The Wizards host the NJ Nets on Halloween night, the home opener for Washington’s 2009-10 season. The Nets come into the Phone Booth looking for their first win, having begun the season 0-2. They lost 95-85 to the Orlando Magic on Friday night. Brooks Lopez, who leads the Nets in scoring and rebounding, will face [...]
Entries from October 31st, 2009
Nets @ Wizards Game Preview
October 31st, 2009 · No Comments · Caron Butler, Game Preview, Injury, Washington Wizards
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Redskins place LT Samuels on IR
October 31st, 2009 · No Comments · Chris Samuels, Injury, Washington Redskins
The Washington Redskins made official today what everyone already knew — the season of All Pro LT Chris Samuels is over. Samuels was placed on injured reserve due to a neck injury suffered October 11 against the Carolina Panthers and will not play again in 2009. Samuels has played with spinal stenosis [narrowing of the [...]
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Hawks rout Wizards, Butler injured
October 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Caron Butler, Game Review, Injury, Washington Wizards
Caron Butler bruised his left knee late in the first half in Atlanta, the injury added to the insult of a thorough 100-89 whipping at the hands of the Hawks. Washington led by 10 points in the first quarter, but the Hawks went on a run to take the lead before the end of [...]
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Wiz update: Caron injured, Young & McGee options
October 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Washington Wizards
Caron Butler injured his left knee in the first half of Friday’s night’s game in Atlanta. Butler did not come out with the team for the second half and Nick Young replaced him in the starting lineup. It is not immediately clear how serious the injury to Butler is.
The Wizards picked up the option year [...]
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Game Preview: Wizards @ Hawks & more
October 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Game Preview, Washington Wizards
The Washington Wizards face off against the Hawks in Atlanta tonight, a much tougher out than it used to be. The Hawks easily made the playoffs last year and swept the Wizards 4-0 on their way. The Hawks were 31-10 at home last year and they crushed the Indiana Pacers 120-109 on Wednesday night. Star [...]
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Smoke Signals: Bye week blues
October 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Albert Haynesworth, Smoke Signals, Washington Redskins
The National Football Post looks at the Redskins and determines that money and Dan Snyder are at the root of all the problems. Read it.
The Redskins 2009 defense looks a lot like the 2008 defense: Good at holding down the yardage and the points, but not so good at creating turnovers. And let’s face it, [...]
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Caps extend win streak to 6
October 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Alex Ovechkin, Brooks Laich, Mike Green, Mike Knuble, Nicklas Backstrom, Semyon Varlamov, Washington Capitals
The Washington Capitals jumped out to an early 3-0 lead on Atlanta then had to fight off a sub-par Caps defensive performance in the third period to extend their winning streak to 6 straight games with a 4-3 win over Atlanta Thrashers. The Caps improve to 8-2-2 on the season, 2 points behind the Pittsburgh [...]
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Editorial: Dismal state of Dan Snyder
October 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Dan Snyder, Washington Redskins
Dan Snyder feels bad for Redskins fans. He is disappointed for them. That’s the spin, right?
Ummm, has he really considered how we feel? I can certainly attest to many of my fellow Redskins Nation, the disappointment and humiliation is aimed at you Dan Sndyer, not the Redskins.
Snyder’s spin certainly does not line up with what [...]
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Caps Prospects Update (10/29)
October 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Hershey Bears, South Carolina Stingrays, Washington Capitals
Time for an update on where and what the Caps prospects are up to. For a roster of the Washington Capitals top prospects, check out our Caps Page. But, we do have a few. Here they are:
Karl Alzner: Karl Alzner was a 1st round pick of the 2007 draft. He is a stay at home [...]
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Caps mid-day report: Flash to debut, Varly in Net
October 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Semyon Varlamov, Washington Capitals
Few things to mention regarding tonight’s game.
First, Tomas Fleischmann is set to make his 2009 season debut, after missing the start of the season because of a blood clot in his leg. The Capitals will be looking for Flash to boost some secondary line scoring that only seems to appear in spurts this season, little [...]
