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NFLPA wants to see FedEx Field improvements

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

The latest knee injury suffered by Redskins Robert Griffin III, as bad as it is for him and his team, could do some good. It could force greater sensitivity to the quality of playing surfaces throughout the NFL. According to USA Today, the NFL Players A…

ESPN.com

According to Mark Maske at The Washington Post, the NFL Players Association could decide as soon as Friday whether or not to start a formal inquiry into the Washington Redskins' handling of Robert Griffin III's knee injury in Sunday's game. The NFLPA, w…

Bill Ladson, MLB.com

The Nationals signed pitchers Ross Ohlendorf and Brandon Mann to Minor League contracts, MLB.com has confirmed.

Dan Steinberg, washingtonpost.com

If you're a Maryland and Ravens fan, you might enjoy this little compilation of Terps student-athletes doing Ray Lewis's signature dance/scream/flail thing, made in honor of his pending retirement. If you're a Maryland and Redskins fan, you might want t…

ESPN.com

You don't make money as a modern-day sports owner by spending money on your own stadium. You sucker the taxpayers into doing it for you. Why is the Washington Redskins' home field a sandy, slippery fiasco? Because it would cost money to fix it and it's …

Dan Steinberg, washingtonpost.com

Sometime before Sunday's Redskins experience turned sour, Reader Yair Rozmaryn wrote and told me he had flown in from Jerusalem for the Seahawks game, asking whether I thought his was the longest commute. I guessed it probably was. Then I asked Yair for…

Sarah Kogod, washingtonpost.com

Last week, D.C. mayor Vincent Gray made a playoff bet with Seattle mayor Mike McGinn winner's flag flies over loser's city. "It's gonna be awfully nice to see that Seattle flag flying in D.C.," McGinn said at the time. Read full article >>

nydailynews.com

There are Giants fans out there – admit it if you're one – who secretly, or maybe not so secretly, are a bit giddy over Robert Griffin III's misfortune. That's human nature, albeit a darker side. But for football fans in general, everybody got screwed…

Sarah Kogod, washingtonpost.com

We've talked a lot about how D.C. teams are so supportive of each other. Team Twitter accounts sending out good luck or congratulatory messages, Nats players supporting Redskins players and vice versa, everyone getting behind each playoff team. Read ful…

ESPN.com

Washington Redskins Thomas Boswell has this comparison on the Robert Griffin III knee situation and the other player health issue that dominated the Washington sports scene this past season -- Stephen Strasburg's early shutdown by the Nationals. With Gr…