After 14 mostly amazing seasons with the Indianapolis Colts, quarterback Peyton Manning is a free agent, and the speculation over whether or not he will come to the Redskins is more cacophonous than ever before.

Someone find the keys to Redskins Park — the NFL lockout is now officially over.

Newest Washington Capital Dany Sabourin played in the Boston Bruins organization last year. Last year, the Pittsburgh Penguins signed Brent Johnson, the steady, fan-favorite goalie who didn’t quite fit into the Washington rotation. Today, at 9 a.m., the Washington Capitals announced they have signed former Pittsburgh Penguins backup goalie, Dany Sabourin. Although both Sabourin and Johnson have been sent to the minor leagues after brief auditions with the Vancouver Canucks, and both have spent…

On Thursday, the NHL allows unrestricted free agents to begin negotiating with new teams. Players who have reached the end of their contracts and achieved the right combination of age and experience — usually guys over twenty-seven years old — can go play anywhere they want, for whatever someone will pay them.

The Post’s Rick Maese went on a tweeting spree this afternoon to let us know that the Redskins have kicked off an impressive personnel purge, beginning with three veterans: wide receiver/returner Antwaan Randle El, tailback Rock Cartwright, and guard Randy Thomas. Fred Smoot, Cornelius Griffin and Ladell Betts are also hitting the chopping block. Such large-scale moves might mean a big splash as free agency opens at 12:01 a.m. The moves will save the…

Jose Theodore signed a two year, $9 million contract to play for the Capitals yesterday. Theodore brings a lot of great accomplishments and a lot of question marks to the Capitals. Last year in Colorado, he took turns losing the starting goalie job with younger disappointment Peter Budaj. Still, Theodore is the answer on paper to many of the Capitals’ questions. NHL free agency started yesterday–the time when veteran players who have finished their…