Pucks and masks prevalent as 24 NHL teams open training camp
St. Louis Blues goalie Jordan Binnington is so accustomed to wearing a mask, he didn’t mind doing so for the past four months during the coronavirus…
NC Courage improve to 4-0, advance to Challenge Cup quarterfinals
The North Carolina Courage remained perfect in the preliminary round of the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup with a 2-0 victory over Sky Blue FC on Monday…
East and West All-Senior girls soccer teams
With the season lost due to cancellations over the coronavirus pandemic, we selected 35 seniors each from the eastern and western halves of the state for…
Redskins’ name to be retired after 87 years
Dan Snyder said he was fulfilling a lifelong dream in 1999. The 34-year-old billionaire became the owner of the Washington Redskins, the team he grew up…
Activists cheer Redskins’ change, set sights on new targets
The Washington Redskins’ plans to retire their name and logo follow years of scrutiny over the appropriateness and potential racism of using the word and making…
This isn’t good-bye, team you love left long ago
It is ironic that the Atlanta Braves have declared that they have no intention of changing their name. The Braves are responsible for the name Washington…
Duke gets ‘contemporary leader’ for its women’s basketball program in Kara Lawson
Duke’s hiring of Kara Lawson shows the Blue Devils want a ‘contemporary leader’ for their college basketball program, and Lawson is excited to take on the…
What’s in an NFL nickname? Washington’s impending change provokes all sorts of responses
Washington’s NFL team announced Monday it would change both its nickname and its logo. That matters deeply to a lot of people, and I talked to…
