Author Archives: Dion Johnson

Welp, this season was fun, wasn’t it? With 14 minutes left in the fourth quarter at a rain-soaked FedEx Field, the Washington NFL team was down by just 10 points. And I have just one question to ask all of their fans: did anyone truly believe that this team would mount a comeback against the […]

Remember how you felt about the Washington NFL team when they beat Oakland 27-10? What about their 29-20 loss to Kansas City? The promise and overall joy of what could be is clearly over. We are back to the enduring theme of the franchise – mediocrity. Washington Redskins linebacker Junior Galette (58) grabs at the […]

Coming out of a much-needed bye week, the suddenly-hyped Washington NFL team continued a pattern that’s become all too familiar during these lean years.  Whenever they’re faced with an opportunity to establish some semblance of a winning culture and change attitudes that are deeply embedded into the franchise’s psyche, the team fails to take care […]

It’s Groundhog Day again for the Washington Nationals and their fans. For the fourth time. Chicago Cubs catcher Willson Contreras (40) reacts after Washington Nationals’ Bryce Harper struck out for the final out as the Cubs beat the Washington Nationals 9-8 to to win baseball’s National League Division Series, at Nationals Park, early Friday, Oct. […]

When the bottom of the eighth inning began of Washington’s Game Two against the Chicago Cubs in the National League Division Series, the Nationals’ offense was downright offensive.  In the 16 innings played since Game One, the offense had only produced one solitary run, a first inning opposite field homer by Anthony Rendon, which coincidentally gave the […]

Washington is 2-2 going into a much needed bye week.  Normally that would not mean much at all but things are seemingly looking up for this much-maligned franchise, and it starts with the little things: competitiveness and physicality. If you compete, you can win. Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins (8) talks to his team during […]

Being a fan of Washington’s NFL team sure is difficult at times. After their domination of the Oakland Raiders a week earlier, Washington’s Monday Night Football showdown with the undefeated Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium suddenly became the marquee matchup of Week Four. Washington Redskins running back Rob Kelley (20) carries the ball during […]

The weather has finally turned, which means the long and tedious baseball regular season is finally over.  Now is when the fun begins. For Washington Nationals fans, however, October has become a house of horrors. After shocking the baseball world in 2012 with a league-best 98 wins, the Nationals were defeated in excruciating fashion by […]

After clinching its fourth division title in six seasons, the Washington Nationals are a happy but fractured ball club.  The fractures are being healed day by day with the re-incorporation of each of the injured players into the lineup before the playoffs.  With three heartbreaking first round losses to stew over, Nationals fans are done […]

For all of the flack and disrespect coming from media pundits and Washington NFL fans alike, the team’s Week Two matchup against the Los Angeles Rams could have been considered a must-win ballgame if the Washington team had any hope of being taken seriously this season.  Washington Redskins running back Chris Thompson, left, scores past […]

Are you really surprised? I’m serious here. Are you surprised that Washington didn’t come out to start the 2017 NFL season as if it actually wanted to win and not look exactly like the undisciplined, ill-prepared team we have seen all preseason? Washington Redskins running back Rob Kelley (20) rushes the ball in the first […]

As most Washington-area football sports fans were watching that monstrosity of a franchise continue to disappoint their loyal fans on Sunday, fewer than 10 miles away, the Washington Nationals defeated the Philadelphia Phillies, 3-2. Then, the team and fans, alike, stayed at Nationals Park for 90 minutes as the Atlanta Braves walked off the second-place […]