The Washington Wizards have fired head coach Flip Saunders after two-and-a-half losing seasons. more ›

Wizards center JaVale McGee put down one of his epic dunks yesterday, and was soon after benched for showing off. Oh, yeah, and the Wizards lost again. more ›

The Wizards added a veteran presence with the acquisition of center and power forward Ronny Turiaf from the New York Knicks. more ›

It's a few months late, but fans of the Washington Wizards should be happy to know that the team will return to the court with a pre-season game against the Philadelphia 76ers on December 16. more ›

This Friday marks the first time college basketball teams can run organized practice for the upcoming season. In other words, it's Midnight Madness time. more ›

Last Friday, former Washington Wizard Javaris Crittenton -- a key player in the Gungate drama that enveloped the team in 2010 -- was charged with murder in connection with the shooting death of 22-year-old Jullian Jones in Atlanta earlier this month. more ›

The scene this past Saturday was typically D.C. A packed gym, representative of city demographics with basketball interest, served as the tiniest of temporary meccas for the basketball world. more ›

So much for an international incident -- the Georgetown men's basketball team and members of the Bayi Rockets officially made amends yesterday, exchanging pleasantries and the peace offering of autographed basketballs. more ›

During a game in Beijing against the Chinese Basketball Association's Bayi Rockets, the Georgetown men's basketball team got into a brawl after head coach John Thompson III pulled his charges off the court in the middle of the fourth quarter. more ›

How are the Washington Wizards spending their summer vacation? Hooping, planking, pranking, promoting strip clubs and, of course, tweeting. (My goodness, the tweeting.) more ›

Now that we're in the middle of the dullest month of sports imaginable, basketball fans don't have to wait until November to watch their favorite college and professional teams tipoff. In fact, there are several opportunities to watch some star-studded pickup basketball right here in the District. more ›

Former Wizards star Gilbert Arenas has never been shy about airing his thoughts on Twitter. In fact, Arenas' stream of consciousness blasts have kind of become the stuff of legend -- you never know what's going to happen or who Agent Zero will throw under the bus. more ›

The Washington Wizards lost the NBA Draft Lottery back in mid-May, chance pushing where their 23-59 record was slotted back two spaces to the unenviable position of sixth. “Jan Vesely,” I sarcastically said to one of my team rooting cohorts, “he sounds like ‘such’ a Wizard.” more ›

Last night, the Wizards drafted 6'11" Czech forward Jan Vesely with the sixth pick in the first round of the NBA Draft. Vesely sounds like he's a solid prospect and all, but the crowd in Newark last night was most impressed by his, uh, scoring ability. more ›

Around 6 p.m. on Tuesday night, John Wall confidently strode into the NBA Draft Lottery media room, flanked by a member of the Wizards' press relations staff and an NBA escort. He pointed and smiled at a few people, gave former Georgetown and current Detroit Pistons center Greg Monroe a half hug/half handsake, and then did the same to projected number one pick Kyrie Irving. Then he smiled and shook hands with some members of the Washington D.C. media, before finally settling down in his designated area for interviews. He looked like a young man who ready to take on any and everything thrown his way. more ›

The Washington Wizards unveiled a new logo and uniforms this morning, switching to a familiar red, white and blue motif and bringing back a font and logo which harkens back to the team's glory days. The design brings all of Leonsis' sporting interests -- the Wizards, Capitals and Mystics -- under the same patriotic theme. more ›

Last night's NCAA men's basketball national championship game was, well, downright terrible – not that it mattered to Erin Murphy. Her bracket – which impressively foresaw Butler's Cinderella run to the Final Four, as well as the Huskies' triumph – came out on top of DCist's fifth annual Reader-Staff Pool. more ›

Remember in Return of the Jedi, when the Ewoks battled the Evil Empire? The Ewoks had the homecourt advantage on the planet of Endor, but their weapons of choice were of the primitive variety -- rocks, logs, rope and so forth. The Empire had superior weaponry, but the unfamiliar terrain prevented them from steamrolling their lesser competition right away. The Ewoks sprinted to an early lead, then the Empire delivered a series of crushing blows to pull into the lead. But thanks to their overwhelming numbers and perhaps a bit of the Force, the Ewoks eventually won, and they joined the Rebel forces in the victory celebration.

My decision to use a 28-year-old movie to prove a point may be a bit farfetched, but the Ewok/Empire battle in Jedi is analogous to last night's Heat/Wizards game. more ›

It's "our time" for VCU head coach Shaka Smart and his Final Four-bound Rams. But for the Wizards -- who trained on VCU's home floor in 2009 -- when is that time going to come? more ›

Let's be honest: unless you're Rachel LaBruyere or hail from Richmond, the men's NCAA Tournament has lost a bit of its luster for D.C. homers. Georgetown and George Mason failed to advance past the tournament's first weekend, and the tournament itself has packed up from the Verizon Center, taking it's insane finishes and Kemba Walker's acrobatics along with it. But though local interest in the men's tournament is waning, the women's competition actually has some regional juice, featuring a matchup between long-dormant rivals Georgetown and Maryland. more ›

JaVale McGee's play, wildly inconsistent and frustrating -- but, at times, thrilling -- is the epitome of this year's Wizards. more ›

The blogging owner of the Washington Wizards loves to feed the monster and to have the monster fed to his benefit. But does it have to be so scary? more ›

It's almost March Madness, and while a few area teams (like Georgetown) will be dancing no matter what, a few others need to win their conference tournaments. George Washington was one of those after finishing 17-14, a surprisingly high 5th in the Atlantic 10 conference. Unfortunately for Colonials fans, after last night's overtime loss to St. Joseph's Hawks, they'll be hoping for a bid to one of the lesser tournaments. Throughout the night, GW looked lethargic and was down by as much as 14, until the team, spurred by the Charles E. Smith Center crowd, came alive with 5 minutes to go. The Colonials started to force turnovers and scored at will, tying it up with 30 seconds to go thanks to point guard Tony Taylor, leading all scorers with 22. After another Hawks turnover GW had the ball with a chance to win it, but missed two short shots with time expiring. In overtime, the Hawks dominated, outscoring the home team 22-10. The crowd was the biggest all year and internet celebrity Robert Kasmir was on hand for the game, but wasn't tossed out this time. The Maryland Terps' hopes are still alive, with the ACC tournament starting tomorrow. They play NC State in the first round. more ›

Yesterday, we (among several others) shared the story of Robert Kasmir, the George Washington University athletic donor who was honored for a five-figure donation during halftime of Saturday's game against Dayton -- then summarily booted from the game after jawing at the referees during the second half. And now, thanks to the miracle of video technology, we can enjoy Mr. Kasmir soaking in his moment in the limelight. Soak it in, man. more ›

George Washington isn't getting an invitation to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, unless they pull off some kind of miracle in the upcoming Atlantic 10 conference tournament. Of course, that's not stopping its donors from diving headfirst into March Madness. Robert Kasmir, who was honored at halftime of the Colonials' Saturday game against Dayton for making a five-figure donation to the university's athletic department, was summarily tossed after yelling at the refs during the second half. more ›

The final attendance number on the stat sheet I received at the end of last night's Washington Wizards game told me that there were 17,865 fans in the Verizon Center. My eyes told me there were really only 10,000 fans there (if that), and of that number, only about 7,000 or so were Wizards fans -- the rest came to see Stephen Curry, Monta Ellis and the rest of the Golden State Warriors. more ›

Washingtonians have spent a lot of time over the last couple of years bemoaning the sorry state of many of our professional sports teams. But at least one high school squad is doing us proud: The H.D. Woodson Senior High School girls' basketball squad, who has dominated the D.C. Interscholastic Athletic Association for the last several years. more ›

A group of Texans may have perfected the art of the trick shot, but this ain't too shabby. Unearthed by Dan Steinberg, here's American University hoopsters Joe Hill and Steve Luptak canning a bunch of insane shots from all over Bender Arena. more ›