William World News William F. Yurasko's blog v.14 – Nats, Penn State, Redskins, greater DC , travel, more

The tailgate hostess with the mostess,PSUGirl of 2thelion has this week’s questions:
Okay, when we last met Penn State had not been blown out by the fighting Zookers and there was a scintilla of hope that the team was “on track.” How ya doing? Okay? Are the anger management classes helping, or are you [...]

Washington Nationals promote General Manager Mike Rizzo and extend his contract – The Post
Nationals Ink Rizzo To 5-Year Extension – CSN Washington
Mike Rizzo, general manager of the Washington Nationals since spring 2009, has been promoted to executive vice president of baseball operations. He also signed a 5-year contract extension. I am not surprised by the [...]

In September 2006, a season ticketholder invited me to meeting with Washington Nationals President Stan Kasten. In the meeting, he explained his three pillars of running a baseball team – player development, customer satisfaction, and community involvement. It seems appropriate to judge his tenure against these 3 pillars. Today, I will focus on player development.
Q: [...]

Last week DC Sports Bog reported that John Riggins was speculating on his tv/HD radio show that this is the final season of Sonny Jurgensen and Sam Huff on Washington Redskins radio. The pair has been doing games together since time immemorial.

Riggins is not making a leap of logic coming to the conclusion that [...]

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – My brother and sister-in-law treated all of us to lodging for our trip to Walt Disney World. They choose Jambo House at Animal Kingdom Lodge for our 6 days, 5 nights. Jambo House is the first hotel built at Animal Kingdom Lodge. The large multi-story lobby features an African theme [...]

Another Washington Redskins game came down to the very end, but, this one did not go the burgundy & gold’s way. That sort of thing happens when you keep dropping Peyton Manning interceptions. The burgundy and gold did better than I expected — I said they would score 17 and they got 24. I was [...]

It has been fun over the last two weeks getting guest prognosticators to talk about the Washington Redskins opponent. However, this week I don’t have an opposing fan — I don’t know any Indianapolis Colts fans and I don’t think I want to either. A bitter Baltimore Colts fan would have been good, but I [...]

THOMAS BOSWELL – Is it time for Washington baseball fans to ‘forgive’ the Texas Rangers? – The Post
No.
I’ve been over this before, the Texas Rangers are the enemy. The former Washington Senators moved away because over-leveraged owner Bob Short was incompetent. Boswell of all people should know better than to reward that kind of bad [...]

Penn State-Illinois postgame breakdown with Bob Flounders and David Jones
Giger, Rudel: This is not a good Penn State team

Kevin McGuire – Examiner.com

First off, I want to congratulate Galen Hall and Jay Paterno for calling for a deep ball after Rob Bolden threw a pick-six. It was an excellent call that showed confidence in the freshman quarterback and since he hit Derek Moye for a touchdown, it worked out perfectly.
That is the only positive thing I can [...]