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Changing of the ends
Hugs and well wishes all around this afternoon between Phillip Daniels and Jason Taylor.
A Colorado Republican resurgence?
After appearing to be all but dead in Colorado, Republicans see a glimmer of hope in a new poll.
Bucknell lands on Maryland's basketball schedule
It turns out that punching in "basketball schedule" and scanning the results won't yield every single schedule released this summer.
We get it. Obama's like JFK.
The thousands gathering here for the big Obama speech keep comparing him to Kennedy.
The wisdom of Paul Johnson
Here's a sampling of the former Navy coach's wit and wisdom, a staple in Annapolis over the last six years:
After eight years, the best Bushie
Paul Weyrich asks who in the Bush administration lived up to the promise.
Anna and Justin
In my piece today about the Washington Kastles, I wrote that the team wisely avoided having Justin Gimelstob and Anna Kournikova face each other in any matches last night," given the offensive comments Gimelstob made about Kournikova a few weeks ago.
Camp buzz -- July 23, 2008
The NFL even limits the size of the roster this early in training camp. Coach Zorn discusses how it is effecting the team.
Obama in Berlin, taken aback by expected crowd
It's Barack Obama Day, with the U.S. presidential hopeful's appearance leading all the news and dominating the word on the street.
Prospect Q&A - Jordan Zimmermann, Nationals
Jordan Zimmermann wasn't even on the prospect radar just a few short years ago. But since the Nats made him a second-round pick in June 2007, the 22-year-old righty has breezed through their minor league system, befuddling hitters every step of the way and recently earning Mid-Season All-Star honors in the double-A Eastern League. His next promotion could be to the big league club, and it could come soon. By Jay LeBlanc.
KILL - Nats' Alaniz ahead of schedule
Adrian Alaniz has never been highly regarded in prospect circles, primarily because his fastball only reaches the high 80s. However, the fact is that 249 players were selected before the Nats took Alaniz in the eighth round of the 2007 draft, and one year later, the 24-year-old righty is further along in his journey to the big leagues than all but a few of them. He's reached double-A well ahead of schedule by mixing his four pitches, changing speeds and hitting the corners. By Jay LeBlanc.
KILL - Prospect Q&A - Jordan Zimmermann, Nationals
It's hard to believe now, but Jordan Zimmermann wasn't even on the prospect radar just a few short years ago. But in just a little over a year since the Nationals made him a second-round pick out of Division III Wisconsin-Stevens Point, the 22-year-old righty has breezed through Washington's minor league system, befuddling hitters every step of the way. His next promotion could be to the big league club, and it could come soon. By Jay LeBlanc.
The Young and the Conservative
New York Times proves irrelevance: Black on Black Thought
What do you get when you mix arrogance and irrelevance?
Redskins Training Camp -- Day Four
It seems that the offense got to assert itself more this day.
Looking at 2009 salaries
Yesterday's developments might leave you wondering how much the Nationals have invested in payroll in 2009 and beyond. So I took a few moments to scrounge up some contract details. Here you go...
