Archive: What You Need to Know
Continuing Wiz Playoff Themes
1) Soulja Boy, in the house tonight? "Supposedly," DeShawn Stevenson said. LeBron James told the Cleveland Plain Dealer he's prepared. "I got my 'Roc Boys' dance ready," James said. "Roc Boys", of course, is a song by Jay-Z. And did you know Soulja Boy was actually scheduled to perform...
By Dan Steinberg | April 24, 2008; 02:37 PM ET | Comments (4)
Today's Top Five: Soulja Boy Reps LeBron
Photo yanked from Ohio.com. 1) Soulja Boy is actually a LeBron fan? Sigh. That's not so great. Well, he has a plane ticket here for tomorrow, anyhow. (Brian Windhorst) 2) A cartoon summary of Game 2. Hint: it doesn't end well. (Waiting for Next Year) 3) Gilbert Arenas "needs...
By Dan Steinberg | April 23, 2008; 05:18 PM ET | Comments (9)
Today's Top Five: Mo Caps and Flyers
Fedorov vs. the Caps. (Reuters file photo) 1) A massive archive of Flyers-Caps fights, including a massive brawl from before most of the current Caps were born. (Japers Rink) (See more at In Ahead of the Play) 2) A Flyers fan previews the series with this: "All Caps fans...
By Dan Steinberg | April 9, 2008; 12:41 PM ET | Comments (4)
Today's Top Five: Ovechspeak, and Duke Hate
Will the belly now return? (By Preston Keres - TWP) 1) Q: Is it possible to score a goal with a head in hockey? Ovechkin: It is doable. But you shouldn't try - because you can injure yourself very seriously, so that you won't even realize whether it was...
By Dan Steinberg | March 27, 2008; 01:27 PM ET | Comments (10)
Today's Top Five: Racing Presidents and D.C. Hoops
Gaaack. (Photo by Nats320) 1) An amazing photo gallery of Giant Racing President heads posing with young children and other well-known plush mascots on the White House lawn. Deeply disturbing, and yet hard to look away. (Nats 320) 2) Rivals provides a snazzy rundown of every high school basketball...
By Dan Steinberg | March 26, 2008; 10:45 AM ET | Comments (6)
Today's Top Five: Nigel Podcast
Georgetown-Louisville this weekend, both with Top 10 title odds, could possibly equal American-Navy next week in local excitement. (AP Photo) 1) Since last time I mentioned his name, it was to accuse him of utter filth, here's Marc "Nigel" Sterne talking like an American and not a Union Jacks-promoting...
By Dan Steinberg | March 5, 2008; 05:09 PM ET | Comments (2)
Today's Top 5: McPhee's Mullet
1) Ted Leonsis's latest Owner's Corner is an enormous manifesto, complete with interesting nuggets ("Comcast SportsNet has enjoyed a 40-plus% improvement from last season in its ratings") and irony-free pronouncements ("Something special is happening around the Capitals - a remarkable atmosphere at Verizon Center and even at Kettler during...
By Dan Steinberg | March 4, 2008; 10:57 AM ET | Comments (1)
Today's Top 5: D.C. Fans are Soft
Soft? Seriously? 1) Jerry's Wheelhouse, in a passionate, occasionally profanity-dotted rant, argues persuasively that D.C. is an embarrassingly soft sports town. The lede sort of sums it up: When compared to cities that are generally of similar size, location and population (Boston, Philly and to a lesser extent New...
By Dan Steinberg | February 26, 2008; 04:22 PM ET | Comments (5)
Today's Top 5: Name of the Year is Back
Pansy Ho, a six seed under pressure. 1) The Name of the Year bracket is out, and it's a doozy. There are no longer any easy outs in the NOTY first round, but I think Pansy Ho against Xtra Malibu Moore is a particular bloodbath. 2) This is the...
By Dan Steinberg | February 25, 2008; 04:13 PM ET | Comments (5)
Today's Top 5: Cordero's Hat and Ovie's Curse
Enjoy this photo; might ne'er see it again. (Jonathan Newton - TWP) 1) I was thinking about going to Spring Training but chose the CAA Tournament instead. Had I gone to Spring Training, you can bet I'd already have written 1,400 words about the brim of Chad Cordero's cap....
By Dan Steinberg | February 22, 2008; 12:57 PM ET | Comments (11)
Today's Top 5: A TK Send-up, and Boom's Car
Tony Kornheiser, boys and girls (clears throat). 1) I listen to Tony Kornheiser's 3WT radio show every day, and think it's about the best radio show going, and I might even start patronizing Pumpernickel's this weekend, but this Big Daddy Drew-penned send-up is equally brilliant, and features a very...
By Dan Steinberg | February 21, 2008; 10:52 AM ET | Comments (5)
Today's Top Five: Juwan Howard Commercial
1) More vintage commercials: Juwan Howard promotes reading the fine print of the NBA rules regarding free agent signings, at Bullets Forever. 2) The Washington Kastles is indeed a strange nickname for a pro tennis franchise, but perhaps since they're named after a security company the logo should be...
By Dan Steinberg | February 20, 2008; 03:59 PM ET | Comments (2)
Today's Top Five: Bobble Baby
Today we're focusing on giant heads! 1) This isn't a blog, but dang, check out the three-foot-tall Clinton Portis bobblehead for only $200. I don't care that it looks about as much like Clinton Portis as my baby daughter; this thing is a major bargain and would be a...
By Dan Steinberg | February 14, 2008; 10:59 AM ET | Comments (4)
Today's Top Five: Gil = Puff, Zorn Shirts
1) Gilbert's blogging again, and he's talking about the Wizards (he's running at 70 percent, he needs a month of practice, he still wants to come off the bench) and talking about the league (he liked what the Suns and Lakers did and thinks David West's "West" all-star jersey...
By Dan Steinberg | February 11, 2008; 01:16 PM ET | Comments (1)
Today's Top Five: Roy Hibbert's Hair
This isn't from a blog; it's from Official Georgetown Beat Writer Camille Powell, who recognizes breaking Bog news when she sees it. Last Friday, Roy told reporters he would not cut his hair the rest of the season, explaining that he's trying to grow an afro "like Josh Childress." Secondary...
By Dan Steinberg | January 28, 2008; 10:29 AM ET | Comments (0)
Today's Top Five: The Ghetto and Norman Chad
(Programming note: I might be light on content the next few days as I prepare to spend more than a week in Arizona. Yes, this is the D.C. Sports Bog. No, there aren't any natural D.C. connections at the Super Bowl, with the possible exception of Giants DB Geoff...
By Dan Steinberg | January 23, 2008; 10:44 AM ET | Comments (3)
Today's Top Five: D.C. Sports Converge
(Photo by Matt Brown; more here.) 1) The Verizon Center on Saturday was indeed Ground Zero for D.C. Sports. Ted Leonsis and Chris Clark and John Thompson Jr. at the Georgetown game, followed by Jason Campbell and Carlos Rogers and Alex Ovechkin at the Wizards game. Luckily, Bugs and...
By Dan Steinberg | January 15, 2008; 02:20 PM ET | Comments (5)
Today's Top Five: Bobby is a Cowboy
Not sure how I feel about this. 1) Bobby Boswell in a cowboy hat? Too soon, too soon. 2) The Supreme Court Justices as NBA head coaches. No Eddie Jordan. He's executive branch. 3) I was actually pretty disappointed with the Caps' mullet night. My first preference would have...
By Dan Steinberg | December 13, 2007; 05:44 PM ET | Comments (9)
Today's Top Five: Watching Skins with Nana
1) I could quote funny lines about Norv Turner from this story about a kid, his grandma and the Redskins ("At this point, there were few good plays, only Gus Frerotte's flailing and Norv Turner's fruit-leathery neck turning color from peach to pomegranate") but you should probably just go read...
By Dan Steinberg | November 20, 2007; 05:28 PM ET | Comments (3)
Today's Top Five: Gil = Nacho
1) I've yet to note that Gilbert is now Nacho. Or, more precisely, "NACHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Photoshop here. Awful Announcing finds it equally interesting that Gilbert quibbles with the Bill Simmons e-mail, reprinted here last week, about those hecklers in Boston. Trust me, if you want Gilbert to respond to something, just...
By Dan Steinberg | November 19, 2007; 03:17 PM ET | Comments (5)
Today's Top Five: Jason Campbell's Lips
(Via the Levine School) 1) Witness a magisterial blogging report about Jason Campbell's weekly heckling session, wherein he stands on the stairs inside Redskins Park, speaks with the media and gets heckled by teammates: Among the jibes, "Look at those lips. I haven't seen lips that big since I...
By Dan Steinberg | November 15, 2007; 11:29 AM ET | Comments (4)
Shuler's Latest Failure
So many blog posts of local interest in the past few days that I've neglected to mention because of loafing. So here's a non-timely list. Heath Shuler: Blanked in a football game against the Capitol Police (Deadspin) Gilbert Arenas: Crushes Brendan Haywood again, on tape (FanHouse) James Davis: Clemson RB...
By Dan Steinberg | October 25, 2007; 04:14 PM ET | Comments (2)
Wizards vs. Pistons
1) You may not have noticed, but some Pistons fans have invaded the comments to tell us just how much better than the Wizards their team is. Well, now their team is trying to outquirk the Wizards as well, with a Rip Hamilton-Billups shooting contest in towels and slippers. Writes...
By Dan Steinberg | October 11, 2007; 10:50 AM ET | Comments (6)
Today's Top Five: Norv!
1) I forgot to mention this last week, but now's as good a time as any. Norv Turner! I'm not writing a better punch line than that all day. His various admirers right now include Rumors and Rants (who award Norv a dubious honor that I'm not comfortable quoting from),...
By Dan Steinberg | October 1, 2007; 10:29 AM ET | Comments (4)
Today's Top Five: Gilbert Gets Animated
1) The formidable Howie the Hype has answered my call for some mock-ups of Gilbert's cartoon series. Featuring a talking grill named El Hibachi. Tremendous. Now all we need is the t-shirt. 2) Deuce of Davenport has decided that since the Burgundies' starting safeties wear numbers 30 and 21,...
By Dan Steinberg | August 31, 2007; 10:50 AM ET | Comments (4)
Today's Top Five: Nats Fans in L.A.!!!!
Look! Ryan Church's uncle and cousins! (By John Cole) 1) I'm always complaining about the overabundance of visiting team fans at RFK, but today, thanks be, I have a report of Nats fans invading some other turf. Do I care that the fans happen to be related to one...
By Dan Steinberg | August 30, 2007; 01:01 PM ET | Comments (5)
Today's Top Five: More on Virginia Tech
(Preston Keres - TWP) 1) At FanHouse, MJD feels roughly the same way that I do: this whole Virginia Tech healing-through-football thing just feels a bit unsettling somehow: I'm not one of the people that believe sports can heal a community. Sports can pleasantly and harmlessly distract a certain...
By Dan Steinberg | August 29, 2007; 11:43 AM ET | Comments (6)
Blog Things: Redskins are WikiVandalized
1) The Redskins' Wikipedia page was amended yesterday, adorned with a Cowboys star and the following text: "The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team based in the Washington, D.C. area. The Washington Deadskins suck. Go Cowboys." Creative, nay? Redskins fans responded in kind, with: ""Worst team ever!!!! HAMBURGERS...
By Dan Steinberg | August 16, 2007; 09:29 AM ET | Comments (3)
Today's Top Five: Bob Carpenter on His Call
1) Bob Carpenter, the man who once made fun of bloggers, is guest blogging over at Three Girls With Heart. He says he told Mike Bacsik yesterday "that America would be in love with him by this time tomorrow." 2) Pulp at The Gil Meche Experience (via Deadspin) went to...
By Dan Steinberg | August 8, 2007; 05:04 PM ET | Comments (3)
Updates: John Lannan Must Die
These are old things I've been meaning to get around to noting. 1) Remember when John Lannan accidentally hit Chase Utley and broke his body and got thrown out of the game? Well, Phillies fans remember. They've formed a Facebook group called "John Lannan Must Die." The group has 117...
By Dan Steinberg | July 31, 2007; 09:19 AM ET | Comments (5)
Today's Top Five: O's Trades and Nats Hats
1) A new Nats hat that gives new meaning to the term "restrained but beautiful." Mike Wise just placed a rush order. 2) A massively detailed list of all the Orioles trades in world history, or something like that, from Krem's Sports Blog. Sorry, my internal ruling is that the...
By Dan Steinberg | July 25, 2007; 04:24 PM ET | Comments (3)
Chris Samuels Birthday Luau
Dan Steinberg is on vacation. For some reason Dan's lovely family would really like to hear, he continues to post stuff for free, while literally not getting paid. Other guest bloggers will check in all week. Also, tomorrow, Thursday, will be one of the most magical days in D.C....
By Dan Steinberg | July 18, 2007; 03:29 PM ET | Comments (16)
Today's Top Five: Etan Thomas Works For Obama?
1) D-Wil Michael "Mizzo" Tillery from the Starting Five published his Q&A with Etan Thomas, which makes Etan look much, much better than his op-ed pieces. He just seems much less strident, and much more like a real (if a bit ardently political) guy, which is an improvement. He has...
By Dan Steinberg | July 11, 2007; 01:29 PM ET | Comments (2)
Today's Top Five: Duping the Junkies
Introductory note: Like mad blogger Ivan Carter, I'm going to Vegas for a few days of Summer League and WSOP. If I can only get Chris "Jesus" Ferguson to go to that Russian restaurant with me and Oleksiy Pecherov and Harvey Grant and Kyle Visser and Norman Chad, I'll be...
By Dan Steinberg | July 9, 2007; 11:39 AM ET | Comments (6)
This Week's (Sort of) Top Five: Daniel Snyder Rules
Many of these are a few days old, but you'll have to excuse me, because I've spent the past few nights hiding under my bed as neighborhood chaps launch all manner of explosive devices into the sky and onto my porch, quite literally. 'Tis a great time to live in...
By Dan Steinberg | July 5, 2007; 09:22 AM ET | Comments (6)
Today's (Sort of) Top Five: Gilbert in the Movies
1) I know of at least one person that actually tried to get Gilbert Arenas into a movie project. There are reality TV ideas swirling all about. In the meantime, Rumors and Rants has some movie ideas Gilbert might want to consider. Most of the jokes go way over my...
By Dan Steinberg | July 2, 2007; 04:37 PM ET | Comments (9)
Today's Top Five: More Breakfast Cereal!
1) Since this place has had all sorts of breakfast cereal posts in the past few weeks, might as well lead off with a whole bunch of athlete breakfast cereals you didn't know existed, courtesy of Deuce of Davenport. 2) When I heard the Cristian Guzman news, my first thought...
By Dan Steinberg | June 26, 2007; 01:59 PM ET | Comments (2)
Today's Top Five: Rock Paper Scissors Tips
1) From We Rite Goode, some crucial advice on the Rock Paper Scissors throwdowns happening at California Tortilla locations across the area tomorrow. For example: "Give off false tells. Straight out of poker. Nervously clench and unclench your hand--you're screaming paper all the way. Then come in with the rock...
By Dan Steinberg | June 19, 2007; 03:32 PM ET | Comments (10)
Watch Blog Show XIII
Blog Show airs during Washington Post Live every Friday around 6 p.m. on Comcast Sports[y]Net. WPL airs daily from 5-6:30 p.m. If you are not in the Washington DC metro area, you can also watch the show online; streamed live on Washingtonpost.com. For publishing this information, I will receive one...
By Dan Steinberg | June 15, 2007; 05:07 PM ET | Comments (3)
Today's Top Five: Closer to [Shamm]god
1) Finally, the Wizznutzz chime in on God Shammgod, but with much, much more magic than we deserve. Sorry to be so late on this, but Shammgod is apparently playing on 11-foot rims in the Pacific Northwest, and also for some IBL team, and the Wizznutzz "saw the face of...
By Dan Steinberg | June 15, 2007; 02:51 PM ET | Comments (1)
Today's Top Five: Teddy = Hamburglar?
1) Sure, we've all known about the Nats Giant President Bobbleheads, but Winning the Turnover Battle casts an outsider's eye on the giveaway and decides that "Abe Lincoln's head looks like a serial killer that has been living in the woods for years, and Teddy Roosevelt...well, old Teddy reminds me...
By Dan Steinberg | June 14, 2007; 10:39 AM ET | Comments (3)
Today's Top Five: Korea Smells Like Garlic
1) Longtime reader R. Lintott yesterday suggested I do a post compiling crazy Ichiro quotes, and then sent me a bunch of great examples. Before I could do so, 100 Percent Injury Rate pretty much covered that ground as well as it could be covered. My reader suggested that Ichiro...
By Dan Steinberg | June 12, 2007; 10:40 AM ET | Comments (4)
Today's Top Five: Elijah Dukes? Here?
1) Since FoxSports is reporting that the Nats are trying to trade for Elijah Dukes, it's probably worth beginning the parade of Elijah Dukes posts in this spot. We'll start by linking to Sports Gone South's suggestion that Mr. Dukes get together with Mrs. John Daly. Alternatively, you could look...
By Dan Steinberg | June 11, 2007; 11:44 AM ET | Comments (4)
Today's Top Five: Spell Zimmermann
1) The Natosphere is positively electric with draft recaps. Actually, the Natosphere seems to have fallen asleep. Capitol Punishment provides comprehensive linkage concerning the rest of the picks, including the fascinating case of the two Jordan Zimmermanns. The Nationals Enquirer assigns nicknames to the draft picks, with the top pick...
By Dan Steinberg | June 8, 2007; 10:29 AM ET | Comments (1)
Today's Top Five: Meeting Muresan
1) Many congrats to Gheorghe: The Blog, for meeting Gheorghe: The Person. To me, it's the kind of thing you might want to wait for until you're 80, on your blogging deathbed, with just minutes to go, and then GM shows up and you snap the photo and upload it...
By Dan Steinberg | June 6, 2007; 12:39 PM ET | Comments (6)
Today's Top Five: Rating the Hershey Hawks
But first, a programming note. Having entered the first eBay auction of my life, I find myself the proud winner of the Michael Vick "ha-ha-joking-innocent-until-proven-otherwise" dogfighting t-shirt found by Winning the Turnover Battle. The winning bid was $9.95, which seems fairly appropriate for a t-shirt that I will wear once...
By Dan Steinberg | June 5, 2007; 09:33 AM ET | Comments (1)
Today's Top Five: Richard Simmons Loves the Nats
1) This wasn't immediately obvious to me, but evidently the banning of junk food in the Nats' clubhouse signals some sort of Richard Simmons connection. D.C. Pro Sports Report made the connection right away, as did The Nationals Enquirer, which noted the following: "Manny Acta announces mandatory Sweatin' to the...
By Dan Steinberg | June 4, 2007; 12:24 PM ET | Comments (2)
Today's Top Five: HE Gets a Bobblehead?
1) Ok, Number One pretty much has to be the Blog Show Drinking Game, courtesy of Rumors and Rants, which makes me never want to leave my house again. The rules are as complicated as those for a Spelling Bee pool, but suffice it to say, here are three things...
By Dan Steinberg | May 30, 2007; 02:13 PM ET | Comments (6)
This Morning in Bog
I seriously can't believe my TiVo chose last night to not work. I missed 75 percent of Idol, because I was in Fairfax covering a softball press conference. It will take me like a month to get over that. In the meantime.... Why isn't the Super Bowl coming to FedEx...
By Dan Steinberg | May 24, 2007; 09:07 AM ET | Comments (8)
Lectures on Portis, Perlozzo and the Mystics
What a day. For sports sections, the arrival of late May is supposed to be like putting Brendan Haywood into a basketball game: nothing happens. But not yesterday. Yesterday, we were lectured. Ranking the lectures: 1) Everyone lectures Clinton Portis, starting with the Humane Society. The team issues a statement:...
By Dan Steinberg | May 23, 2007; 10:11 AM ET | Comments (8)
This Morning in Bog: Clinton Takes it All Back
Clinton Portis actually doesn't like dogfighting. My bad. I misunderstood the part where he said "if that's what he wants to do, do it." The statement: In the recent interview I gave concerning dogfighting, I want to make it clear I do not take part in dogfighting or condone dogfighting...
By Dan Steinberg | May 22, 2007; 09:18 AM ET | Comments (7)
This Morning in Bog
Tom Boswell makes a legitimately great point in his column today: for the Nats to regain a record-setting 120-loss pace, they'd have to lose 20 straight. It's only May, and that quest is finished. In the early moments of this season, I had great fun pretending the Nats would smash...
By Dan Steinberg | May 21, 2007; 09:06 AM ET | Email a Comment
This Morning in Bog
The worst thing about this Jerome Williams injury is he has great promise as a blog subject, what with his Hawaiian music thing. Meanwhile, John Patterson played catch for the first time and was encouraged, but it's not like they really need him. This pitching staff is unbeatable. Twenty-one runs...
By Dan Steinberg | May 17, 2007; 08:59 AM ET | Comments (5)
This Morning in Bog
Redskins.com posts a Sean Taylor video interview that's pretty vanilla, but he does say he likes the draft picks and isn't unhappy with his contract and that the team is like "a big ol' family." The team's story is here. Our paper writes about the interview, as does the Washington...
By Dan Steinberg | May 16, 2007; 09:29 AM ET | Comments (1)
This Morning in Bog
Our paper decides to submarine Jason Bergmann's no-hitter attempt. First Svrluga drops a blog item full of subtle import. Then I, seeing the item, turn on the TV between the 7th and 8th, just before McCann's at-bat. Plus, a high-ranking WaPo editor sends out a message to the sports department:...
By Dan Steinberg | May 15, 2007; 09:09 AM ET | Comments (12)
This Morning in Bog
Clinton Portis guarantees that the Redskins will make the NFC Championship game, on BET, tomorrow night. The most important thing about the Nats' weekend sweep? They no longer have the worst record in baseball. (By a half-game, over the Royals, but still.) The next-best thing? Nats fans chanting "overrated" at...
By Dan Steinberg | May 14, 2007; 09:03 AM ET | Comments (8)
This Morning in Bog
Stan Kasten responds, at length, to the charges of being cheap, spurred on by that FoxSports four-part series. Get ready for a summer of such stories. Best quote: ""They'll probably call you cheap bastards," Kasten says he told the Lerners, pre-restructuring. Manny Acta, meantime, is all power-of-positive-thinking, declining to overturn...
By Dan Steinberg | May 11, 2007; 08:37 AM ET | Comments (11)
What You Need to Know
After Dan Shanoff came up with the idea, the Wizznutzz get confirmation: Obama/Arenas in '08 has been launched. Loads of swag available. If it didn't violate Post policy, I'd be draped in the stuff. Among the policy statements: "Offer comprehensive immigration reform: illegal immigrants can fast-track their citizenship by defeating...
By Dan Steinberg | April 18, 2007; 08:55 AM ET | Comments (2)
More Wiz Pessimism
I tried to keep a brave face over the past few days, but when put on the spot, well, I wasn't so brave no more. The Now-Official Washington Wizards blog got some media persons to predict how the Wiz would fare over the final eight, and I said 3-5. As...
By Dan Steinberg | April 7, 2007; 11:51 AM ET | Comments (9)
A Question
While waiting for someone to either remove this feature or demand I again start linking to the Washington Times here, I'll ask the following question: Does Nook Logan's history of injuries doom the Nats' playoff chances this year?...
By Dan Steinberg | April 3, 2007; 07:24 AM ET | Comments (24)
Today's Menu
Steinberg live blogging from RFK. Kilgore, supposedly, live blogging from Atlanta. Blog war....
By Dan Steinberg | April 2, 2007; 10:28 AM ET | Comments (4)
Adam Kilgore is Awesome
Discuss. Or ask him questions....
By Dan Steinberg | March 30, 2007; 10:05 AM ET | Comments (8)
Weekend Listening Material
Please, for the love of college basketball, go listen to all these songs right now. And no, Hoya fans, I didn't just discover all this stuff this week. I believe it was last week....
By Dan Steinberg | March 28, 2007; 12:51 PM ET | Comments (5)
Hoyas Win Hoyas Win Hoyas Win Hoyas Win Hoyas Win
I only counted five, but the drama had been pretty much purged by then. And I might have missed one or two. Anyhow, who's going to Atlanta? I'll be honest, Chvotkin made me think about going for a minute, but then the baby started hollering again and I thought better...
By Dan Steinberg | March 25, 2007; 08:27 PM ET | Comments (30)
Something New
Wow, that last post had been there for a while. So, um, anyone want to guess the women's Final Four? Or take another stab at the men's Final Four? Or the Wizards' playoff seeding? Or the ETA for the Caps in the playoffs? Or the number of ounces a typical...
By Dan Steinberg | March 21, 2007; 10:02 PM ET | Comments (23)
The Final Four Will Be....
(NEW: First off, these picks are hanging in there. Although, unless you had Wisconsin in the Final Four, or, like a co-worker, Illinois, your picks probably are too. Also, please submit copious questions for my Live Online chat with Russ Thaler Monday at noon. Possible topics: The greatest NCAA pool...
By Dan Steinberg | March 11, 2007; 06:46 PM ET | Comments (89)
What You Need To Know
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By Dan Steinberg | March 1, 2007; 11:47 PM ET | Comments (30)
What You Need to Know
Georgetown, Virginia Tech, Maryland, Virginia on 30 of 30 bracket projections at The Bracket Project, with average seeding in that order. Old Dominion on 29 of 30 projections (average seeding of 11). VCU on 26 projections (average seeding of 12). Not sure why everyone's sleeping on American/Loyola/Morgan State/GW etc. Pessimists....
By Dan Steinberg | February 28, 2007; 08:36 AM ET | Comments (34)
What You Need to Know
UDC men face Pittsburgh-Johnstown in Indy Schools Tourney, Bowie State women play Fayetteville State in CIAA quarters. Also, if you had to vote right this minute, is the No. 1 Local school Georgetown, Maryland, Old Dominion, Virginia Tech, VCU or Other? VCU has the best winning percentage, Maryland has the...
By Dan Steinberg | February 26, 2007; 10:24 AM ET | Comments (48)
Important Sports Results
Rex Ryan Will Stay in Baltimore: As the Chargers lose their minds and Comcast execs demand I start paying attention to Baltimore teams. MLB Does Away With Sweat Stains: Not sure what the policy is on Sanford and Son shirts. Gilbert In the News: Baltimore Sun talks to his high...
By Dan Steinberg | February 20, 2007; 08:26 AM ET | Comments (6)
Gil Dunking
Slow day, but local poll coming later. In the meantime, Gilbert dunks off a trampoline on The 700 Level. FS, if you have video of Ovechkin dunking off a trampoline, bring it on....
By Dan Steinberg | February 19, 2007; 11:43 AM ET | Comments (19)
Gilbert
Gilbert on NPR. Gilbert on cheating against DeShawn. Gilbert in the Miami Herald. Gilbert in the Sac Bee. (Note: The Hype, check out this quote: "Arenas had T-shirts made and sold that read, "If no one votes for me, I'm not doing any more blogs'." Ha!)...
By Dan Steinberg | February 17, 2007; 10:41 AM ET | Comments (9)
Important Sports Results
Caps Lose in Shootout:Despite outplaying the Lightning in their "best game of the year". Longwood Beats Liberty: No one else really played last night. Manny Acta Exists: Eats cereal with chocolate milk, runs a lot. Quote: "We're first in the Eastern Conference. That blows my mind, in a good way."...
By Dan Steinberg | February 16, 2007; 11:27 AM ET | Comments (9)
Important Sports Results
Local No. 4 Terps Are Streaking: Gary talks glass-half-full, and D.J. talks too much. Local No. 5 VCU Back on Track: Eric Maynor for CAA POY? Wiz Get a Win: 'Dre Blatche produces, Gilbert doesn't. Quote: "In a few weeks the Madness will officially begin - March Madness, that is."...
By Dan Steinberg | February 15, 2007; 10:24 AM ET | Comments (10)
Important Sports Results
Local No. 4 Terps Are Streaking: Gary talks glass-half-full, and D.J. talks too much. Local No. 5 VCU Back on Track: Eric Maynor for CAA POY? Wiz Get a Win: 'Dre Blatche produces, Gilbert doesn't. Quote: "In a few weeks the Madness will officially begin - March Madness, that is."...
By Dan Steinberg | February 15, 2007; 10:14 AM ET | Email a Comment
Important Sports Results
Local No. 2 Va. Tech Wins at UNC: ACC poobahs impressed, Coach Roy eviscerates himself. Local No. 6 ODU Offs Hofstra: Closes in on top-two seed while at-large talk grows. Pitchers and Catchers Report: Who are these guys? Are they any good? Are they nervous? And why is Rick Snider...
By Dan Steinberg | February 14, 2007; 08:51 AM ET | Comments (16)
Important Sports Results
Local No. 1 Georgetown Romps: But JTIII just hopes to make the Big East tournament. Bad Day for '01 Skins: LaVar gets cut, Marty gets fired. Wiz Make Nice: Gil tells the WashTimes his role is to keep the locker room loose. Quote: "If I don't make it, then I'm...
By Dan Steinberg | February 13, 2007; 09:25 AM ET | Comments (6)
Important Sports Results
Wizards Lose, Badly: I take one weekend off and utter mayhem ensues. Maryland Wins, Impressively: If you can do such a thing against lousy Duke. GW Women Notch 14th Straight: And incoming GW freshmen will pay more than 50 grand!!!! Quote: "We're not in disarray. OK?" Gary Williams, last night....
By Dan Steinberg | February 12, 2007; 08:52 AM ET | Comments (50)
What You Need to Know
The weekend....
By Dan Steinberg | February 9, 2007; 07:42 PM ET | Comments (13)
Important Sports Results
Local No. 4 VCU tops No. 8 Mason: Rams now have a clear path to the CAA regular season title. GW women win again: The Colonials, with the best record of any local team, men's or women's, reach 20 wins. Caps OT the Kings: Washington is 6-1-1 at home since...
By Dan Steinberg | February 9, 2007; 08:39 AM ET | Comments (15)
Important Sports Results
(Since this site seems to be sorta popular, I figured maybe I could rip off his "last night" format. And since my editor's on vacation, he can't complain about the lack of 50 bunched-up links every morning, which, let's be honest, just gives you a headache. And me.) Local No....
By Dan Steinberg | February 8, 2007; 08:34 AM ET | Comments (13)
What You Need to Know
Yo yo yo. I really need to get them to remove this entry from the top, huh? Or maybe I should be like Brendan Haywood, and offer a motivational message of the day....
By Dan Steinberg | February 7, 2007; 09:09 AM ET | Comments (14)
What You Need to Know
Hey. (No, seriously, I have to spend three hours this AM talking to a bunch of high schoolers. They're the future, ya know. Plus maybe I can convert them into Bog readers. So talk amongst yourselves.)...
By Dan Steinberg | February 6, 2007; 07:32 AM ET | Comments (28)
What You Need to Know
The Wiz look to recover from a manic week and too much energy tonight against the Sonics, who still won't have Rashard Lewis, have lost 14 straight on the road and have a coach openly talking about getting fired. Actually, things sound sorta disastrous with the Sonics, and Supersonicsoul is...
By Dan Steinberg | February 5, 2007; 09:31 AM ET | Comments (7)
What You Need to Know
Tuff Juice in '07 wins big. Caron will return to the scene of his marriage as an all-star (and Eddie Jordan goes, too). The bad news, obviously, is Jamison's three-to-six-week absence; Caron says he and Gil will...
By Dan Steinberg | February 2, 2007; 09:39 AM ET | Comments (15)
What You Need to Know
Local Poll Carnage, again. Local No. 1 Virginia Tech goes from expected blowout to disappointing loss, as N.C. State gets a much-needed win and Seth Greenberg gets embarrassed and disgusted and apologizes to Tech fans. Local No. 3 VCU finally loses a CAA game to a bizarre Hofstra side that...
By Dan Steinberg | February 1, 2007; 09:59 AM ET | Comments (17)
What You Need to Know
The Wizards are trying to get Eddie Jordan to the all-star game, but tonight something more important is at stake. When Antawn Jamison makes shots it can take the Wiz "to another level," Tayshaun Prince says the Pistons might switch up their defense, here's more on Caron's career year, get...
By Dan Steinberg | January 30, 2007; 09:57 AM ET | Comments (10)
What You Need to Know
Comcast leads with Md. women, then Va. Tech, then UVA, then Wiz. WTEM leads with Wiz, then Va. Tech, then UVA, than Md. women. I choose Wiz. Antawn Jamison finishes his monster weekend with 34 against Boston in a game the Wiz took more seriously than Friday's game at Detroit....
By Dan Steinberg | January 29, 2007; 09:34 AM ET | Comments (10)
What You Need to Know
Back Monday. Feel free to post your brilliant interpretations of this weekend's most Bogarific sporting events here....
By Dan Steinberg | January 26, 2007; 07:16 PM ET | Comments (10)
What You Need to Know
[Edit: Caps giving away pizza coupons, not pizzas, sorry for any confusion.] Gil says he watched "Bambi II" instead of the all-star announcement last year? Gil says he'd score 84 or 85 against Duke? (And bloggers not named Dan are getting sick of all this?). Anyhow, tonight he'll face the...
By Dan Steinberg | January 26, 2007; 09:38 AM ET | Comments (18)
What You Need to Know
A night of Local Poll triumph! In the premiere game, Local No. 4 VCU, which is trying to be the next Mason, rides the "Reggie Miller-like" B.A. Walker to down the last Mason, which struggled shooting the ball. With the win, Bob Lipper says VCU is officially "A Team to...
By Dan Steinberg | January 25, 2007; 09:41 AM ET | Comments (24)
What You Need to Know
Well, the Wiz look "more like pretenders than contenders" against the Suns. The Suns get nine assists on their first 10 field goals and Antawn Jamison calls the Wiz's worst defensive performance of the year "a disgrace." Gil laments that the Wiz weren't "playing a free-for-all like we usually do,"...
By Dan Steinberg | January 24, 2007; 09:42 AM ET | Comments (17)
What You Need to Know
NBA game tonight. Eddie Jordan can sense the excitement, while Mike D'Antoni can't, although he predicts Gil will "kill Duke" and insists to Wilbon that he had nothing to do with the whole USA basketball thing. Gilbert says the Wiz have to...
By Dan Steinberg | January 23, 2007; 09:09 AM ET | Comments (21)
What You Need to Know
In a game that might have Selection Sunday implications, Local No. 1 Virginia Tech overtimes Local No. 2 Maryland, which is off to its worst ACC start since '92-'93. Tech relies on its experienced guards and its student section, which received free admission in a move that was "pure brilliance."...
By Dan Steinberg | January 22, 2007; 09:03 AM ET | Comments (17)
What You Need to Know
Tonight's Wiz game with the Magic actually has first-place implications and Brian Hill admits as much, Keyon Dooling says Gilbert can shoot from halfcourt, Tom Knott says Isiah Thomas screwed up by double-teaming Gilbert, the Wiz's home attendance this season has been the best in the post-M.J. era, Abe Pollin...
By Dan Steinberg | January 19, 2007; 09:41 AM ET | Comments (7)
Be back soon
To be updated Friday morning...
By Dan Steinberg | January 18, 2007; 05:44 PM ET | Comments (2)
More Posters Edition
Because I'm a mad marketing genius, I spent another night slumming through an emtpy arena with the Verizon Center clean-up crew, trying to judge how much french-fry grease was enough to render a Gilbert Arenas poster unworthy for my readers. Yes, that's right, I have 25 more Arenas posters, in...
By Dan Steinberg | January 18, 2007; 08:11 AM ET | Comments (18)
What You Need to Know
Poll madness. After dropping six straight to their cross-state rivals, Local No. 7 Virginia takes control in the second half to down Local No. 2 Maryland, which continues its baffling inconsistency. Also, Dave Leitao calls the Terps "a force to be reckoned with," local kid Mamadi Diane...
By Dan Steinberg | January 17, 2007; 10:16 AM ET | Comments (6)
What You Need to Know
The MVP chants are getting louder for Arenas, who calls his shot and then calls his latest game-winner "glorious." Mike Wise and the VC security guards are on the MVP train, Jerry Sloan says the Jazz probably should have double-teamed the cold-blooded assassin who had already scored 48, Caron Butler...
By Dan Steinberg | January 16, 2007; 09:17 AM ET | Comments (8)
What You Need to Know
Be back Tuesday morning, apologies.......
By Dan Steinberg | January 15, 2007; 12:50 PM ET | Comments (10)
What You Need to Know
Here's a massive Gilbert profile that credits the Wizznutzz for Agent Zero ("a moniker that was created and popularized by an internet sports blog site"). The Hornets haven't won when allowing 100 points, Brendan Haywood isn't looking over his shoulder at Etan (and Brendan continues to be part of the...
By Dan Steinberg | January 12, 2007; 10:21 AM ET | Comments (19)
What You Need to Know
In a rare mid-week sellout, the Wiz pull away from the Bulls in the fourth. Gil praises his "supporting cast, earning laughter as Antonio Daniels calls himself Wonder Woman, the Bulls had chances to win and were unhappy with the officiating, and Hinrich calls Gil "a jokester." Screech is being...
By Dan Steinberg | January 11, 2007; 11:04 AM ET | Comments (18)
What You Need to Know
Yeah yeah, we missed you too. With the defensive-minded but slumping Bulls (and dysfunctional Hinrich) coming to town, Caron isn't throwing ketchup or honey onto...
By Dan Steinberg | January 10, 2007; 11:04 AM ET | Comments (7)
What You Need to Know
This feature hasn't been updated much lately, huh?...
By Dan Steinberg | January 8, 2007; 09:09 AM ET | Comments (11)
What You Need to Know
Party tonight....
By Dan Steinberg | January 5, 2007; 08:15 AM ET | Comments (6)
Bop
Read my Top 11 Local Sports Moments of 2006. Then, after you've come up with all the great stuff that I idiocally left out, submit questions to my Live Online chat, which will take place today at noon. For everything else, read below....
By Dan Steinberg | January 4, 2007; 07:51 AM ET | Comments (5)
What You Need to Know
Local No. 9 Navy needs two free throws in OT to beat one of the worst teams in the country. After his team gave up an 16 18-point lead and lost to Local No. 11 American, St. Francis Coach Bobby Jones was taken to Sibley with "stroke-like symptoms." Thanks to...
By Dan Steinberg | January 3, 2007; 09:23 AM ET | Comments (5)
What You Need to Know
While being "as nebulous as he could be," Gibbs calls this season the toughest of his career and offers some gobbledygook on hiring a GM. He also plans to "research the offseason" and wage a war" to keep Derrick Dockery and others, and says the last six weeks represented "a...
By Dan Steinberg | January 2, 2007; 09:19 AM ET | Comments (17)
A Break
For the record, the Bog is scheduled to be on hiatus from now until Jan. 1 or so. Feel free to come on here and post droll anecdotes about professional soccer players or gourmet food or the local college basketball scene. This week's Top 11 poll is below. Enjoy the...
By Dan Steinberg | December 22, 2006; 05:21 PM ET | Comments (16)
What You Need to Know
In Sacramento, Antawn Jamison carries the Wiz, who have reached at least 106 points in nine straight games and have won four of five on the road. Meanwhile, Sacramento fans receive TVs and DVD players and an Official Wizards Beat Writer begins writing A1 weather stories. Oh, and nice picture,...
By Dan Steinberg | December 22, 2006; 10:07 AM ET | Comments (8)
What You Need to Know
So the biggest news is Peter Nowak out, Tommy Soehn in as D.C. United coach. And I actually heard a player mention this possibility on Tuesday, and was too busy chasing down Judah Claus to pay attention. I rule. But we'll have live press conference coverage at 11 a.m. Local...
By Dan Steinberg | December 21, 2006; 09:47 AM ET | Comments (20)
What You Need to Know
"Very vulnerable" Local No. 1 Virginia can't get any stops and goes down hard to Appy State, a team that had been routed by two ACC opponents. Karl Hobbs says he doesn't care who he plays out-of-conference, Local No. 5 Va. Tech is 3-0 since switching guards, Local No. 7...
By Dan Steinberg | December 20, 2006; 09:31 AM ET | Comments (14)
What You Need to Know
While people in Denver worry about Melo and the profane George Karl, the Nuggets top the sluggish Wiz in front of a paltry crowd, including the Flying Tomato. Gil says the Nuggets play better without Melo, Reggie Evans slips on Melo's jersey and the HOF asks for Gil's garish 60-point...
By Dan Steinberg | December 19, 2006; 09:14 AM ET | Comments (3)
What You Need to Know
In front of Britney and friends, Gilbert gets 31 in the 4th Q and OT en route to a Wiz-record 60 points, the most against the Lakers in 40 years. A non-gracious Kobe says Gil has a mentality of "just chucking it up there," Gil talks about his dreams of...
By Dan Steinberg | December 18, 2006; 09:29 AM ET | Comments (24)
What You Need to Know
A Wizznut, unmasked!!!!! (Story on "Agent Zero" origins written by Dave McKenna, a neighbor and hero of mine.) And help them choose a name for Gil's new child. And the Wiz web site is using banner "Agent Zero" headline right now. The Wiz haven't beaten Miami since April of 2003,...
By Dan Steinberg | December 15, 2006; 09:33 AM ET | Comments (21)
What You Need to Know
On assignment for the Food section, but will be back with at least one more item later on....
By Dan Steinberg | December 14, 2006; 10:34 AM ET | Comments (25)
What You Need to Know
Joe Gibbs was not in a car crash, hyperventilation notwithstanding. At least one player says he's burned out from offseason workouts; a columnist calls the D.C. media "milquetoast" and the Skins "the Paris Hilton of hype," whatever that means; the milquetoast media points out that Gregg Williams's defense never makes...
By Dan Steinberg | December 13, 2006; 09:24 AM ET | Comments (16)
What You Need to Know
The Skins could set a record for fewest turnovers in a 16-game season, Gibbs repeatedly says he expects Big Al and Double G to be back and promises "nonstop" work in the offseason, Jason Campbell faces many ticket requests, Betts's decision to stay put was about security for both sides...
By Dan Steinberg | December 12, 2006; 09:29 AM ET | Comments (20)
What You Need to Know
Previously Local No. 1 Maryland has a chance to steal an ACC win on the road, but it doesn't happen, as BC "swatmeister" Sean Williams dominates inside. No. 6 Virginia Tech whacks App. State, which didn't score for nearly 15 minutes. Loyola gets a nice win at Manhattan, and JMU...
By Dan Steinberg | December 11, 2006; 09:15 AM ET | Comments (11)
What You Need to Know
Troy Vincent says the 4-8 Skins have as good a chance at the playoffs as any 6-6 team, Jon Jansen's injured leg is "big as a garbage can," Andre Carter defends his performance and says he doesn't read newspapers anyhow, here's a team MVP vote...
By Dan Steinberg | December 8, 2006; 08:59 AM ET | Comments (20)
What You Need to Know
Most important news: Mason creates a blue-ribbon panel to analyze Gunston. Second-place: Gil says "the Hibachi grill was on" and was "cooking chicken and shrimp," as the Wiz win, the locker room is giddy, and Knicks fans chant "Fire Thomas," leading to...
By Dan Steinberg | December 7, 2006; 09:47 AM ET | Comments (4)
What You Need to Know
Local poll news: No 1. Maryland, whose campus is roiled by a prostitution ring story, will still sink or swim with its freshmen point guards. No. 5 Georgetown, which signed a deal with MASN, might not have Jeremiah Rivers tonight against JMU, whose players say the Hoyas are "very beatable."...
By Dan Steinberg | December 5, 2006; 09:13 AM ET | Comments (14)
What You Need to Know
Playoffs? Try a non-winning record for the fifth time in six years and blood on Gibbs's hands, despite the team's best offensive showing since Week 4. (The Skins are now as close to landing the No. 1 pick as they are to the playoffs.) Ladell Betts could be in for...
By Dan Steinberg | December 4, 2006; 09:14 AM ET | Comments (8)
What You Need to Know
Curious about Michael Vick? A columnist thinks fantasy football has something to do with all the criticism. Critics might carp, but T.J. Duckett says "Mike gets a bad rap." Gregg Doyel says he's starting to think Vick's an idiot (shock). Bob Molinaro says he's "more loser than winner." This blogger...
By Dan Steinberg | December 1, 2006; 09:29 AM ET | Comments (2)
What You Need to Know
People are worried about Gil and his referee obsession: Eddie Jordan says "he's not normal right now," BulletsFever thinks he's pursuing too many outside interests, and Gil puts James Lang in a headlock. Also, Ernie scouts a Spanish star. Georgetown loses to undefeated Oregon, and now they're "free-falling" (?) and...
By Dan Steinberg | November 30, 2006; 09:29 AM ET | Comments (7)
What You Need to Know
Huge win for the Terps, who, despite the absence of Ekene Ibekwe, snapped the longest non-conference home winning streak in the country, thanks largely to "whirling wonder" Greivis Vasquez, who Gregg Doyel wants to see in the starting lineup. (Great Vasquez details in there, plus typical Doyel insults). The Hoyas...
By Dan Steinberg | November 29, 2006; 09:41 AM ET | Comments (4)
What You Need to Know, in Fewer Than 300 Words
Because you're apparently incapable of reading the WashTimes on your own.... The Skins are finally going young, to an extent, players say "the mood has changed," Gibbs delusionally denies the existence of Anonymous Redskins Defender and predicts the Falcons will be "in a nasty frame of mind" (which wouldn't be...
By Dan Steinberg | November 28, 2006; 09:29 AM ET | Comments (3)
Noted
Trying something different. Feedback encouraged. [Edit: I have absolutely no idea why I was instructing people to send e-mails to an ESPN address. That was a very, very weird mistake, possibly due to excessive thoughts about Tom Friend. Send your e-mails to the regular place.]...
By Dan Steinberg | November 27, 2006; 09:24 AM ET | Comments (13)
What You Need to Know, in Fewer Than 200 Words
The Mavs have their best game of the season in a "spanking" of the Wiz, who suffered their worst defeat of the season after disappearing in the second half. It's been a while since...
By Dan Steinberg | November 22, 2006; 08:57 AM ET | Comments (1)
What You Need to Know, in Fewer Than 300 Words
Appearances aside, JC didn't really bring much offensive change, although Randy Thomas says he didn't look like "a first-year starter guy." Gibbs (who has a tough time finding the positives) says JC reminds him of Doug Williams (no comment). He also says Rocky McIntosh (nine tackles) has already had a...
By Dan Steinberg | November 21, 2006; 09:11 AM ET | Comments (4)
What You Need to Know, in Fewer Than 300 Words
The Jason Campbell reviews: "poised and calm" (his dad). "He's cool, man" (B-Lloyd). "Very calm, very calm" (TB safety Jermaine Phillips). "Incredibly cool" (BaltSun). He "proved the change from Brunell was long overdue" (Rick Snider). "Brunell wasn't missed at all" (Dan Daly). The Brunell era's short passing game was noticeably...
By Dan Steinberg | November 20, 2006; 09:18 AM ET | Comments (15)
What You Need to Know, Bloggy Style
(You can find your own bloody news. I'm sick of summarizing every Washington Times story in seven words. You know what, if you really want to read the Washington Times that badly this morning, go here. For today, no newspaper links.) George Michael feedback: Caps Nut finds a great old...
By Dan Steinberg | November 17, 2006; 08:57 AM ET | Comments (2)
What You Need to Know, in Fewer Than 300 Words
Ah, Gilbert. And first things first: the Bayhawks arrive and will likely play at Georgetown, while the Nighthawks are hoping to get Gheorge Muresan, Manute Bol and 7-foot-9 Sun Ming Ming on the court together. How did last year's playoff matchup become this year's midseason dud? Dan Daly says JC...
By Dan Steinberg | November 16, 2006; 08:55 AM ET | Comments (2)
What You Need to Know, in a Bunch of Words
Lots on Acta: the Times focuses on how he blew everyone away in his interview and the influence he can have in the Dominican, Svrluga focuses on his energy, the AP shows his sense of humor, MLB.com explains his emotions and potential roster moves while pointing out he's the third-youngest...
By Dan Steinberg | November 15, 2006; 09:08 AM ET | Comments (7)
What You Need to Know, Non-Redskins Edition
Skins stuff below, after I steel myself to read 973 stories about Jason Campbell and Mark Brunell when I have time. The young Nats will have MLB's youngest skipper, who started really young. Zim loses out on ROY (but shrugs off the result), leaving assistant GM Bob Boone at a...
By Dan Steinberg | November 14, 2006; 09:08 AM ET | Comments (7)
What You Need to Know, in a Bunch of Words
For the Redskins, it was a "slide into oblivion," as Gibbs was a minus-one on a scale of 1-10. Brunell has a season-low passer rating, which is saying something. Archuleta is now getting paid to play special teams. The third-quarter damage is now 53-0 over the past five games. The...
By Dan Steinberg | November 13, 2006; 08:57 AM ET | Comments (4)
What You Need to Know, in a Bunch of Words
Former teammates talk about Congressman Shuler, who talks about his electoral triumph, while others discuss his presidential prospects. Portis says his off-the-field life is "marvelous" and he's "at peace," although the offensive philosophy "gets frustrating." Randle El says he's nearly broken six punt returns for TDs, David Patten keeps a...
By Dan Steinberg | November 10, 2006; 09:26 AM ET | Comments (1)
What You Need to Know, in a Bunch of Words
On the question of Miami-Maryland postponement: David Steele says someone should have overruled the Miami players who want to play, Mike Wise agrees, saying football people "truly can't see beyond their own myopic coachspeak," Omar Kelly says Pata would have wanted his teammates to "keep swinging," Greg Stoda says don't...
By Dan Steinberg | November 9, 2006; 09:11 AM ET | Comments (3)
What You Need to Know, in a Bunch of Words
Lead story: Heath Shuler returns to D.C., while Stop Shuler hangs 'em up and other athletes mostly lose their races. Also, major Bog friend OffTheMeter launches his visit-all-337-Division I-Arenas challenge in Comcast tonight. Etan gives a play-by-play of his fight with Brendan while Eddie Jordan says such fights happen "all...
By Dan Steinberg | November 8, 2006; 08:57 AM ET | Comments (14)
What You Need to Know, in Fewer Than 300 Words
We've got Major League Lacrosse in D.C.! We're a Major League city! (And in honor of the election, listen to this, easily the best coverage I've heard thus far.) Wait, Brendan bodyslammed Etan? Our lil' Brendan? Anyhow, the Wiz continue to lose in Orlando, where DeShawn Stevenson misses his old...
By Dan Steinberg | November 7, 2006; 09:17 AM ET | Comments (6)
What You Need to Know, in 300 Words or Fewer
The FG-Fest Finish is dubbed "thrilling," "wild," "exceptional" (by Joe Gibbs), "a heartbreaker" (Bill Parcells), "as crazy as they come," and "insanity." Cowboys fans are distraught, Troy Vincent didn't know he was on the field-goal block team until Saturday night, and one reporter blames the weird result on T.O. Here's...
By Dan Steinberg | November 6, 2006; 08:54 AM ET | Comments (3)
What You Need to Know, in Fewer Than 300 Words
In honor of this morning's morning skate trip....Chris Clark says the Caps are 100 percent better this year, Brian Pothier raves about the Caps while calling D.C. a Southern city, the Caps could be scouting someone in Phoenix, Thrashers G Kari Lehtonen might get the night off, hockey bloggers call...
By Dan Steinberg | November 3, 2006; 09:22 AM ET | Comments (8)
What You Need to Know, in Fewer Than 300 Words
Suppose the lead story must be rumors that Clinton Portis is "cozying up" with former Flavor Flav squeeze Deelishis. Check out Unsilent Majority's extremely profane, borderline unsafe-for-work take on the matter. Also of note: NHL fans take over "Prison Break." The Cavs ruin the Wiz, again, and Mike Wise worries...
By Dan Steinberg | November 2, 2006; 09:09 AM ET | Comments (7)
What You Need to Know, in Fewer Than 300 Words
This, friends, is what good announcing sounds like. NBA people talk about Gil's place among the league's superstars and the Cleveland paper says Gil is fixated on LeBron, Tommy Knott says the Wiz could be third-best in the East and Wilbon says there's no way they should miss the playoffs,...
By Dan Steinberg | November 1, 2006; 09:07 AM ET | Comments (5)
What You Need to Know, in Fewer Than 300 Words
Here's how you want to start your NBA season: with a disgruntled agent popping off about his disgruntled player (Brendan Haywood), and your coach admitting his reserve center (Haywood) had just outplayed his new starter (Etan Thomas). Anyhow, DeShawn Stevenson says defense is how he feeds his family, Wilbon knocks...
By Dan Steinberg | October 31, 2006; 09:03 AM ET | Comments (8)
What You Need to Know, in Fewer Than 300 Words
Link of the day: Heath Shuler talks to his biggest critic, ShopShuler.com, and promises to reverse the Skins curse. Other link of the day: Gil driving himself to play in the Barry Farms league. (Video of the action here.) (Part I of Mike Wise's Gilbert opus, which deals with Gil's...
By Dan Steinberg | October 30, 2006; 09:12 AM ET | Comments (5)
What You Need to Know, in Fewer Than 300 Words
Eddie Jordan seems "almost too nice" to be an NBA coach, Songaila might miss all of November and beyond, Tom Knott takes more cheap shots at Etan Thomas, newly promoted Wiz assistant Mike O'Koren talks about his promotion and Bog friend Bullets Fever predicts 50 wins, way above Vegas's over-under....
By Dan Steinberg | October 27, 2006; 09:08 AM ET | Comments (6)
What You Need to Know, in Fewer Than 300 Words
Instead of reading the same boring Skins stories over and over again, watch this animated video of Brunell fighting his guts out. Thanks to MisterIrrelevant. But if you can't help yourself, Al Saunders skips the Marine Corps Marathon to, what, add pages to his playbook? Actually, some plays have been...
By Dan Steinberg | October 26, 2006; 10:02 AM ET | Comments (16)
What You Need to Know, in Fewer Than 300 Words
The search that will never end: The Mets 3B coach is now one of the Nats' top candidates, and a new name emerges, while Terry Pendleton pulls himself out of the running and could be a top candidate for the Braves job one day. Meanwhile, the new labor agreement ensures...
By Dan Steinberg | October 25, 2006; 08:33 AM ET | Comments (2)
What You Need to Know, in Fewer Than 300 Words
In retrospect, it all makes sense. Last year's playoff run actually hurt the Redskins by creating a false sense of security. When Brandon Lloyd and ARE screamed at each other on the sidelines Sunday, they were actually "keeping each other cool." The punter's bizarre penalty was actually due to "a...
By Dan Steinberg | October 24, 2006; 09:13 AM ET | Comments (1)
What You Need to Know, in Fewer Than 300 Words
The contest? Who can be the most existentially miserable. WashTimes: "the Redskins' season essentially ended yesterday." Dan Daly: "Say so long to their playoff hopes, folks." LaCanfora: "it will ta