Redskins Parking Lot: LaRon Landry’s Hummer H2

I’ve been working on a small project for the PR staff here. Every game, they issue a gamebook to the attending media, full of statistics, storylines, notable information, connections between the teams, stuff like that — many of those little tidbits the announcers come up with during the game come from the gamebook. What I’ve [...]

Redskins Parking Lot: Fred Smoot’s Impala

Sometimes I head out to the parking lot specifically to see if there are any interesting cars there for blogging purposes, but Fred Smoot’s 1963 drop-top Impala actually caught my eye on my way to leave, and Smoot came out and found me admiring it. “That’s my favorite car,” he said. “That’s my baby. I [...]

Another One That Missed the Car Show

Walking through the parking lot this afternoon, I got a chance to see another player’s vehicle that wasn’t at the car show on Sunday. Jon Jansen and Casey Rabach made their way back to the building for afternoon practice in one of the team golf carts. This isn’t Rabach’s speediest onsite vehicle — after yesterday’s [...]

Wednesday, August 13: Another Redskin’s Ride

Leaving the park yesterday, I noticed the green Metalflake 1976 Cadillac El Dorado belonging to T Chris Samuels. Apparently, it was at the car show the other day, but I somehow overlooked it. Maybe it was sitting between two enormous trucks or something. As you can see, this is a car that would seem to [...]

Redskinized Rides at the Car Show

Yesterday’s Redskins Rides car show didn’t just feature the actual rides of Redskins players, but also cars that otherwise normal people had customized into Redskinsmobiles. Surprisingly, I didn’t see the car that Adam Littlefield at Comcast SportsNet calls the Best Car Ever, but there were these two pickups that came close. What impressed me most [...]

Hawai’i Represents at the Car Show

Still not accustomed to seeing the green and white of University of Hawai’i athletics at Redskins Park, but as the Cult of Colt grows I probably should get used to it. This is Dan, at yesterday’s Redskins Rides car show. In a sea of burgundy and gold, Dan has found an alternative way to demonstrate [...]

Monday, August 11: Redskins Parking Lot

The Redskins Rides car show was held at Redskins Park yesterday, and it was a lively affair. I think it would be fascinating to watch an event like this from above — the groups of autograph seekers flowing toward players would look like flocks of birds. For example, watching the group of people form as [...]

Better Than A Minivan

Mike Sellers’ daughter Kaylin got behind the wheel of this lamborghini — which does not belong to a player — while it was still running. “Don’t touch anything, honey,” he said, “I’m not paying for this thing.” Be a nice family car, right, Mike? “Yeah, if she’s the member of my family you’re asking.” (More [...]