The Washington Football Team Is Improving. Dan Snyder Still Needs to Go.
It’s time to focus on firings. First, Philadelphia Eagles coach Doug Pederson ought to be ashamed of himself. He embarrassed his franchise by tanking Sunday night’s loss to the Washington Football Team in a highly significant game, and deserves to be fired by his team owner or at least substantially fined by the NFL commissioner […]
The Washington Football Team’s Wild and Unpredictable Journey to the Playoffs
Summarizing the Washington Football Team’s year, one packed with countless headlines and drama, is nearly impossible. But let’s try, anyway. Washington retired its controversial and racist nickname and adopted a temporary moniker for the season and potentially beyond. It hired a promising coach in Ron Rivera, but he was dealt his own surprise in the […]
The Year 2020 in Sports
On March 8, the University of Maryland men’s basketball team beat Michigan, 87-70, in front of a capacity crowd at Xfinity Center to win a share of the Big Ten regular season title. Afterward, hundreds of fans packed the court, standing shoulder to shoulder, to celebrate with coach Mark Turgeon and his players. Turgeon was […]
Give Ron Rivera All the Awards
I got a head start on my eulogy for the Washington Football Team this year, using a Nov. 1 column to write off Ron Rivera’s team and turning my attention to all the other options for fun and entertainment in this blessed year of 2020. But something totally unexpected happened on the way to the […]
In Logan Thomas, the Washington Football Team Has Found Its No. 1 Tight End
Ask Washington Football Team coach Ron Rivera which player’s growth has impressed him in 2020, and it’s a good bet he’ll say tight end Logan Thomas. Actually, you don’t even need to ask. Rivera has a penchant for talking Thomas up with little prompting. On Oct. 25, Thomas caught four passes for 60 yards and […]