Category: Columnists

It’s no secret that I am a football fan. I don’t care if the Mississippi Rattlesnakes are playing the Arkansas Rut Hogs, if the game is on TV, I have clicked right on past the ‘I Love Lucy’ rerun and settled on football with my popcorn. College football is my viewing choice, but the madness […]

And now it begins. For the Washington Redskins, there will be no postseason play this year—something that became palpably evident around late October. Instead, the team will return to where it does most of its usual winning: the offseason. Summer success is quite common in the District and after another distasteful campaign, fans will again […]

Some of you are misled by the head of this piece, “Big Al.” This is not about the gangster known as Scarface who came to prominence during prohibition in Chicago. This is about none other than 6-feet, 6-inch, 335-pound Albert Haynesworth, nose tackle for the Washington Redskins. Since joining the ‘Skins, he has carved out […]

It wasn’t just the bad snap or the missed field goals. It wasn’t the near 200-yard rusher that went to waste or another low-scoring offensive output. See, it’s hard to summarize exactly what was the most disappointing aspect in yet another tear-jerker for the Washington Redskins. Maybe it was a collection of things that prompted […]

Ever since I was a little tyke, I can remember watching western movies on our postage stamp TV, and hearing the ranch boss telling someone, “I pay a day’s wage for a day’s work.” This seems to have escaped the NCAA rules committee because it seems that if a guy gets a free lunch from […]

If it’s one thing football fans should know by now is that you can’t trust the NFL. You can’t trust its owners, its players or its teams. A contract extension means just about as much as no contract at all so Redskin Nation shouldn’t read too much into McNabb’s recent five-year, $78 million extension with […]

Somewhere, in a land far, far away, former Redskins quarterback Jason Campbell is quietly thriving. No, he’s not setting the league ablaze with gaudy stats; his jersey isn’t filling the stands of his new home; and he probably isn’t even the best quarterback on his new team. But, he is winning. After being banished from […]

While perusing the sports page in another periodical, I spotted an article that sent me on one of my mental road trips. The behavior of athletes is a subject of great interest to me, and any time I find something I think is newsworthy, I try to throw my slant on the subject. Every one […]

I’ve decided to task the NCAA and the selective punishment they seem to enforce on selected schools of choice. If you notice, there are schools that have escaped investigation and punishment forever. For instance, I don’t remember Notre Dame ever making the headlines because of NCAA violations. Notre Dame has the golden dome, the golden […]

I must admit when it comes to sports, this acorn has fallen far from the tree. Pop was a baseball fan from the top of his head to the bottom of his soul. I, on the other hand, am a follower of football. Although sitting at this desk requires that I report on all sports, […]

Football is alive and well in the District, but new Washington Wizards’ owner Ted Leonsis did his best to steal a little bit of the thunder last week. The Wizards held their Midnight Madness Tuesday morning and open scrimmage on Sunday’s Fan Fest at the George Mason Patriot Center with surprising turnouts. Over 3,000 fans […]

Proud and productive, I’m a child of an HBCU – a 2006 graduate from Morgan State University, but you won’t catch me in any letter jackets or riding with personalized school license plates—I’m much too discreet for that. However, whenever prompted to state my affiliation, I reel off my origin with no hesitation. My graduate […]