'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America
With his Canon 60D in hand, Darrell Wallace Jr. is a fixture at the track, eagerly snapping photos with an insider's view of auto racing. His Instagram account is littered with day-in-the-life snapshots of cars and crews, all carrying the tag, "My crazy life captured in pictures."
Suppose the Mayans were right. Suppose we do interrupt this program Friday to bring you the End of the World. A grim thought, I know. But then, so is the idea of another "rebuilding" season for the Wizards.
It's hard to not find someone who has some advice for the new franchise QB in D.C.
Grambling State University football coach Doug Williams sued the school Friday claiming the school reneged on contract promises and now is trying to pressure him to sign a reduced deal on a "take it or leave it" basis.
The chair never stood a chance. "You see, it's like this," Marty Schottenheimer said as he sprang to his feet in his office and grabbed the unsuspecting furniture. "If you turn this way, you lose leverage and this defensive lineman's got the advantage. But if you take a step back you see? Now you've got position."
Joe Gibbs' stomach was rumbling when he emerged from the Washington Redskins coaches' meeting Saturday night, Oct. 3, 1987. He was, by his own admission, "kind of snarly anyway" because it was the night before a game against the division rival St. Louis Cardinals. On that occasion, however, Gibbs was even more anxious than usual.
You know what the Redskins need most right now, more than a quarterback or a nose tackle or an owner with a clue? They need to get lucky.
Former Washington Redskins star quarterback Doug Williams is returning to Grambling State to coach the football team for a second time, the university confirmed late Monday.
Pharmaceutical companies no longer court doctors with tickets to sporting events and lavish trips, but one of the nation's largest drug manufacturers deployed a squad of sports figures to get physicians to play ball.
Things got off to an interesting start for Redskins coach Joe Gibbs today. Upon entering Raymond James Stadiums player/coach/media door, everybody — everybody — has to provide photo identification. That included Gibbs.
NEW YORK -- Nate Williams hardly noticed when his phone company vanished.
One of the last additions to the Redskins' training camp roster, No. 86 in your program, was Burl Toler, a lanky receiver rescued from the wreckage of NFL Europa. If the name sounds vaguely familiar to older fans, here's why: His grandfather, Burl Toler I, holds a prominent place in league history as the first black to serve as a game official — the first black to officiate in any major pro sport, in fact.
One of the last additions to the Redskins' training camp roster, No. 86 in your program, was Burl Toler, a lanky receiver rescued from the wreckage of NFL Europa. If the name sounds vaguely familiar to older fans, here's why: His grandfather, Burl Toler I, holds a prominent place in league history as the first black to serve as a game official — the first black to officiate in any major pro sport, in fact.
"He has been told to `take it or leave it.'"
"We didn't have as many cars as some of these guys got and places to go and things to do because we couldn't afford it back then," said Williams, who earned Super Bowl XXII MVP honors after quarterbacking the Redskins to victory that year. "So we stayed, and we stuck together and worked out and got ready for work to begin."
