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May 11, 2021
Ovechkin put four shots on goal as Washington beat Boston in the regular season finale. They'll meet again for Game 1 on Saturday.
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May 11, 2021
Warriors reserve Kent Bazemore took a jab at the Wizards' Bradley Beal, who hurt his hamstring while pursuing Stephen Curry in the NBA's scoring race. Then Beal took the beef to Twitter.
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May 11, 2021
Colt Brennan had 58 touchdown passes and more than 5,000 passing yards in 2006 and was drafted by Washington in 2008 but never played an NFL regular season game.
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May 11, 2021
Jordan Zimmermann no-hit the Marlins in the 2014 regular season finale. Six days later, he came within one out of shutting out the Giants in Game 2 of the NLDS.
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May 11, 2021
Medina Spirit drew the No. 3 position for Saturday's race in Baltimore at Tuesday's post position draw. The Kentucky Derby winner tested positive for the anti-inflammatory drug betamethasone, according to trainer Bob Baffert, who said he will not attend Saturday's race, the second leg of horse racing's Triple Crown.
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May 11, 2021
Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit, the 9-5 morning-line favorite in the No. 3 position, is under scrutiny after testing positive for elevated levels of betamethasone.
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May 11, 2021
In the past, Martinez has hinted about matching up his relievers instead of having defined roles. But he mostly remains committed to the latter.
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May 11, 2021
The amendment was ratified in 1920, but it would be another 45 years before the Voting Rights Act outlawed Jim Crow provisions that kept most African Americans from voting.
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May 11, 2021
Jonathan Allen has emerged as a potential cornerstone for Washington, including off the field.
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May 11, 2021
Mayne, who reportedly declined to take a pay cut to stay at ESPN after working for the network full time since 1994, described himself on social media as a "salary cap casualty."
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May 11, 2021
Kent Bazemore took a jab at the Wizards' Beal, who hurt his hamstring while pursuing Stephen Curry in the NBA's scoring race. Then Beal took the beef to Twitter.
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May 10, 2021
As Medina Spirit's second test sample is sent out to a lab, trainer Bob Baffert takes to Fox News in the wake of his suspension by Churchill Downs.
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May 10, 2021
The head of Italian soccer weighs in after Juventus, Barcelona and Real Madrid announced their determination to continue pursuing an exclusive annual tournament.
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May 10, 2021
The Wizards point guard notched his 182nd career triple-double Monday in Atlanta, shattering one of the NBA's most hallowed marks.
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May 10, 2021
Serena Williams suggests she might skip the Tokyo Olympics if she cannot bring her daughter to Japan.
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May 10, 2021
Oshie was not at Monday's practice and is listed as day-to-day with a lower-body injury.
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May 10, 2021
T.J. Oshie was not at Monday's practice and he is listed as day-to-day with a lower-body injury.
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May 10, 2021
Listing players like Nikola Jokic and Joel Embiid at multiple positions creates confusion for the All-NBA teams.
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May 10, 2021
The Wizards play Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday to close out the regular season.
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May 10, 2021
Take Brood X out to the ballgame, take cicadas out to the crowd.
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May 10, 2021
The denial of payouts for backers of second-place Mandaloun, who will ascend to the 2021 title if a Bob Baffert-trained horse is confirmed as having failed a drug test, could spark a class-action lawsuit against Churchill Downs.
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May 10, 2021
To Potomac's Maria Urban, this season has been "frustrating." Don't tell that to opposing hitters.
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May 10, 2021
These raging NBA debates cheapen the league's rich history. Everybody needs to relax.
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May 10, 2021
Alex Lasry helped make the Bucks a sports leader in social justice causes. But is a wealthy former banker what Democrats need to win in Wisconsin? An interview with the Senate hopeful.
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May 10, 2021
The Stallions and Bulldogs know the stakes and the opponents. But this condensed season has provided plenty of changes to the state title game.
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May 10, 2021
The Maryland men were the only undefeated team in the country, but the Terps were seeded third behind North Carolina and Duke.
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May 09, 2021
After messy departures from ESPN, the media stars have lofty goals for their new venture, Meadowlark. "We are not going to do the sports version of '90 Day Fiancé,'" Skipper said.
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May 09, 2021
Brad Hand has his second straight rough outing, and it costs the Nationals in a 3-2 loss to the Yankees.
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May 09, 2021
The Wizards play Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday to close out the regular season.
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May 09, 2021
Starter Dean Kremer pitches into the sixth inning, but the reliable reliever can't keep his runners from scoring.
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May 09, 2021
The news comes not long after Medina Spirit provided a record seventh Kentucky Derby win for trainer Bob Baffert, the affable, 68-year-old king of horse racing.
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May 09, 2021
Maryland officials must do the right thing and ban Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit from the Preakness.
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May 09, 2021
Lizzy Sieracki, a senior defender, scores her first goal of the season on a 60th-minute header.
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May 09, 2021
That Thomas Boswell is one of the best sportswriters of his generation is obvious to anyone who read his work. Seeing how he did that work, though, was nothing short of a master class.
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May 09, 2021
The test result hurled back into the season the recent-years, doping-related questions swirling around Baffert, whose unexpected win with the 12-1 shot Medina Spirit on May 1 provided a record seventh Kentucky Derby win for the affable, 68-year-old king of the sport.
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May 09, 2021
The Capitals will play either the Boston Bruins or New York Islanders in the first round.
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May 09, 2021
Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is the latest high-profile figure with D.C. ties to back the National Women's Soccer League club.
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May 09, 2021
The Seattle Seahawks wide receiver ran the 100 meters in 10.37 seconds, finishing in ninth place.
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May 09, 2021
The 6-foot-3 point guard tied Oscar Robertson's all-time career record of 181 triple-doubles Saturday. But what does it mean?
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May 09, 2021
Russell Westbrook turned in just the third 20-rebound, 20-assist game in NBA history Monday night. He already owned one. Wilt Chamberlain owns the other.
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May 09, 2021
Volunteers with Little Leagues across the DMV region have navigated a lineup card's worth of logistical hurdles, coronavirus protocols and local restrictions.
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May 09, 2021
Mark Emmert told the New York Times he is hoping for approval of new NIL guidelines "before, or as close to, July 1."
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May 09, 2021
How will the newest pieces fit with the returning players, and which areas does Washington still need to address?
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May 09, 2021
That Thomas Boswell is one of the best sportswriters of his generation is obvious to anyone who read his work. Seeing how he did that work, though, was nothing short of a master class.
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May 09, 2021
A years-long effort by the sport's moneyed elite exposed the underbelly of the industry, paving the way for sweeping reforms. But critics see something different: a move by wealthy and politically connected horsemen to strengthen their hold on the industry.
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May 09, 2021
The next few weeks will bring several opportunities for the rare D.C. sports superfecta.
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May 09, 2021
The Wizards guard had 33 points, 19 rebounds and 15 assists against the Indiana Pacers on Saturday for the 181st triple-double of his career, matching NBA legend Oscar Robertson.
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May 09, 2021
Challenged again by their rivals from Baltimore, the undefeated Terps rallied in the second half to score a 12-10 victory.
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May 09, 2021
Max Scherzer racked up 14 strikeouts, but Hand gave away leads in the ninth and 10th innings before the Yankees won in the 11th.
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May 09, 2021
Washington was without most of its stars Saturday night, then saw two more go down. But the Capitals still rallied to a key 2-1 victory.
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May 09, 2021
Zac Lowther is roughed up for seven runs on seven hits and lasts just 2-plus innings.
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May 08, 2021
When the next class of NFL stars are drafted this week, many will be represented by Black agents. But those agents say they still struggle to win over White players.
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May 08, 2021
Santangelo has been on and off Nationals broadcasts over the past week, leading to questions that neither the team nor MASN would answer.
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May 08, 2021
The Wizards guard had double-digit points, rebounds and assists against the Indiana Pacers on Saturday for the 181st triple-double of his career.
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May 08, 2021
Scherzer racked up 14 strikeouts, but closer Brad Hand gave away leads in the ninth and 10th innings before the Yankees won in the 11th.
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May 08, 2021
An early strike by the Crew and two second-half own goals left D.C. with its third straight loss.
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May 08, 2021
The Giants blew out the celebration of Willie Mays's 90th birthday on Friday night the way any sane organization would have done if the greatest living ballplayer and oldest living Hall of Famer was one of theirs.
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May 08, 2021
Everyone in Kansas City knows the Negro Leagues icon, and his family hopes to find a way to use his old home to keep that legacy alive.
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May 08, 2021
The Giants blew out the celebration of Willie Mays's 90th birthday on Friday night the way any sane organization would have done if the greatest living ballplayer and oldest living Hall of Famer was one of theirs.
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May 08, 2021
Three obscure NBA players have united to give the Wizards an unruly but surprisingly effective big-man rotation.
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May 08, 2021
Nikola Jokic for MVP, Rudy Gobert for defensive player of the year and all the picks for the major 2021 NBA awards.
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May 08, 2021
Bell will serve as the third-ever player ambassador for the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy, following Anthony Rendon and Ian Desmond.
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May 08, 2021
He also managed the Minnesota Twins and coached three Cy Young Award winners.
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May 08, 2021
Warriors? Red Tails? Presidents? More than 40,000 fans have sent in suggestions.
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May 08, 2021
The Kentucky Derby winner's story starts in Ocala, Fla., where he was born in 2018 on a random patch of dirt in the corner of a wee field.
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May 08, 2021
My alma mater could have made a difference with its latest hire, but dollars outweighed decency.
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May 08, 2021
Washington Coach Ron Rivera has always believed in personal interactions. That includes the draft, where he often tries to conduct one-on-one interviews with prospects.
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May 08, 2021
In Orioles' first game since John Means' near-perfect no-hitter, their starter struggles.
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May 08, 2021
Westbrook had 42 points and fell one assist shy of another triple-double, but Luka Doncic (31 points, 20 assists, 12 rebounds) and the Mavericks prevailed at the end.
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May 08, 2021
Josh Harrison, Josh Bell, Yan Gomes and Juan Soto all connect as Washington uses a six-run eighth to blow past New York.
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May 08, 2021
Hope for an East Division title are flickering with just two games left in the regular season.
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May 08, 2021
The Wizards, who had their eight-game winning streak snapped Monday, have won nine consecutive games four times. The Orlando Magic is the only other NBA franchise to have never won 10 consecutive games.
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May 07, 2021
Pelicans GM David Griffin said of Zion Williamson's fractured finger, "We told the NBA through every means available to us ... that the way they were officiating Zion was going to get him injured."
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May 07, 2021
Stone Bridge, long haunted on this stage, beats Highland Springs, 13-10, in overtime to capture the Class 5 championship.
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May 07, 2021
Toronto and either Washington or Pittsburgh will benefit from the NHL's altered divisions and playoff format in 2021.
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May 07, 2021
Three-quarters of the short-lived Super League committed to a series of measures imposed by UEFA. Three holdouts refused to renounce the project and may seek damages.
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May 07, 2021
She won three gold medals in the shot put and discus but retired after gender verification was required.
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May 07, 2021
"After the play, I would have never thought that all this would have blown up," Tom Wilson said. "It seemed [like a] fairly routine hockey scrum to me."
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May 07, 2021
Australian basketball star Liz Cambage has blasted her country's Olympic officials over "whitewashing" in their promotional materials.
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May 07, 2021
With no spring camp in 2020, Navy fell behind and never really caught up during a 3-7 season.
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May 07, 2021
Parker Hanson, a reliever at Augustana University in South Dakota, has received offers to pay for a new prosthetic and to raise money for charity, but he must get a waiver from the NCAA to accept donations.
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May 07, 2021
He also managed the Minnesota Twins and coached three Cy Young Award winners.
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May 07, 2021
The Rangers said George Parros was unfit for his job leading the Department of Player Safety after the office fined, but did not suspend, the Capitals' Tom Wilson for his role in an altercation with the Rangers on Monday.
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May 07, 2021
Kevin Kelley's hyper-analytical approach has worked wonders at an Arkansas prep school. Now he'll test his tactics at the college level.
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May 07, 2021
A career spent in a long, rich conversation with friends and neighbors about a mutual love of sports has been a sinfully good time.
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May 07, 2021
James Madison will take on Sam Houston in an FCS semifinal on Saturday in Huntsville, Tex.
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May 07, 2021
It doesn't click for everyone at the same time, and it's worth remembering that Victor Robles is not yet 24. But at some point, a player with his talent has to become what he can become.
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May 07, 2021
Boswell spent decades in baseball clubhouses, NFL locker rooms, golf courses, boxing gyms, bowling alleys, poolhalls and anywhere else the story of modern life could be told through competition.
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May 07, 2021
Raul Neto had a career night and Bradley Beal came up big down the stretch and in overtime, helping the Wizards to a big win that moved them into better position for the playoffs.
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May 06, 2021
The defending champion Stallions were outmatched from the start in a 62-21 defeat.
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May 06, 2021
The death of Jake Ehlinger, a 20-year-old walk-on linebacker, was described by police as "not considered suspicious."
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May 06, 2021
Many of the projected starters in Hernán Losada's demanding system remain sidelined.
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May 06, 2021
The Nationals can't find the hit they need in a 3-2 loss that capped a sweep by their NL East rivals at Nationals Park.
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May 06, 2021
Olympic athletes don't need — and shouldn't seek — the IOC's approval to protest.
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May 06, 2021
The first U.S. athlete qualified for these Summer Games in July 2019. The United States is expected to send about 600 athletes to Tokyo.
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May 06, 2021
Albert Pujols, an almost-certain future Hall of Famer, and the Los Angeles Angels have parted ways.
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May 06, 2021
The IOC doesn't govern Japan, and it can't force these Tokyo Games to go on.
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May 06, 2021
Washington faces the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday on Saturday and wraps up regular-season play Tuesday against Boston.
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May 06, 2021
The Rangers said George Parros was unfit for his job leading the department after it fined, but did not suspend, the Capitals' Tom Wilson for his role in an altercation with the Rangers.
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May 06, 2021
Sports leagues are worried about losing young fans to their phones. Buzzer, run by a former Twitter executive, wants to bring live sports to them.
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