Perspective | Josh Harris will finally have to make his first tough call in Washington

Perspective | Josh Harris will finally have to make his first tough call in Washington

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save We’ll always remember these good times. They started the day when Josh Harris, his super friends and their $6.05 billion deal to purchase the Washington Commanders went official and it seemed as though a pall that had stretched from Landover to Ashburn and beyond had…

College Football Playoff highlights: Michigan beats Washington to claim national title

College Football Playoff highlights: Michigan beats Washington to claim national title

The top-ranked Wolverines capped an undefeated season with a victory over the No. 2 Huskies at NRG Stadium. The win gives Michigan its first national championship since 1997 and caps an eventful season that included a signal-stealing scandal and two suspensions for Coach Jim Harbaugh.

MLB star Wander Franco freed amid Dominican sex-abuse probe

MLB star Wander Franco freed amid Dominican sex-abuse probe

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco, one of baseball’s top young stars, was freed from custody by a Dominican court Friday as details emerged about an investigation in which he is accused of having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old girl and paying her mother…

Warriors’ Chris Paul to undergo surgery on fractured left hand

Warriors’ Chris Paul to undergo surgery on fractured left hand

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Golden State Warriors guard Chris Paul will undergo surgery next week to address a fractured left hand, the team announced Friday. Paul, 38, appeared to suffer the injury during the second half of a 113-109 home win over the Detroit Pistons. His timetable for a…

Tracking the Commanders’ coach and lead executive searches

Tracking the Commanders’ coach and lead executive searches

Ben Johnson, Detroit Lions offensive coordinator: The 37-year-old helped revive the career of quarterback Jared Goff and turned the Lions’ offense into one of the more prolific in the NFL over the past two seasons. He takes an analytical approach and has 12 years of NFL coaching experience, including seven (2012 to 2018) with the…

Capitals enter make-or-break stretch needing ‘to get a lot better’

Capitals enter make-or-break stretch needing ‘to get a lot better’

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save For long stretches of this season, the Washington Capitals were stealing games. The term “character win” came up regularly as they somehow held strong while being outshot and outplayed to prevail — perhaps more often than they should have. In the six games before the…

Nick Saban through the years: A timeline of his greatest hits

Nick Saban through the years: A timeline of his greatest hits

The Browns went 20-28 over Saban’s first three seasons as defensive coordinator before finally breaking through in 1994, going 11-5 and allowing a league-low 12.8 points per game. Despite a friendship that has endured over the years, Saban has called his four years coaching under Belichick the “worst of my life” and chafed under Belichick’s…

Commanders fire Ron Rivera, begin rebuild under new owner Josh Harris

Commanders fire Ron Rivera, begin rebuild under new owner Josh Harris

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save The Washington Commanders wasted no time starting anew. On Monday morning, a day after his team fell to the Dallas Cowboys to finish the season 4-13, Commanders owner Josh Harris fired coach Ron Rivera and announced he had enlisted former Golden State Warriors general manager…

A college football title game without the South? Bless your heart.

A college football title game without the South? Bless your heart.

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save HOUSTON — Apparently the honchos of college football intend to stage a national championship game Monday night with zero teams from the South. They seem hellbent on this sacrilege. How bold. Not since Ohio State and Oregon turned up at the first College Football Playoff…