June 20, 2013

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Brian McNally

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Washington Capitals and Washington Nationals beat reporter for The Washington Examiner - Washington, D.C. ·


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  • Late rally gives Nats first walk-off win of year

    By Brian McNally | 06/04/13 11:10 PM

    Late rally gives Nats first walk-off of season An inevitable roster shakeup finally rattled the locker room at Nationals Park on Tuesday afternoon. For most of the night, it looked like those moves would do little to change the results on the field. But a late rally provided hope. Steve...

  • Capitals defenseman Jeff Schultz wants to be traded

    By Brian McNally | 05/30/13 10:25 PM

    Defenseman requests a fresh start elsewhere Capitals defenseman Jeff Schultz has requested a trade, according to his agent, Jarrett Bousquet. Frustrated by a lack of playing time for the second year in a row and limited communication from two separate Washington coaching staffs -- former...

  • Caps defenseman Jeff Schultz asks for a trade

    By Brian McNally | 05/30/13 03:50 PM

    Capitals defenseman Jeff Schultz has requested a trade, according to his agent, Jarrett Bousquet. Frustrated by a lack of playing time for the second year in a row and limited communication from two separate Washington coaching staffs, former coach Dale Hunter and current coach Adam Oates,...

  • Nationals rookie Nathan Karns tries to settle into majors

    By Brian McNally | 05/29/13 04:45 PM

    Rookie hopes for calm in his second start It looked as if rookie pitcher Nathan Karns had stood outside in the rain showers that were pelting Nationals Park on Tuesday evening. But the 25-year-old was actually indoors, dripping with sweat, waiting with his teammates for the biggest moment of...

  • Nationals slug four homers in win over Orioles

    By Brian McNally | 05/28/13 11:25 PM

    Lineup hits four homers in breakout showing It was a tough day to be a Double-A pitcher in the big leagues. After a one-hour, 20-minute rain delay pushed the scheduled 7:05 p.m. start time back, the Nationals and the Baltimore Orioles turned to a pair of rookie starters with five innings of...

  • The Baseball Page: May 26, 2013

    By Brian McNally | 05/24/13 08:35 PM

    Nationals report The Nationals are going to ride it out with struggling second baseman Danny Espinosa. There aren't that many other options at this point even after the team announced on Friday that Espinosa has been playing with a fractured right wrist. He won't go on the disabled list...

  • Not where they thought they'd be: Nationals struggle to stay in the race

    By Brian McNally | 05/23/13 10:40 PM

    Nats fight to follow up on magical 2012 run It is not where the Nationals expected to be with the Memorial Day weekend approaching. A difficult California road trip, where injury woes worsened, the offense continued to stagnate and wins were hard to come by, showed once and for all that...

  • Capitals search for answers

    By Brian McNally | 05/22/13 03:25 PM

    Caps have yet to re-sign Ribeiro and Hendricks Nine days after the Capitals saw their season come to an end yet again in a painful Game 7 Stanley Cup playoff loss, the search for answers has begun anew. A season that started with such uncertainty thanks to a looming NHL lockout looked...

  • The value of Caps free agent forward Matt Hendricks

    By Brian McNally | 05/20/13 01:55 PM

    There aren’t a ton of internal decisions for Capitals general manager George McPhee to make this summer. He has four unrestricted free agents pending July 5. Defenseman Tom Poti and forward Wojtek Wolski won’t be back for sure. We’re unclear on the status of forwards Matt Hendricks and...

  • Caps forward Wojtek Wolski signs with KHL club

    By Brian McNally | 05/20/13 10:55 AM

    Capitals free agent forward Wojtek Wolski has signed a contract with Kontinental Hockey League club Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod, the team announced on Monday. Wolski, 27, was not expected back in Washington, which took a flyer on the former first-round draft pick last summer for $600,000. But it...



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