Matt Terl
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Unobstructed View: Will The New Pigskins Stadium Be a Good Place to Watch Football?
The stadium will be something halfway between a translucent circus tent and a prototype building designed to make people write columns about how idiotic it is. → Read More
Unobstructed View: Who Cares Who Gets to Break the News?
Almost no one will think of RGIII's release as a story that ESPN’s Dianna Russini was first with on Twitter. → Read More
Unobstructed View: Have the Capitals Gotten Enough Buzz?
The media is writing and talking about the team. What's missing? → Read More
Unobstructed View: The Wizards, Markieff Morris, and Chicken Sandwiches
Why wouldn’t fans be more excited about a free chicken sandwich than a win? → Read More
Unobstructed View: 6 Reasons to Get Excited for Arena Football in D.C.
It's cheap, accessible, and a chance to start clean. → Read More
Unobstructed View: Joe House—Bill Simmons’ Wingman and D.C. Sports Guy
City Desk is Washington City Paper's blog about D.C. news, politics, media, the arts, and more. → Read More
Unobstructed View: Grunfeld, Wittman Don’t Deserve This Much Loyalty From Wizards Fans
City Desk is Washington City Paper's blog about D.C. news, politics, media, the arts, and more. → Read More
Unobstructed View: Taking the Local Out of Local Radio
In the weeks before the Super Bowl, nothing is worse than local radio stations broadcasting from Radio Row. → Read More
Unobstructed View: Please Let Us Read You, Washington Times
The paper's mobile site is a genuinely terrible user experience; tweets about this are met with levels of agreement you generally only see for complaints about Randy Wittman. → Read More
Unobstructed View: Let RGIII Go. Please.
City Desk is Washington City Paper's blog about D.C. news, politics, media, the arts, and more. → Read More
Unobstructed View: Kirk Cousins Is Like the New Star Wars
City Desk is Washington City Paper's blog about D.C. news, politics, media, the arts, and more. → Read More
Unobstructed View: 8 Questions About the Pigskins Ahead of the NFL Playoffs
Do you bench Cousins for Sunday's regular season finale? What should we expect in the first round? → Read More
Unobstructed View: When the Pigskins’ Gain Is Your Loss
Last weekend, I found myself in a quandary that’s become familiar to more and more football fans over the last decade, one that pitted a lifetime of fandom against a pile of holiday cash. The local NFL team is putting together what at this point can only be described as a [CLICHE ALERT] “playoff push.” They’re [...] → Read More
Unobstructed View: Maryland Got Rid of a Racist Name… Is It Really That Hard, Pigskins?
UMD's president effectively addressed the most common objections to changing the local NFL team's name. → Read More
Unobstructed View: Ken Beatrice, Local Treasure
When I started working in sports, Beatrice quotes and impressions were my lingua franca. → Read More
Unobstructed View: Expectations Rise and Fall in D.C. Sports
It's tough to shake the focus on past successes, past failures, expired trends, and dated impressions. → Read More
Unobstructed View: Thanks to Those Who Make Sports Possible
Not everyone working this holiday makes six figures. → Read More
Unobstructed View: Don’t Start Believin’ (Yet)
City Desk is Washington City Paper's blog about D.C. news, politics, media, the arts, and more. → Read More
Unobstructed View: Legal Battle Illustrates How Ridiculous NFL Team’s Name Actually Is
City Desk is Washington City Paper's blog about D.C. news, politics, media, the arts, and more. → Read More