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Inside The Park: Rookie Skits A Hit

Ryan Kerrigan, redskins.com

(AP photo) Note: Each day during the team’s training camp, Washington Redskins’ outside linebacker Ryan Kerrigan will blog his insights about the team and his own life as he begins his second season in the NFL. To ask Ryan a question for the blog, you…

Jason Reid, washingtonpost.com

Nothing bothers Washington Redskins Coach Mike Shanahan as long as rookie quarterback Robert Griffin III is on the field. Having two starting offensive linemen suffer injuries during the first week of training camp? Shanahan draws comfort from watching …

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

It’s still not known where Redskins defensive end Kentwan Balmer is.  It’s definitely known where he isn’t. According to Tarik El-Bashir of CSNWashington.com, the team found Balmer’s hotel room empty, but for a Redskins sweatshirt.  (And, presum…

Mjd, yahoo.com

Unless Roy Helu Jr. changed his name to Robert in the offseason, someone in the Redskins organization owes him an apology. A Redskins ticket-holder named Jeffrey Carroll got his tickets in the mail and tweeted a picture of one in particular. It's for th…

Steve Yanda, washingtonpost.com

Redskins long snapper Nick Sundberg spent his offseason as he typically does, competing against high schoolers to avoid pushups and getting a little work done on his huge back tattoo. He trained five days a week in Phoenix with the same specialty coach …

Gene Wang, washingtonpost.com

After 11 seasons of NFL service, Santana Moss continues to remake himself. The latest version of the Washington Redskins wide receiver comes to training camp considerably lighter and more nimble, bent on recovering from his least productive season as a …

Andrew Walker, redskins.com

(AP photo) Washington Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan will be addressing the media daily after practice during training camp, and you could be the first to see it. Tune in today between 5:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. to watch the live press conference from Reds…

Dan Steinberg, washingtonpost.com

Time was, lots of U.S. Senators and Members of Congress and Cabinet secretaries and high-ranking government officials would go to Redskins games at RFK. That’s what they tell me, anyhow. Now, Nats Park seems to be a popular destination for government he…

Sarah Kogod, washingtonpost.com

Around here, the first couple of questions in most Redskins interviews are about Robert Griffin III, regardless of the interview subject. Kirk Cousins has found a way to compete with that. For his rookie skit, Cousins did what, via Football Insider, is …

Andrew Walker, redskins.com

(AP photo) For you Redskins fans who crave that high-pitched whistle noise with your football, you’re in luck. The team has brought in a group of referees for the next three days of afternoon training camp practices at Redskins Park. The refs arrived in…

ESPN.com

ASHBURN, Va. -- As the rest of the teams in the NFC East talk about dynasties, defending championships and ... whatever it is that Jerry Jones has been talking about all week, the Washington Redskins are working on moving up from fourth place. It has be…

Sarah Kogod, washingtonpost.com

The Redskins will be holding this year’s Fan Appreciation Day on Saturday, Aug. 4. According to the release sent over, last year's celebration drew more than 29,000 fans. That was without RGIII mania, so it’s safe to assume there will be one heck of a…

Andrew Walker, redskins.com

Washington Redskins’ safety DeJon Gomes says he doesn’t really hear the crowds when he’s playing football, but he definitely heard the jeers from his teammates at this time last season. Playing in his first professional training camp, Gomes decided …

b murf, homermcfanboy.com

With apologies to defensive lineman Jarvis Jenkins or outside linebacker Ryan Kerrigan, the defensive player I’m most excited to see take the field this season for the Washington Redskins is middle linebacker Perry Riley. Why? Because even though he was…

ESPN.com

BETHLEHEM, Pa. -- So yeah, I will be heading home tonight to spend a few days with the family before jetting off to Oxnard on Sunday to see the Cowboys. But before I go, I have another fun and productive day planned at Eagles camp. We also have Redskins…

ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com

The NFL has not found evidence that bounty programs existed at the Washington Redskins or the Buffalo Bills when Gregg Williams on either staff, the Washington Post reported Wednesday, citing anonymous league sources.