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

I think just about everybody agrees that breast cancer sucks. My wife Erica is once again participating in Race for the Cure, this Saturday in Washington D.C. Want to support her donating to her team? Here is how:
Erica is participating in the 2011 Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure.

Thank you for consideration.

The move of the Atlanta Thrashers to Winnipeg, Manitoba means I the defunct teams I have seen list. Over the years, I saw these now extinct teams:
NHL
Hartford Whalers
Quebec Nordiques
Atlanta Thrashers
MLB
Montréal Expos
I am pretty sure I saw the Winnipeg Jets, but my memory may be hazy. Of course, they *might* be reborn now, so it is [...]

Friday night, I listened to most of the game. John Lannan pitched really well on both ends of a rain delay. He put up 7 2/3 shut out innings. Then, in the ninth, while I was getting my son ready for bed, Drew Storen’s first pitch was hit out of the park by . I [...]

Coach Jim Tressel out at Ohio State – Columbus Dispatch
Joe Paterno has outlasted another one! Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Jim Tressel is resigning because all the stuff David Jones of the Patriot-News has been hinting at for years is hitting the fan. My initial reaction is joy, because who doesn’t like to see a [...]

Despite living in Southern California, Jason Woodmansee is a name familar to DC sports. The George Washington University grad has gained attention for his Stop Shuler web site which made the case that Heath Shuler shoudn’t be elected to Congress because of being a bad Redskins quarterback. He also had The Coach is Killing Me, [...]

There is no cocktail in this world more refreshing than a cold gin and tonic on a summer evening. With Memorial Day coming, the peak of gin and tonic season is here and will last into September. in order to truly enjoy it, I’m going to share with your how to make a proper gin [...]

Ed DeChellis, just months removed from his first NCAA tournament berth as head coach of his alma mater left the Penn State Nittany Lions to become head coach at the Naval Academy. The story, which was broken by David Jones of the Patriot-News: Ed DeChellis to take head coach job at Navy, was shocking to [...]

Yup, the Washington Nationals are head to Milwaukee for 3 games against the Brewers, starting at 8:10 p.m. tonight. Then again at the same time on Tuesday and joy of joys, a day game on Wednesday at 1:10 p.m.
In fairness, I think I have to start posting the “What’s Happening” theme whenever the Nats visit [...]

Simply put, the last two games of this weekend’s Washington Nationals at Baltimore Orioles series comes down to “evil will always triumph, because good is dumb.”
That and the Nats anemic offense and the inability to hit a baseball 3 to 6 feet farther then they did a few times.
A series that began so promising on [...]

Let’s see, if Peter Angelos and the Baltimore had their way, the following would have never happened:

Nationals debut in 2005 at the Philadelphia Phillies
Brad Wilkerson hitting for the cylce in the team’s second game
The President throwing out the first pitch at the first home opener at RFK Stadium.
The 3rd base stands boucing during a Nats [...]