Craig Stouffer

Updated: Tue, Apr 9, 2013

It wasn't a surprise, but Victor Oladipo made it official. Cody Zeller didn't have the best season at Indiana this year. Just as Oladipo rocketed from a supporting role to All-American to overtake Zeller, he made his jump from the Hoosiers first, too, declaring for the NBA Draft on Tuesday....

Craig Stouffer

Updated: Tue, Apr 9, 2013

Louisville's 2013 championship will be celebrated and long remembered for a variety of stirring reasons. The Cardinals rallied around Kevin Ware's gruesome injury; they pulled off 16 wins in a row after a five-overtime defeat at Notre Dame on Feb. 9; Luke Hancock played for his ailing father;...

John Keim

Updated: Tue, Apr 9, 2013

Antoine Winfield visited the Redskins two weeks ago but remains undecided about his future. That doesn't mean his interest in coming to Washington has expired. On the contrary. According to a league source, the Redskins remain firmly in contention to sign the free agent corner. But Winfield...

Brian McNally

Updated: Mon, Apr 8, 2013

Catcher is an offensive black hole for most major league teams. If the starter can produce at a reasonable level at the plate and control both a pitching staff and the running game, that's all a team needs. Guys like Buster Posey or Matt Wieters are incredibly valuable because they are so rare....

Kevin Dunleavy

Updated: Mon, Apr 8, 2013

While the Masters is a tradition unlike any other, Tiger Woods is certainly a player unlike any other. When the two get together, there's always potential for something spectacular, especially when Woods is putting like he did in his prime. As Woods prepares to tee off in the 77th Masters on...

Kevin Dunleavy

Updated: Mon, Apr 8, 2013

Will Tuesday's NCAA women's basketball final between Connecticut and Louisville measure up to some past title games? Here are five memorable ones: 5. Texas Tech 84, Ohio State 82 (1993) » Sheryl Swoopes scored a record 47 points in the title game, propelling Texas Tech to its lone NCAA title....

Brian McNally

Updated: Mon, Apr 8, 2013

The critics have had to back off on Alex Ovechkin in recent weeks. The Capitals' star winger has shaken off a rough start to the 2013 season and is producing goals at a rapid clip again. His team has parlayed that into a 10-3-1 stretch that -- combined with an awful Southeast Division -- has it...

John Keim

Updated: Sun, Apr 7, 2013

In a 13-game stretch last September, Baltimore's Chris Davis did little. He hit a home run. He drove in four RBI. Yawn. Davis followed that quiet spell with seven games in which he homered seven times and drove in 13 runs. So his hot start is more or less a continuation of how he ended 2012....

Craig Stouffer

Updated: Sun, Apr 7, 2013

The members of the 1977-78 Washington Bullets returned to the District over the weekend to celebrate the 35th anniversary of their NBA championship. But they aren't in unanimous support of the late season run by the current Wizards, the kind of stretch that has become as much of a tradition...

Craig Stouffer

Updated: Sun, Apr 7, 2013

While the NCAA tournament has descended into a maddening torrent of missed shots, bad calls and endless commercials, the Oklahoma City Thunder and New York Knicks demonstrated exquisite NBA scoring at its best Sunday afternoon. Carmelo Anthony led the Knicks to their 12th straight win -- this...