Analysis | Six big questions in baseball with six weeks until spring training
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Maryland and Michigan meet in a matchup of struggling Big Ten teams
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Early in the second half of Maryland’s most recent game, forward Julian Reese picked up his fourth personal foul, prompting Coach Kevin Willard to replace the Terrapins’ second-leading scorer with reserve center Caelum Swanton-Rodger. The sequence was part of a second-half unraveling against Minnesota during…
Analysis | The best and the worst of Ron Rivera’s four seasons in Washington
“We can be eliminated?”: There are plenty of choices. Washington was favored by three or more points 12 times under Rivera and went 5-7 in those games. But the worst loss was Cleveland at home in Week 17 of 2022. In early December, Washington was 7-5, on track for a playoff berth, and then it…
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Analysis | Victor Wembanyama is a star. The Spurs shouldn’t wait to get him help.
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Victor Wembanyama’s latest one-man carnival show packed a month’s worth of spectacular acts into a single night. During the San Antonio Spurs’ nationally televised 125-121 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday, the 7-foot-4 Frenchman threw an alley-oop to himself off the backboard, dunked over…
Cavaliers have their way with Wizards in a big way in a 39-point rout
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save CLEVELAND — The benches told the story in the third quarter Wednesday night. There were the Washington Wizards dressed in their whites, staring at the action without speaking. On the other side of the court, the Cleveland Cavaliers resembled a picture of joy — the…
Former NHL player dies after ‘freak accident’ in English hockey league game
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Adam Johnson, an American forward for the Nottingham Panthers of the English Elite Ice Hockey League who previously played for the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins, died Saturday after appearing to suffer a deep cut to his neck from a skate in what the team said was…
Perspective | In a sport always in flux, Nick Saban’s standard never wavered
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Nick Saban is 72 years old. He began coaching football 51 years ago. It is absolutely his right to say: “You know what? That’s plenty.” He’s a legend whether he retires in 2024 or 2034. Going out when he just made his eighth appearance in…
A closer look at the Commanders’ ‘thorough but rapid’ hiring process
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save A recurring theme in Josh Harris’s brief tenure as the Washington Commanders’ owner is the search for edges, little ways he can gain an advantage over opponents. “Certainly sports science and analytics, and coaching staff and front office and being attractive to players and location…
Perspective | Josh Harris just took a smart step away from the Commanders’ sorry past
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Josh Harris spoke rather flatly, and someone from another town who roots for another team might have taken his address about the future as, well, boring. But Harris is from Washington. He owns the Washington Commanders. And in Washington, where it concerns the local NFL…
