Friday, December 19: Funny Because It’s True

Well, the same guy who made the frighteningly accurate YouTube clip about what it’s like being a Skins fan in December is back with what it was like being a Skins fan last Sunday. (The guy in question is Danny Rouhier, and you can find out more about him at his website. This video contains [...]

Pete Kendall, Award-Winning Talker

In open locker room today, in front of the assembled media, David Elfin of the Washington Times presented The B.J. Blanchard Good Guy Award, which goes, as the plaque says, “To The Washington Redskins Player Who Has Best Helped The Media Do Its Job.” If you were to go purely by number of words written [...]

Peter King Looks At The Bright Side

Not a lot favorable to take away from yesterday’s game, obviously. Any individual achievements tended to be immediately marred by dumb penalties (Santana Moss) or overturned by replay (Mike Sellers). I suppose Ryan Plackemeier had a fairly good game, which is nice, and Rock Cartwright acquitted himself well. I liked seeing Kareem Moore lay out [...]

Open Locker Room on Portis and Zorn

If I had to characterize the response of players at open locker room to Clinton Portis Radio Funtime, I’d say there were two basic answers. One used the word “accountability” a lot, and the other was a some variation on “What did Clinton say, exactly?”. The first offensive starter to show his face in the [...]

The Portis/Zorn Radio Apocalypse!!!!!!! (Kind Of)

As I was driving back to Redskins Park from Antwaan Randle El‘s charity event today, I was listening to Clinton Portis‘s appearance on the John Thompson Show on ESPN980. Portis was clearly frustrated — with the team’s losing, with being benched (or “benched,” depending on who you ask), with his head coach — and he [...]

Thursday, December 4: Inside FedExField – The Scoreboard Control Room

When I was writing about the exciting adventures of Video Jason Campbell, I got to wondering exactly what the setup was in the JumboTron control room — how things worked, who worked them, and if we would ever see HD monitors at FedExField. Before Sunday’s Giants game, I was able to find out. The man [...]

GAMEDAY ALERT: WUSA 9 Potential Kickoff TV Issues

The folks over at WUSA Channel 9 in the DC area are trying to make sure that people are aware of a potential issue that would prevent Channel 9 from showing the start of the game this Sunday. I’ll let them explain: On Sunday, October19th, WUSA-9 will air the Ravens and Dolphins game at 1:00PM, [...]

Redskins v. Rams – In Case You Missed The Mayne Event

The Kenny Mayne piece they were filming on Thursday aired this morning. Brian Bald’s The Bald Spot has those of us who missed it covered.

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, [...]

A Player’s Week: Randle El On The Practice Field and On Camera

Thursdays are incredibly full days for Antwaan Randle El. They start with meetings, followed by weights, and then a morning practice. “We don’t wear full gear, but we do wear helmets,” he says. “It’s definitely difficult, and it lasts about 30, 45 minutes.” Open locker room comes at the same time as many players are [...]