MIC’D UP: Griffin III Vs. The CowboysAndrew Walker, redskins.com (AP photo) When everything was on the line, the Washington Redskins turned to their young leader to guide them to their first NFC East title since 1999. Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III orchestrated that performance last Sunday in Washington’s 28… |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Paul George had 29 points and 13 rebounds, D.J. Augustin scored 18 points, and the Indiana Pacers beat the Washington Wizards 89-81 on Wednesday night. |
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The Washington Wizards' Bradley Beal and the Portland Trail Blazers' Damian Lillard today were named the Kia NBA Eastern and Western Conference Rookies of the Month, respectively, for games played in December. |
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Doug Farrar, yahoo.com Your browser does not support iframes. The Washington Redskins have every right to feel confident right now -- after digging themselves a 3-6 hold after nine games, Mike Shanahan's team has rolled off seven straight wins to end the regular season and hi… |
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Edwin Jackson keeps bouncing around, and he thinks he knows why. |
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Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com It's been more than five years since Redskins safety Sean Taylor was shot and killed in his home, the victim of an armed robbery gone bad. Five men were arrested and charged in connection with his murder, but only one is currently behind bars: Venjah Hu… |
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Jay Busbee, yahoo.com As if we needed any more reason to sanctify Robert Griffin III: turns out that he's a classy guy in victory, too. In the immediate aftermath of Sunday night's win-or-go-home season finale between the Redskins and the Cowboys, the victorious Griffin soug… |
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Doug Farrar, yahoo.com They were selected 73 picks apart in the 2012 NFL Draft, but Robert Griffin III of the Washington Redskins and Russell Wilson of the Seattle Seahawks have amassed surprisingly similar statistics in their rookie campaigns. Griffin, the second overall pic… |
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Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com Cowboys-Redskins was the biggest matchup of the year, a win-or-go-home game for two division rivals. It turned out to be the most-watched regular-season sporting event in 15 years. But one familiar face was missing from the FedEx Field suites: commissio… |
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In advance of Sunday's playoff game against the Seattle Seahawks, Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III said at his weekly news conference that his injured right knee is feeling better and seemed to indicate that the main thing holding him … |
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Sarah Kogod, washingtonpost.com The noise coming from bars and houses filled with Redskins fans on Sunday night rivaled the din in Times Square just 24 hours later. Dan posted some videos on Monday if you want to re-live the moment, and because I'm fairly certain that most of you are … |
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Dan Steinberg, washingtonpost.com Earlier, I posted a master list of people whose seemingly foolish positivity about the Redskins a few months ago has now been rewarded, people like Kyle Shanahan, Joe Theismann, Marion Barry, Robert Griffin III and someone named DJ Milly-Mil. Read full … |
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Andrew Walker, redskins.com It wasn’t quite good enough schtick to be a segment on MTV’s “Punk’d,” but Robert Griffin III pulled one on Mike Shanahan today. The rookie quarterback sat in on his head coach’s weekly press conference at Redskins Park, and even took to the m… |
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Dan Steinberg, washingtonpost.com As noted earlier this week, the Redskins-Cowboys Week 17 tilt was the NFL's highest-rated regular season primetime game in 15 years. (Also, Sunday's local broadcast of "Redskins Postgame Live" on Comcast SportsNet earned a regular-season recor… |
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Sarah Kogod, washingtonpost.com Here's a couple of Redskins fans getting engaged on New Year's Eve with a Marry Me Redskins jersey. It's a touching moment, although I'm a little disappointed that the rest of the family didn't break into an "RGIII" chant. Read full article >> |
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Andrew Walker, redskins.com (AP photo) There’s many, many NFL experts and analysts who have spent their Holiday season eating crow about how they believed the 2012 season would turn out for the Washington Redskins. Though we at the Redskins Blog are in the process of recovering so… |
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ESPN.com NFC East blogger Dan Graziano and NFC West blogger Mike Sando discuss this Sunday's playoff game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Washington Redskins at FedEx Field, in Landover, Md. Sando: Well, Dan, we meet again. It wasn't all that long … |
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Dan Steinberg, washingtonpost.com In the past three seasons, the Wizards have drafted three top-six players (John Wall, Jan Vesely and Bradley Beal) as part of their rebuilding process. You would think that means they now have players to build around. Stan Van Gundy would not agree. Rea… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com Robert Griffin III is obviously not fully recovered from his right knee sprain. But after he ran six times for 63 yards in Sunday’s playoff-clinching win over the Cowboys, there’s a ceiling for how much Redskins coach Mike Shanahan is going to worry a… |
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Andrew Walker, redskins.com (AP photo) Be sure to catch Redskins’ quarterback Robert Griffin III and head coach Mike Shanahan as they address the media live today after practice. Griffin III will lead off today’s press conferences shortly after 1:45 p.m.., with Shanahan followin… |
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The NFC East is dominating the weekly awards for the final week of the NFL's regular season. Moments after announcing that Washington Redskins rookie running back Alfred Morris was NFC Offensive Player of the Week for Week 17, the NFL announced that New… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com It’s fair to say that the 2012 draft worked out well for the Washington Redskins. You’ve probably heard a little bit about quarterback Robert Griffin III by now, but the second overall pick hasn’t been the only first-year player to light things up o… |
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Dan Steinberg, washingtonpost.com In the past few days, lots of people have reveled in pointing out all the prognosticators who buried the Redskins before this season. That's a fine and worthy pursuit, but this item is devoted to the reverse: people who went out on a limb made of limp s… |
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b murf, homermcfanboy.com Before the 2012 season, expectations were admittedly low for the Washington Redskins. Sure, they had just landed the highly-touted Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III to solidify the quarterback position, but that didn’t stop the so-called “exper… |
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Andy Benoit, nytimes.com Among the wild-card matchups to savor this weekend: The Redskins' read-option meets the Seahawks' read-option, and Chuck Pagano faces his former team. |
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Back at it on a playoff-week Wednesday with the Redskins getting ready for the Seahawks and the division's other three teams in the keep 'em/dump 'em stages of their respective offseasons. We got links. Washington Redskins The team for which Alfred Morr… |
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Dime Magazine, dimemag.com Every so often, the teacher becomes the student, and last night in Madison Square Garden, the return of Amar’e Stoudemire was overshadowed by Damian Lillard one-upping the ultimate clutch player, Carmelo Anthony, in winning time. If the NBA ever gets it… |
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