Meet Shira Toeplitz. She writes Shop Talk for CQ – Roll Call and heads over to POLITICO in a few weeks. As she’s preparing for the move, Shira spared a few minutes for a FamousDC Famous 5. 1. Today is actually your birthday, what is the best b-day gift you’ve …

Friday, April 23 It has been exactly one week since the SEC filed charges against Goldman Sachs. And now this is what we’re talking about: WaPo’s Ed O’Keefe: SEC porn investigation nets dozens Dallas Lawrence peaks behind the curtain Forbes: Obama Fights Goldman With Social Media For a peak behind …

Black-and-Red to face seven-time European champions D.C. United Press Release: D.C. United announced today the club will play an international friendly against Italian giants AC Milan on May 26 at RFK Stadium. It will be the first-ever meeting between the two clubs.  Kick-off is set for 8:00 p.m. ET. . …

Do you think Jonathan Grella’s head is about to explode? [J-E-T-S]

Does Washington, D.C. have the power to rename a state after a quarterback?

Deadspin still ain’t playing nice with DC. Deadspin’s Dashiell Bennett: The Worst Bowl Game In The World (2009 Edition) Are you busy this afternoon? Probably, because you have a life. However, if you’re unemployed or otherwise indigent, get out your scraper because we’ve reached the very bottom of the college …

Gots to go. DC Sports Page: Should Suisham Go? UPDATE : Suisham is gone

The Brits burned Washington, D.C. in 1814. Now the US Soccer team will get revenge in Group C of the World Cup. USA! USA! USA!

Redskins Checking

Dan Steinberg: Riggins says Snyder is ‘a bad guy’

Brad Kanus presents … Fantasy Football Rant – Week 8 Another Fantasy Football tie for Bradkanus… I can kiss the post season goodbye and only hope that it doesn’t give me H1N1. Short and sweet – let’s get to it. 1. Brett Favre went back to his old house, opened …

Brad Kanus presents … Fantasy Football Rant – Week 7 I hate professional basketball. I hate the fact that every year at this time a year our focus is blurred by this stupid league. I can not stand to see football coverage, both professional and collegiate, be interrupted to discuss …

We hope the Redskins’ Chris Cooley has a speedy recovery. On the bright side, maybe he’ll have more time to hunt down wasps.

We’re not sure how this will play with Chicago Bears fans. Josh Gerstein: What if Bush had done that? White House spokesman Josh Earnest: “It’s not unlike the New Orleans Saints, who are getting lots of good coverage of their perfect record so far — certainly better coverage than the …