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You might have heard the winning Powerball numbers were chosen. Well, we aren’t supposed to say anything yet but… I’m never taking the Metro again. The Circulator can go to hell. I will only sit front row at Nationals games – if I don’t buy the team. (Of course I’m …

Doug Thornell has been a Redskins fan since he was three, but his heart’s been broken more than once over the team’s performance. Now that they’re this year’s NFC East Division Champions, he and Chase (the world’s furriest Pierre Garçon advocate) are cautiously headed back into the Redskins’ corner. “Whatever …

The Redskins Twitter account said it best: “Go ahead, update your pic.” In other words, to all the pseudo-fans too embarrassed to rock Redskins swag the rest of the year, this is your official invitation to jump on the bandwagon. That’s right. The Washington Redskins are the NFC East Division …

Every happy couple is subject to the occasional quarrel. Money, jealousy, and life’s stresses can always disrupt an otherwise smooth relationship. In DC, however, where we have unhealthily high thresholds for stress, we have a unique set of triggers that make us manic. Related Links: If the Presidential Candidates Had …

Pro athletes from Washington DC’s top professional sports teams Washington Wizards, Redskins, Nationals and DC United came together last night for Becky’s Fund 7th Annual Walk This Way charity fashion show at the Embassy of Italy. The event raised over $150,000 for the DC-based nonprofit Becky’s Fund, an organization committed to the prevention of intimate partner violence. Washington Redskins Pierre …

Famous Friday Round Up   ROUNDUP PRESENTED BY FLYWHEEL SPORTS On March 31, Flywheel Sports, the indoor cycling brand rapidly expanding across the United States and abroad, is opening its first DC studio in the Dupont neighborhood. Occupying the former Visions Cinema space at 1927 Florida Avenue, NW, this will be Flywheel’s largest locale to date, …

Meet Donté Stallworth. You may know him from his previous working life – an NFL wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints, Philadelphia Eagles, New England Patriots, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens, and the Washington Redskins. Now, he’s a National Security Fellow at the Huffington Post. We caught up with him …

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First they came for Rusty [then they came for the invertebrates] WWII Memorial pool dipping [adult swim] Will the Redskins no longer be the Redskins? [US Patent office denies trademarking] Apparently we’re terrible [Vice should know] Making it in this town [by this townies] Amazing photo by John Sonderman

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Grace Ma captured this incredible view of a stormcloud-surrounded U.S. Capitol building. Make what metaphors you wish about stormclouds over the Capitol, this is an awesome photo.

Story Partners, in honor of the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner,  hosted a slew of Washington influentials at their inaugural “Welcome to Washington: A Salute to Women in Journalism” event. The party, co-hosted by Story Partners’ Gloria Dittus, NBC’s Betsy Fischer Martin,Washingtonian’s Cathy Merrill Williams, CNN’s Dana Bash, CBS News’ Jan Crawford, and The New Republic’s Julia Ioffe definitely kicked off the weekend …

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Johnny Isakson [aint a Belieber] Facebook acquired a virtual reality hardware firm [and those with pre-orders are pissed] There’s a cult operating off Rock Creek parkway [dead chickens found] Men in North Korea required to get Kim Jong-un haircuts [easy to choose a style] Football team management trying everything it …

Sloth mom eats two of her newborn cubs [zoo saves third] NPR doesn’t like the name of the DC football team [either] José Andrés will be GW’s commencement speaker [Students: “Eh”] A visual history of colleges [that used to be in DC] Please please please don’t give me a ticket [- this …