The Washington Kastles lost to the Philadelphia Freedoms, the team named after an Elton John song or vice versa, in their home opener last night. The big stories were the sellout crowd that filled Empty Parking Lot Arena, or whatever the temp downtown stadium is called, and the appearance of tireless Venus Williams, who gave [...]

Fifty years ago Monday night, Buddy Holly's plane crashed in Clear Lake, Iowa.
There's a rotten local angle to the death of the burgeoning rock god.
Holly was the headliner of the Winter Dance Party tour of 1959, during which he played and died alongside Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper.
The tour was promoted by D.C.'s own [...]