 | Redskins lament loss of Brandon Meriweather after only one game Nov 20th 2012, 22:07 The Redskins got a brief glimpse Sunday of what safety Brandon Meriweather could mean to their defense. Meriweather, after missing the first nine games of the season because of an injury to his left knee that he originally suffered during the preseason and then aggravated twice, had an interception in his Redskins debut. He appeared to be a difference-maker on defense and the Redskins had a solid all-around performance in beating the Philadelphia Eagles, 31-6. Read full article >>   | | Ed Reed wins appeal; suspension reduced to $50,000 fine Nov 20th 2012, 21:24 The NFL has reduced the punishment given Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed, fining him $50,000 rather than suspending him for one game. Reed appealed the suspension, which was handed down Monday, and his appeal was heard by Ted Cottrell, a former defensive coach jointly approved by the NFL and NFL Players Association to rule on player appeals. Merton Hanks, the NFL's vice-president of football operations, initially suspended Reed for a helmet-to-helmet hit Sunday night on wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders that was deemed to be Reed's third such hit in three seasons. Read full article >>   | | London Fletcher unsure if he'll play Thursday Nov 20th 2012, 21:22 Linebacker London Fletcher sat out the Redskins' practice Tuesday because of his sprained left ankle but said he is leaving open the possibility of playing Thursday at Dallas. "I don't have a sense yet," Fletcher said. "It's still a couple days out. The fact that it's a short week doesn't help. It's one of those deals where you just kind of get as much treatment as possible and do everything in my power to try to put myself in a position to play." Read full article >>   | | A few minutes with United's Kevin Payne Nov 20th 2012, 21:14 D.C. United President Kevin Payne addressed a wide range of subjects with me Tuesday afternoon at RFK Stadium: Volkswagen's sponsorship deal with D.C. United expires next month, correct? "Right. There has been nothing definitive, but we're confident our relationship with Volkswagen will continue. We have had constructive conversations and our relationship has always been good. It always helps when you finish the season on an up-note. Several of their senior marketing people were at the game the other day and were obviously very happy about the scene in the stadium. It helps that they can see what is happening." Read full article >>   | | With Big Ten move, recruiting Midwest becomes focus for Terrapins Nov 20th 2012, 21:12 For Coach Randy Edsall and his Maryland football staff, everything starts on Sunday. Sure, the Maryland football team still has its season finale remaining, a Saturday matchup at North Carolina, but for an athletics department that on Monday announced a massive and surprising upheaval by switching from the ACC to the Big Ten, the Terrapins must call a recruiting audible as well. Read full article >>   | | Danica Patrick divorcing her husband of 7 years Nov 20th 2012, 20:57 Danica Patrick and her husband, Paul Hospenthal, are divorcing after seven years of marriage. Patrick, 30, announced the split on Facebook, saying: "I am sad to inform my fans that after 7 years, Paul and I have decided to amicably end our marriage. This isn't easy for either of us, but mutually it has come to this. He has been an important person and friend in my life and that's how we will remain moving forward." Read full article >>   | | RGIII earns WWE Championship belt Nov 20th 2012, 20:41 Adam Carriker, the huge wrestling fan that he is, obtained an official WWE championship belt at the start of the season, with the intentions of giving it to a Redskins player of the week for his "4th and Pain" radio show with Chuck Carroll.Previous belt winners have includedPierre Garcon, Alfred Morris (two-time winner), Ryan Kerrigan (two-time winner), Lorenzo Alexander and Tyler Polumbus. Each week's honoree gets to keep the belt for a week to do as he pleases. Rumor has it that Kerrigan wore his to the grocery store. Read full article >>   | | Few minutes with United GM Dave Kasper Nov 20th 2012, 19:43 D.C. United General Manager Dave Kasper agreed to sit down for our annual end-of-season chat about the roster and the club's direction. Rest assured, after qualifying for MLS's playoffs for the first time in five years and advancing to the Eastern Conference finals, today's discussion was more upbeat than past years. Nonetheless, the club will have to address several issues over the next two months. Read full article >>   | | Soccer Outsider: United-Dynamo match diary, player ratings Nov 20th 2012, 19:15
Even 3-1 down, even without its top goal scorer, top defender, top teenage prospect and top cost-effective backup midfielder (shoutout to Stephen King!), I thought D.C. United could win Sunday's second leg of the MLS Eastern Conference finals. United has made us believe that any eleven we put on the field can get results. Is you high-paid playmaker not working out? No sweat: Replace him with a guy (Marcelo Saragosa) who has been bouncing from team to team in Azerbaijan. Did last year's MVP get hurt? No big deal: Give more minutes to a guy (Lewis Neal) who played for Stoke back before Stoke was the Total Futbol glamor club that it is now. I think there's a lesson here for all of us: We are replaceable. Don't get too comfortable, because any college intern is probably a weekend training course away from being able to do what you do almost as well for a quarter of the cost. Also in two years there will be an iPhone app that does your entire job. Read full article >>   | | Justin Bieber in Wizards shorts Nov 20th 2012, 19:06 "At 18 years of age he's already loaded, has a different flash car every few months and the love of the gorgeous Selena Gomez, 20. But he also has a wardrobe stuffed with terrible, terrible clothes."
That's the way the Daily Mail opened a recent story about Justin Bieber. In this case, the "terrible, terrible clothes" is a pair of Washington Wizards shorts he likely picked up whilecruising Verizon Center in his Segway. Read full article >>   | | Ed Reed appeals suspension as NFL seeks to clarify rule Nov 20th 2012, 17:41 The NFL suspended Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed one game for repeated hits to opponents' heads, a decision that Reed and the NFL Players Association are appealing today. The move will result in a $423,529 fine (one game check) for Reid, whose appeal will be heard by Ted Cottrell, a former player jointly chosen by the league and the NFL PA. Reed's exact infraction? A third-strike, helmet-to-helmet hit onPittsburgh Steelers receiver Emmanuel Sanders that drew a flag Sunday night. In September, Reed was fined $21,000 after he was penalized for unnecessary roughness on a play involving the New England Patriots' Deion Branch, deemed a defenseless receiver. In December 2010,Reed was fined $10,000 and flagged for roughing the quarterback with a hit on Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints. Read full article >>   | |
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