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Dan Snyder Used To Stay In The Owner's Box Until 4 a.m. "Pounding Drinks" And Stuffing His Face With Fast Food

Jack Dickey, deadspin.com

ESPN the Magazine has a fun story out today about Dan Snyder and our old friend Dave McKenna. It presents a slightly friendlier portrait of Snyder than you might find on, say, Deadspin—where we've called Snyder a "prick" and a "churlish l…

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

Perhaps there were times a painful bruised knee would have knocked Redskins left tackle out of a game. But he said Wednesday that he had to prove himself after last year’s drug suspension, and that led him to return. “That’s a driving force behind a…

ESPN.com

Mike Sando's weekly MVP watch is up, and New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning and Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III make appearances in this week's top 10. Manning comes in at No. 8 after being ranked No. 2 last week. Griffin pops in…

Andrew Walker, redskins.com

(AP photo) Imagine that — a fullback, whose primary job is to open up holes for his running back, enjoys being part of the passing game as well. That’s what Redskins fullback Darrel Young said Wednesday, three days after tying a career-high with 40 re…

Andrew Walker, redskins.com

Who’s in the Washington, D.C., area, wants to have a free lunch and a chance to win free tickets to Sunday’s Redskins-Falcons game at FedExField? Yeah, I thought so. Join the D.C. Lottery and the Washington Redskins alumni and cheerleaders around the …

Andrew Walker, redskins.com

(AP photo) The correlation between a player’s individual performance and winning is clear, but it was made even more obvious today when ESPN.com NFC East blogger Dan Graziano released his latest All-NFC East team. The Redskins had five players on last w…

Andrew Walker, redskins.com

(AP photo) By Mike Richman The Redskins Historian (Click here for more about the Redskins’ dramatic 1983 win over the Raiders.) When it comes to classics at RFK Stadium, this one easily fit the bill. On Oct. 2, 1983, the Redskins fought back from a 15-p…

Andrew Walker, redskins.com

(AP photo) We’re a quarter of the way through the 2012 regular season, and here’s your obvious fact of the day: The Redskins have two of the top offensive rookies in the National Football League. Quarterback Robert Griffin III and running back Alfred …

b murf, homermcfanboy.com

(photos by Brian Murphy) Something occurred to me as I was shooting photos on the sidelines during the Washington Redskins game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It happened right around the time Tampa Bay safety Mark Barron tried to go all WWE on quart…