Yesterday, Mr. Irrelevant linked to Unrealized Concepts section of StadiumPage.com prompting many of us to poke around. There is a treasure trove of information about ballparks that never were in this site that dates back to 1998 (and looks it).
Over at The Nats Blog, Will Yoder takes a look at the proposed Virginia stadiums and [...]
VIENNA, Va. — On June 17, 1861, “the first tactical use of of a train in warfare” occurred near what is now the current community center of my hometown. We learned about it in school but only upon seeing this story in the Sun Gazette about the upcoming sesquicentennial commemoration, did I decide to go [...]
I learned from USA Today (it was in the NBA briefs, can’t find a link) this morning that yesterday was the 60th anniversary of Earl Lloyd joining the Washington Capitols which integrated the NBA. Yes, there was a team called the Washington Capitols (with and “o”) in the league’s early days. Red Auerbach was the [...]
We are 3 days removed from the final 2010 Washington Nationals game of the season. The playoffs are starting up today and two franchises that used to call D.C. home are in. Here is why you should root against the Minnesota Twins (in D.C. 1901-1960) and the Texas Rangers (in D.C. 1961-1971). I’m also rooting [...]
A long time ago, I used to occasionally go to the 9:30 Club. The only thing missing from this Post article is the cigarette smoke the original location had — the air would be blue when you walked in and brown when you walked out. I only went to current one a couple of times. [...]
Eugene Allen, a White House butler and subject of a brilliant 2008 Will Haygood Post story has died. He was 90 years old.
Regardless of your feelings of the president, the story about him from November 7, 2008 was remarkable and of outstanding historical value.
RFK Stadium was almost LBJ Stadium – DC Sports Bog, The PostI never knew that D.C. Stadium was nearly renamed Lyndon B. Johnson Stadium, but at the last minute in 1969 it was changed to Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium. Now I do. Good work, Dan Steinberg.
That would have been an old name for [...]
How D.C. Invented Texas Chili Mac – CityPaperFirst off this is a misleading headline. This article is really about the rivalry between former co-owners of the late Texas Chili Parlor Hazel Calloway and Barbara Abbott. The two bought the place and couldn’t stand each other within 2 years. Eventually, they split and Calloway opened [...]
30 years of steering you home – WTOPThe dean of D.C. traffic reporters Bob Marbourg celebrated his 30th anniversary as a traffic reporter yesterday. Congratulations to him, but the most interesting part of the story was that before he took the job, traffic reports used to come from a department of transportation employee stationed on [...]
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