Mark Solway The Washington Capitals have dealt Dainius Zubrus to the Buffalo Sabres. In return, the Capitals get Buffalo’s first round pick in this year’s draft, and Jiri Novotny. The Sabres will also get defenseman Timo Hellbing from Washington’s American Hockey League affiliate Hershey Bears. Washington got good return for a player rental. General manager George McPhee … Read more
The Washington Capitals got a bit of an early jump and made a couple of moves the day before the National Hockey League trade deadline arrives on Tuesday. Richard Zednik was dealt to the New York Islanders for a second-round draft pick in 2007. Zednik has only played 32 games this season because of injury, … Read more
Day five of the 2007 NFL Combine saw the defensive players hit the field at the RCA dome, as the linebackers and defensive linemen worked out on Monday. Defensive Ends All eyes were on Gaines Adams to see what he could do; he did not disappoint. Not only did he blaze the 40-yard dash with … Read more
Day four of the 2007 NFL Combine saw the ‘skilled’ positions hit the field for drills and testing. Wide Receivers Calvin Johnson began the Combine as not only the top receiver in this year’s draft crop, but arguably the top overall prospect as well. His first step in impressing the pundits would be the weigh-ins; … Read more
While the first two days at the 2007 NFL Combine were mostly measuring and interviewing, day three saw the start of some real action. Both the offensive linemen and tight ends took to the field to conduct their individual workouts. Offensive Linemen The top three offensive line prospects on many draft boards are tackles Joe … Read more
Friday saw the arrival of the quarterbacks, running backs and wide receivers to the 2007 NFL Combine. Exactly 100 players arrived at the combine yesterday, 90 on Thursday. So far, Tennessee wide receiver Bret Smith is the only player slated to arrive that hasn’t. Day two consisted of more weigh-ins and interviews for the quarterbacks, … Read more
With free agency set to explode in about 183 hours, I’m torn as to how involved I want the Redskins to be this year. I’ll admit that part of me loves the big name splashes, if only for the immediate hope of what the future may bring. However, the other half of me feels that … Read more
The Washington Capitals had a rare Wednesday night game at the Verizon Center against the San Jose Sharks. In what ended up being a very physical affair, the Sharks snapped a three game losing streak, and Washington came away on the losing side of a shootout for the seventh time in eight attempts this season. … Read more
I’m bored. I’m really bummed that football is over… … At the end of the season though, I couldn’t wait for the suffering to end. Or so I thought. Man did we ever suck. Now that feeling has followed most of us into the off-season. For some reason, I don’t want to get excited over … Read more
Starting tomorrow, the nation’s finest college football talent will get their last and perhaps best chance to put an exclamation point on their college careers in Indianapolis, Indiana. Yes football fans and NFL draft junkies, it’s time for the NFL Scouting Combine. Gone are the days of the combine being just a little off season … Read more