Given that there was such a controversy the last time we posted anything about early ticket sales in the D.C. area (to recap: a few people thought these sales should be on a “need-to-know” basis for “real fans”; we thought that was silly), we were perhaps a bit hesistant to spread the word about the latest hot ticket in town. But considering a lot of people we think of as “real fans” of Bloc Party…

Once again DCist is happy to bring you the football coverage of Jason Linkins aka The DCeiver. There are NFL teams that you know have the capability to walk onto the field and pitch and catch their way down your throats. The Minnesota Vikings, the Green Bay Packers — Mike Martz this weekend opened with what? 300 straight passing plays? But the Redskins are built differently. They are built on the foundation of running the…

Once again DCist is happy to bring you the football coverage of Jason Linkins aka The DCeiver. The Redskins take a dip into their nonconference schedule this weekend as the Cincinnati Bengals come to town with former Skins’ defensive guru Marvin Lewis at the steering wheel. The Bengals have steadily gained respect around the league under Lewis’ tutelage, though they have shot themselves in the foot of late with their insanely garish uniform choices, which…

Once again DCist is happy to bring you the football coverage of Jason Linkins aka The DCeiver. In the annals of sport, the great teams are often supported by the great on-field partnerships. Tinker to Evers to Chance. Montana and Clark. Stockton to Malone. Connected only through the bond of sport, these collaborators brought glory to their teams even as they ascribed their own legend. Well, prepare to add another set of names to the…

Once again DCist brings you our Redksins coverage from Jason Linkins (aka The DCeiver) Time and again the Redskins have looked at their schedule and found there’s been one team in the league that has always stepped up and offered themselves up for defeat. Call them the Detroit Sacrificial Lions. We’ve won 24 of the last 34 meetings with Detroit. And as a playoff opponent, they make the bye week look scary. Heck, if a…

DCist is happy to announce that Jason Linkins (aka The DCeiver) has agreed to take over our football coverage and bring his weekly “Passion of the Gibbs” column over to our bandwidth. I gotta tell you, DC…we was robbed! Defeat was snatched from the jaws of victory this weekend at “Snyders of Landover” (as my buddy Josef V. calls it) when the seemingly miraculous Clinton Portis touchdown was called back on an illegal motion penalty…