In news which shouldn't surprise anyone, sports columnist Michael Wilbon will officially leave the Washington Post at the end of the year. Wilbon has spent 32 years at the paper. According to a memo obtained by FishbowlDC, Wilbon will be pursuing an expanded role at ESPN/ABC, the station on which he, along with fellow former Postie Tony Kornheiser, launched his incredibly popular Pardon the Interruption program and for whom he serves as an NBA analyst. "The ESPN/ABC rocket ship that Michael Wilbon has been riding the past several years has finally left our orbit," the memo stated, adding that the "decision did not come easy for" Wilbon. Wilbon still has plenty of pull, and the guy has had a career that any sports journalist would kill for -- he's covered 24 Super Bowls and ten Olympic Games, for starters. Wilbon is the second big name to leave the paper in recent weeks -- longtime columnist and reporter Howard Kurtz left the Post in early October. more ›

Michael Wilbon, the beloved Washington Post sports columnist and co-host of ESPN's Pardon the Interruption, had a minor heart attack early Monday morning. Absent from Monday's PTI, Tony Kornheiser announced Wilbon wasn't feeling well and had been experiencing some minor chest pains (he was replaced by ESPN analyst J.A. Adande). more ›

It took Joe Gibbs a few minutes to get to his point, but after only a couple cursory questions, he was able to say that, yes, the guys sure did “play their guts out” yesterday. It’s become a mantra of his, as though we’re rooting for a team of underdog high school kids and what matters isn’t whether they win or lose, but how they play the game. No matter the futility, the mind-boggling play... more ›

Written by DCist contributor Matt Bourque. Agent Zero strikes back. In response to this week's reports regarding his Saturday night arrest, Gilbert Arenas is disputing the circumstances of the incident and the suddenly infamous quote attributed to him. Arenas was quoted as telling the arresting officer, "You can't arrest me. I'm a basketball player. I play for the Washington Wizards and I'm not going to leave my teammate," but he has vehemently denied making such... more ›

After a promising start to the weekend (a 4-1 win on Friday night), the Nationals dropped back-to-back games to the Cardinals in all too familiar fashion: Back-to-back 6-0 losses to the best team in baseball, and consecutive no-shows by the Nats' bats. Saturday, the Nats had no answer for the previously struggling Jason Marquis, managing just two hits. Yesterday they collected just four hits and two walks. It all adds up to another series' loss... more ›

Late season improvement, a top caliber defense and the end of the Mark Brunell Experiment bred some hope among the faithful in the late weeks of the 2004 season, and a thorough dismantling of the playoff-bound Vikings the final week had some Redskins fans feeling renewed in their faith in Coach Gibbs. But two months into the offseason, some Redskin enthusiasts are wondering if Coach Gibbs’ best work is being undercut by another important personage:... more ›

Didn't we say there were going to be more sparks on the horizon? more ›

Just a few days after the chairman of the D.C. City Council, Linda Cropp, introduced a new plan to build a new baseball stadium adjacent to RFK Stadium, it appears that her plan is dead in the water as she doesn't have the votes to push the measure through, the Post reports. But she says that Mayor Anthony William's plan to build a new stadium on South Capitol Street lacks critical votes as well. more ›