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

People are starting to believe in Penn State men’s basketball.
Yesterday, over 14,000 people watched the Nittany Lions beat the Badgers, 56-52, for the frist time with Ed DeChellis as coach. It took 12 tries over 8 seasons.
Penn State is very tough to play against right now, beating 3 ranked opponents and coming close against [...]

For reasons not elaborated on (probably cheapness and staff turnover) the Washington Nationals will not be holding a fan festival this winter like many baseball team. An event at Nationals Park in the middle of the week the day before Opening Day will occur instead. Nats Fans Girls had a great post on the [...]

National Bohemian beer to be served on draft again – The Sun
National Bohemian Beer which is better known for its one-eyed Mr. Boh mascot than taste will be available on draft in Baltimore starting in October. Billed as “from the land of pleasant living” it was the indigenous brew of Baltimore and sponsor of both [...]

Justin Maxwell could never put it together with his hometown Washington Nationals, unless the bases were loaded. Relive his season-ending grand slam in 2009 with 3 videos.

So, I go to the NY Daily News Web site this morning and I see this:
‘Heavy Metal Parking Lot’ 25th anniversary celebrated at Found Footage Festival screening.
It is already almost 5 years since I interviewed Jeff Krulik and John Heyn about the 20th anniversary of Heavy Metal Parking Lot. The cult classic is a documentary [...]

TYSONS CORNER, Va. — The first “big” snow storm of 2011 left 7 inches of snow in Tysons Corner. More may have fallen, but it appears there was some freezing rain at the end of the storm.
There are many abanndoned cars on area roads, but this morning’s commute required nothing more than more patience. [...]

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The first “big” snow storm of 2011 left 5½ inches of snow in Alexandria’s West End. More may have fallen, but it appears there was some freezing rain at the end of the storm.
Shoveling out of the parking lot took about 15 minutes and I helped push a Mitsubusi Eclipse out of [...]

Mark Zuckerman, who has been on the Washington Nationals beat since their inception, has been hired by Comcast SportsNet Washington to cover the team. His new full-time position comes after nearly year of covering D.C.’s baseball team on his own Web site, natsinsider.com and on a freelance basis for CSN’s Web site, CSNWashington.com.
Zuckerman had been [...]

A video overview of the Majestic making a baseball jersey

The Post checked in on Stephen Strasburg again and the good news is that he is “in the best shape” of his life which I was not expecting until the start of spring training. Except for his elbow of course. He expects to pick up a baseball again later this month for this first time [...]