Our long nightmare is over: The Wizards closed out the 2011-2012 season with a big win over the very tepid Miami Heat. And the Nationals failed to complete a series sweep in San Diego. more ›

It was a great day for D.C. sports. Along with the Capitals, who won their first-round NHL playoff series against the Bruins, the Nationals and Wizards recorded victories, too. more ›

The Wizards enjoyed a 101-73 romp over the Charlotte Bobcats, by far the worst team in the NBA. Meanwhile, the Wizards announced team president Ernie Grunfeld will stay on through the 2013-2014 season. 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 ›

Jayson Werth, of all people, played the hero at Nationals Park last night. Meanwhile, in New York, it was just ugly for the Wizards. more ›

At the NBA trading deadline last night, the Wizards, flummoxed by a disappointing 10-32 season, dealt away three players from their frustrating roster—Ronny Turiaf, Nick Young and that clown prince of on-court antics, JaVale McGee. 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 ›

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 ›

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

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 ›

Wizards star John Wall threw out the first pitch at last night's Nationals game. Well, kind of. 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 ›

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 ›

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

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 ›

Gilbert Arenas? Mike Wise? Sports radio? I had some idea that the combination of the three would result in something pretty amazing, but, really, I had no idea. more ›

Friday night, the Washington Wizards will take on the Orlando Magic. This is one of a handful of games -- along with Celtics, the Heat and the Lakers -- that should sell out the Verizon Center, and bring droves of fans to downtown D.C. bars. But if you're still skeptical and bit hesitant to commit your time and money to a 13-35 (0-25 on the road) team, allow me to give you an addition reason to tune in on Friday: Gilbert Arenas. more ›

Going into last night's contest, the Wizards had dropped 19 consecutive road games, and I knew that their 20th chance to break that streak would be intriguing. Either they would finally get off the proverbial schneid and get that first road win, or they would sink even deeper into the abyss of losses. more ›

"Fifteen years and I've never seen anything like that in my life," was the third sentence from Flip Saunders' mouth at his post-game press conference after the Wizards' 136-133 overtime win versus the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night. His first line: "Are you sure I have to do this?"

A quick-witted reporter retorted, "Well, we got to write something." more ›

At the beginning of the 2010-2011 season, there was every reason to believe that Andray Blatche was going to vault himself from an inconsistent player to a bonafide All-Star candidate. more ›

1988 was a great year to be 13 years old and living in the Washington D.C. area. In March of that year, I saw Michael Jordan play in person for the first time, as his Chicago Bulls played the Washington Bullets at the Capital Center in Landover, Maryland. Jordan scored 25 points, but there were none of the fancy breakaway dunks I had come to appreciate -- still it was a thrill for me to see the man play just a few hundred feet away. more ›

Sometimes, even the President of the United States must heed the call of the bat signal, regardless if it means missing out on watching his favorite pastime. After some scouring and speculation over tonight's special VIP at the Wizards-Heat game, TBD sports writer Samuel Chamberlain calls it safe to report that the probable President Obama has canceled his appearance. Earlier today, Secret Service had been seen lurking around the Verizon Center, as well as additional security measures for both attendees and players. Ted Leonsis later confirmed that his special guest had canceled and will reschedule for another date. Wonder what could be going on today in national news that's more important than watching Gilbert in what could be one of his last games as a Wizard? Perhaps signing something about asking and telling. more ›

Being a Wizards fan requires patience with yourself -- and patience with the impatient. more ›

As the Wizards struggled to yet another embarrassing road loss last night against the Sacramento Kings, center JaVale McGee -- who has a penchant for always trying to make highlight-reel plays at the cost of developing a well-rounded game -- decided that there was probably no better scenario than his team being down 25 points with seconds to go to try his hand at replicating the immortal Julius Erving/Michael Jordan dunk from the free-throw line. more ›

If you are a Washington Wizards fan, and you stayed up late enough last night to watch them meet defeat at the hands of the Los Angeles Lakers, 115-108, the pessimist in you had plenty of ammunition. more ›