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Wizards guard Bradley Beal gets NBA all-rookie first team honors
Craig Stouffer
Updated: Tue, May 14, 2013
Joined on first team by Lillard and Davis Wizards rookie shooting guard Bradley Beal was named to the NBA all-rookie first team, earning 28 of a possible 29 first-place votes from NBA coaches. Beal, the third overall pick in last year's draft, tied with Pelicans forward Anthony Davis for the...
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Wizards denied all-defensive team honors despite strong season
Craig Stouffer
Updated: Mon, May 13, 2013
Allen, James lead the way; three Grizzlies recognized Wizards players were denied votes for the NBA all-defensive team despite one of the franchise's best seasons statistically in more than two and a half decades. Memphis guard Tony Allen (53 points) and Miami forward LeBron James (52...
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Thom Loverro: Constant questions surrounding Robert Griffin III and Stephen Strasburg put D.C. fans through hell
Thom Loverro
Updated: Sat, May 4, 2013
If one were to describe Washington sports hell, it might simply be called being a Washington Wizards fan. But I'm not sure that is true sports-fan hell -- to be a Wizards fan is to be indifferent at best, numb at worst. Now, if Dante were covering sports in Washington, he might say hell is...
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Thom Loverro: Jason Collins' coming out as gay is just the first step toward tolerance and acceptance in sports
Thom Loverro
Updated: Mon, Apr 29, 2013
Jason Collins didn't have much impact at the end of the bench for the Washington Wizards, but he carved out a piece of history Monday when he revealed in a Sports Illustrated story that he is gay -- the first active player in a major U.S. professional sports league to declare himself publicly....
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Jason Collins' teammates on the Wizards stand up in support of his coming out
Craig Stouffer
Updated: Mon, Apr 29, 2013
Jason Collins joked when he joined first joined the Wizards after a trade-deadline deal with the Boston Celtics about why he wore No. 98. It was to make referees work extra hard to signal to the scorers' table when he was called for fouls, a notorious staple of his 12-year NBA career. The real...
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NBA veteran Jason Collins comes out as gay
associated press
Updated: Mon, Apr 29, 2013
NEW YORK -- NBA veteran Jason Collins became the first active male player in the four major American professional sports to come out as gay. The 34-year-old center, who has played for six teams in 12 seasons, wrote a first-person account that was posted on Sports Illustrated's website Monday....
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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...
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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...
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Thom Loverro: Wizards have been Monumentally bad under leadership of Ernie Grunfeld
Thom Loverro
Published: Sat, Apr 20, 2013
My Twitter tally of Ernie Grunfeld's "Monumental" record as general manager of the Washington Wizards started in the midst of their 0-12 start. Everyone was having a good laugh over the losing streak -- at least the basketball fans left in this town who still cared were. I thought anger...
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Wizards season review: Report card, highs and lows
Craig Stouffer
Updated: Thu, Apr 18, 2013
MVP After finishing with a team-high 18.5 points per game on 44.1 percent shooting, both career-highs -- along with 7.6 assists and a career-low 3.2 turnovers per game -- John Wall's jump shot is still his primary offseason focus. "I'm not going to stop just because I did a better job this...
