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We Are Penn State by Maple Street Press is the only Penn State Nittany Lions football preview magazine featuring…me!
That’s right, I wrote a freelance article for the 2nd year publication. My look at the Penn State vs. Indiana game in Landover, Md. is one of the many great articles in this magazine.
“We Are Penn State [...]

Paul Farhi has a story in The Post today about DMV becoming a preferred term for the greater Washington D.C. metropolitan area.
Actually, long before then, Washington’s Channel 9 was known as WDMV-TV, which stood for “the District, Maryland and Virginia.” But WDMV died long before the current vogue for “the DMV” (the call letters [...]

Dear Miss Iowa,
Well, this sure has been an interesting week hasn’t it? None of us thought you’d be invited to throw out the first pitch tonight and yet here you are. Capt. Morgan was supposed to make the pitch, so watch out, those pirates can be trouble.
I wanted to welcome you to our nation’s capital. [...]

Scott Olsen gets his groove back, leads the Washington Nationals to a 5-3 win over the Atlanta Braves – The Post
Resurrected Olsen revives Nats – Nats Insider
For the first time in a while, the Washington Nationals won a series, taking the first and third games of their series with the Atlanta Braves. Yesterday’s series clincher [...]

Washington Nationals trade all-star Matt Capps to Minnesota Twins – The Post
Capps to Twins for Ramos, Testa – Nats Insider
Buzzword to this trade: Value – Nats Insider
Closer Matt Capps, picked up off the scrap heap after by the Washington Nationals being non-tendered by the Pittsburgh Pirates this offseason has been traded to the Minnesota Twins. [...]

Washington Nationals Strike Out On Strasburg Scratch – CNBC
Darren Rovell argues that the Washington Nationals should have try to appease fans excited to see Stephen Strasburg pitch, but couldn’t after the rookie was a late scratch.
NUTS!
Apparently, Rovell is not familiar with the concept of “you buy your ticket, you take your chances.” He concedes that [...]

Toay is National Chili Dog Day and Hard Times Café is celebrating by offering a free Coney Chili Dog with a purchase (like a soda, I recommend the draft root beer). I just went there last Friday, so I don’t know if I will go again. July is National Hot Dog Month, but you knew [...]

Tim Hudson owns the Washington Nationals. The Atlanta Braves starter is 9-1 against them lifetime after last night’s 3-1 win (The Post). Liván Hernández only went 4 1/3 innings, not very ¡LIVAN!-like for the Nats, but they are probably saving him for a short-rest start on Sunday. With Stephen Strasburg shut down (Nats Insider) for [...]

I got tipped off by an email from the Nationals that tomorrow is National Chili Dog Day and Hard Times Café is celebrating by offering a free Coney Chili Dog with a purchase. I just went there last Friday, so I don’t know if I will go again. July is National Hot Dog Month, but [...]

In the biggest D.C sports press conference scandal since Ted Lerner and family skipped Jim Riggleman’s introductory press conference last year, Ted Leonsis and Alex Ovechkin did not attend the Winter Classic presser in Pittsburgh (The Post) yesterday.
OMG1!!!!1
It has been suggested to me that Ovechkin’s decision to not leave Moscow for a quick trip to [...]