Sports Columns & Blogs

Thomas Boswell

Thomas Boswell

OPINION | Nats are coming together, early

OPINION | With a homegrown team that’s grown close-knit and arrived early to spring training, there’s reason to be excited about this year’s Nationals.

Thomas Boswell

Thomas Boswell

Baseball’s most relaxed day

COLUMN | Optimism, bad jokes and easy talk dominate reporting day.

Thomas Boswell

Thomas Boswell

OPINION | Time to stretch the imagination

With spring training set to open, Nats fans have reasons to think big. Honest.

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Sally Jenkins

Sally Jenkins

OPINION | Captaining the Terps’ ship

After a season of rough sailing, Maryland football coach Randy Edsall attempts to keep steady at the helm.

Sally Jenkins

Sally Jenkins

Opinion | Redskins should not hesitate with Peyton

If the Colts quarterback is available, the Redskins should not hestitate to go after him. He would transform the team.

Sally Jenkins

Sally Jenkins

Opinion | Eli Manning, unmasked

The New York Giants’ quarterback, often mistaken for quiet and indifferent, has revealed his toughness and determination.

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Mike Wise

Mike Wise

OPINION | Lin challenges stereotypes

When a sports Web site ran a racially offensive headline about Jeremy Lin, it served as a reminder that the Knicks point guard’s star power could serve to change some attitudes.

Mike Wise

Mike Wise

OPINION | Time running out for Laich, Caps

The Washington Capitals’ game at Florida on Friday night is the most needed regular season game for the team in almost four years, just as this road trip is as pivotal as any since 2008.

Mike Wise

Mike Wise

Opinion | Edsall needs to stop the losses

For Maryland football coach Randy Edsall to be a success, he needs a key recruit to make up for the 24 players the program has lost recently. That recruit isn’t highly touted Stefon Diggs, it’s Mike Locksley.

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Tracee Hamilton

Tracee Hamilton

OPINION | Teams that plain don’t play each other

OPINION | Terps AD Kevin Anderson made the only move he could, but it’ll be up to coaches to get men’s basketball teams to meet.

Tracee Hamilton

Tracee Hamilton

OPINION | Pain in our neck of the woods?

The recent news about Peyton Manning should make teams more cautious — and raises suspicions he’ll land in Washington.

Tracee Hamilton

Tracee Hamilton

Opinion | Time for Caps to panic?

COLUMN | The Capitals can still salvage their season. But General Manager George McPhee may have to make a big personnel move for that to happen.

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Jason Reid

Jason Reid

OPINION | Nats find the right place to start

By emphasizing its starting pitching rotation, Washington has a chance to improve on its 80-81 record.

Jason Reid

Jason Reid

Lin’s ethnicity only part of story

OPINION | His meteoric rise in New York is historic regardless of his race, a point skeptics miss.

Jason Reid

Jason Reid

Opinion | Bryce Harper needs to grow up

He may be only 19. But the player who may be the future of the Washington Nationals needs to show maturity beyond his years.

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Norman Chad

Norman Chad

OPINION | A short, but sweet season

Between the successes and shortcomings of LeBron James, Michael Jordan and Jeremy Lin, the NBA has plenty of great story lines.

Norman Chad

Norman Chad

Opinion | A Westminster Dog Show journal

COLUMN | Couch Slouch’s exclusive report from inside the Westminster dog show.

Norman Chad

Norman Chad

The Couch Slouch Super Bowl journal

Live from his sofa, Norman Chad takes you minute-by-minute from the start of the pregame show to the final play.

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John Feinstein

John Feinstein

OPINION | Turgeon frustrated, but not making excuses

Mark Turgeon has experienced ups and downs in his first season at Maryland, but he isn’t assigning blame.

John Feinstein

John Feinstein

Teammates appreciated Gary Carter

OPINION | Hero of the Mets’ 1986 World Series victory, Carter was one of those players who couldn’t be judged just by numbers.

John Feinstein

John Feinstein

OPINION | Patsos has Loyola primed for uprising

OPINION | Former Maryland assistant Jimmy Patsos has had a long struggle at Loyola, but his work seems to be paying off.

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Andrew Beyer

Andrew Beyer

OPINION | Thoroughbred shortage looms

The lack of thoroughbred racehorses in the United States is a corrosive problem that is going to affect most of the nation’s racing industry.

Andrew Beyer

Andrew Beyer

OPINION | Viewers, racing fans are in ‘Luck’

COLUMN | Writer and track aficionado David Milch brings hard-edged realism to new HBO series.

Andrew Beyer

Andrew Beyer

Regarding Rapid Redux

COLUMN | Is a 22-race winning streak against small fields of overmatched rivals worthy of acclaim and an Eclipse Award?

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