| Sports: Sports News, Scores, Analysis, Schedules & More - The Washington Post | | The Washington Post Sports section provides sports news, video, scores, analysis and updates about high school, college, and pro sports teams, including the Capitals, Nationals, Redskins, United and Wizards. Post Sports also offers blogs and discussions about the latest sports news. | |
 | Chris Cooley, on the road back to work Oct 25th 2012, 22:41 You pull into the driveway of the stone mansion off a gravel road in Leesburg at 6:59 a.m. Wednesday morning. The garage is open. A light flickers on inside the kitchen. Chewy and Moose, the adopted mutts, scamper out to do their business. Two cats nuzzle against your leg, begging for attention. Read full article >> | | Steelers defensive player to watch: OLB James Harrison Oct 25th 2012, 21:48 How he beats you: Big, strong and athletic, the 6-foot, 242-pound Harrison is known as one of the fiercest hitters in the league. He attacks passers and ball carriers with a vengeance. Last season he recorded 59 tackles, nine sacks and two forced fumbles in 11 games. The year before, he recorded 100 tackles and 10.5 sacks in 16 games. Harrison missed the first four games of this season with injury and has just one sack in three games, but he remains a tough assignment. Read full article >>   | | London Fletcher undergoing lengthy testing for balance problem Oct 25th 2012, 20:08 Linebacker London Fletcher missed practice for a second straight day Thursday and was undergoing testing for problems with balance that have affected him this week, Coach Mike Shanahan said Thursday. Shanahan said he had not spoken to doctors and didnt know the outcome of Fletchers evaluation, which, he said, lasted six to seven hours Thursday.. He said it was not clear whether Fletchers difficulties were related to a concussion. Read full article >>   | | Bill Simmons rips the Wizards Oct 25th 2012, 19:55 At the risk of turning this blog into a full-time ESPN personality transcription service, Id like to present some recent thoughts from Bill Simmons on the Wizards. Because any time one of the countrys most popular sports writers says a D.C. GMs personnel decision was the equivalent of pulling your pants down at work and exposing yourself to a female employee, well, I can hardly ignore that, right? Read full article >>   | | Redskins preparing to play without London Fletcher, if needed Oct 25th 2012, 18:31 The Redskins are preparing for the possibility that the practically unthinkable—playing a game without linebacker London Fletcher—will happen. Fletcher has played in 231 straight games. But his streak appears in jeopardy after he suffered a hamstring injury during last Sunday's loss to the New York Giants, then Redskins Coach Mike Shanahan said Wednesday that Fletcher was experiencing issues with his balance and would be examined by a neurologist. Read full article >>   | | Tony Beasley a candidate to become Nationals third base coach Oct 25th 2012, 18:24 Tony Beasley, who managed Class AAA Syracuse last season, could replace now-Astros Manager Bo Porter as the Nationals' third base coach. The Nationals need to wait to finalize their 2013 coaching staff until after Manager Davey Johnson's contract situation is settled. Johnson is under contract as a consultant for 2013, but the Nationals must rework his deal for him to return as a manager – which both he and General Manager Mike Rizzo have said they want. Read full article >>   | | David Stern will step down as NBA commissioner in 2014 Oct 25th 2012, 17:35 Video: NBA commissioner David Stern announces he will retire on Feb. 1, 2014. David Stern will step down as commissioner of the NBA, effective Feb. 1, 2014. Stern, 70, is the longest-tenured active commissioner in pro sports, running the NBA since Feb. 1,1984. He began working for the league as outside counsel in 1966. Read full article >>   | | NHL's deadline expected to pass without deal; league may announce cancellations Friday Oct 25th 2012, 17:05 The NHL's deadline to have a collective bargaining agreement in place in time to play a full 2012-13 season is expected to pass quietly Thursday. There won't be a deal, that much is certain. The two sides aren't talking and there are no meetings scheduled. And just as they didn't comment when the lockout began on Sept. 16, the NHL likely won't comment on the expiration of Thursday's deadline, according to Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly. Read full article >>   | |
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