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  • Chris Pontius injured for D.C. United

    Craig Stouffer

    Published: Fri, Apr 26, 2013

    Another injury has hit D.C. United while it’s down. Midfielder Chris Pontius suffered a groin injury on Thursday in training and is out for United’s visit to the Columbus Crew (2-2-3, 9 points) on Saturday, leaving D.C. with only one of four preferred starters in the middle of the field....

  • Bayern Munich flexes its muscles at the expense of rivals

    Craig Stouffer

    Updated: Thu, Apr 25, 2013

    Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund played equal parts in redefining the hierarchy of European soccer. But Bayern Munich won't let its rival play on a level field back in Germany. Borussia Dortmund's 4-1 demolition of Real Madrid on Wednesday in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League...

  • D.C. United searching for a spark

    Craig Stouffer

    Published: Thu, Apr 25, 2013

    United needs to find a spark on offense The approach D.C. United center backs Brandon McDonald and Dejan Jakovic are taking might as well be adopted by their struggling team as a whole. "We were just scratching our head during the game like, is this real life?" McDonald said of critical...

  • In offseason, Wizards hope to skew older

    Craig Stouffer

    Updated: Wed, Apr 24, 2013

    The Wizards found out last week they will have the eighth-best odds (3.5 percent) to win next month's draft lottery after losing a tiebreaker with the Detroit Pistons. While they could leapfrog to the first, second or third pick, in an unlikely scenario they could fall as far as 11th. Who...

  • Mike Brown ready for a reunion with Cavaliers

    Craig Stouffer

    Updated: Tue, Apr 23, 2013

    Things are working out for Mike Brown. The Cleveland Cavaliers ran him out of town in 2010 in their futile scramble to appease Le?Bron James. Brown, who'd ridden James to the NBA finals, two 60-win seasons and the 2009 NBA coach of the year award, had no trouble finding work, landing with the...

  • Brooklyn could be headed for a Net loss in playoffs

    Craig Stouffer

    Updated: Tue, Apr 23, 2013

    The home team wasn't going to win every game in the NBA playoffs, anyway. The defiant and defensive-minded Chicago Bulls also might've been the easiest to predict as the first visitors to get a postseason victory after higher seeds went 8-0 in Game 1s over the weekend. But the Brooklyn Nets'...

  • Wizards president Ernie Grunfeld sticking with the plan

    Craig Stouffer

    Updated: Tue, Apr 23, 2013

    Injuries have extended the Wizards' rebuilding plans for yet another year. But after a 29-53 campaign for the team, president Ernie Grunfeld believes in the roster he's built, what he saw during the limited time it was a whole unit and what it potentially can achieve. "I think now we have a...

  • For Liverpool's Luis Suarez, reality bites

    Craig Stouffer

    Updated: Mon, Apr 22, 2013

    Did it need to take this long for Luis Suarez to get the attention he so desperately has been craving? Liverpool was swift to condemn its Uruguayan striker Sunday after he was caught on camera biting the arm of Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic, quickly announcing it had fined Suarez for...

  • This time, D.C. United's defense to blame for loss

    Craig Stouffer

    Updated: Sun, Apr 21, 2013

    First-half lapses prove costly against Union D.C. United's offensive struggles early this season have been well-documented. But its latest loss, a 3-2 defeat Sunday to the Philadelphia Union, fell directly at the feet of the defense. Breakdowns along the back line were responsible for three...

  • Rivalry game with Union brings out emotion for D.C. United

    Craig Stouffer

    Updated: Sat, Apr 20, 2013

    It hasn't taken long for D.C. United to strike up a rivalry with its closest MLS neighbor, the Philadelphia Union. The ties are plentiful between coaches and players. The matches have been fueled by big plays, confounding calls and nasty fouls. The tone for the matchup's fourth year was set in...


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