The Washington Kastles -- defending World Tennis Team champions, mind you -- announced a big move today: both Williams sisters, Serena and Venus, will play for D.C.'s WTT outfit this summer. "The historic opportunity to have both Serena and Venus on our team is a thrill, both for the success of our team and for our fans, whose support has been so integral to our success," said team owner Mark Ein. World number one Serena, who has been a Kastles mainstay since 2008, will be joined by fifth-ranked Venus, who will call Kastles Stadium home after a trade with Philadelphia. more ›

The Washington Kastles, the local World Team Tennis franchise, played their 2009 home opener last night. Sadly, their 23-16 loss to the 1-2 Philadelphia Freedoms (whose star player Venus Williams was the big draw of the evening), pushed their record back to 0-3 overall. But World Team Tennis is not entirely about what's going on on the court or trivial things like win-loss records. In fact, we'd like to dub World Team Tennis as something more appropriate. Moving forward, we'll call it what it is: Party Tennis. more ›

If you're riding the Orange Line today, you may come across metrorail's first ad-wrapped train car. And which advertiser will you see sprawled out on the side of the train car? McDonald's. But don't worry "Super Size Me" fans, you won't see a Big Mac. Fries won't be there either. It's a healthier option: Locally, McDonald's is working with Metro in their efforts to generate additional revenue as the first advertiser as they launch the... more ›