Entries Listing

Remembering Taylor, enjoying Griffin, loving December

I can't believe it has been five years since the death of Redskins safety Sean Taylor. I never was more intrigued by an athlete in my entire career - the violence and the passion with which he played the game, and then the shyness and introverted way he carried himself off the field. Taylor rarely spoke with the media, but I considered it an honor

Giving thanks

When I first got to Washington, D.C., in 2002, the sports landscape was pretty barren. There was no baseball. The Capitals were in the beginning stages of a rebuild due largely in part to the underachievement of Jaromir Jagr. The Wizards had some guy wearing a No. 23 jersey, but it wasn't really Michael Jordan and the kid he drafted No. 1 overall in Kwame

One word, a whole lot of thoughts

The Redskins lost to the Carolina Panthers on a day when the building was abuzz with dozens of alumni who were in town for homecoming weekend. Robert Griffin III's 74.2 quarterback rating was one of his lowest to date. The 13 penalties for 97 yards was appalling. The underutilization of Alfred Morris and the running game was perplexing. The second game with no takeaways after

« October 2012 | Main Index | Archives | December 2012 »