Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Your 12 hourly digest for Sports: Sports News, Scores, Analysis, Schedules & More - The Washington Post

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.
Mike Ribeiro, Joey Crabb receive unsportsmanlike conduct penalties
Jan 24th 2013, 05:34

During the course of the Capitals' 4-2 loss to the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday night, Mike Ribeiro was high-sticked twice while taking faceoffs. The veteran center grew so agitated that neither play resulted in a penalty that he eventually earned an unsportsmanlike-conduct minor and a 10-minute misconduct.

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Manti Te'o to Katie Couric: "What would you do?"
Jan 23rd 2013, 14:42

In his first on-camera interview, Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o admitted to Katie Couric that he lied about his online girlfriend after learning that she didn't exist but insisted that he had no part in the hoax.

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Senior Bowl: South practices notes and observations
Jan 23rd 2013, 14:32

With upgrades in the secondary ranking among the Redskins' top needs for the preseason, members of the team's scouting department took notes Tuesday on the crop of cornerback and safeties, among other positions, and held brief on-field interviews with some of them following the conclusion of the practice session.

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U.S. national team news & notes
Jan 23rd 2013, 14:29



*U.S. national team training camp continues in Carson, Calif., with two fewer players: Colorado Rapids forward Edson Buddle (knee) and San Jose Earthquakes defender Steven Beitashour (sport hernia) returned home with injuries. With a large group remaining in camp (23), Juergen Klinsmann will not call in replacements ahead of the Jan. 29 friendly against Canada at Houston's BBVA Compass Stadium (9 p.m. ET, ESPN2).

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Maryland vs. Boston College: More lineup changes for Terps
Jan 23rd 2013, 14:28

In his never-ending quest to "figure things out," a phrase that has become a staple of Maryland basketball news conferences lately, Coach Mark Turgeon fielded his eighth different starting lineup of the season season on Tuesday night against Boston College, and fifth in six ACC games.

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Morning Pixels: Jim Boeheim on Georgetown
Jan 23rd 2013, 14:19



We're still a month away from the final scheduled Big East meeting between Georgetown and Syracuse. And the rhetoric is already getting amazing.

Because, while the current rivalry might not mean much to younger hoop fans, the past few decades meant an awful lot to an awful lot of people. Including, not surprisingly, 'Cuse Coach Jim Boeheim.

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Kate Upton Super Bowl ad: It's sudsy
Jan 23rd 2013, 13:58

So much for truth in advertising.

It isn't so much that Kate Upton, as the Mercedes-Benz people say, "washes the all-new CLA in slow-motion," as it is that Kate Upton, in the brief clip that's been released, gets a bunch of guys in football jerseys to wash the all-new CLA for her.

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Serena Williams upset by 19-year-old Sloane Stephens
Jan 23rd 2013, 13:25

Serena Williams was rolling, looking as if she might be as dominant as she has ever been as she made her way through the Australian Open.

And then, just like that, it all fell apart. Williams, the tournament's No. 3 seed, was headed home and 19-year-old American Sloane Stephens was a 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 winner in a shocker Down Under.

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Postgame: Beating Boston College provides confidence boost for Terps
Jan 23rd 2013, 13:00



It's a slippery slope in the ACC, gaining traction nearly impossible once a team begins to slide, especially on the road. So with trips to Duke and Florida State looming over the next week, the Maryland basketball team secured a confidence-boosting 64-59 win over Boston College late Tuesday night. It may have not have been a must-win scenario, given that 12 conference games still remain, but it sure came close.

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Lance Armstrong support erodes following confession to Oprah Winfrey
Jan 23rd 2013, 12:30

More than half of all Americans now say Lance Armstrong should not get credit for his career accomplishments in cycling, according to a new Washington Post poll.

The new numbers reveal a quick reversal in public sentiment about the seven-time winner of the Tour de France.

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Martell Webster has 'high hopes' for NBA's return to Seattle
Jan 23rd 2013, 12:00

For those who follow Martell Webster on Twitter, the veteran swingman doesn't leave much doubt about where he's from.

When the Wizards arrived in Los Angeles after their thrilling win in Denver early Saturday morning, Webster sent out a photograph of his cellphone, which showed the time of arrival 2:06 or the area code of his home town, Seattle.

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Matt Hendricks is one of the few bright spots in Caps home opener
Jan 23rd 2013, 12:00

Washington forward Matt Hendricks kept his right fist coiled, his knuckles still swollen and bloodied minutes after the Capitals dropped their first home opener in more than a decade Tuesday night at Verizon Center.

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Maryland basketball holds off Boston College to even ACC record at 3-3
Jan 23rd 2013, 04:43

With the way its offense has operated since ACC play began, the Maryland men's basketball team can expect slugfests night after night. Even against Boston College.

Capitalizing on a key second-half run that barely withstood a late Eagles rally, the Terps evened their conference record at 3-3, rebounding from a sluggish loss at North Carolina with a 64-59 win late Tuesday night in College Park.

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Capitals vs. Jets: Washington falls to Winnipeg in 2013 home opener
Jan 23rd 2013, 03:13

The night NHL hockey returned to downtown Washington should have transformed Verizon Center into a cauldron of emotion fueled by fans eager to watch their team for the first time in more than eight months.

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