Mark Solway What’s it Going To Be Then, Eh? Just days away from the NFL Draft and with the Redskins picking in the sixth spot, and then not again until day two, the proverbial wad is going to be blown early. I love draft day. I love the boredom of it. I love the pain-staking amount of … Read more
The 2007 NFL Draft is less than a week away, so THN is taking a look at each position’s top five prospects. Up next are the centers: #1 Name: Ryan Kalil Class: Senior School: USC Height: 6030 Weight: 297 pounds About the only knock on Kalil was his size but he showed up at the … Read more
The 2007 NFL Draft is less than two weeks away, so THN is taking a look at each position’s top five prospects. Up first are the offensive tackles: Name: Joe Thomas Class: Senior School: Wisconsin Height: 6065 Weight: 311 pounds Thomas is a bona fide stud. Great technique, great leverage, great quickness, great everything. He’ll … Read more
The NFL released its 17-week, 256-game regular-season 2007 schedule on Wednesday. The season will begin on Thursday, september 6th and run through to December 30th. Here is the Washington Redskins 16-game schedule: Sep. 09 Miami Dolphins 1:00pm Sep. 17 at Philadelphia Eagles (Mon) 8:30pm Sep. 23 N.Y. Giants 4:15pm Sep. 30 BYE Oct. 07 Detroit … Read more
The Natonal Hockey League held it’s lottery drawing on Tuesday to determine the selection order for the upcoming entry draft at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. The Chicago Blackhawks won the lottery and will select first overall. The drawing uses a weighted lottery system to determine the order of selection for the first fourteen picks. … Read more
If one were to heed the doom-laden chat that has accompanied much of the off-season thus far, the Redskins plan to or already have done the following: -Trade their sixth pick and future picks to draft Calvin Johnson -Ditto but for Jamarcus Russel -Ditto but for Brady Quinn -Traded their sixth pick and Rocky McIntosh … Read more
The Redskins made another non-splashy but useful free agent signing this week, when they signed veteran cornerback David Macklin. Originally a fourth round draft choice of the Indianapolis Colts in 2000, he spent the first four years of his career there, and started for two of them. He was drafted out of Penn State University … Read more
The Washington Capitals have nothing but pride left to play for in the 2006/07 season. Eliminated from the playoffs weeks ago, Washington’s only role in playing out the remaining games, is that of the spoiler. On Thursday night, a win over the division-leading rival Atlanta Thrashers, did just that. Alex Ovechkin got two second period … Read more
For the first time in more than three years, Olaf Kolzig recorded a shutout. For the first time in six games, the Washington Capitals recorded a win. Kolzig back-stopped the Capitals to a 1-0 victory over the Florida Panthers and earned his 34th career shutout by stopping all 27 shots that he faced. For Kolzig, … Read more
The NFL recently announced the 32 compensatory picks awarded for the 2007 NFL Draft: 3rd round – 33-96th overall – San Diego 3rd round – 34-97th overall – San Francisco 3rd round – 35-98th overall – Indianapolis 3rd round – 36-99th overall – Oakland 4th round – 33-132nd overall – Pittsburgh 4th round – 34-133rd … Read more