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The Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snydernew

From A to Z (for Zorn), an encyclopedia of the owner's many failings.

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Washington City Paper  |  Dave McKenna  |  02-04-2011  |  Sports

The Cranky Fan's Guide to Dan Snydernew

From A to Z (for Zorn), an encyclopedia of the Redskins owner's many failings.
Washington City Paper  |  Dave McKenna  |  11-22-2010  |  Sports

Redskins Workers Fight For Their Right to Rightsnew

Turns out that as a condition of employment with the Redskins, workers gave up their right to justice — at least, the sort of justice Americans take for granted. And taking away employees’ ability to sue, as Dan Snyder does, is totally legal.
Washington City Paper  |  Dave McKenna  |  12-31-2009  |  Sports

DC Sports Franchise Owners Need a PR Makeovernew

Imagewise, Washington Redskins owners Dan Snyder and Ted Lerner are the local equivalents of Enron and ExxonMobil. And that was before last week's issue of Sports Illustrated, in which both were named to a short list of the worst owners in sports.
Washington City Paper  |  Dave McKenna  |  05-21-2009  |  Sports

The Man Who Saved the Capitalsnew

A look back at the most bizarre chapter in D.C. hockey history.
Washington City Paper  |  Dave McKenna  |  04-02-2009  |  Sports

Annual Race Brings Swimming Back to the Potomacnew

As of a day later, neither Mayor Adrian M. Fenty nor any fellow competitors had come down with cholera or grown a new set of gonads. That's progress.
Washington City Paper  |  Dave McKenna  |  09-18-2008  |  Sports

Redskins Test Tough Nonsmoking Lawnew

The Redskins open their home schedule this weekend against New Orleans. It'll also be the first official game played since Maryland's tough new anti-smoking law took hold.
Washington City Paper  |  Dave McKenna  |  09-11-2008  |  Sports

D.C. Becomes the Home of the Youth Triathlonnew

D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation runs two free camps that train kids ages 9 to 14 in the triathlon mainstays: swimming, biking, and running—which happen to be mainstays of childhood summers.
Washington City Paper  |  Dave McKenna  |  08-07-2008  |  Sports

The 'Father of Black Basketball' Has Yet to Find Famenew

Edwin Bancroft "Ed" Henderson II has spent the last few years campaigning for his late grandfather's induction in the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Washington City Paper  |  Dave McKenna  |  03-20-2008  |  Sports

Black Revisionist History Monthnew

The untruths behind Remember the Titans endure.
Washington City Paper  |  Dave McKenna  |  02-21-2008  |  Race & Class

Does Wall Street Hold Clues to the Cluelessness at Redskins Park?new

Apart from George W. Bush after 9/11, it’s tough to come up with a situation where somebody squandered so much goodwill in so short a time as owner Dan Snyder did over a few days last week.
Washington City Paper  |  Dave McKenna  |  02-01-2008  |  Sports

Red Means Go for Boxing Cut Man Chris Raynew

Ray is a freelancer these days, and that's a tough go. There isn't a huge demand for his specialized services, the most prized of which involves stemming the flow of blood from open wounds in less than 60 seconds.
Washington City Paper  |  Dave McKenna  |  01-24-2008  |  Sports

Field & Stream & Chain Sawnew

Boaters wreck a Maryland fishing haven.
Washington City Paper  |  Dave McKenna  |  12-06-2007  |  Recreation

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