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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.

Morning review: Terps need to figure out offense Jan 20th 2013, 12:01 The flawless offensive execution Maryland displayed in its ACC opener against Virginia Tech seems all too distant by now. Since hanging 53 points on the hapless Hokies by intermission 15 days ago, the Maryland basketball team posted the following halftime scores in its next four games: 36, 14, 22, 20. Read full article >> Wizards vs. Clippers: Washington rally falls short as Los Angeles wins, 94-87 Jan 20th 2013, 06:41 LOS ANGELES — In one minute – which seemed to zip by faster than a John Wall full-court jaunt – the Washington Wizards squandered an opportunity to add a third elite team to their list of upset victims. Already with victories over Miami and Oklahoma City, the Wizards were in position to stun the Los Angeles Clippers on their home floor when Wall found Nene for a layup that brought the Wizards within one point with 93 seconds remaining. Read full article >> Adam Oates on Caps' 6-3 loss to Lightning: 'We got tired at times' Jan 20th 2013, 06:25 As the Capitals piled up penalties Saturday night in their 6-3 loss to Tampa Bay, it was clear these weren't the types of infractions that were the result of trying to break down an odd-man rush or stop a scoring chance. Read full article >> Bryce Harper, Davey Johnson receive their awards in New York Jan 20th 2013, 03:54 NEW YORK -- It was an exchange and introduction never before experienced by these Nationals: Bryce Harper, in a dapper black tuxedo and slickly combed hair, walking to the microphone before hundreds at the New York Baseball Writers' Association Dinner on Saturday night at the New York Hilton to accept his National League Rookie of the Year plaque. His presenter, Nationals Manager Davey Johnson, also in a black tuxedo and minutes removed from accepting his own award, the National League Manager of the Year Award, was waiting to greet him. Read full article >> Wizards vs Clippers: Game 38 Discussion thread Jan 20th 2013, 03:38 The Wizards didn't have long to celebrate their impressive road win in Denver Coach Randy Wittman said the good feelings lasted approximately the entire bus ride to the airport because they were headed to Los Angeles to face a Clippers team that has the NBA's second-best record and has given them fits in recent years. Read full article >> Capitals vs. Lightning: Washington drops season opener, 6-3 Jan 20th 2013, 03:22 TAMPA — No one expected that the Washington Capitals' season opener would be perfect. Not after just six days to learn a new system from a new coach, when there's chemistry to establish, communication to pin down and when many players on the roster hadn't played a professional game in eight months. Read full article >> Georgetown vs. South Florida: Hoyas stumble in second half vs. Bulls Jan 20th 2013, 02:24 TAMPA —Georgetown's Otto Porter Jr. went sprawling after loose balls, fell hard on an elbow and did just about everything a player could do to keep a Big East victory from slipping away Saturday. But trailing South Florida by one with less than 12 seconds remaining, he got pounded so hard as he drove for a final shot that the ball popped out. The scrum that followed sent the Bulls to the free throw line to seal a come-from-behind 61-58 triumph. Read full article >> Virginia basketball vs. Florida State: Cavs get early jump, rout Seminoles Jan 20th 2013, 02:09 CHARLOTTESVILLE — The Virginia men's basketball team couldn't completely solve its offensive issues in one day, but the Cavaliers did find a team that might be worse off than them. Virginia had little trouble beating Florida State, 56-36, on Saturday afternoon, holding the Seminoles to 11 points fewer than their previous season low and snapping a two-game losing streak. It's the fewest points Florida State has scored since March 2, 1979, and the sixth time this year an opponent has set a season low facing the Cavaliers. Read full article >> Temple basketball struggles but wins; GW is just struggling Jan 20th 2013, 02:05 Among the 2,430 at Smith Center on a cold, dank Wednesday evening, there was more pregame talk about whether it would snow than what a George Washington win over Temple might mean to a program trying to find itself after five lost seasons. Read full article >> George Mason vs. Hofstra: Foul-happy Patriots hold off Pride Jan 20th 2013, 02:02 Paul Hewitt was both satisfied and troubled by George Mason's defensive performance Saturday. On the bright side, the Patriots limited Hofstra to 22.9 percent shooting overall and four field goals in the first half en route to a 57-46 victory in Fairfax, a result that vaulted them into third place in the Colonial Athletic Association. Read full article >> Stan Musial, epitome of good hitting and good sportsmanship, dies at 92 Jan 20th 2013, 01:52 Stan "The Man" Musial, one of major league baseball's most prolific hitters and a model of good sportsmanship during his Hall of Fame career with the St. Louis Cardinals, died Saturday. He was 92. The death was announced by the team. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that he had Alzheimer's disease. Read full article >> Lance Armstrong, Manti Te'o and modern mythmaking Jan 20th 2013, 01:40 "If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything." — Mark Twain Many of our greatest athletic champions come from dark, needy places. It's a Faustian bargain inconvenient to acknowledge: The qualities that empower the truly elite athletes — ruthless drive, narcissistic focus, competitive obsession — are characteristics we'd find repulsive outside athletics. Incandescent in their sports, some of the greatest athletes I've ever met and covered are simply pedestrian as human beings. Read full article >>

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