The news director says it’s because the story “didn’t pass the litmus test.”

The condemnation has come from audiences and journalists alike.

It took 31 games, but D.C. United finally have a winning streak.

D.C. United got a much-needed jolt of positivity on Saturday.

Without Representation Taxation… almost, but not quite.

We’re halfway through D.C. United’s season, and we’ve covered just about every game the red and the black have played. Here’s five things we’ve learned about our hometown soccer team so far.

In yesterday’s games, the Nationals stayed on pace to go 162-0; the Capitals knocked off the No. 1 team in the Eastern Conference on the final day of the regular season; and United played to a scoreless tie.

Results from a new Washington Post poll partially released this weekend confirms much of what we already suspected about sports fans living in the D.C. region: we hate the villains, love the winners, and remain divided between the lifelong locals and recent transplants.

Philadelphia striker Sebastien Le Toux, left, hit a hat trick in histeam’s first ever MLS win — and sent United crashing to 0-3.(AP Photo/Matt Slocum)Union 3, United 2: Your roving DCist sports editor was in Philadelphia last night, checking out the scene at MLS’ first regular season game in the city of Brotherly Love. My first impression? No one should doubt that United fans can move with the best of them. Bolstered by nearly 1,000…

Here’s one little item from Tuesday’s legislative session of the D.C. Council that we missed: Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) and Kwame Brown (D-At Large) introduced a measure that would create new vanity license plates for the District that could be themed to any of the city’s professional sports teams, as D.C. Wire already reported. If passed, that would mean that for an extra $25, plus $20 more each time you renew, your vehicle could…