washingtonpost.com - George SolomonGeorge SolomonTalkBack- April 24, 2005 Talkbackers tend to worry a lot. Like how they'll handle the record book if and when Barry ("Who, me") Bonds passes Babe Ruth and Henry Aaron in home runs. They're also worried about whether they'll be able to find the Nationals games on the radio and how they'll behave toward their loved ones if they can hear only the O's.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56249-2005Feb26.html?nav=rss_sports/columns... Summitt Reaches the Top, and Keeps Up the Climb- April 24, 2005 Let's get right to the point. Tennessee's women's basketball coach, Pat Summitt, who Tuesday broke retired North Carolina Coach Dean Smith's record for college basketball victories with her 880th win, said in a telephone interview Thursday night she has no interest in applying for the vacant job as coach of Tennessee's men's team.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3427-2005Mar26.html?nav=rss_sports/columns/... TalkBack- April 24, 2005 Ted Leonsis has been the majority owner of the Washington Capitals since 1999.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10410-2005Mar5.html?nav=rss_sports/columns/... TalkBack- April 24, 2005 Today is the day many fans thought would never again occur: a Washington baseball team playing a game in Washington, D.C. It'll happen at noon, an exhibition game between the Nationals and New York Mets at RFK Stadium. Tomorrow, it's for real, with the Nats in Philadelphia. The home opener is April 14, with filmmaker and baseball activist Aviva Kempner in the stadium using a ticket from one of 50 generous readers who offered to help. Baseball Gang meets at the Marshall statue today at 11...http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21155-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_sports/columns/... TalkBack- April 24, 2005 Three weeks until the first Opening Day in Washington in 34 years and the Talkbackers are going nostalgic.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29768-2005Mar12.html?nav=rss_sports/columns... Angelos Gets a Free Pass, and Washington Pays- April 24, 2005 Can we talkIt's clear to me Orioles owner Peter Angelos begins the 2005 baseball season with a record of one win and one loss. The win, of course, was Major League Baseball and Commissioner Bud Selig on Thursday awarding 90 percent ownership and profits of a regional sports network to...http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21165-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_sports/columns/... Up on the Hill, Baseball Finds a Mountain of Trouble- April 24, 2005 The unkindest cut of all for Mark McGwire appeared on the back page of Friday's New York Daily News, his face radiating the emotion of a long day on Capitol Hill, a large headline under his clenched lips that read, "Tears of a Clown."http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50416-2005Mar19.html?nav=rss_sports/columns... TalkBack- April 24, 2005 Talkbackers never have it easy. Finally, after 34 years, Washington gets a baseball team that some area fans still haven't seen (two of the team's first three games weren't on TV) or heard (the team's broadcast signal comes and goes, depending on the air, sun, trees and possible clandestine use of North Korean signal-blockers by the competing team north of the parkway).http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40081-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_sports/columns/... Washington's Success Brings Back Fond Memories of Playoff Teams Past- April 24, 2005 NBA playoff basketball today, with the Wizards in Chicago to play the Bulls in a first-round, seven-game series that marks Washington's first time in the postseason since 1997 and only its second appearance in 15 years.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12203-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_sports/columns... Take Me Out to the Ballgame- April 24, 2005 What a week:The Nationals live -- 34 years after waiting for Major League Baseball to return to Washington, it happened last week. Overcoming significant obstacles such as Peter ("The Great") Angelos, the fact the team is still owned by the other 29 owners and watching it and listening...http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40080-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_sports/columns/... |