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• Obstacles No Match for Blazing Pens
• By Kevin Blackistone 5/10/2009 2:00 AM ET
• WASHINGTON -- When Capitals owner Ted Leonsis learned that Game 5 of his team's second-round Stanley Cup playoff series against Pittsburgh would have to be played 24 hours ... More »
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• The E:60 Ovechkin Profile
• By Eric McErlain 4/21/2009 11:22 PM ET
• Late last week we gave you the heads up on E:60's upcoming profile of Washington Capitals winger Alex Ovechkin. Earlier this evening, ESPN aired the piece, which you can watch in its entirety ...
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• Ovechkin to be Profiled on E:60
• By Eric McErlain 4/17/2009 9:52 AM ET
• Hockey fans in the U.S. love to complain about how ESPN gives the sport short shrift on SportsCenter, so I guess it's only fair to note that the network's E:60 program will be doing a profile on ...
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• Don Cherry Throws Down With Caps Owner
• By Eric McErlain 3/07/2009 8:45 PM ET
• The war of words that started last Saturday night on Hockey Night in Canada when Don Cherry chastised Washington Capitals winger Alex Ovechkin for his post-goal celebrations continued earlier this ... More »
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• CBC Anchor Tweaks President on Seeing His First Hockey Game
• By Eric McErlain 2/19/2009 12:39 PM ET
• U.S. President Barack Obama hopped on Air Force One earlier today for a quick trip to Ottawa to meet with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The trip is the first official overseas international ... More »
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• Ovechkin: NHL Participation in the Olympics Must Continue
• By Eric McErlain 2/12/2009 5:25 PM ET
• Last week, ESPN.com published a survey of 193 current NHL players. One of the questions: Should the NHL participate in the Winter Olympics beyond the 2010 Games in Vancouver? The answer was a ... More »
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• The Ice Sheet: Washington's Ice Problem
• By Eric McErlain 2/09/2009 10:00 AM ET
• Ever since Bruce Boudreau took over as head coach of the Washington Capitals on the day after Thanksgiving 2007, the hockey news out of Washington, D.C. has been uniformly positive. There was the last ... More »
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• Caps Owner Ted Leonsis Takes on ESPN's Bill Simmons
• By Eric McErlain 11/14/2008 4:05 PM ET
• Back in the early days of NHL FanHouse, we had some fun when Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis engaged in a very brief but public feud with local sports radio personality Steve Czaban. While ... More »
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• The Pittsburgh Sports Fan Phenomenon and Why We're Seemingly Everywhere
• By Adam Gretz 11/04/2008 5:15 PM ET
• There were a number of big stories to emerge during Monday's night's Pittsburgh Steelers win over the Washington Redskins. One of them appears to be the overwhelming contingent of Steelers fans that ... More »
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• The Ice Sheet: Reflections from a Hockey Blogger (With Access)
• By Eric McErlain 10/27/2008 10:10 AM ET
• Every Monday morning The Ice Sheet will take a close look at everything that's happened in the NHL since Friday night at 5:00 p.m. To read them all, click here. Over the past two weeks, the hockey ... More »
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• Oilers Give Blogger the Boot
• By Eric McErlain 10/18/2008 6:35 PM ET
• As I'm typing away here, I'm sitting in the press box high above the ice at Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. This is the third year in a row that the Capitals have afforded me the privilege of ... More »
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• Team Owners Favor McCain Over Obama
• By Eric McErlain 8/15/2008 2:35 PM ET
• Over at The Politico, reporters Ken Vogel and Matt Lindsey did plenty of scout work to determine that when it comes to owners of major league sports franchises, Republican Senator and presumptive GOP ... More »
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• Washington is Offended By "Arena Entertainment Teams"
• By Kevin Schultz 7/16/2008 8:38 AM ET
• The Washington Capitals have decided to add a group of people to their staff in the hopes of maximizing their in-game entertainment possibilities. Don't call them ice girls -- the Capitals promise ... More »
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• As Louisville Goes, So Goes Hockey in the United States Sun Belt
• By Greg Wyshynski 3/10/2008 10:15 AM ET
• Jack Todd of The Gazette (Montreal) has written two columns under one headline today. The first is an interesting look at Gary Bettman, in the context of his success-by-comparison to the absentee ... More »
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• The Ice Sheet: Coping With the Fact That Ovechkin is Worth as Much as Your Team
• By Kevin Schultz 1/11/2008 8:00 AM ET
• Every day from Monday to Saturday, The Ice Sheet will take a look at the biggest stories in the league that happened on the ice and elsewhere the night before. Obviously the biggest news is the ... More »
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• Ovechkin's Deal Wealthiest in NHL History
• By Eric McErlain 1/10/2008 7:05 PM ET
• The news surrounding Alex Ovechkin's new contract with the Washington Capitals just gets bigger and bigger. According to Tarik el-Bashir of the Washington Post, the actual terms of the deal are a ...
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• Ovechkin Signed, Sealed and Delivered
• By Eric McErlain 1/10/2008 3:50 PM ET
• Ever since Sidney Crosby signed a contract extension with the Pittsburgh Penguins in the offseason, the eyes of NHL free agent watchers have turned expectantly to Alex Ovechkin of the Washington ...
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• Ted Leonsis Takes on Sports Talk Radio
• By Eric McErlain 8/17/2007 9:25 AM ET
• Time was a town needed at least two tabloid newspapers to get embroiled in a full blown media war. But these days the weapons of choice are far less expensive and the barriers to entry a whole heck of ... More »
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