Trending Topics: Solar flare bill Chris Christie's Speedo Free Ride Feds Immigration vote

June 19, 2013

More rick snider Articles

Rick Snider

Sports columnists

Rick on Twitter Rick Email

Rick Snider: Washington Examiner columnist and entrepreneur. 2010 co-NSSA Washington, D.C. Sportswriter of the Year. - Washington, D.C.

Contributions from Rick Snider

  • Rick Snider: It's been a hell of a run

    By Rick Snider | 06/13/13 07:50 PM

    So this is goodbye? I promised myself I wouldn't cry at the end, but like former Redskins cornerback Darrell Green said, "You bet your life I will." Writing for newspapers has been my joy since first seeing a school paper at age 12. I will miss it dearly. I was hoping my last column would...

  • Rick Snider: No big changes on the way for Redskins' name, stadium

    By Rick Snider | 06/10/13 12:00 AM

    The Washington Redskins won't change their name for decades or return to the District for a new stadium. Oh, the Redskins will eventually amend their name, but no time soon. All this so-called political pressure and columnists calling for change mean nothing. There's no real leverage to force...

  • Rick Snider: It will be Orb once again at Belmont

    By Rick Snider | 06/06/13 10:30 PM

    The Belmont Stakes is probably the easiest Triple Crown race to handicap. At 1? miles, there's plenty of room, so Kentucky Derby winner Orb won't suffer Preakness claustrophobia. With a handful of early speedsters, there's no way Preakness winner Oxbow steals another race. And on an expected...

  • Rick Snider: Baugh, Jurgensen, Riggins and Gibbs are the picks for Redskins' Mount Rushmore

    By Rick Snider | 06/05/13 10:20 PM

    Sammy Baugh, Sonny Jurgensen, John Riggins and Joe Gibbs are the Mount Rushmore of the Washington Redskins. Robert Griffin III? You must be kidding. Let's talk in 2025. Pro Football Talk named Baugh and Gibbs to its Mount Rushmore list Monday, but also pushed through The Hogs and Darrell...

  • Rick Snider: After pec injuries, Brian Orakpo faces a career crossroads

    By Rick Snider | 05/30/13 10:25 PM

    The flecks of gray in his otherwise-dark beard reveal middle age, at least in football years. Washington Redskins linebacker Brian Orakpo turns 27 during training camp. He's only four years into a solid career but also has two torn pec muscles, which can age a pass rusher into early...

  • Rick Snider: Nagging issues threaten to derail Nationals' season

    By Rick Snider | 05/29/13 03:30 PM

    Bryce Harper's knee may not improve this season. Is the same ahead for the Washington Nationals? The season may be barely 50 games in, but that's also nearly one third of the season -- enough to make a reasonable analysis of where the expected World Series contender rates this season. And it's...

  • Rick Snider: Relationship with Mike Shanahan is in RGIII's control

    By Rick Snider | 05/24/13 08:15 PM

    What are we to think of the dance between Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III and coach Mike Shanahan? Notice Griffin's name came first. The destiny of this relationship is in his control. The two say everything is fine today, and maybe it is, but there is no longer an...

  • Rick Snider: Throwing in the (free) towel on Robert Griffin III wedding gift controversy

    By Rick Snider | 05/22/13 07:35 PM

    Many a fan has bragged of the time they bought a beer for a pro ballplayer. The athlete didn't ask for free suds. The fan was just happy to do so, and many years later, he still tells the tale. So why the nonsensical furor over fans buying quarterback Robert Griffin III wedding gifts on store...

  • Rick Snider: Lukas' run isn't over just yet

    By Rick Snider | 05/19/13 10:55 PM

    BALTIMORE - The man in the white hat rode off into the sunrise a winner once more. Trainer D. Wayne Lukas was once the bad guy in thoroughbred racing. Wearing a white Stetson around the barns and expensive suits in winner's circles, he dragged an old-school sport into modern times by making...

  • Rick Snider: Oxbow pulls a shocker at Preakness Stakes

    By Rick Snider | 05/18/13 07:55 PM

    BALTIMORE - It was the perfect Hollywood ending. Jockey Gary Stevens retired after a hall-of-fame career, instead racing horses in an HBO series about a washed up rider. But the series was cancelled and Stevens recently returned to the saddle after seven years. Maybe Stevens' next movie...


12

Top 5 Most Read Stories

From the Weekly Standard

  • Frack to the Future

    By: Michael Warren

    Williston, N.D.

    Read More...

  • Downsize Ike

    By: Andrew Ferguson

    The beleaguered Eisenhower Memorial Commission holds its next public gathering later this month, and before its members duck-walk into the hearing room, huddled in a hoplite phalanx against a...

    Read More...

  • The Lesson of Kermit Gosnell

    By: John McCormack

    What was the lesson of the Kermit Gosnell trial? Since the Philadelphia doctor was convicted last month of murdering three born-alive infants, two competing viewpoints have emerged.

    Read More...