Wilbon and Kornheiser on Cal Ripken and the Nats
Because this is a full-service sports bog, we now offer on-demand transcription services. “The sound is down at the bar,” a reader wrote, while sending me the above image. “Assume you’ll have...
View ArticleWilbon accurately tweets Bears-Redskins
I had a recent interaction with Michael Wilbon. It confirmed that he is the probably the nicest and most kind famous person I’ve ever met. That said, I will continue to poke at him in this space,...
View ArticleWilbon ‘stunned’ by local reaction to Redskins loss
I’m not sure if many Redskins fans were drawing solace from the fourth-quarter comeback on Sunday. My sense was not really. But Mike Shanahan did repeatedly praise his team for not quitting and showing...
View ArticleWilbon on Redskins drama
Michael Wilbon made an unscheduled appearance on ESPN 980′s The Sports Fix Wednesday afternoon. Why? Because he was so captivated by the latest circus-like drama that has descended upon Redskins Park....
View ArticleMichael Wilbon called this
As you all know, I like to poke fun of the things Michael Wilbon says and writes about D.C. sports, because he so often seems to veer toward the cynical and pessimistic side of the ledger. Now, I do...
View ArticleWilbon: Redskins are a laughingstock
Having been around town for a while now, the end days of the Mike Shanahan regime feel familiar. The remaining games are meaningless, the press conferences are farcical, and all focus is on what comes...
View ArticleKornheiser and Wilbon on Art Briles
Even before the latest anonymous sources said anonymous things about the Redskins’ next coach, many fans have been talking about Baylor Coach Art Briles as a possible Shanahan replacement. Reporters...
View ArticleWilbon on the Redskins melodrama
Bearing in mind that many of you will immediately discredit everything that comes after the words “Wilbon said,” here’s what Michael Wilbon said about the ending of the latest unsuccessful Redskins...
View ArticleMichael Wilbon on Maryland and the Big Ten
As Prewitt nostalgically noted, Monday night was the final regular season men’s basketball meeting between Maryland and N.C. State as ACC rivals. And while a huge portion of the “we’ll miss the ACC!”...
View ArticleWilbon and Kornheiser on Ovechkin and the shootout
Alex Ovechkin didn’t appear in the shootout Saturday morning, when the U.S. and T.J. Oshie topped the host Russians. This could not have been surprising to most Caps fans, who have watched Ovechkin go...
View ArticleMichael Wilbon on ‘Redskins’ and the N-word
Not long after news came out that the NFL was considering penalizing players for on-field use of the N-word, critics of the Redskins name attempted to link the two issues. That attempt likely got its...
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