Dunn terrorized defenses with her pace, power, and clinical finishing.

D.C. United attacking midfielder Dwayne De Rosario, who scored 16 goals and assisted on 12 others in 33 games this season, was announced as the winner of Major League Soccer’s most valuable player award this morning.

Alexander Ovechkin receives a key to the city from D.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray and Mayor Adrian Fenty. Photo by Lateef Mangum, courtesy the Mayor’s Office. Alexander Ovechkin received a key to the city this afternoon on the steps of the John A. Wilson Building. Several hundred fans, downtown office workers, and gawking tourists were on hand to revel in the success of the Washington Capitals star left-winger. He had just returned home from…

Photo of Alexander Ovechkin by ctankcycles Alexander Ovechkin completed a sweep last night of the NHL’s four biggest awards. Ovechkin was named the player most valuable to his team by the NHL’s players and professional writers alike, winning the Hart Trophy and the Lester B. Pearson Award Ovechkin had already, of course, won the Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy, for leading the league in goals and the Art Ross Trophy for leading the league in…

Tonight is the NHL’s annual awards show. Alexander Ovechkin, who has won both of the NHL’s scoring titles, is nominated for both of the league’s most valuable player awards as well. Two other Capitals could be honored tonight. Bruce Boudreau is up for Coach of the Year, and has a slim chance. Nicklas Backstrom is nominated for Rookie of the Year, but the honor is predicted to fall upon Chicago’s Patrick Kane. Ovechkin’s fellow nominees…

Happy Washington Capitals Week, everybody. Today at 10 a.m., the D.C. Council presented Caps owner Ted Leonsis with a resolution honoring his NHL club’s amazing mid-season turnaround and return to the playoffs. For the rest of the week, Washington will honor its Capitals by being happy about them. What can you be happy about? Well, for starters, it’s the end of the Jagr era. Although aging superstar Jaromir Jagr stopped playing for the Caps in…