game, it seemed like the Redskins were just playing badly. At half time, it was 24-10 Washington, and people we're saying stuff like this:...

Bengals Wide Receiver Throws 73-Yard Touchdown To Bengals Wide Receiver On First Possession

Mohamed Sanu is the lesser known Bengals wide receiver in this clip, but he threw a perfect ball to fellow receiver A.J. Green on the Bengals first play on the first drive of the game against the Redskins. In the process, Sanu immediately made good on his boast that he can throw better than Tim Te...

Capri Sun Saves A Redskins Player From Juice Thieves

Redskins receiver Niles Paul has an immense love for Capri Sun drinks, and made a habit of bringing them to practice during training camp. But he had a problem. Paul's teammates would snag pouches of his favorite drink when he wasn't looking. A cold-blooded, thirst-fueled crime....

St. Louis 31, Washington 28: The Game In A GIF

Jeff Fisher gets the first win of the Jeff Fisher era in St. Louis after watching his team come back from a 14-3 defecit after the first quarter. Sam Bradford threw for 310 yards and three touchdowns and captained the St. Louis comeback. At Least Robert Griffin III Is Exciting: Griffin III also ran...

Bryce Harper Is Davey Johnson's Favorite Player Ever

Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Maybe some hyperbole from the Nats manager, but not much....

The Doctor Who Performed Stephen Strasburg's Tommy John Surgery Wasn't Asked About The Nats' Shutdown Plans [UPDATE]

The Nationals shut down Stephen Strasburg for the season on Saturday, and in doing so they, by their own account, deferred to lots of nameless medical experts—"the doctors"—who are definitely not just Scott Boras and his junior partners in lab coats. Nope, no sir....

D.C. Councilmember Says The Nationals Won't Pay For Late-Night Metro Service Because MLB Won't Let Them

As the Washington Nationals march to their first postseason in the post-Expos era, a conflict is brewing over whether fans should have to literally march home after extra-late-for-TV playoff games. Unlike civilized mass transit systems, the D.C. Metro shuts down at midnight and costs $29,500 an hou...

Redskins Quarterback Had A Great Debut

For a bungling NFL franchise looking for a reason to believe, there's nothing quite like a breakout performance by a superstar quarterback. So after years of failure, Washington fans had to be delighted to see the numbers RGIII put up in his first start for the team. When you see a stat line like th...

How The Nationals And Baseball's New Conventional Wisdom Ended Stephen Strasburg's Season Too Soon

On Friday night, Stephen Strasburg made his last appearance of the season. The shutdown has come. The Nationals will not use him down the stretch, and they will not use him in the playoffs. The best pitcher on the league's best team will not sniff a moment of the team's most important games....

An Assistant Coach Bumped Into Mike Shanahan And He Reacted Like A Cat Being Dropped In A Bathtub

Woah there, Mike! A little high-strung? Pressure situation, tough decisions, big games: do not bump into Mike Shanahan; he will claw your eyes out. Anyway, that assistant coach is now fired, so good luck to him in his job search....

Nate Washington Scores Touchdown, Does Willie Beamen Dance From <i>Any Given Sunday</i>

Nothing quite like an homage to a 13-year-old film. But there's Nate Washington of the Tennessee Titans doing the Willie...Willie Beamen dance after cutting New England's lead to 21-10 (after PAT; now 28-10). Lot of embarrassing celebrations out of this one. [CBS]...

Robert Griffin III's First Touchdown Pass Was An 88 Yard Strike

There’s a lot of excitement in Washington, D.C. these days and here is the primary reason. The Saints scored on a quick play of their own and Griffin comes right back and hits Garcon for 88 yards. With three minutes left in the first quarter Griffin has 123 passing yards (12 rushing) and one touchd...

The Honey Badger Is In The Stands At LSU-Washington

That's Tyrann Mathieu sitting in the stands as Washington meets Mathieu's former team, LSU, in Death Valley. He looks relaxed, as does LSU, up very big in the third....