Archive for March, 2011

SPRING!

I thought about going with Fantasia, but this works fine.

DC United wins with Ben Olsen’s Chili Bowl

I have already mentioned how impressed I am with DC United’s marketing push and how it really put them on my radar. Well, they did it one better yesterday, when they teamed up with Ben’s Chili Bowl. Yesterday, the landmark U Street restaurant was Ben Olsen’s Chili Bowl for the day.

At Saturday’s opener, Ben [...]

Nats: Extend Riggleman? Why?

JASON REID:

Penn State falls to Temple, 66-64 on last second shot

The first Penn State Nittany Lions team to make the NCAA Tournament lost to the same program that ended their last trip ten years ago — the Temple Owls. This time around though, Penn State was in it the whole way and came one possession short of sending it to overtime. Temple’s Juan Fernandez hit [...]

Latest Remy Capitals video worth at least a viewing

You may remember Remy from the excellent Arlington: The Rap. He’s back with a Washington Capitals video:

Remy did an earlier Caps video based on “The Hockey Song” by Stompin’ Tom Connors (which I wish hadn’t been taken out of Caps games).
Also, the NHL is getting its Irish on:

Well played, NHL.
Sadly, the Caps lost to the [...]

NCAA Tournament: Penn State vs. Temple at 2 p.m. on TNT

UPDATE: Talor Battle was on the cover of today’s USA Today near the newspaper’s flag (not masthead). So was, was another Ta(y)lor — Miss Swift.
Penn State plays its first NCAA Tournament game in 10 years this afternoon. Four seniors Talor Battle, Jeff Brooks, David Jackson and Andrew Jones are starters and go into today’s [...]

HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY

I’m still never more proud of my Irish heritage (I’m 1/128th) than when I see this video.

Not the most reassuring article on the Penn State QB situation

Penn State looking for QBs to step forward – ESPN
I have not been on the “Jay Must Go” bandwagon for this most part, but after the Capital One Bowl and Matt McGloin’s 12 interceptions (not really, but it could have been), I was unhappy that Rob Bolden, the true freshman who started the season as [...]

Video: Baseball Tonight visits Nats spring training; Zuckerman on Beltway Baseball

ESPN’s Baseball Tonight visited the Washington Nationals at spring training in Viera. Tim Kurkjian and John Kruk talk to Jayson Werth and Stephen Strasburg and preview the 2011 season.

Earlier in the day, Mark Zuckerman sat in for another session of Beltway Baseball on CSN:

Clark W. Griswold follows the Blackhawks on the road

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following the Washington Capitals win over the Chicago Blackhawks, we walked over to Metro Center to pick up the Orange Line. Just before this Blue Line train headed out of the station, I noticed that most famous Blackhawks fan had made the trip.
This had to have already been used in Puck Daddy’s [...]

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