Today in For Old D.C.: - Remembering Skins' 1992 trip across the pond - My London faves - The Senators' final game at RFK - Mystics host Game 2 forolddc.beehiiv.com/p/for-old-d-...

For Old D.C.: Touch down in London

Plus: Mystics host Game 2

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Today in For Old D.C.: - Mariota, Commanders stun Seahawks - Hail or Fail: Turnover drought is no more - Nats close season with a win - Mystics drop Game 1 at Atlanta forolddc.beehiiv.com/p/for-old-d-...

For Old D.C.: A Commanders stunner

Plus: Mystics drop Game 1

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Today in For Old D.C.: - Commanders-Seahawks preview - Joe Jacoby's walnut chicken (👍👍) - Mystics clinch No. 5 seed - 25 years ago, Jordan announced his return forolddc.beehiiv.com/p/for-old-d-...

For Old D.C.: Commanders-Seahawks preview

Plus: Joe Jacoby's walnut chicken

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I think Daronte Jones has diagnosed the problem with the Commanders’ D. 😂 Communication is key.

Today in For Old D.C.: - @jennhatfield.bsky.social on the playoff-bound Mystics - Dan Quinn shoots down ridiculous narrative - Remembering Maryland's win over No. 1 UCLA in '55 - Is Clark Kent a superhero???? forolddc.beehiiv.com/p/for-old-d-...

For Old D.C.: Mystics playoffs loading

Plus: Dan Quinn shoots down narrative

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Today in For Old D.C.: - A bunch of doctors weigh in on Jayden Daniels' elbow - The Mystics set a franchise record for wins - Memories of happier times for the Commanders QB forolddc.beehiiv.com/p/for-old-d-...

For Old D.C.: Paging Dr. I Don't Know

Plus: Mystics set franchise record

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Today in For Old D.C.: - Marcus Mariota will start the home opener - A look around the NFC East - Caps get a preseason win in Hershey forolddc.beehiiv.com/p/for-old-d-...

For Old D.C.: Jayden Daniels out Sunday

Plus: Caps get a preseason win

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Today in For Old D.C.: - Another Jayden Daniels injury. "Oh, s---." - Commanders' D takes a step back - Griffith Stadium's farewell forolddc.beehiiv.com/p/for-old-d-...

For Old D.C.: Not again...

Plus: Nats blow another save

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Today in For Old D.C.: - Commanders-Cowboys predict the score contest - The Senators pitcher whose only win was a shutout - Trivia, before & after puzzle, emoji rebus forolddc.beehiiv.com/p/for-old-d-...

For Old D.C.: Commanders-Cowboys preview

Plus: Ovechkin speaks

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Today in For Old D.C.: - RFK 2.0 renderings - Gerald Riggs' monster day in 1989 - The next D.C. team to win a title Plus: The Nationals and Phillies combined to do something that hadn't been done since 1955. forolddc.beehiiv.com/p/for-old-d-...

For Old D.C.: A look inside RFK 2.0

Plus: The D.C. team most likely to win a title

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Today in For Old D.C.: - The Caps extend Leonard and Sourdif - Tyler Owens gets 'Angry Runs' honor - Remembering the Nats' only 40-40 season forolddc.beehiiv.com/p/for-old-d-...

For Old D.C.: Caps secure their future

Plus: 'Angry Runs' honor for Owens

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Today in For Old D.C.: - All of the praise for Tyler Owens - Ovi returns to the ice ahead of training camp - A brief history of 99-yard TD passes forolddc.beehiiv.com/p/for-old-d-...

For Old D.C.: Tyler Owens' star turn

Plus: Ovi is back on the ice

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Today in For Old D.C.: - Commanders can't shovel out in Philly - Hail or Fail: Sonny Styles and Antonio Williams 👀 - A predict the score contest winner (!) forolddc.beehiiv.com/p/for-old-d-...

For Old D.C.: Commanders come up short

Plus: Rookies shine and Nats sweep

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In today's For Old D.C. newsletter: - Commanders-Eagles preview - Predict the score contest - That time, in 1949, the Nats walked 11 dudes in one inning - Emoji rebus forolddc.beehiiv.com/p/for-old-d-...

For Old D.C.: Commanders-Eagles preview

Plus: Predict the score and a ribs recipe

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In today's For Old D.C. newsletter: - Five preposterously positive Commanders predictions - Ranking Washington's uniform combos - Remembering Ian Desmond's debut forolddc.beehiiv.com/p/for-old-d-...

For Old D.C.: Let's get preposterous

Plus: All-white uniforms for Week 1

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The second edition of For Old D.C., my new D.C. sports newsletter, features a roundup of Commanders predictions, Big Foe's big comeback, another Nats bullpen implosion and an Atlantic Coast Football League program from 1966 forolddc.beehiiv.com/p/for-old-d-...

For Old D.C.: The 2026 NFL season is here

Plus: Big Foe's comeback and history for the Nats

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Stayed up for a Wizards game and didn't regret it! The AJ Dybantsa Show is must-watch TV forolddc.substack.com/p/aj-dybants...

A.J. Dybantsa is the best reality TV

The Wizards' rookie lived up to the hype in his summer league debut.

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Couldn’t let an NFL schedule release day go by without rating every game on the Commanders’ slate #tradition #funemployment open.substack.com/pub/forolddc...

Rating every game on the Commanders' 2026 schedule

This year's rating scale: Sonny Styles jerseys.

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I'm doing it on the Hellsite, so I might as well do it here, too. I'm taking requests for specific Sports pages to share from The Post's collection of color PDFs, which dates back to April 2002. Hit me.

Stadium news: The #Commanders have released conceptual renderings of their new stadium, the first since they hired HKS as their lead architect. washingtonpost.com/sports/2026/...

Four NFL games have ended with a score of 44-22. Three of them have occurred in the last three weeks, including two involving the Commanders. No one picked that in the For Old DC predict the score contest, but Rick (44-20 Lions) was close! Sign up here: www.washingtonpost.com/newsletters/...

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A Washington Commanders newsletter from Scott Allen, with news, analysis, trivia and even the occasional game day recipe.

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“I was just so happy that ‘O’ got it,” Capitals goalie Logan Thompson said. “I don’t know, maybe he was trying to grab it to give it to him, but who knows?” www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

Jordan Binnington stuffed Alex Ovechkin’s 900th goal puck in his pants

Cameras caught Binnington in the act, and before play resumed in the second period, linesman Michel Cormier spoke with the goalie.

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The #Commanders aren't good enough to be buyers at the NFL trade deadline Tuesday. But they shouldn't be sellers, either. Why they should stand pat 🔗⤵️ www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

Commanders aren’t good enough to be buyers. They shouldn’t sell, either.

Ahead of Tuesday’s NFL trade deadline, Washington appears to be a team that will likely stand pat rather than make significant moves.

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When you think of college football, you think of Saturday, right? Then there are teams like ECU, which played four of its first seven games on Thursday night. "You don’t need a map and a compass to find our games on TV." (w/ @emilygiam.bsky.social) www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

The college football team that’s barely played on Saturday

East Carolina went five consecutive weeks without playing on the sport’s traditional day, part of a growing strategy to increase television exposure.

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Curious what we’re hearing about the Nationals new managerial hire? Read @andrewcgolden and my story on the Post, or here on Reddit. What we’ve heard about a) his appetite for analytics b) his ability to teach fundamentals and c) his age and experience. www.reddit.com/r/Nationals/...

From the Nationals community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the Nationals community

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John Wall and Brendan Haywood will contribute to Monumental’s Wizards coverage this season www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

John Wall, Brendan Haywood to join Monumental’s Wizards broadcasts

Wall announced his retirement and a role with Prime Video’s NBA studio show in August. Haywood also will call college basketball games for NBC.

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Jakob Chychrun’s life has changed a lot in the last two years. But the biggest changes have happened internally, as he’s learned to embrace who he is and let go of some of the all-consuming, obsessive routines that dominated his life. t.co/vdvCI4AgzV

Maryland Athletic Director Jim Smith spoke with @barrysvrlugawp.bsky.social about Coach Michael Locksley and a changing college football landscape.

It may not be the primary reason they've lost 3 straight, but the #Commanders run game has gone cold -- and not just because they've been chasing games. www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

The Commanders’ offense is struggling, and they can’t run from it

Washington is stuck in neutral on the ground, stalling its efforts to establish an identity.

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