It’s not a complete sigh of relief, but ‘Skins head coach announced today that quarterback Robert Griffin III only suffered a “mild sprain” to his right knee in yesterday’s game against the Baltimore Ravens.
Redskins star quarterback Robert Griffin III was injured during yesterday’s loss to the Atlanta Falcons, and now people are questioning whether Coach Mike Shanahan should have referred to his concussion as “mild.”
Devastating news, D.C. United fans. Tuesday evening, while on Canadian National Team duty in Panama, Dwayne De Rosario sprained his medial collateral ligament.
If you went to Georgetown or have been to any of its sporting events, you’ve likely seen Jack, the adorable bulldog that has served as the university’s official mascot since 1962. Well, Jack might be out of commission for the months to come—he’s injured.
It’s been a blasé season for the Washington Nationals. Most people expected this. But when the highlights of the season so far have been dollar-ticket night, the debut of the JFK racing president costume and somehow managing to float around .500 despite hitting an anemic .228 as a team, well, fans of the team could really use something positive to look forward to. Like, say, the return of Stephen Strasburg!
More details are coming to light about the blaze which broke out at a gas station in Georgetown this morning. One person was injured in the fire, which started at the Washington Gas Station at 1576 Wisconsin Avenue NW around 8 a.m. this morning.
According to a statement, D.C. Councilmember Mary M. Cheh (D-Ward 3) “suffered a serious fall while running” over the weekend, resulting in “a severe break and dislocation of her arm and wrist.” Ouch.
Redskins running back Clinton Portis has reportedly been placed on injured reserve by the team, ending his season — and, more likely than not, his career with the Redskins. Portis has logged 6,824 yards and 46 rushing touchdowns on the ground for Washington in his seven years with the team — though he only played anything close to a full season in four of those years, and has only appeared in 13 of the team’s last 26 games. We don’t want to prematurely write his Redskins obituary — but if Portis is indeed finished as a Redskin, the team will be losing so much more than a serviceable tailback. We’re losing all of Portis’ beloved characters!
Preseason NBA basketball is some pretty boring stuff — which means the the spotlight is all on Gilbert Arenas with his latest head-scratcher. See, the Wizards had their first preseason home game last night (the phenomenal John Wall had 19 and an awesome coast-to-coast layup, by the way) and before the game, Arenas told head coach Flip Saunders that he had a sore knee. Arenas had been complaining about a achy ankle recently, so Saunders scratched Arenas from the lineup and started Nick Young in his place. Young led the team in scoring with 24 points and the team won by 15.
Which apparently Arenas took as the cue he needed to admit that he wasn’t actually hurt.
Virginia Tech offensive lineman Greg Nosal got the game ball after the Hokies defeated Central Michigan by 24 on Saturday. It wasn’t because he led the team in pancake blocks, or in recognition of him making the game’s key play. No, it was because Nosal played nearly two-thirds of the game after having a half-inch of his left pinky cut off.
