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Rick Snider: Nationals fans, enjoy the ride
Rick Snider
Updated: Fri, Mar 29, 2013
Washington Nationals fans only want to talk about October. Will the team win the World Series? Can Stephen Strasburg and Bryce Harper take home the NL Cy Young and MVP awards respectively? Will Davey Johnson enter retirement donning another crown? Calm down -- this is like kids saying what...
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Rick Snider: Marquette looks like a contender in beatdown of Miami
Rick Snider
Updated: Thu, Mar 28, 2013
Marquette is showing some Final Four muscle. Forget the opening weekend, when it barely advanced to the NCAA tournament's Sweet 16. There was nothing lucky about Marquette's 71-61 victory over Miami on Thursday at Verizon Center. It was a smackdown. Marquette answered every Miami strategy....
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Rick Snider: Biggest stories in basketball world now reside in South Beach
Rick Snider
Updated: Tue, Mar 26, 2013
Miami is supposed to be about South Beach, bikinis and surfboards. Where style meets sand along the sidewalks of late designer Gianni Versace's mansion. Sports? It has always been a football town thanks to the Miami Dolphins of the 1970s and the Miami Hurricanes of the 1980s that totaled five...
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Rick Snider: For Redskins, it's all about protecting RG3
Rick Snider
Updated: Fri, Mar 22, 2013
Who's protecting Robert Griffin III? Washington Redskins coach Mike Shanahan said his quarterback must learn to slide from defenders. Funny, some feel Griffin's safety was compromised by Shanahan leaving the passer in the playoff loss to Seattle that led to knee surgery. Shanahan also...
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Rick Snider: Louisville is the pick in the NCAA tournament
Rick Snider
Updated: Mon, Mar 18, 2013
Louisville will win the NCAA tournament. Mark it down in big cardinal red on your bracket. Coach Rick Pitino will win a title for the western side of the state to match his 1996 crown in Lexington, Ky., with the Wildcats. Georgetown, Ohio State and Indiana also will make the Final Four. Your...
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Rick Snider: After wild regular season, nothing unpredictable in NCAA brackets
Rick Snider
Updated: Sun, Mar 17, 2013
Commoners finally are supposed to have a chance to win the NCAA tournament, but the selection committee remained loyal to the blue bloods. Louisville, Kansas and Indiana were the top three teams and No. 1 seeds Sunday along with Gonzaga, which was ranked first in the polls entering the bracket...
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Rick Snider: Top teams seem vulnerable heading into March Madness
Rick Snider
Updated: Sat, Mar 16, 2013
Earning a No. 1 seed instead of a No. 2 has never been more important for NCAA tournament kingpins. Georgetown deserves a top seed. So do Gonzaga, Indiana and Louisville when the seedings are unveiled Sunday. There's some first-round safety in being a No. 1 because none has ever lost to a No....
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Rick Snider: With start of free agency, power shifts quickly in AFC
Rick Snider
Updated: Wed, Mar 13, 2013
The Denver Broncos should be the new Super Bowl favorites with the Miami Dolphins close behind. The defending champion Baltimore Ravens? Nevermore. Power definitely shifted among the AFC's top teams. The NFC hierarchy, meanwhile, barely seemed impacted by the start of free agency Tuesday. At...
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Rick Snider: It's just a quiet day for austerity-minded Redskins
Rick Snider
Updated: Tue, Mar 12, 2013
The free agency board was popping the first hour with tight ends, receivers, pass rushers and guards changing teams. The Washington Redskins? They re-signed their punter. The Kings of the Offseason were dethroned. Booted from Versace right back to Walmart. The NFL's $18 million salary cap...
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Rick Snider: Time for the Redskins to cap their losses
Rick Snider
Updated: Mon, Mar 11, 2013
It was an unrepentant surrender. The Washington Redskins essentially conceded they will suffer through an $18 million salary cap hit for the second straight year when NFL free agency begins Tuesday. General manager Bruce Allen delivered a good defense Monday. Why, late attorney Johnnie...
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