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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.

Jack Hillen leaves Capitals season opener with injury Jan 20th 2013, 02:04 Capitals defenseman Jack Hillen left Saturday's season opener favoring his left shoulder after being propelled into the boards by a check from Tampa Bay captain Vincent Lecavalier. With 11 minutes 40 seconds elapsed in the second period, Lecavalier hit Hillen just below the goal line to the left of the Washington net. Hillen, who is listed at 5-10, 190 pounds, went flying into the end boards with his left shoulder taking the brunt of the impact. Read full article >> Wizards' John Wall excited to continue duel with Clippers' Eric Bledsoe Jan 20th 2013, 01:51 When Eric Bledsoe left the Los Angeles Clippers' practice facility and walked to his car on Saturday morning, his first objective was to pick up his phone and call John Wall to engage in some playful trash talk before the former Kentucky back-court mates and good friends duel at Staples Center. Read full article >> San Francisco 49ers' defense hopes to rise to challenge of Atlanta Falcons in NFC championship Jan 20th 2013, 01:10 Aldon Smith stood in the San Francisco 49ers' locker room last week and talked about relief, strength and identity. Others talked about being on the cusp of football history. The face of one of the NFL's most exciting teams is quarterback Colin Kaepernick, the electrifying, second-year budding superstar. But the 49ers' soul is its defense, and eight days before the NFC championship game, that's what Smith wanted you to understand. Read full article >> NFL playoffs: Baltimore's Joe Flacco brings more to the table than meets the eye Jan 19th 2013, 23:39 OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Come September, when football geeks nationwide gather in bars or online for that most important night of the year — Fantasy Draft Night — his name won't be called early. Thirteen quarterbacks threw for more yards than Joe Flacco this season. Fourteen threw more touchdown passes. Eleven had higher passer ratings. Read full article >> Open thread: Capitals at Lightning Jan 19th 2013, 23:00 After far too long a wait, Washington is set to kick off a new season. The Capitals visit Tampa Bay in search of a positive start under first-year Coach Adam Oates, who makes his debut against the team he started his coaching career with during the 2009-10 season. Read full article >> Maryland vs. North Carolina: Terps had no answer for Reggie Bullock Jan 19th 2013, 21:56 The Dean E. Smith Center crowd went nuts when Reggie Bullock drained his first field goal, a wide-open three-pointer after North Carolina won the tip. They did it again on the Tar Heels' third possession, which ended with a Bullock layup, and again when Bullock sprung free in the right corner for another three-pointer. Read full article >> Adam Oates to make Capitals debut where his coaching career began Jan 19th 2013, 21:26 It's coincidental that Adam Oates's first game as an NHL head coach will take place against the team with which he started his coaching career. Back in the 2009-10 season, then-Lightning coach Rick Tocchet asked his friend and former teammate if he would consider being an assistant coach. Read full article >> Maryland-North Carolina postgame: Terps at a loss after another loss Jan 19th 2013, 21:21 Maryland had roster-wide struggles on Saturday in Chapel Hill, N.C., from foolish turnovers to rebounding lapses to systematic mistakes. Dez Wells scored a team-high 21 points, but twice dribbled out of bounds with no defenders within an arm's length. Charles Mitchell had nine points and 11 rebounds, but allowed a few late offensive rebounds that helped North Carolina seal a 62-52 win. Read full article >> Earl Weaver: Words from a baseball master Jan 19th 2013, 21:08 In the 1970s, when female reporters were first allowed in baseball locker rooms, I was leaving Earl Weaver's office one night after his smart, sarcastic postmortem of a tough Orioles defeat. I realized that the only woman on the beat, a relative newcomer, had missed Weaver's performance. Read full article >> Davey Johnson on the passing of Earl Weaver Jan 19th 2013, 20:27 On Saturday, the baseball world mourned the loss of one of its greatest managers and perhaps its most colorful personality, Earl Weaver, the fiery and beloved 5-foot-7 leader of the Baltimore Orioles who was often the center of attention himself. He managed the Orioles for 17 years, most of them in his first tenure from 1968 to 1982, when he led them to five 100-win seasons, four American League pennants and won a World Series. Read full article >> Maryland vs. North Carolina: Terps rarely competitive in 62-52 loss to Tar Heels Jan 19th 2013, 19:13 CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — By halftime of Maryland's game Saturday at North Carolina, the unbridled joy created by Terrapins' last-second win over No. 14 North Carolina State just three days earlier had vanished. After Tar Heels swingman Reggie Bullock zapped Maryland's confidence with a barrage of first-half jumpers, all that remained was disappointment for the Terrapins, who rarely challenged in a 62-52 loss, their third in four games. Read full article >> Nicklas Backstrom, Brooks Laich, Mike Green named Capitals' alternate captains Jan 19th 2013, 18:46 During training camp, Coach Adam Oates held a meeting with the four players he considers to be the backbone of the Capitals organization: Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, Mike Green and Brooks Laich. On Saturday, Oates announced to the team that the quartet will serve as this year's captains. Ovechkin remains the captain while Backstrom, Laich and Green are the alternates. Read full article >> Tom Poti to make his return in Capitals season opener Jan 19th 2013, 18:05 Exactly two years and a week since he last played an NHL game, Capitals defenseman Tom Poti is expected to make his return to the lineup tonight in the season opener at the Tampa Bay Lightning. Poti's comeback coincidentally takes place in the same city where he last played, on Jan. 12, 2011, before lingering groin problems and a fractured pelvis forced him to miss significant time. Read full article >> Do reserves Jamal Crawford and J.R. Smith deserve selection to NBA all-star team? Jan 19th 2013, 17:39 Kobe Bryant separated himself from Jerry West, Karl Malone and Shaquille O'Neal lasst week when he set a new record with his 15th consecutive all-star selection. But what few remember is that when Bryant was elected to his first all-star game in 1998, that wiry 19-year-old with the huge Afro who famously challenged Michael Jordan to a one-on-one duel didn't start for the Los Angeles Lakers. Read full article >> Maryland basketball vs. North Carolina: Open discussion thread Jan 19th 2013, 16:22 Greetings from the Dean E. Smith Center, site of Saturday's matchup between the Maryland men's basketball team and North Carolina. The game tips off at 12 p.m., broadcast on ESPN and the typical Terrapin Sports Radio Network affiliates. Read full article >> Shaquille Cleare's emergence a pleasant surprise during N.C. State win Jan 19th 2013, 16:19 The Maryland men's basketball team beat its first ranked team since 2010 on Wednesday. It won thanks to a buzzer-beating tip-in from Alex Len and later got swarmed by a sellout crowd rushing the Comcast Center court. It was an undeniable emotional high for a group desperate to break through, especially given its draining two-game losing streak. Read full article >> Earl Weaver, former Orioles manager, dies at 82 Jan 19th 2013, 15:52 A scourge to umpires, goad to his players and a delight to fans, Earl Weaver was among the winningest managers in the history of major-league baseball. In his 17 years as chief helmsman of the Baltimore Orioles, his teams won 1,480 games, four American League championships and the 1970 World Series. Read full article >> Pregame notes: What's up with Maryland's offense? Jan 19th 2013, 15:00 Today's pregame advance in the print edition explores the Maryland basketball team's much-improved defense, which has helped the Terrapins weather some brutal scoring stretches, keeping them close in games against Miami and North Carolina State. Part of that can understandably be attributed to their opponents' stingy defense, but what's to be said about Maryland's offensive state? 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