Update: Sale price of team in 2006 was corrected to $450 million.
The Washington Post has reported that the Lerner family has begun the process of exploring possible changes to the team’s ownership structure, including the possibility of selling the team. Current Chevy Chase resident Ted Lerner, 96, purchased the team from Major League Baseball in 2006 for $450,000,000.
On Sunday night, WWE wrestler Omos will face off against Bobby Lashley at WrestleMania 38 in Dallas, TX. But, did you know that he attended high school in Rockville? The 7’3, 335 Nigerian-born Jordan Omogbehin moved to America with his family and attended school/played basketball at Montrose Christian for the 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 school years. He went on to attend and play for the University of South Florida before moving back to Maryland and attending/playing for Morgan State University. His college basketball career spanned from 2012 to 2015.
Omogbehin signed with WWE in October 2018, and made his in-ring debut at last year’s WrestleMania 37 in Tampa, FL. Omos won’t have a shortage of people to talk MoCo with at WrestleMania. Shane McMahon, the son of WWE chairman and owner Vince McMahon, was born in Gaithersburg. The McMahons (Vince, his wife Linda, and Shane) even lived in Montgomery Village for about a decade, and the home they owned was recently sold.
Per Montgomery County:
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, March 15, 2022
Per Montgomery County:
For Immediate Release: Monday, March 14, 2022
Montgomery County Public School Athletics have announced that effective February 22, there will be no restrictions on spectator capacity related to COVID-19.
We are excited to welcome spectators back to our events at full capacity. Tickets will still be only available through GoFan.
On Friday, MCPS sent out a community messaging announcing that MCPS in now accepting religious exemptions to their COVID-19 vaccine requirement for student athletes. They cite the decreasing COVID-19 transmission rate as well as the high vaccination rate in Montgomery County as the reason for their decision.
Full message below:
ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt, a MoCo native who graduated from Sherwood High School, announced Monday that he’d miss the evening’s edition of SportsCenter after dealing with a “bit of a medical scare.”
Van Pelt said he suffered a supraventricular tachycardia (SVT), a rapid heartbeat that develops when the normal electrical impulses of the heart are disrupted.
On January 2, MCPS released an update to their Return to R.A.I.S.E. plan for school Athletics and announced that spectators will be prohibited from attending MCPS sporting events until January 16.
MCPS has also canceled all overnight travel until January 16.
MCPS has released new guidelines for school athletic programs, including an updated policy stating that student athletes must wear masks while sitting on the sidelines/benches.
According to WTOP, under the new guidance, all games and practices will be put on hold for a team for 14 days from the last know exposure if there are five or more active cases amongst the team.
Nominations for the 2022 inductees of the Montgomery County Sports Hall of Fame are now open. As was the case last year, nominations for MCSHF candidates come from anyone and […]
Paint Branch High School has announced that they are pausing practices and games for their Varsity and JV Varsity Boys Basketball program after 16 students and one staff member tested positive for the Coronavirus between Dec. 3 and Dec. 6.
Boys JV and Varsity Basketball games vs Springbrook on 12/7/21 have been postponed. Make up TBA. https://t.co/oomT9ECyal