Robert Griffin III doesn’t only held lead the ‘Skins to victory, but his mere presence at a Wizards game helped lead the team over the star-studded reigning champions, the Miami Heat.

Yesterday independent challenger managed to upset Councilmember Michael Brown (I-At Large). How did he do it? By winning huge where he was strongest and holding on everywhere else.

The Washington Redskins learned to protect RGIII in yesterday’s game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, while kicker Billy Cundiff saved an otherwise poor performance with a game-winning field goal in the closing seconds.

With a win over Montreal this weekend, D.C. United has already matched its win total from two previous seasons and is making the venerable RFK Stadium a fortress once again.

Another game against the Boston Bruins, another overtime. But in the decisive seventh game of the hard-fought series, the Washington Capitals emerged victorious on a rebound goal scored by Joel Ward.

Who would have thought that adding former MVP and three time Stanley Cup winner Sergei Fedorov would help a Caps team on the playoff bubble? Who could have predicted that picking up Christobal Huet, last year’s NHL leader in save percentage, would make the team noticeably better? If you could have told us that adding these two preeminent veterans without giving up any professional players in return would make a big difference, then we’d like…