Archive: April 6, 2008 - April 12, 2008
Jumping on the Caps' Bandwagon
I'm jumping on the Capitals' media bandwagon and going to the game tomorrow. I'll be talking to longtime and brand new Caps fans about -- what else -- jumping on the bandwagon. The surge of new Capitals fans since the team made the playoffs is drawing mixed reactions from the...
By Lindsay Applebaum | April 12, 2008; 9:57 PM ET | Comments (17)
Nag, Nag, Nag
We all know that women aren't permitted to join Augusta National Golf Club. It's been that way forever. Old news. But does that mean activists such as Martha Burk shouldn't continue to fight for inclusion? Commenters agree: Girls have cooties. Well, yeah. According to commenters, this whole women's rights charade...
By Lindsay Applebaum | April 10, 2008; 1:39 PM ET | Comments (6)
In Case You Missed It...
The Sports Bogger asked, "Is D.C. Now a Hockey Town?" NTPNate's response and the exchange that follows are just fantastic, and completely worthy of a copy-and-paste: NTPNate: DC's a winners town, just like always. As long as we have a playoff-caliber hockey team, we'll be a hockey town. Pfft: Which...
By Lindsay Applebaum | April 10, 2008; 10:17 AM ET | Comments (6)
Rant of the Day: Pagination
Even more ridiculous than golf clubs banning women is the fact that washingtonpost.com has the audacity to sell advertising on multiple article pages. The nerve! something1: NOTE TO THE WASHINGTON POST: Please display all your articles on ONE page; we shouldn't have to click two, three, or more times to...
By Lindsay Applebaum | April 9, 2008; 6:35 PM ET | Comments (3)
What's Football Got to Do With It?
Former Wake Forest football player Lucas Caparelli was not smart to post violent statements on his Facebook page. We all agree; he made a huge mistake, and he got suspended for it. What we're not seeing eye-to-eye on is how much Caparelli's status as an athlete comes into play....
By Lindsay Applebaum | April 9, 2008; 2:33 PM ET | Comments (2)
Pat Sajak Sighting
This comment was posted on the Capitals Insider today: jarresc: Totally off topic........... But go to the photo gallery posted at the top of this thread, chek out Pic #15....isn't that Pat Sajak from the "Wheel of Fortune" in the front row? Thoughts? Here's the photo:...
By Lindsay Applebaum | April 8, 2008; 6:48 PM ET | Comments (0)
And the Winner Is...
The contest was to think of a caption for this photo of Redskins Coach Jim Zorn: (By Michael Conroy -- Associated Press) And the winner is......
By Lindsay Applebaum | April 8, 2008; 2:47 PM ET | Comments (0)
This Is All Wrong
Think back to, say, March 2007. The Wizards and Gilbert Arenas were red-hot. The Capitals were... not (Oh, I'm sorry; the correct term is "rebuilding"). The Orioles were a few months away from giving up an obscene number of runs to the Rangers. Reading the comments on the site today,...
By Lindsay Applebaum | April 8, 2008; 1:15 PM ET | Comments (0)
Caption Contest: Jim Zorn
Crowd Noise's latest contest didn't really go so well, but I rarely learn from mistakes, so here we are again. Let's see who can come up with the best caption for this photo of Redskins Coach Jim Zorn: (By Michael Conroy -- Associated Press) My lame caption after the jump...
By Lindsay Applebaum | April 7, 2008; 3:00 PM ET | Comments (59)
What Do You Mean, We Play Again Sunday?
Capitals fans are still adjusting to the idea of seeing the postseason for the first time since 2002 (side note: do you think anyone cleaned out their locker Saturday night out of habit?). The Caps host the Flyers on Friday and Sunday, but that won't stop fans from doing a...
By Lindsay Applebaum | April 7, 2008; 1:44 PM ET | Comments (0)
