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Redskins Over Cowboys – ‘Nuff Said
►Kyle Weidie | Sep 30, 2008
I was so content, and mostly shocked, that the Redskins beat the Cowboys on Sunday, I wasn’t quite sure how to react. There are so many Dallas fans around DC, that...
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Washington Wizards Training Camp Spawns Questions
►Kyle Weidie | Sep 29, 2008
photo from nba.com/wizards With the commencement of the Washington Wizards training camp this past Saturday, the questions are starting to mount, many of which won’t be answered until preseason games are...
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Thoughts on Second Chance Season, the Nick Young Documentary
►Kyle Weidie | Sep 29, 2008
Last Wednesday, I caught ESPN2’s airing of Second Chance Season, the documentary about Nick Young. I won’t go so far as to say the film was absolutely captivating, but certainly well...
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Why Does Everyone Talk About Integrity and Fairness When Sports Is A Business?
►Kyle Weidie | Sep 29, 2008
First of all, I’m all for integrity and fairness in sports, but not when they are used as an excuse for losing. These examples happen in all professional sports, but I’ll...
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Antawn Jamison is tired of hearing talk about it and wants Andray Blatche to be about it
►Kyle Weidie | Sep 26, 2008
photo from nba.com/wizards Silly, zany, wacky…..all terms used to describe Washington Wizards media day. Laptops are even blowing up because of it. >> DeShawn Stevenson is swagger jacking Lil’ Wayne and...
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Ernie Grunfeld’s Hidden Gems – Is Juan Dixon One?
►Kyle Weidie | Sep 25, 2008
photobucket – TheCoolest404 I’m not sure if Ernie Grunfeld is good at chess, but when it comes to generally managing an NBA franchise, he has a knack for moving around pawns...
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Was Re-Upping Eddie Jordan A Good Move?
►Kyle Weidie | Sep 24, 2008
When the Washington Wizards decided to pick up the third-year option on Coach Eddie Jordan’s current contract, extending him through the 2009-2010 season, I thought, “Well, that’s a little random.” There...
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Too Many Sellout Cowboy Fans in DC
►Kyle Weidie | Sep 23, 2008
flickr/jmj1000 In the artistic sense of the word, sellout, according to UrbanDictionary.com, means: When an artist changes their play style to make more money Let’s equate artist to sports fan, play...
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Slow End of Summer? Gilbert Arenas to the Rescue
►Kyle Weidie | Sep 19, 2008
flickr/wizardsdotcom You don’t realize it until you realize it. Here we were, the end of summer creeping to a close. Football, baseball, football, baseball….NBA basketball? Meh. Wizards basketball? Sure Nick Young’s...
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Did Michael Beasley Stop Snitchin’? What Would ‘Melo Do?
►Kyle Weidie | Sep 19, 2008
The main stream headlines read, Beasley fined $50,000 for involvement in Rookie Transition Program incident , saying that NBA Rookie, Michael Beasley, “originally failed to cooperate,” but “eventually chose to reveal...
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For the Washington Wizards and Gilbert Arenas, SOS Means ‘Same Ol’ Shhhh _ _’
►Kyle Weidie | Sep 17, 2008
For the record, S.O.S. doesn’t mean ‘Save Our Ship’ either, rather alphabetical representation of a Morris Code distress signal, and not the acronym I’d come to believe as a child. What...
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Washington Bullets Live Game Memories: Bernard King vs Michael Jordan
►Kyle Weidie | Sep 15, 2008
Nate Jones over at the fittingly named blog, Jones On The NBA, has started NBA Stadium Blog Day where NBA bloggers have united to share their favorite memories of stadium experiences....
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How Much Did Jason Campbell Grow On Sunday?
►Kyle Weidie | Sep 15, 2008
My initial thought was that Jason Campbell drastically matured in Sunday’s win against the New Orleans Saints…..not from just a couple big plays, but factoring in his entire body of work...
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Arenas More Popular In Spain and Argentina Than In The U.S.
►Kyle Weidie | Sep 13, 2008
And Switzerland too! OK, sorry for the (somewhat) misleading title….let me explain. Recently, via a Google Reader share from Hardwood Paroxysm‘s Matt Moore, I was put onto the World Names Profiler...
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Washington Wizards Role Players
►Kyle Weidie | Sep 12, 2008
I’ve been working on a piece about Eddie Jordan and his rotation size, specifically in comparison to the rest of the league and how it may or may not relate to...
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I Chose Tom Brady in My Fantasy Draft So He Would Get Hurt
►Kyle Weidie | Sep 12, 2008
Yes, this is my inevitable Tom Brady post….all the kids are doing it. First of all, shame on Tom Brady. After NFL opening weekend, I was all prepared to discuss Brett...
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Good Readin’ – Wizards and Basketball
►Kyle Weidie | Sep 10, 2008
Breaking your hand is not very conducive to blogging, hence, some project(s) I’ve been working on have come to a crawl. They’ll get done eventually, but until then, here’s some good...
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Baron Davis v. Gilbert Arenas: Political Roundup
►Kyle Weidie | Sep 5, 2008
flickr/wizardsdotcom So first Gilbert Arenas said he’d rather die than vote…..instead opting to offer apathetic encouragement for the Presidential winner, whomever that may be, to “Do a good job,” and “Change...
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Washington Redskins Knee-Jerk Reactions: Game 1, NY Giants
►Kyle Weidie | Sep 5, 2008
Redskins Nation will be killing the radio shows, blogs, and message boards over this one. I was defeatist at first, calling for a 31-3 loss after the hurtin’ Brandon Jacobs put...
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Wizards Periodic Elements
►Kyle Weidie | Sep 4, 2008
Yesterday, Matt, the Hardwood Paroxysmist, along with Trey, the Blow Torchist, released their highly anticipated NBA blogosphere periodic table. Washington Wizards blogs are well represented among the 110 NBA blog elements:...
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Eddie Jordan: Washington Wizards Evaluation
►Kyle Weidie | Sep 3, 2008
Finally at the end of the ’07-08 evaluation line with Coach Eddie Jordan. My thoughts are below, head over to Bullets Forever to see what Prada and Jake have to say....
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Obama vs Palin, Who Wins A Basketball Game of One-On-One?
►Kyle Weidie | Sep 2, 2008
Last Friday’s Presidential running-mate selection by John McCain took advantage of the morning news cycle (as opposed to a Saturday 3 am announcement, but at least Obama was up at that...