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Rooting Interests: Who are D.C. fans? – The Post
The Post did a survey on Washington D.C. sports fans attitudes, favorite teams/owners, etc. recently. It mostly confirms what we already know about D.C. area fans:
“Washington fans are really a wonderful blend of the best parts of Northern tier fans and Sun Belt fans,” former Washington Nationals [...]

RFK Stadium at age 50: Redskins, baseball and much more – The Post
Happy 50th Birthday, RFK Stadium! – SB Nation DC
THOMAS BOSWELL: RFK Stadium: After 50 years, it’s still personal – The Post
GALLERY: A look back at RFK Stadium – The Post
UPDATED 10.03.2011: When RFK Stadium opened DC Sports Bog, The Post (yay mega nerd)
Last [...]

Struggling with crumbling RFK Stadium, D.C. United is desperate for a new home – The Post
Washington’s most successful team over the last two decades, DC United, plays in its worst facility. Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, home of 312 United matches (and by my calculation approximately 810 Senators games, 243 Nationals games and 255 Redskins games [...]

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 [...]

I do not have much history in the sport of soccer, having been one of the few Northern Virginia children to never play the sport in an organized fashion. It wasn’t until 2006 that I even checked out a DC United match. We had fun and I said I’d go again. Of course, that isn’t [...]

Tuesday, Washington Post Live presented Business of Sports – Q and A with panelists Ted Leonsis, owner the Washington Capitals, Wizards and Mystics (Monumental Sports), Robert Tanenbaum, principal owner of the Washington Nationals and Marla Lerner Tanenbaum, chairperson of the Washington Nationals Dream Foundation, Daniel Snyder, owner of the Washington Redskins and Will Chang, [...]

Washington Post Live is hosting a panel discussion, the Business of Sports Q&A, featuring ownership from all the D.C. pro teams at 8:45 a.m. today The panelists include:
Ted Leonsis, owner the Washington Capitals, Wizards and Mystics (Monumental Sports)
Robert Tanenbaum, principal owner of the Washington Nationals and Marla Lerner Tanenbaum, chairperson of the Washington Nationals Dream [...]

The events of the last few days prove one thing — The Wash. Times was SOOOOOOOO smart to cut their Sports section.
Washington Capitals name Alex Ovechkin captain – The PostWithout hoopla and hype, superstar Alex Ovechkin was named the 14th regular captain in Washington Capitals history yesterday. I thought that Brooks Laich (who is another [...]

For D.C. sports, 26 = sign of the devil – The PostI did not get to this yesterday — 26 is the number of the damned in Washington pro sports according to Dan Steinberg’s frightening numerology. The Nationals, Capitals, Redskins, Wizards and DC United have all fallen victim to this dark number, though the spell [...]

Baltimore asks Maryland to consider building new soccer stadium for D.C. United – The Wash. Business JournalBaltimore mayor eyes United – The Wash. TimesDixon eyeing soccer arena – The SunBaltimore, the second city of the Chesapeake Bay region, has set its sights on DC United. The MLS team, perhaps the best in the league’s history, [...]