Mark Solway Message to Joe Gibbs and the Washington Redskins There can be absolutely no way of sugar-coating the obvious: Joe Gibbs’ Washington Redskins played their worst game of the 2006 preseason against Bill Belichick’s New England Patriots yesterday, August 26. Gibbs’ team played so bad that he said at the press conference held at the end … Read more
This last week, the NFL held the Flag Football World Championships (FFWC) in Cologne, Germany. Ten teams from around the world were represented by young athletes between the ages of 12 and 14, who competed for the world title. I had the opportunity to do up a couple of articles on the event for various … Read more
Last Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals, Kerry Carter’s knee gave out while making a cut in the backfield, and his 2006 football season with the Washington Redskins was over before it had seemingly begun. But after talking to the young Canadian, it was obvious that this wasn’t a journey that had just begun, and it … Read more
Despite my fear of being castigated, I will openly admit it: Clinton Portis’ injury is my fault. I know, I know, it sounds a bit odd that I, a Redskins fan living 600 miles away from Redskins Park could have been the cause of his misfortune, but it’s true. You see, Boss puts a tremendous … Read more
With one of two Canadians sidelined with an injury for the Bengals game, it meant the other Canadian was going to get a chance to really make a splash at making the 2006 Washington Redskins. But for Kerry Carter, it just wasn’t mean to be this year, eh? Kerry Carter suffered a season ending knee … Read more
Seems like a lot of fans had a bad day today, after watching a night of Redskin Football. Sorry, the wife is a Packer fan and if I start whining she’ll breakout the cheeseheads and lay them throughout the house. So I got with Tcwest10, who was offering to loan out his spare pair of … Read more
Why am I a poster at THN website? Let’s face it: I have not sent several thousand messages to any members of my family, friends or anybody else in my life. I have not sent more than a few hundred messages to any of the very few other specialised professional boards to which I am … Read more
How about a little more pop for Redskin Jesse Lumsden? Sick of hearing about him here on the site? Too bad. It seems that down here at training camp, he has become my boy to many people on the sidelines. I have even been accused of having a man-crush on him. So what? Big deal… … Read more
THN was fortunate enough to catch up with Jesse Lumsden again today and finish off our question and answer period. Our thanks to Jesse for giving us his time and affording us the opportunity. THN: Thanks for talking to us again Jesse. I’ll just pick up where we left off yesterday if that’s alright with … Read more