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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.

Nationals decisions on Adam LaRoche and Edwin Jackson will be affected by qualifying offers, baseball's new compensatory draft pick system Oct 30th 2012, 12:30 With the new collective bargaining agreement last winter came a new system of compensating teams who lose players in free agency. The old system, in which players are classified as either "Type A" or "Type B" free agents, is history. The new system revolves the concept of a qualifying offer. Read full article >> NBA preview: Top story lines Oct 30th 2012, 11:50 Dwightmare, Part III? What, you thought Dwight Howard's fear of commitment ended once he ditched Orlando and connected with the prettiest girl in the room? Howard took the Magic and its fans through a nauseating ordeal of flip-flopping suspense for two consecutive summers, until the situation became too untenable for both sides. The Los Angeles Lakers once again got their big man — as they previously have with Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Shaquille O'Neal — but Howard will become an unrestricted free agent next season. Howard stands to make more money by becoming a free agent, but he also has to remain coy about his intentions, adding more tension to the Lakers' pursuit of a 17th title — and Kobe Bryant's chase for a sixth. The Lakers have an aging roster, after also adding two-time most valuable player Steve Nash to a team already featuring fellow 30-something all-stars Bryant and Pau Gasol. And Howard, who complained about the media glare in Orlando, will be under more intense scrutiny in a place where championships are the expectation and not the hope. Howard probably won't be a one-year rental, especially with Bryant grooming him to take over the franchise when he plans to steps aside in two years. But if the pressure is too much for the fun-loving Howard, the Lakers come up short or implode, would he be willing to do the dance once again? Read full article >> NASL approves Virginia expansion club Oct 30th 2012, 02:04 The North American Soccer League, the second division in the U.S. pro pyramid, has approved an expansion bid by a Northern Virginia group that will field a team in Loudoun County, starting as soon as 2014. Read full article >>

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