The Washington Spirit, the 2021 National Women’s Soccer League champion, announced a full-time move to Southwest’s Audi Field for the upcoming 2023 season. Previously, the Spirit split their home games between Audi Field and Segra Field in Leesburg. Since beginning play in 2013, the professional team has also shuttled to the Maryland SoccerPlex for home […]
DPR Announces the Arrival of Pickleball
The fastest growing adult sport in the nation has arrived in DC. The “thwack” of a paddle on a pickleball is now being heard by new and experienced players at three sites around the city as a result of a new program. The first reaction is usually, “What is pickleball, and why should I be […]
YATF Supports Summer Basketball Leagues
The basketball court located in Lansburgh Park is more than a place to play pick-up basketball. For many boys in the community, it was the catalyst that helped to train 22 of them in the fundamentals and intricate details of basketball form and play. The idea of working with young people in a sport that […]
Coach Finds Victory Even in a Loss
Paradoxically, it was the moment it became clear that the Amidon-Bowen boys’ basketball team had no chance of winning their first playoff game in over two years that their coach, Frank Briscoe, felt his greatest pride in them. “Anybody can win,” he said. “It’s how you lose that shows the strength of your character, your […]
Notes On The Nats: Too Much Talent To Keep It All???
Last year it was Strasburg. Shut him down at 160 innings or let him pitch through the playoffs? That was the pre-season quandary that never went away. This season’s dilemma will resolve, one way or the other, between now and the start of spring training. What do you do with Michael Morse if Adam LaRoche […]