2008-05-09T14:54:50Z tag:blog.washingtonpost.com,2008:/dcsportsbog//218 Copyright (c) 2008, WashingtonPost.Newsweek Interactive 2008-05-09T14:54:50Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-05-09:/dcsportsbog/2008/05/today_in_great_sportswriting.html

As The Greatest Generation of sportswriters continues to lament the advent of sports bloggers, those unschooled nihilists who care not a whit for the word-smithing craft, I've often wondered exactly which Hemingways and Dostoevskys these sports bloggers are up against. Thus, I introduce a feature that will be repeated as often as I remember to repeat it: Today in Great Sportswriting, featuring the sort of crafty word-smithing that The Greatest Generation believes should satisfy...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Dan Steinberg 2008-05-09T14:18:40Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-05-09:/dcsportsbog/2008/05/chris_cooleys_wedding_registry.html

Peppermint Stripe Platter. I can think of three reasons to link to Chris Cooley's two wedding registries (which I stumbled upon fairly randomly while buying a present for a friend), but none of them are super persuasive. 1) I'm supposed to be off today, and don't feel like spending the time to find a better blog item. 2) It could spur Chris to pen hilarious tales of wedding preparations on his blog, because, let's...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Dan Steinberg 2008-05-08T22:04:41Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-05-08:/dcsportsbog/2008/05/natasha_kai_should_join_the_wi.html

This is going to be my standard when deciding which athletes to follow during the Olympics this summer in Beijing: would they be able to fit in with the Wizards? Like, I went to the U.S. Women's National Team practice on Wednesday, since the team is in D.C. preparing for Saturday's friendly against Canada at RFK. Heather Mitts and Abby Wambach might have substantial followings, but there's no particular reason to think they'd fit...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Dan Steinberg 2008-05-08T19:29:50Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-05-08:/dcsportsbog/2008/05/ryan_zimmermans_got_a_blog.html

(AP Photo) Look, I gladly cash my Comcast SportsNet paychecks whenever they show up at the front door. I watch Sports Rise every morning. I keep meaning to get Buckhantz's "Dagger!" as my cell phone ring tone, and I nearly fell over myself sprinting to greet the great Michael Jenkins at D.C. United training on Tuesday. I've told the people there that if they give me a desk, I'd gladly work there every day....Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Dan Steinberg 2008-05-08T18:15:16Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-05-08:/dcsportsbog/2008/05/bissingers_blog_bashing_under.html

The night Buzz Bissinger's head exploded, I was busy with the TiVo, attempting to capture the best possible ripped-from-the-TV photographs of DeShawn Stevenson wearing a Mike Vick jersey. The resulting post, somewhat depressingly, turned into the one of the most-clicked items I've ever posted on this blog. And so even though several of you asked for my Buzzish thoughts, and even though I composed several hop-scotchingly brilliant ripostes to Bissinger in my head, I...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Dan Steinberg 2008-05-08T15:31:28Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-05-08:/dcsportsbog/2008/05/rabachs_butt_begets_campbells.html

(Don Wright via Redskins.com.) From the very first day Jim Zorn was introduced as Redskins head coach, he has appeared singularly obsessed with Casey Rabach's posterior and, on the other side of the spoon, the squatting technique of Jason Campbell. One man needs to get higher, and one man needs to get lower, and both need to be explosive, is my general impression. At some point, the team's crack press corps will be forced...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Dan Steinberg 2008-05-07T21:22:00Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-05-07:/dcsportsbog/2008/05/gil_wont_return_without_jamiso.html

(By Jesse D. Garrabrant - NBAE via Getty.) This was supposed to be Gilbert Arenas's last blog of all time, and I was anticipating another heart-felt manifesto on the meaning of life and NBA basketball. Instead, we get equivocation; "I'll give you all a hesitant no, this is not my last blog," he said wrote. And praised be for that. There's a lot in there: his thoughts on the Cleveland series, the comeback, DeShawn...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Dan Steinberg 2008-05-07T20:42:28Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-05-07:/dcsportsbog/2008/05/for_sale_mark_brunell.html

Yours for $29.97. For sale on NFL.com, Mark Brunell replica jersey. Was $74.99, now $29.97. Available in white or burgundy; add $4.99 for maroon or black. Doesn't compare to the discount on B-Lloyd or Adam Archuleta jerseys, for some reason. (And actually, those previously discounted B-Lloyds are now going for $69.99, and those previously discounted Archuletas are now going for $74.99, which, bizarrely, is more than it costs to get a LaRon Landry. That's...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Dan Steinberg 2008-05-07T20:04:02Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-05-07:/dcsportsbog/2008/05/new_crybaby_shirts.html

(By Winslow Townson - AP) Remember the Papa John's Crybaby t-shirts on eBay, referenced in this space yesterday afternoon? Well, one loyal reader attempted to buy one, only to be told the item had been removed, which a quick eBay search confirms. "They're trying to make fun of me, Danny," apparently. Luckily, fantshirts has stepped into the void, creating Papa John's look-a-like t-shirts, in Papa John's colors, but without the Papa John's logo. Free...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Dan Steinberg 2008-05-07T18:49:35Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-05-07:/dcsportsbog/2008/05/santana_moss_is_having_a_birth.html

If there's one thing the D.C. area needs right now, it's a high-end, red-carpet-employing, celebrity-courting, Biz-Markie-deejayed prominent athlete birthday party. I mean, this year is already four months old, and all we have to show for it is high-end, red-carpet-employing, celebrity-courting, Biz-Markie-deejayed parties for Caron Butler, DeShawn Stevenson and Fred Smoot? Not nearly good enough. Luckily, it's almost time for Santana Moss's birthday, and, with the possible exception of Biz Markie, all the ingredients...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Dan Steinberg 2008-05-07T18:00:43Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-05-07:/dcsportsbog/2008/05/chris_cooleys_urine.html

Chris Cooley is about five days away from leaving pro football and becoming a full-time reporter. Well, he would be if full-time reporters landed groupies, eight-figure contracts, sports cars, cheerleaders, free sport performance beverages and as much job security as can-be-cut-at-any-moment pro football players. The point is, this is one of the best ledes I've ever read, from Cooley's latest at Shutdown Corner: How do I end up in a bathroom stall at the...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Dan Steinberg 2008-05-07T14:18:56Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-05-07:/dcsportsbog/2008/05/wiz_vs_caps_on_tv.html

Still winning, but just barely. D.C. Sports are obviously one big happy family, as evidenced by the following logic ladder: Clyde Simms goes to Caps games, from where Alex Ovechkin goes to Wizards games, from where Roger Mason goes to Redskins games, from where Jason Campbell goes to Georgetown games, from where Patrick Ewing Jr. sure as hell doesn't go to D.C. United games. But anyhow, you might be wondering how the Wizards and...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Dan Steinberg 2008-05-07T13:02:58Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-05-07:/dcsportsbog/2008/05/cooley_does_blog_show.html

If you haven't been reading Chris Cooley's blog, here's what you've missed: Concerning the draft, a punter? "I know really. A punter? Hopefully he can kick the [stuffing] out of the ball." If you haven't been reading Chris Cooley on Shutdown Corner, here's what you've missed: The NFL Combine is comparable to a strip club with owners and coaches for customers. The better the man looks running around in his spandex the more dollar bills...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Dan Steinberg 2008-05-06T20:48:17Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-05-06:/dcsportsbog/2008/05/get_yer_crybaby_tshirts.html

Well that didn't take TOO too long. Five LeBron James Papa John's Crybaby t-shirts available on the eBays, all priced between $11 and $18. Like I said, if Papa John's would just sell these shirts in D.C., and sell "We're Not Really Crybabies and In Fact the Term Highly Offends Us to the Point That We'll Complain Bitterly But Not, Mind You, to the Point of Tears" t-shirts in Cleveland, plus 23-cent pizzas, everyone...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Dan Steinberg 2008-05-06T19:54:56Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-05-06:/dcsportsbog/2008/05/one_last_bit_of_vw_propaganda.html

V-dub in da haus! Free cars for everyone! If you don't think the scent of corporate dollars was wafting about RFK Stadium today like so many mildly reheated animal products, you better get your nostrils checked out. We're talking about a major multinational corporation ordering several large helpings of D.C. United, generously slathering its logo onto the team's signage and uniforms and merchandise, even parking an inspirational truck bearing the "V-dub in da haus"...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Dan Steinberg