Making “The Mayne Event”

Kenny Mayne’s idea for his Mayne Event segment this week centers around the “Hip Hip Hooray” cheer, which appears to have caught the public imagination in a way that I couldn’t quite have imagined when Zorn first broke it out at the Welcome Home Luncheon. As Mayne explained to me when I spoke to him, [...]

Portrait of the Captains as Young Men, or Gangsters, or Maybe Deacons

These are the captains of your Washington Redskins, serious-faced and well-dressed, in a portrait by team photographer Ned Dishman that now hangs outside the locker room. From left to right, it’s Rock Cartwright and Khary Campbell (special teams), Chris Samuels and Jason Campbell (offense), and Cornelius Griffin and London Fletcher (defense). “I think Coach Zorn’s [...]

Photo Contest: Third Place

“Ohhhhh! Looks like you were in a pie eating contest,” says Randy Thomas. Thomas was one of the guys who got Chris Samuels the birthday cake, and also one of the guys who smashed it into his face. “At some point, when you’re not looking, I’m going to get you for this,” Samuels says. “You [...]

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 [...]

Shooting An Interview

After practice finishes, Marc hustles up to the outdoor set for Redskins.com TV to shoot an interview with Chris Samuels. It’s the two-seater, open at the back to the practice fields, with Larry Michael and Samuels. Marc does literally hundreds of these, and has it down pretty much to a science.

60 Turns 31

Happy birthday to LT Chris Samuels, who turns 31 today. His girlfriend Hazel Cox got him a cake and some balloons, and organized the fans sitting around her to sing “Happy Birthday” to Chris as he came off the practice field. Next Mike Sellers came and presented a gift of his own. There were a [...]

How the Other Half Lives (For a Few Weeks or So)

Because the players were off last night and mostly out on the town, I was allowed to head on over to the NCC, where they stay during training camp. Coach Zorn had requested that the players be left alone at their lodgings, and the night out was chosen with the proviso that I not disturb [...]