Fox 5 apologized today for what it called "technical issues" that caused many Comcast subscribers to miss the tail end of Sunday's championship game between the New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers. more ›

Craig Jeffries, the former football coach at Dunbar High School, will be watching Sunday's NFC Championship game cheering for his former player, San Francisco 49ers tight end Vernon Davis. more ›

Ian R. Rapoport, who covers the New England Patriots for the Boston Herald, reports this afternoon that the team has parted ways with troubled former Washington Redskins defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth. more ›

Well, there you have it: the reign of Rex Grossman lasted all of five games, as crack NFL reporter Adam Schefter says that John Beck will get the starting nod for the Redskins for their road game against Carolina this weekend. more ›

Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan is examining his quarterback options. more ›

Redskins tight end Chris Cooley's unwavering hatred for Dallas and Tony Romo has to earn him a special place in the hearts of the diehards. more ›

Just in case you're a newcomer to this whole "professional football" phenomenon, the Washington Redskins and the Dallas Cowboys don't like each other very much. more ›

Glory days are here again, apparently. The Redskins are riding high, climbing back from a very shaky first half from Rex Grossman to somehow salvage a one-point win over an Arizona team with a Graham Gano field goal. As you can see, the newspapers, they like this Gano fella. more ›

New starting quarterback Rex Grossman once schooled Redskins legend John Riggins on, of all things, Wheel of Fortune. more ›

I must confess that I might have been too quick to get down on the Redskins' prospects for the 2011 season. In hindsight, invocations of the worst team in NFL history were woefully premature. more ›

Just because he's been shuttled off to New England doesn't mean that we're rid of Albert Haynesworth -- oh no, not by a long shot. more ›

The Washington Redskins will play an actual preseason football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers tonight. And as a Redskins fan, I don't want them to lose. I'm just starting to accept that I expect that they will. more ›

Rex Grossman, recently named the starting quarterback for the Washington R*******, is very excited about the team's prospects this season. Very excited. more ›

Before you rush out to purchase that ten-dollar Haynesworth jersey -- it'll go great with your Jason Campbell, Jason Taylor, Ladell Betts, and Antwaan Randle-El collection! -- we thought we'd try to encapsulate two years of Haynesworth into but a few easily digestible video clips. It was pretty easy. more ›

Donovan McNabb appears to be on his way out of Washington, and allow me to shed half a tear that his tenure in burgundy and gold has ended so laughably. more ›

Now that football's officially back, let's reset here. (Deep breath!) more ›

Someone find the keys to Redskins Park -- the NFL lockout is now officially over. more ›

And there it is folks. Open FedEx Field's gates now that the 2011 season NFL lockout is over after reps from the NFL Player Association and team owners finished negotiations earlier today. The deal will be finalized tomorrow when the players' reps executive committee meets in D.C. on Monday for a final, yet routine, vote to approve the measures. After another vote by all the players to ratify the deal, both training camps and free agency are expected to commence later this week, on the same day no less. more ›

Good morning, Washington. I respectfully disrupt your editor-in-chief’s three-day heat lede, relegating the swelter to bring you the latest in political posturing. On Friday night House Speaker John Boehner again walked away from a “grand bargain” on the debt. Obama and Boehner delivered dueling press conferences following the announcement, each putting their own fiery spin on the embarrassing news that talks had failed. more ›

Well, I suppose this is an innovative way for the R******* to improve their strained relationship with fans: Washington players invited 28-year-old Josh Richards to leave the bleachers and join in with them during an informal practice session today. more ›

Last night, the Washington Redskins took their mind off of their owner's lawsuit against local journalists and their defensive tackle's alleged sex crime, and conducted some football-related business, selecting Purdue defensive end Ryan Kerrigan with the 16th selection of the NFL Draft. more ›

It's been a trying offseason for the Washington Redskins, what with all the journalist suing, sexual assault accusations, stabbings, and the such. But now we can add another story to that sad list: the release of one of the team's longest-tenured players, running back Clinton Portis. more ›

Rex Grossman overthrowing a wide-open Terence Austin on fourth down closed out a disappointing 2010 season for the Redskins. I didn't expect a winning season, but the poor play calling, dancing linemen and incessant Haynesworth/McNabb pouting made the losing that much more painful. From pain comes laughter, though, so let's take a look back at the best moments in the Redskins' (latest) Year Of Failure, sorted in descending order by the level of psychotic tears laughter each moment produced. more ›

Who had Week 15 in their "How Soon Will Donovan McNabb Get Benched" pool? If you did, it's time to collect your winnings. more ›

I wish I could muster more outrage at Graham Gano. Statistically, he's the worst kicker in the NFL, having made less than 70 percent of his field goals -- so expecting him to fail isn't an unreasonable position. But when Graham and his six-day beard lined up for the potential game-tying extra point yesterday, it wasn't that I knew it was going to fail -- it's that I was prepared for it to fail. more ›

Less than ten minutes into yesterday's embarrassing loss to the Giants, the Redskins had allowed two rushing touchdowns and 118 yards of offense. The cameras then cut to a shot of Redskins defensive coordinator Jim Haslett, looking bewildered by what has transpired, half-heartedly uttering an expletive that rhymes with cluck. more ›

It's been a long time since the Redskins last defeated the Giants. You'd have to go back to Week 15 of 2007 to find one in the win column, when the Redskins were charging their way into the playoffs, spurred on by a sizzling 66-yard passing performance (yes, for the game) by Todd Collins. Joe Gibbs must have taken the recipe to beating the Giants with him into retirement, as the Zorn Era ushered in a brutal stretch against Washington's division rival. Games got out of hand by halftime, if not earlier, and the Giants held an astounding 11-minute average advantage in possession over the two-year span. Neither team is going into Sunday's game on a particularly high note, although the Redskins defense has played better in the two weeks following the Philadelphia disaster and the Giants stole a win from Jacksonville to snap a two-game slide. Only thoughtful, detailed analysis can truly show us who will take this sure-to-be epic NFC East clash. more ›

The Redskins had every reason to win yesterday. The Vikings have been a disappointing mess of a team this year after reaching the NFC Championship game last January. Minnesota can't score points. Their passing game is weak. They turn the ball over with reckless abandon. They just dumped their head coach. But the Redskins just didn't look up to the task yesterday, putting in an all-around lackluster effort -- punctuated by a few killer mistakes -- and gifted the Vikings a 17-13 victory. The agenda for this meeting of The Eternal Pessimist's Club is presented herein for your review. more ›