Is Our Deer Learning?: Maybe it's not too late to change the award-winning designs of some of the new libraries around town. Because, apparently, the local fauna have trouble with lots of windows. A deer crashed through the plate glass in the interim library in Washington Highlands today, shattering the window; the deer had to [...]
Twenty years ago, the Washington Redskins starting quarterback was Mark Rypien, their wide receivers were Art Monk, Gary Clark, and Ricky Sanders, their running back was Ernest Byner, and their owner was Jack Kent Cooke. And Dan Snyder was just another fan, rooting along with the rest of the city as the team marched through [...]
There's a phenomenon known on the Internet as the "Streisand effect," which dates to 2003. Singer Barbra Streisand sued, unsuccessfully, to try to keep photos of her beachfront mansion out of a collection of images of the California shore. Streisand sought $50 million in damages for the alleged invasion of privacy. Before she sued, the [...]
Hail to the Mittens: If you've bought any Redskins-licensed material or attended an event at FedEx Field recently, you may, indirectly, have been supporting Mitt Romney. Turns out Redskins owner Dan Snyder and his wife, Tanya Snyder, have each given $2,500—the maximum amount allowed by law—to the former Massachusetts governor's presidential campaign. Romney is the only candidate either have [...]
The highlight of RFK Stadium's season-long 50th Anniversary celebration comes tomorrow night with a dinner at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.
Earlier today, Events DC, the quasi-governmental body that which now operates the stadium and is putting on the anniversary shindig, released a list of featured guests and expected attendees.
The roster's full of vintage local [...]
Yesterday afternoon on WJFK-FM's "LaVar and Dukes Show," the hosts took a short break in between LaVar Arrington's JoePa-enabling monologues (seriously, the Penn State Board of Trustees would have removed Arrington from the airwaves if he said "He followed protocol!" one more damn time) to bring on the Washington Post's Jason Reid.
Awesome radio ensued.
Reid [...]
Here at Washington City Paper, we've spent all too much time over the past year contemplating judicial proceedings. The absurd lawsuit Dan Snyder filed, then refiled, and then ultimately abandoned before a judge could toss him out of court may have ended with a free-speech victory, but it cost a lot of [...]
For the carbon footprinting press that is the paper version of Washington City Paper, I compared the pollution reductions offered by the much-hyped solar energy installation at Dan Snyder's FedEx Field with the pollution contributions of the new-to-him $70 million toy, the mega-yacht Lady Anne.
After converting litres to gallons and metric tons to pounds, [...]
Dan Snyder, Yachtsman: Last month, the Washington Post recounted how Redskins owner Dan Snyder, disillusioned after yet another Jim Zorn-era loss, hopped aboard the team's private jet on a lark in the middle of the night to fly off to Colorado to chat with Mike Shanahan, who in due time became his next coach. Well, if Shanahan goes [...]
The devaluation of all things Washington Redskins continues.
The latest evidence: "Hail the the Redskins," a new, cheaper scatch ticket coming out of the partnership between the team and the Virginia Lottery.
Hail to the Redskins is the third Redskins scratch game in as many years.
The original Redskins scratcher, Redskins Mania, debuted in 2009. In keeping with [...]
The value of a Redskins ticket is apparently continuing to plummet even after the team's thrashing of the New York Giants in Sunday's opener.
In a column published in early June, I observed that, "Supply is kicking demand's ass at FedExField."
The ass-kicking continues, despite the Redskins' fabulous start to the 2011 season.
At the time that [...]
Please Remain Terrified: Those warnings about an anniversary bombing yesterday, as the nation marked ten years since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, turned out to be a false alarm, as no attack materialized. But that doesn't mean vigilance can come to an end; authorities say they'll keep on high alert, apparently just in case the [...]
Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder has just filed papers in D.C. Superior Court to dismiss his lawsuit against Washington City Paper and staff writer Dave McKenna over "The Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder," which we published last November.
Since Snyder first sued over the story, City Paper and McKenna fought the case aggressively, eventually asking [...]
A judge in Los Angeles issued a ruling yesterday that the lawsuit filed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association against dick clark productions will go to trial later this month.
HFPA owns the Golden Globes; Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder's Red Zone investment fund owns a majority share of the obnoxiously lower-cased entertainment firm.
dcp has produced broadcasts of [...]
Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder says only Congress, not the D.C. Council, has the power to pass laws like the anti-SLAPP statute that Washington City Paper and staff writer Dave McKenna recently sought to use to have Snyder's lawsuit thrown out. Snyder also wants City Paper to pay for the cost of his response to [...]
