Brian McNally
Staff writer - sports
Washington Capitals and Washington Nationals beat reporter for The Washington Examiner - Washington, D.C. ·
June 20, 2013
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Caps forward Brooks Laich returns to the ice
By Brian McNally | 05/08/13 03:10 PM
Capitals forward Brooks Laich participated in the team’s morning skate at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday morning. It is the first time he’s skated with his teammates since leaving a game against the New York Islanders on April 4 with a recurring groin injury. Laich was first injured...
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Adam Oates gives Capitals a rest to regroup for Game 4 against Rangers
By Brian McNally | 05/07/13 04:30 PM
Capitals take off-day to regroup for Game 4 The Capitals could have spent their off-day Tuesday in Newark conducting a light practice. Sometimes the best way to shake off a disappointing Stanley Cup playoff loss is to get right back on the ice, and that was the plan. But Washington coach...
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For Caps, rest is a weapon
By Brian McNally | 05/07/13 03:30 PM
It was a different setting than most press conferences I’ve attended. But there we were in the courtyard of a Manhattan hotel chatting with a few Caps players who were ready to…well, we’re not sure exactly and they weren’t either. That’s because instead of practicing at Prudential...
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Caps defenseman John Erskine okay after big hit
By Brian McNally | 05/07/13 02:15 PM
Capitals defenseman John Erskine was knocked from Game 3 of his team’s Eastern Conference quarterfinal series against the New York Rangers on Monday night. A hard check behind the net by New York forward Ryan Callahan was the culprit. Erskine didn’t rejoin his teammates on the bench at the...
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Do the Rangers think they can wear down Caps star Alex Ovechkin?
By Brian McNally | 05/07/13 01:50 PM
There was an interesting quote from Rangers defenseman Ryan McDonagh to Pat Leonard of the New York Daily News after Game 3 on Monday night about Caps star winger Alex Ovechkin. They were talking about the game-winning goal scored with 6:25 left when McDonagh nicely kept a puck inside the New...
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Rangers 4, Caps 3: Five Observations
By Brian McNally | 05/07/13 03:15 AM
1. Let’s start with the penalties. There’s really no other place to begin in a Stanley Cup playoff game where one team takes six minor penalties. That is the ultimate death by a thousand cuts. Your top players are forced to help on penalty kill duty and that can sap their energy for later in...
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Lights out: House plan would protect nation's electricity from solar flare, nuclear bomb
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Support falling in polls, Harry Reid announces rush to pass immigration bill
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If it’s not mandatory, is it ‘banned’?
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Bloomberg's anti-gun group calls Boston Marathon bomber a victim
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June 17, 1953
Today, speaking at the Brandenburg Gate, President Obama paid appropriate tribute to the brave East Germans who rebelled 60 years ago against Communist dictatorship:
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Problems of the Second Generation
The Boston Marathon bombings highlighted, once again, the challenges of assimilating Muslim youth. And while the onus of accountability ought not rest exclusively on Muslim Americans, it...
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Release Osama Bin Laden’s Files on Taliban
The Obama administration announced on Tuesday that it was moving forward with its attempt to negotiate with the Taliban, which has opened a long-awaited political office in Doha, Qatar. The...
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