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COURTLAND MILLOY – On the sidelines, the sad symbol of a sorry tradition – The PostI really don’t disagree with Milloy’s points, but its…Chief Zee. He never did anybody any harm. D.C. needed Chief Zee just as Dallas needed Crazy Ray.
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Ask Boswell: Redskins, MLB, Nats, Caps and More – The Post“Washington Post sports columnist Thomas Boswell will be online Thursday, October 22, at 11:00 a.m. ET to take your questions about the MLB playoffs, the Redskins, the Nats, the NFL, the Caps and the latest sports news and his recent columns.”
Mark Lerner thinks Boswell’s answers [...]

Q&A with principal owner Lerner – nationals.comWashington Nationals Principal owner Mark Lerner is interviewed by beat writer Bill Ladson about the state of the franchise. Lerner certainly has his talking points down, he is well prepared. He is more sold on the answers to points 3 and 4 than I am though. Lerner also spends [...]

College Football TV maps: Week 8 – ESPN#13 Penn State at Michigan is going to 45% of the nation. The Northeast and Mid Atlantic, Arkansas and Louisana, plus most of the Midwest excluding Missouri, get it on ABC. The Southeast will get it on ESPN. For the most part west of the Mississippi River needs [...]

Between this and the spinning head, I’m pretty sure that Goldy Gopher is satanic.
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Joe Paterno Top Of The World, Pa! – Sports IllustratedJust what we don’t need.
Joe Posnanski writes about Penn State Nittany Lions head coach Joe Paterno in this week’s issue. Heading into a showdown with Michigan do we really need this?
I am going to wait to read it in the dead tree version. Posnanski is a [...]

Nats ask for chance to talk to Mattingly – The Wash. TimesThe Nationals have asked if they can talk to Los Angeles Dodgers hitting coach Don Mattingly about their vacant manager position. Mattingly appears interested and spoke highly of the Nats pitching prospects, especially Jordan Zimmermann, currently recovering from Tommy John surgery.
Bob Melvin, who has [...]

Burgundy & old pain – The PostJohn Kent Cooke, son of legendary owner Jack Kent Cooke, is profiled in depth for the first time since his failed bid to buy the Washington Redskins from his father’s estate ten years ago. He is not pleased with what Dan Snyder has done to the franchise.

Joe Paterno News Conference – Intercollegiate Athletics

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Just a few thoughts on Saturday’s game since we’re so far removed from it.

So much for Eric Decker. The Minnesota wideout, had one catch, a 42 yarder after the game was decided. The Penn State defense gets a feather in their collective cap for this one, especially CB A.J. Wallace.
I expected more from the pass [...]