Mark Solway There are less than three weeks to go before the nation’s best young football players assemble at the 2007 NFL Draft Combine to showcase their talent. Prospects from around the country will gather in Indianapolis, Indiana to be tested like lab rats. The Combine has become one of the focal points of the NFL offseason, … Read more
Canada staved off two tough battles on Wednesday to earn the right to defend their titles at the NFL Global Junior Championships on Saturday. Both Japan and France pushed Canada in preliminary action, but in the end, the Canadian team’s running game was just too much. In Canada’s first game of the tournament against France, … Read more
Football players from six different nations will take part in the eleventh annual NFL Global Junior Championship at Lockhart Stadium in Fort Lauderdale beginning on Wednesday, January 31st. The event is part of the Super Bowl XLI celebrations, and will see in excess of 200 young football players from Canada, France, Japan, Mexico, Panama and … Read more
It’s that time of year again. Time for Redskin fans to gear up for their annual Hall of Fame disappointment. This year, there are two Redskins up for disappointment; the ever-present Art Monk, and Russ Grimm. The two legendary former Redskins made the first induction ‘cut’, along with fifteen others. Paul Tagliabue, wide receivers Monk, … Read more
The Washington Capitals got a much needed 5-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night, to end their losing streak at three. The win also ended a six-game road losing streak. Beating a tough division rival Hurricanes team took a strong team effort; the game was a lot closer than the final outcome indicated. … Read more
The Bowl games are over, just the All-Star games and the NFL Combine stand between this year’s crop of draft hopefuls and the NFL Draft itself. The underclassmen have declared (though their declarations have not been made official), so it’s time to put together a list of THN’s top 32 overall draft prospects for 2007. … Read more
The Washington Capitals have struggled since the winter break. They have played eleven games since Christmas day and only have three wins to show for it. Those three wins came back-to-back-to-back. There have been some tough opponents on the schedule, but the Caps could have, and maybe even should have come away with more than … Read more
With only three days left for college football players to apply for draft eligibility, this year’s group of underclassmen is rounding out nicely. As of Friday morning, 30 juniors or sophomores had unofficially applied for eligibility. Comparatively, 48 players were granted eligibility for the 2006 draft, so expect a few more to straggle in over … Read more
The Washington Capitals began the second half of their NHL regular season last night with a 6-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers. The win was the Caps third in a row, and nineteenth victory of the season, and put them two points over .500 at 45 points in 43 games. That’s about ten points ahead … Read more
All times Eastern: NFL WILD CARD WEEKEND Saturday, January 6 AFC: 4:30 PM ET Kansas City (9-7) at Indianapolis (12-4) (NBC-TV) NFC: 8:00 PM ET Dallas (9-7) at Seattle (9-7) (NBC-TV) Sunday, January 7 AFC: 1:00 PM ET New York Jets (10-6) at New England (12-4) (CBS-TV) NFC: 4:30 PM ET New York Giants (8-8) … Read more