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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.

Maryland basketball vs. Boston College: Open discussion thread Jan 23rd 2013, 00:30 Good evening from Comcast Center, where the Maryland men's basketball team tips off against Boston College at the way-past-my-bedtime hour of 9 p.m. The game will be broadcast on ESPNU and the typical Terrapin Sports Radio Network affiliates. Read full article >> Washington Wizards aren't fixed, but they might not be a tear-down project Jan 22nd 2013, 23:36 In their first 32 games, the Washington Wizards were 4-28. In the past seven games, they are 5-2. Just in the past two weeks, it's pretty clear what they've been missing so badly this season: another lockout to cancel the first two months of the season. Read full article >> Open thread: Capitals vs. Jets Jan 22nd 2013, 23:17 One hundred and two days after it was originally scheduled to occur, the Capitals will play their home opener at Verizon Center. Braden Holtby gets the nod in net for Washington and will be opposed by Ondrej Pavelec for Winnipeg. Chat about the game in the comment section below and be sure to check back after warmups for the lineup. Read full article >> Post Sports Live: Caps' home opener, Wizards win a few, Ray Lewis as a role model? Jan 22nd 2013, 22:27 LaVar Arrington, Dan Steinberg and Jason Reid joined Jonathan Forsythe on this week's webcast to discuss some early-season observations on the eve of the Capitals' home-opener, talk about the Wizards' improved play since John Wall's return and weigh-in on Baltimore's Ray Lewis as a role model. Read full article >> Diversity group seeks expansion of NFL's Rooney Rule to cover coordinator jobs Jan 22nd 2013, 22:26 The watchdog group that oversees diversity in NFL hiring has asked the league to expand the sport's minority interviewing rule to cover most vacancies for offensive and defensive coordinator jobs. The request by leaders of the Fritz Pollard Alliance in a letter to NFL officials dated Saturday and released Tuesday, comes after no minority candidates were hired for any of the eight head coaching jobs or seven general manager vacancies recently filled by NFL teams. Read full article >> Maryland basketball vs. Boston College: Previewing the game Jan 22nd 2013, 22:01 THE INFO Who: Maryland (14-4, 2-3 ACC) vs. Boston College (9-8, 1-3). When: Tuesday, 9 p.m. Where: Comcast Center. Read full article >> NHL makes rule changes on handling the puck, faceoffs Jan 22nd 2013, 22:01 With the dawn of every new season, it's not unusual for the NHL to add new rules and clarify enforcement guidelines for various infractions. In addition to updating details on interference, holding, hooking, slashing, faceoff interference, diving/embellishment and what is considered an "attainable pass" to negate an icing call, the league has instituted two rules regarding players' ability to handle the puck. (You can check out the full list of clarifications here.) Read full article >> Terps women lose another starter -- Tierney Pfirman -- to injury Jan 22nd 2013, 21:53 The 10th-ranked Maryland women's basketball team will be without starting forward Tierney Pfirman for at least one month after the freshman suffered a dislocated right kneecap Saturday. Pfirman was injured after a knee-to-knee collision in practice before the team departed for Atlanta to play Georgia Tech Sunday. The Terrapins (15-3, 6-1 ACC) won that game, 66-57, with a roster of eight available players, although only seven participated against the Yellow Jackets. Read full article >> 1580 AM to become 24-hour CBS Sports Radio network Jan 22nd 2013, 21:44 Not enough sports-talk offerings in this town for your liking? Well, yet another option will soon appear. What had been WNEW-AM on 1580, covering government and business news, will now become SportsRadio 1580. The new station will run national CBS Sports Radio content 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Read full article >> Ray Lewis and Michael Phelps: An unusual friendship between Baltimore's brightest stars Jan 22nd 2013, 21:31 FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Ray Lewis's cubicle, near a back doorway in the visitors' locker room at Gillette Stadium, was a hub of activity Sunday night. A couple stalls down, Terrell Suggs sang and whooped and hollered, and Lewis answered his every call, sing-songing right back. Men with celebratory cigars walked through in suits, and Lewis shouted after them as he packed his bag and pulled on his suit, the unmistakable scent of victory in the air. Read full article >> VIDEO: 'Post Sports Live' tackles Wizards' resurgence Jan 22nd 2013, 20:50 LaVar Arrington, Jason Reid and Dan Steinberg talks Wizards on this week's edition of "Post Sports Live". Read full article >> Washington out for '15 All-Star Game; maybe in '17? Jan 22nd 2013, 20:34 Nationals Park opened in 2008, and as recent history shows, new stadiums often get to host all-star games. The Nationals have been pushing to host the midsummer classic, potentially angling for the 2015 game, but according to a report in the Cincinnati Enquirer and the Associated Press, Cincinnati will host the 2015 game, leaving 2017 as the soonest potential year for Washington. Read full article >> Tiger Woods understands Phil Mickelson's position on taxes Jan 22nd 2013, 20:31 Tiger Woods wasn't about to say anything controversial about Phil Mickelson or anything else today. After a golf gaffe prematurely ended play for him in Abu Dhabi last week, he will kick off the 2013 season Thursday in the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. During a press conference today, Woods, who grew up in California was asked about Mickelson promising "drastic changes" because of the changing federal and California tax codes. Mickelson has apologized for his statements. Read full article >> D.C. United drafts UCLA attacker Jan 22nd 2013, 20:29 D.C. United chose UCLA midfielder Evan Raynr in the MLS supplemental draft Tuesday, the club's only selection in the four-round process. Raynr -- an attacking midfielder considered by the Bruins coaching staff as the team's most technical player -- had three goals and 10 assists in 16 appearances last season and was a second-team all-Pacific 12 selection. He led the conference in assists. Read full article >> Gio Gonzalez to be honored by Hialeah City Council Jan 22nd 2013, 20:17 If you happen to live near Gio Gonzalez's hometown of Hialeah and want throw the Nats pitcher some love, you can head to tonight's city council meeting. The city's Web site revealed that officials had something special planned. Read full article >> Randy Edsall to Google+ Hangout with fans on National Signing Day Jan 22nd 2013, 20:12 Fire up your computers and questions, Terps fans. Randy Edsall is coming to hang out. The Maryland football coach will participate in a Google+ Hangout on National Signing Day at 4 p.m., answering pre-submitted questions about the program, recruits and whatever else your brains can concoct. Oh, and the Feb. 6 session will be moderated by senior quarterback C.J. Brown. Read full article >> Audio: Jordan Crawford's game-winner Jan 22nd 2013, 20:00 Since very few things in the world are as enjoyable as listening to familiar broadcast voices became, for a second or two, ecstatic bellowing lunatics, here's a second item about Jordan Crawford's game-winner in Portland Monday night. This one features Wizards radio voice Dave Johnson, for whom "It's There!" is the rough equivalent of Steve Buckhantz's "Dagger!" Read full article >> Senior Bowl: North practice notes and observations Jan 22nd 2013, 19:47 The practice for the North team here at Senior Bowl week concluded a bit ago, and later this afternoon the South team will practice. In attendance for the two-hour session was Redskins General Manager Bruce Allen, vice president of football administration Eric Schaffer, director of player personnel Scott Campbell and members of the team's scouting department. Read full article >> Torrey Smith says Patriots fans taunted him about dead brother Jan 22nd 2013, 19:34 Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Torrey Smith managed to have a breakout season despite the death of his younger brother, whom he'd helped raise, in a motorcycle accident in September. Smith played against the New England Patriots on Sept. 24, the day after his brother's death, and was the target of taunts from fans before that game. Undaunted, he caught six passes for 127 yards and scored two touchdowns in the Ravens' 31-30 victory. When the Ravens played the Patriots on Sunday for the AFC championship, he found that little had changed. Read full article >> Maria Kirilenko shows off engagement ring at Australian Open Jan 22nd 2013, 19:22 Alex Ovechkin recently commented on his engagement to Maria Kirilenko and the effect it has had on his free time. "You can't do whatever you want anymore," Ovechkin said, "when you have a girl with a tennis racquet and she can hit you." Read full article >> Theodore Roosevelt guard Johnnie Shuler sees recruiting interest rise during Rough Riders' unbeaten run Jan 22nd 2013, 19:09 Both Theodore Roosevelt and West Charlotte's benches cleared during the third quarter of Monday's Martin Luther King Hoopfest contest at Coolidge High School, and in the middle of the skirmish was Rough Riders' guard Johnnie Shuler. He was pulling teammates back, and when officials regained control and play resumed about 10 minutes later, it was the junior putting his index finger to his temple, trying to tell teammates to be smarter. Read full article >> Virginia Tech football staff shakeup could re-invigorate Hokies' recruiting Jan 22nd 2013, 18:31 When former Michigan Coach Lloyd Carr talks about new Virginia Tech offensive coordinator Scot Loeffler, who served as Carr's quarterbacks coach from 2002 to 2007, the first words out of his mouth are about Loeffler's ability to get the best out of his signal-callers. Read full article >> 2013 McDonald's All American Game nominees include BeeJay Anya, Josh Hart, Lindsay Allen Jan 22nd 2013, 17:42 Of the 814 players who have been nominated to play in the 2013 McDonald's All American Games, more than 40 hail from the Washington D.C. region. These talented seniors will all hope to cap their high school careers with an appearance in the prestigious all-star game just as previous area stars Kevin Durant (Montrose Christian), Quinn Cook (DeMatha), and Jasmine Thomas (Oakton) did. Read full article >>

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