Washington Wizards News and Rumors
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Dan Steinberg, washingtonpost.com The Bethesda Big Train is hosting a celebrity softball classic Sunday afternoon at 1:30 at Shirley Povich Field. Shirley Povich Field is lovely, and is located near playgrounds and the Montgomery Mall, if you want to make a day of it. Read full article … |
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Sarah Kogod, washingtonpost.com I love mascots. They’re fun, they work hard and I think they have one of the most difficult jobs in sports. I also think that D.C. happens to have some of the best mascots around, so when I see Wizards mascot G-Wiz ranked one of the NBA’s best by Buzz… |
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Morning pixels: Robert Griffin III will appear on The Tonight ShowMay 16 (yesterday)
Dan Steinberg, washingtonpost.com I’m trying to think of which D.C. athletes of recent vintage might have been cross-over enough stars to appear on “The Tonight Show.” Wizards-era Michael Jordan, obviously. Stephen Strasburg after his rookie campaign, perhaps. Anyone else in the pas… |
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The 10 Best LeBron James/Dwyane Wade Alley-OopsMay 14 (3 days ago)
Sean Sweeney, dimemag.com All along, it’s been a running joke amongst NBA fans. The Big Three in Miami is really only the Big Two. We know what Dwyane Wade and LeBron James are… no one is quite sure what to make of Chris Bosh or how to include him. Well now we know: Bosh is ou… |
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Dan Steinberg, washingtonpost.com If your DVR, like mine, somehow neglected to record the May 4 episode of the Jana Krause Show, featuring both Wizards rookie Jan Vesely and longtime diplomat Eliska Haskova-Coolidge, here are some highlights. Read full article >> |
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Eric Freeman, yahoo.com Denver Nuggets center JaVale McGee has been the subject of jokes and goofs throughout this season. You've probably seen the "highlight" where he ran the wrong way after a missed shot back when he was on the Washington Wizards, and there have b… |
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Sarah Kogod, washingtonpost.com Everyone knows that when they were both Wizards, Gilbert Arenas and Nick Young were inseparable. Gilbert passed down his home to Nick when he needed a place to live in D.C. They shared clothes, practical jokes, and Gilbert once faked a knee injury to ge… |
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b murf, homermcfanboy.com It’s no secret that the life of a D.C. sports fans isn’t exactly filled with lollipops and rainbows. The Nationals have yet to qualify for the postseason since relocating from Montreal, the Wizards have been a doormat for as long as anyone can remembe… |
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Dan Steinberg, washingtonpost.com Remember how the Wizards put Robert Griffin III’s image on the big screen Thursday night? Well, that wasn’t likely to happen at the Nats game, since it was in San Diego, so some fans took it upon themselves to bring RGIII with them. Via lonnnnnnngtime… |
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WASHINGTON (AP) LeBron James, Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh watched and didn't seem to care. The final game of the regular season was meaningless, and the Miami Heat played like it. |
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Dan Steinberg, washingtonpost.com Hey, it’s Robert Griffin III, on the big screen at Verizon Center during the Wizards-Heat game. “Crowd erupts!” reported @AbbyZz, who sent along this pic. Read full article >> |
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Dime Magazine, dimemag.com We know Randy Foye dropped 15 in the third quarter and was doing work all night for the Clippers (28 points), but still L.A., here’s some advice: don’t go to him with the game on the line. Foye had a pass deflected off the backboard in the final secon… |
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Dan Steinberg, washingtonpost.com This is easy, low-hanging, gift-wrapped, cliche-riddled fruit, but I’m going to take it anyhow: This is one of the best weeks for D.C. sports fans in years and years and years. Consider: Only once since the Nats returned to D.C. have we seen a day where… |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com John Wall had 21 points and 13 assists as the Washington Wizards won their fifth straight to extend their longest winning streak since 2007, beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 96-85 on Wednesday night. |
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Eric Freeman, yahoo.com It's been a rough season for Washington Wizards forward Andray Blatche: he called out his coaching staff and teammates after the first game of the season, talked about accountability at a team meeting two weeks later with no sense of irony, was made to … |
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CLEVELAND (AP) -- Cavaliers rookie Kyrie Irving is doubtful for the club's final home game against Washington. |
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Cavaliers rookie guard Kyrie Irving will start the team's home finale against Washington. |
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Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com The walls of NBA blogs are lined thick with endless missives that chide teams for hiring and re-hiring the same revolving cast of either veteran players, recycled coaches, or general managers. And it's never easy criticizing anyone's employment in this … |
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Charlotte forward Tyrus Thomas was ejected from the Bobcats' game with the Wizards for throwing an elbow at Washington's James Singleton late in the first quarter on Monday night. |
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Dime Magazine, dimemag.com Last night was one of those evenings where we really wished we didn’t cover the NBA for a living. Who set up this schedule? When you combine a bunch of really bad teams with some good teams that don’t have anything to play for, ugly basketball ensues … |
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WASHINGTON (AP) In January, the Washington Wizards were an NBA punch line. They lost 12 of their first 13 games, they fired their coach, and the players were disgruntled. |
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The Washington Wizards are duping A Capella singers into watching their terrible team. And singingApr 23
Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com Hurry up and get to the Verizon Center, all of you Washington D.C.-area harmonizing dandies. The Washington Wizards are putting together an "A Capella Competition" before Monday night's "Worst Game Ever" between the Wizards and the C… |
