2:04 PM ETJohn KeimESPN Staff Writer CloseCovered the Redskins for the Washington Examiner and other media outlets since 1994 Authored or co-authored three books on the Redskins and one on the Cleveland BrownsWashington Football Team rookie defensive end Chase Young left the team’s 34-20 loss to the Cleveland Browns on Sunday in the second quarter…
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Dwayne Haskins and Washington have scored just seven first-half points in the first two games of the 2020 season.APCLEVELAND, Ohio — The 2020 NFL season is underway, and there is plenty going on in the league outside of the Browns. Here are the latest stories and notes.Washington working on starting fasterWashington comes to Cleveland on…
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Washington Capitals general manager Brian MacLellan said he expects goaltender Braden Holtby to enter free agency.”Yeah, I would expect him to go to free agency,” MacLellan said Tuesday. “The goalie market is probably a little unusually deep this year. I talked to his agent last week briefly about where he’s at and the kind of…
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Student-athletes at Washington State haven’t been spared from the recent surge of COVID-19 cases on the Pullman campus. On Friday, WSU Athletic Director Pat Chun said 53 new positive tests had been recorded among Cougar athletes – a dramatic increase from mid-August, when the AD said there had been only seven positive cases since the school…
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5:21 PM ETAssociated Press Washington State’s athletic department will cut 10 full-time jobs and top coaches will take a voluntary 15% pay cut to help deal with budget problems caused by the coronavirus pandemic.Athletic director Pat Chun, football coach Nick Rolovich and men’s basketball coach Kyle Smith are taking the 15% pay cuts, the school…
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In the midst of a complete franchise culture change, which has resulted in a new team name, a new coaching staff, and potentially much more, the Washington Football Team has decided to additionally pay homage to two of the organization’s all-time greats. On Tuesday, the club announced that two new street names will honor legendary…
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In an unsurprising move, Washington edge rusher Joe Tryon appears to have signed with an agent which would mark the end of his college career. The Huskies announced the move shortly after the following instagram post from his agent went up. The 6’5, 262 lb Tryon recently came in at #34 on Dane Brugler’s big…
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11:27 AM ETAdam RittenbergESPN Senior Writer Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University.Washington linebacker Joe Tryon is forgoing his final two years of eligibility to enter the 2021 NFL draft, he announced Saturday.Tryon earned second-team All-Pac-12 honors in 2019, when he recorded eight sacks and 12.5 tackles for loss. The…
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Washington team president Jason Wright explains the positive changes in the franchise | First Take – YouTube
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The splashy, recent hires by the Washington NFL football team and its owner Daniel Snyder are being questioned by the Fritz Pollard Alliance, which assists the NFL in enforcing compliance of the Rooney Rule, ESPN’s The Undefeated reported Wednesday Terry Batemen was named executive vice president and chief marketing officer Monday. This is the third…
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According to a report by ESPN’s Jeff Passan this week, Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred recently told, “a wide swath of the sport’s staffers” that he, “…fully anticipate(s) baseball will return this season,” after the start of the 2020 campaign was postponed back in mid-March due to concerns over the COVID-19/coronavirus pandemic. In a…
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5:19 PM ETAssociated Press Washington State athletic director Pat Chun, football coach Nick Rolovich and men’s basketball coach Kyle Smith will all take voluntary 5% pay cuts through the end of the 2020-21 academic year due to revenue reductions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.In a lengthy letter to fans and alumni, Chun said while the…
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Jim Lambright, who was a player, assistant coach and head coach for the University of Washington football team, has died at the age of 77.His death was confirmed by his family, the school announced. A cause of death was not disclosed.He took over as head coach in 1993 when Don James retired and was in…
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At the NFL scouting combine, Washington head coach Ron Rivera told reporters that all options are on the table with the second overall pick, and that the team will bring in quarterbacks Tua Tagovailoa and Joe Burrow for meetings and private workouts. At the combine, Washington also formally interviewed Tagovailoa and Burrow, the presumed top…
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