Dale Hunter is finished as head coach of the Capitals, the team announced today. who replaced Bruce Boudreau last November after a disappointing start to the 2011-2012 season, will head home to London, Ontario. more ›

The day after Braden Holtby kept the Rangers at bay in Game 6 at the Verizon Center on Wednesday night his fiancée, Brandi Bodnar, gave birth to the couple's first child. more ›

The Capitals staved off elimination and beat the Rangers in critical Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinals to send the series back to New York for a decisive seventh game. Meanwhile, the Nationals lost. more ›

The Nationals couldn't hold a late-inning lead against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Meanwhile, the Capitals and Rangers resume their playoff series tonight at the Verizon Center. more ›

The Capitals' hopes of going up 3-2 against the Rangers crumbled in matter of seconds after a late penalty to Joel Ward. And Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo is declaring war on the Phillies. more ›

Last night, the Nationals won in the bottom of the ninth, but the Caps lost a heartbreaker in triple overtime. more ›

Saturday should be one of the most exciting days this year for D.C. sports fans, with the Rangers and Capitals fighting for survival and the Phillies visiting the Nats. There's also a lot of Metro work scheduled. more ›

Bryce Harper went hitless in his Nationals Park debut, but he made one hell of a throw home. Which didn't go the Nats' way, of course. more ›

Last night, Alex Ovechkin came out of his playoff hiding spot for some third-period heroics as the Capitals beat the Rangers to tie the Eastern Conference semifinal. The series resumes tomorrow at the Verizon Center. more ›

After the Capitals' Joel Ward scored the game-winning goal to beat the Bruins in Game 7 of their first-round playoff series, some Boston fans responded on Twitter with messages containing racial slurs directed at Ward, who is black. more ›

The Capitals knocked off the 2011 Stanley Cup champions after beating the Boston Bruins 2-1 in Game 7 of the first round of the NHL Playoffs on an overtime goal by fourth-line forward Joel Ward. more ›

The Capitals couldn't close the deal against Boston, the Nationals were rained out and Chris Pontius led D.C. United to a big win in the grudge match with the New York Red Bulls. more ›

In yesterday's games, the Capitals pushed the Boston Bruins to the brink of elimination in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Meanwhile, the Nationals keep on winning. more ›

The Capitals tied up their first-round playoff series with the Boston Bruins largely thanks to an outstanding effort by rookie goaltender Braden Holtby. Meanwhile, the Nationals struggled against the Houston Astros. more ›

The Capitals won in Boston, the Nationals' pitching stayed amazing, Chris Pontius delivered the fatal blow in New England and the Wizards are, well, the same. more ›

In yesterday's games, the Capitals dropped the first game of the Stanley Cup Playoffs to the Boston Bruins in overtime, and while that Nationals home opener ended wildly, it started with some great pitching. more ›

In yesterday's games, the Nationals stayed on pace to go 162-0; the Capitals knocked off the No. 1 team in the Eastern Conference on the final day of the regular season; and United played to a scoreless tie. more ›

The Nationals opened the season with a win in Chicago, and back home, the Capitals eked their way into the NHL playoffs. more ›

Sunday morning post featuring Dick Cheney's heart transplant, the Trayvon Martin Ralley and baby bald eagles. more ›

This morning, Dale Hunter was announced as the new head coach of the Washington Capitals. more ›

Last night, the Washington Capitals defeated the Anaheim Ducks in a dramatic game which featured the team coming back from a three-goal deficit in the second period and eventually winning in overtime. But all everyone wants to talk about is Alexander Ovechkin's potty mouth. more ›

Yes, it's hockey season again. more ›

Results from a new Washington Post poll partially released this weekend confirms much of what we already suspected about sports fans living in the D.C. region: we hate the villains, love the winners, and remain divided between the lifelong locals and recent transplants. more ›

Ever since the San Francisco Giants released their It Gets Better video, we had wondered whether any Washingtonian teams would follow their lead. D.C. United has done just that. more ›

Earlier today, the power went out at Kettler Iceplex as the Capitals were on the ice, preparing for their second-round Stanley Cup playoff series against Tampa Bay which kicks off tomorrow night at the Verizon Center. Geez, I sure hope the power outage didn't have anything to do with Lightning. more ›

Sure, we probably could pound out a few hundred words about the Capitals' epic comeback from 3-0 down against the Rangers in Madison Square Garden last night. (After all, the campaign to dub the rally and Jason Chimera's double overtime game-winner as the "Miracle on 34th Street" appears to be picking up steam.) But this image, taken from the back cover of this morning's New York Daily News, just wraps things up perfectly. more ›

Alexander Ovechkin: the man with a slap shot so powerful, it could be used as a boastful metaphor for the purportedly wide network of Capital One banks in the Washington, D.C. region! more ›

Have you ever wondered how the Verizon Center transforms from a hockey rink into a basketball court when the Capitals and the Wizards play at home on the same day? TBD's Sara Kenigsberg filmed this awesome behind-the-scenes look at the transformation in action, as crews resurface the ice, take down the glass around the rink, lay down concrete slabs, take out the penalty boxes and boards, retract and install a bunch of seats, and then hammer the maple basketball floor down into place -- all in the span of about three hours. more ›

For being such a rugged sport, hockey sure does require a certain set of conditions in order to be played optimally and without interruption -- namely, it needs to be chilly and clear. So there are some concerns about the upcoming Winter Classic, the NHL's annual New Year's Day showcase game which, this year, will be played outdoors at Pittsburgh's Heinz Field and contested between the Washington Capitals and the Pittsburgh Penguins. more ›