William World News William F. Yurasko's blog v.14 – Nats, Redskins, Capitals, D.C. life, transportation, not so much Penn State anymore,

Before I talk about the Winter Classic, enjoy this video of Alex Ovechkin shooting pucks at Russian dolls filled with Russian dressing.

Okay!
As for the Winter Classic, which has the Washington Capitals visiting Pittsburgh to play the Penguins at Heinz Field, the home of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Rain is forecast (Capital Weather Gang, The Post) during [...]

Last week, after some Twitter discussion, @tbridge wrote a We Love DC post suggesting that a temporary ice rink be installed on the field at Nationals Park during the winter. The idea was prompted by a Times article about the Cleveland Indians trying that out this winter at Progressive Field nee Jacobs Field. For [...]

I have a backlog of Washington Nationals commentary right now, but until I sort that all out (perhaps next week) there are two Post chats today that should be of interest:
First Things First
Adam Kilgore, Nats beat writer, is filling in for Tracee Hamilton today.
Ask Boswell
“Washington Post Sports Columnist Tom Boswell was online Thursday, Dec. 23 [...]

Penn State captures record fourth straight NCAA title – The Collegian
For the 4th consecutive season and fifth overall, the Penn State women’s volleyball team won the national championship. The Lady Spikers defeated Cal in straight sets. The Nittany Lions have eliminated the Golden Bears each of the last four years. Blair Brown, Alyssa D’Errico and [...]

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The first snow storm of the 2010-2011 season dropped 2 1/8 inches of beautiful white power onto an already frozen ground in the West End. The early rush hour yesterday was not too bad, but getting out of Tysons Corner was a bit of a chore.

Every year, I celebrate the first snow [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Driving through Tenleytown the other day, we noted that Boy Scout Troop 666 has a Christmas tree stand on Nebraska Ave NW. I think if you bought your tree there, you couldn’t use an angel on top because it would keep falling off.
We got our tree the same place we’ve been going [...]

This afternoon, the Big Ten Conference revealed their new logo and the names of the divisions. The Leaders division includes Penn State, Illinois, Indiana, Purdue, Wisconsin and Ohio State. The Legends division includes Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska and Northwestern.
There are a whole lot of new trophies too and they all have hyphenated names. [...]

BERRYVILLE, Va. — While driving to get a Christmas tree, our son fell asleep so we kept going up VA 7 West. After crossing the Shenandoah River, I decided we’d turn around by going through Berryville. I had never been through the little town and figured it’d be slightly more interesting to drive down US [...]

While I debate which was the bigger collapse, the Metrodome roof or the Washington Redskins field goal unit, check out these videos:

Interestingly, the corporate name of the venue, Mall of America Field, is barely being used in coverage, except by me of course. Let me give a big welcome to Web searchers using the correct [...]