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PR Genius Tony Wyllie Takes His Talents Away From Dan Snyder
Sports radio station WJFK in D.C. reported today that Tony Wyllie has quit as Dan Snyder’s communications director to take a job with the Special Olympics. If any good PR came Snyder’s way during Wyllie’s nine-year run with Washington’s NFL team, it doesn’t come to mind. As for the gaffes on Wyllie’s watch, well, the internet’s not big enough to list all those. → Read More
The Sport That Can't Stick To Sports
Dublin beat Kerry 1-18 to 0-15 on Saturday to take their fifth straight All-Ireland football championship, and become the first team to five-peat in the history of the Gaelic Athletic Association’s annual national inter-county tournament. And we’re talking a long history: Dublin and Kerry first faced each other with the title at stake in ‘93. As in, 1893. → Read More
The Legendary Public Rec Center In A Private School's Pocket
Every now and then comes a reminder that The System works precisely as everybody suspects it does and wishes it didn’t. The situation now roiling the youth sports scene in the Nation’s Capital is one of those. The D.C. government recently agreed to let the Maret School, one of the more elite private schools in town, keep control over who gets to use the playing fields at the Jelleff Recreation… → Read More
Confessions Of A Hoarder On The Road To Guitarmageddon
My name is Dave, and I’m a guitar hoarder. → Read More
A Scout's Honor
You don’t get to choose which parts of your past are remembered. → Read More
Did Cal Ripken Jr. Sign This Painting Of An Oriole By John Wayne Gacy?
For those of you clamoring for the autographs of both a serial killer and a Baseball Hall of Famer, here’s a way to, well, kill two birds with one stone. You can buy this “original acrylic painting of an Oriole by John Wayne Gacy, which prominently features the autograph of Cal Ripken Jr.” for $9,999.95. → Read More
How The Milwaukee Bucks And A Former Wedding DJ Won The T-Shirt Cannon Arms Race
There’s an arms race of sorts now taking place in sports arenas. Hence, the Quad. → Read More
A Look Back At Kegasus, The Bizarre and Boozy Preakness Mascot
Nobody gives a damn about the 2019 Preakness Stakes. → Read More
The Kentucky Derby Proves That Even The Losers Get Lucky Sometimes
Horse racing had replay before everybody else. But that side of the allegedly perpetually declining sport was never in the spotlight so much as it was Saturday, when Churchill Downs stewards took their time before taking a Kentucky Derby win away from Maximum Security on a foul claim. → Read More
Freshman Phenom Jimmy Sorunke, Who Became A Senior Overnight, Is Done With High School Basketball
The bizarre high school basketball career of Jimmy Sorunke, who went from an overhyped freshman to an ignored senior in just one year, appears to now be over. → Read More
Jacob Wohl And Jack Burkman Wasted My Time, But On The Bright Side, They Wasted Theirs Too
Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl have put their heads together and made an ass of themselves yet again. The Goofus and Goofus of right-wing outrage added to their overstuffed portfolio of unnecessary and unwanted press conferences with a soft-hitting expose on corruption in the college recruiting realm. → Read More
Civil Rights Icon Andrew Young Came Up With A Compelling Reason To Root For UVA
American icon Andrew Young was in Austin last night opening a Summit on Race at the LBJ Library. → Read More
Where Do The Rape Allegations Against Corey Maggette And Justin Fairfax Go From Here?
On February 11, Deadline.com reported that Corey Maggette had been taken off the air by Fox Sports West, where he works as a commentator for Los Angeles Clippers games. → Read More
King Kong Bundy Was The Biggest Of The Bad
King Kong Bundy, the biggest man I ever saw undressed, is dead. He was 61. No official cause of death has yet been issued. → Read More
Skip Groff, Founder Of D.C.'s Coolest Record Store, Is Dead
Skip Groff has gone the way of the neighborhood record store. He’s dead. → Read More
Frank Robinson Was The Man, Even If I Never Forgave Him For It
I’ve carried a grudge against Frank Robinson for 49 years. → Read More
This Is The Virginia I Remember
I was born and reared in Virginia and still hold fondness for the state as often as it embarrasses me and anybody who claims it. Times like these. That blackface/klansman photo that will end up getting the governor bounced was in a yearbook, after all, from a state school. → Read More
Colonel Rob, Legendary Advocate For Sleaze, Is Dead
Robert “Colonel Rob” Schaffner, an L.A. outsider art deity and the guy who got Heavy Metal Parking Lot to whatever masses it got to, is dead. → Read More
Dan Snyder Reportedly Dumped A Marketing Campaign Because He Saw Nazi Connotations
Washington defensive lineman Jonathan Allen gave out doughnuts to sick kids in D.C. today. The treats came with a photo of him alongside the words “We Hail!” Allen probably should’ve checked with his boss. → Read More
The Biggest Backer Of A New D.C. Stadium For Dan Snyder Appears To Be In Some Serious Shit
A massive majority of D.C. residents want to give Dan Snyder nothing, save their middle finger. But a few of the most powerful folks around town have been conspiring for some time behind closed doors to refute the will of the people and give the Skins owner choice public lands for a new stadium. A key member of this clandestine pro-stadium clique has hit a bad patch, however. Jack Evans, the… → Read More