Article by Ben Shlesinger
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DC Sports
The Washington Spirit and ESPN 630 will team up to broadcast 13 regular season matches in the Spirit’s first-ever radio partnership, the club announced today. The partnership will begin on Saturday, May 18 when the Washington Spirit faces Angel City FC and will extend throughout the 2024 season. Match audiocasts will stream live directly to WashingtonSpirit.com, as well as the ESPN 630 app and website.
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With recent rumors of Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Jayden Daniels not wanting to play in Washington, his publicist Denise White has made it clear that Daniels is excited to be part of the NFL regardless of who drafts him.
@CBKreport, a popular social media account covering college basketball on various platforms, has released its “Top 25 Men’s College Basketball Programs of All-Time” list (seen below). Two local programs made the list- Georgetown University and the University of Maryland.
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The Commanders have the second pick in the 2024 NFL Draft and it’s almost certain that the team will be drafting its future quarterback with the pick. With less than two weeks until the draft, ESPN’s NFL insider Adam Schefter seems to believe the pick will be Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels out of LSU.
The Washington Commanders announced that they hosted 20 local prospects for a “local pro day” on Tuesday, April 9th. The players all have ties to the DMV, “Most of the other 19 prospects invited to Ashburn, Virginia, either played high school football in the DMV or attended college in the area.” Full list of players below:
John Carlson is expected to play in his 1,000th career game tonight against Boston. According to the Washington Capitals, Carlson will become the first defenseman and third player in franchise history to play 1,000 games with the Capitals, joining teammates Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom. Carlson is also a Montgomery County resident and his wife, Gina, is a MoCo native.
Today, Monumental Sports & Entertainment’s Founder, Chairman, Principal Partner, and CEO, Ted Leonsis, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, and D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson announced an agreement for a “transformative renovation and modernization of Capital One Arena and an expansion of Monumental’s business and hospitality operations next door into Gallery Place for a revitalized entertainment destination in Downtown D.C..”
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Updated at 4:33pm with additional information
The City of Alexandria has ended negotiations related to the Potomac Yard Entertainment District opportunity that would’ve included the Capitals and Wizards, stating that the proposal will not move forward, according to a press release by the City of Alexandria on Wednesday.