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Live Chat Tonight at CSNDC
The folks at CSNDC have kindly asked me to host a live chat during tonight's Caps-Devils game.  Click here to join the chat at 7.  Hope to see you there.
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Ovechkin’s Status is Week-to-Week
The Washington Capitals just issued the following statement regarding the status of left wing Alex Ovechkin: Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin suffered an upper-body strain in Sunday evening’s game against the Columbus Blue Jackets and his status is week-to-week, the team ...
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Is the Washington Post’s Sports Coverage Vulnerable?
That's a question that Slate 's Jack Shafer is considering in light of the news that Joe Allbritton , the owner of WJLA-TV and NewsChannel 8 , has asked former Washington Post reporter and editor Jim Brady to start a Web-only publication for the D.C. area : Most newspapers place the sports ...
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Crime Imitates Failed Television Show Art
A couple of years back, I caught a few episodes of an ABC television sitcom dubbed the Knights of Prosperity .  The premise was simple: a bunch of folks down on their luck conspired to rob celebrities like Mick Jagger and Ray Romano.   David Letterman was the producer, and the lead ...
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More on the Caps, Redskins and How to Handle the Media
Over at D.C. Sports Bog yesterday, Dan Steinberg picked up on the same vibe I did on Monday when I read some common sense advice Ted Leonsis dispensed on dealing with the media .  Give it a read.  Primary assist to J.P.
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Is This a Great Time or What?
Purchase price of 42 inch 1080p high definition television: $800. Monthly subscription to satellite television service: $100. Yearly subscription to NHL Center Ice: $165. Listening to an online radio feed of the Caps and Flyers after spending all of that money in order to ensure that you ...
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Are They Listening at Redskins Park?
From Monday morning's Washington Post piece on the popularity -- or lack thereof currently -- of the Washington Redskins among the locals : David Donovan, the Redskins' chief operating officer, disputed Powell's analysis, saying that team records show a 12 percent dip in merchandise sales, ...
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Theo Fleury on ESPN’s E:60 Tonight at 7:00 p.m.
Here's the word from ESPN PR rep Andy Hall: Theo Fleury Speaks Out on ESPN’s E:60 ESPN's award-winning primetime newsmagazine E:60 will feature a revealing interview with former NHL star Theo Fleury in the episode airing Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m. ET. The program, which launched in ...
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On Rob Scuderi and Jason Chimera: Can Anybody Spell Clipping?
On Rob Scuderi and Jason Chimera: Can Anybody Spell Clipping?
offwing.com — I was reading Greg Wyshynski's account of Rob Scuderi's hit on Jason Chimera over at Puck Daddy late last night when it occurred to me that nobody had mentioned the penalty that could have been called: clipping.  Here's the reference straight ... (more) On Rob Scuderi and Jason Chimera: Can Anybody Spell ...