Aggressive, sometimes to a fault
The Nats are Matt Williams’s team, for better or worse, in times of stolen bases and first outs at third base.
Recent columns and blogs
- Bryce Harper showing signs of improvement at the plate
- Discuss here: Nationals at Braves
- Doug Fister throws bullpen session
- Wizards going for sweep
- Open thread: Caps-Hawks
- Wizards to sign 10-year-old point guard
- Virginia 6A, 4A all-state basketball teams
- Is Adam Scott up next?
- Williams passes on usual suspects
- Huskies pick apart Fighting Irish
Is Adam Scott up next?
Tiger Woods is injured and Phil Mickelson is struggling. Is it Australian Adam Scott’s time?
For the Nationals, opportunity knocks
To make their season a success, the Nats have to beat the Braves, who arrive in D.C. for a weekend series.
Huskies pick apart Fighting Irish
Connecticut shows why it is a major cut above the competition with a dismantling of Notre Dame.
These two plain don’t like each other
Notre Dame’s Muffet McGraw and
U-Conn.’s Geno Auriemma dispense with empty pleasantries.
In Music City, a sad tune
Maryland women’s basketball falls flat on the game’s biggest stage, losing to Notre Dame in Nashville.
After Caps fall short, time for blame game
There is enough fault to spread among Ted Leonsis, George McPhee, Adam Oates — and Alex Ovechkin
A Hall of Famer, without the health
Alonzo Mourning had two careers as an NBA player — before and after a kidney transplant.
Frese finds the right balance
The Maryland women’s basketball coach has learned a lot since the Terps won the national title in 2006.
This all sounds familiar
Redskins locker room remains harmonious but the team’s performance is out of tune.
A headache of a mixed message
If Mike Shanahan is protecting a healthy RGIII, why not do the same for Jordan Reed?
A visit from Griffin’s dad? So what?
There’s enough to fault Robert Griffin III for without complaining about a locker-room visit from his father.
Williams passes on usual suspects
Thanks to new manager, many days you can’t pick the Nationals’ batting order out of a lineup.
Just what the doctor ordered
Don’t be fooled by past six weeks: With the playoffs near, the Wizards will need Nene now more than ever.
Wizards’ Wall can’t afford miscues
The pressure of the playoffs often results in players making mistakes at the worst possible time.
Same bed, different teams
Lakers president Jeanie Buss and new Knicks president Phil Jackson are engaged. Can you say conflict of interest?
The real madness of college sports
The games should delight us, not define us. Yet in America, we get the college athletic scandals we cultivate.
Maryland, movin’ on
COUCH SLOUCH | Back on campus, and realizing the university has moved on, right to the Big Ten.
Just say no to the pros
College coaches such as John Calipari and Kevin Ollie should realize how good they have it.
Two of a kind
President Mark Emmert, Kentucky Coach John Calipari represent everything wrong with college sports.
Gods, guards do in Florida
The Gators were punished after trying to get fancy, and Connecticut’s back court did the rest in Final Four win.
Digging the dirt once again
Keeneland, which led the trend toward synthetic track surfaces in 2006, now signals the end of them.
A horse with speed, going too fast
Social Inclusion has promise, but running his third race with an eye on the Kentucky Derby is asking too much.
Moving the starting line
By regularly employing run-ups of varying lengths, tracks make race distances difficult to interpret.
