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Column: College football programs must evolve
If college football programs cannot provide the safest possible experience for their athletes and create the cultures of personal responsibility they claim to foster, why should they exist?
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Dave’s Take: Following McNair’s death, U.Md. football must do the right thing
WTOP’s Senior Sports Director Dave Johnson says all the carefully worded statements from University of Maryland officials regarding the death of Jordan McNair won’t bring the 19-year-old offensive lineman back to life.
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Column: NFL, Hall of Fame continue to exert plantation approach on players
In the wake of Pro Football Hall-of-Famer Terrell Owens’ unprecedented move to skip his own enshrinement ceremony in Canton, pro football is again responding poorly to black men exercising their rights, says WTOP’s Rob Woodfork.
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Column: Nats fans should greet Trea Turner with silence
In the wake of Trea Turner’s offensive tweets resurfacing over the weekend, Nats fans should respond with silence.
2 weeks ago -
Column: Redskins’ Alex Smith must boldly go where Captain Kirk couldn’t
The Redskins are banking on Alex Smith taking them where Kirk Cousins couldn’t. WTOP’s Rob Woodfork says the best case scenario is a former ‘Skins QB who enjoyed a late-career renaissance elsewhere.
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Column: Real reason MLB attendance is down
If you’re focused on fewer hits or more strikeouts as the reasons for baseball’s decrease in attendance, you’re missing the big, obvious reason.
3 weeks ago -
HR Derby belonged to Bryce, but All-Star Game was Max’s
Bryce Harper made the Home Run Derby his event. But Tuesday night’s All-Star Game was Max Scherzer’s moment, and may have signaled a changing of the guard for the face of the Washington Nationals franchise.
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Playing baseball and growing up: ‘Bull Durham’ turns 30
As “Bull Durham” turns 30 this month, why it’s really a movie about how our appreciation of baseball grows and changes as we do.
2 months ago -
Column: Will Caps Stanley Cup win reverse DC’s sports curse?
The Capitals won Washington’s first major championship in 26 years but lost their coach. But are Washington teams positioned for a sustained run of excellence like Boston’s, or are they more likely to be a one-and-done like Cleveland’s?
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Column: Orioles need to blow it all up immediately
It’s not just about Manny Machado. WTOP’s Noah Frank says the Orioles would be best served to hold a full fire sale, and not to wait to do it.
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Column: What I’ll also be watching during the World Cup
The World Cup soccer extravaganza starts Thursday, and WTOP’s Carlos Prieto is psyched, as he has been since he was 9. But it’s impossible to ignore the corruption of world soccer body FIFA and the human rights record of the host country. They say “politics and sport don’t mix,” but what’s a fan to do?
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Reflections on a championship: No more waiting till next year
As the 2017-2018 Washington Capitals showed us, sometimes it takes a little longer to reach your goal. And, as WTOP’s Jonathan Warner writes in his column, it just makes it that much sweeter.
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Column: Washington sports fans show their major league mettle
D.C. sports fans were panned for over-celebrating the Capitals’ playoff victory over the rival Pittsburgh Penguins. Now they’re showing the world how great a sports town Washington really is.
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Dave’s Take: Believe it
WTOP’s Dave Johnson said whether people in D.C. realize it now or not, the area is a lot more confident today. All things are possible because a hockey team reminded us it’s OK to believe.
2 months ago -
Character win: Capitals finally take a title
The raw emotion from the Caps win was overwhelming. Eleven years of heartache for them, 43 seasons for the Capitals, erased in an instant of pure joy that later left players helpless to describe it.
2 months ago
