Nats’ needs are met in Nashville
Their work done, Mike Rizzo and Davey Johnson check out a day before the Rule 5 draft. Keeping Adam LaRoche is now the club’s primary focus.
Bryce Harper will not play in the World Baseball Classic
Bryce Harper will focus on his first major league opening day with the Nationals, not while playing for Team USA.
Span deal gives Nats several options
OPINION | The recent Denard Span trade creates flexibility and choices for GM Mike Rizzo’s team.
Latest MLB news
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DC Sports Bog
D.C. athletes tweet Redskins
RGIII has fellow DMV athletes buzzing about the Redskins.”
Redskins paying to keep Metro open an extra hour
A few months after the Nats declined to pay for bonus Metro service, the Redskins will again step up.”
Newest National Denard Span on being traded: I feel like a kid again'
Get to know the newest National.”
Morning Pixels: RGIII on his own marketability
The Redskins rookie says it's not what you look like, but what you represent.”
D.C. sports personalities at Wizards games
A winless Wizards team still draws support from local athletes.”
Nationals video updates
From spring training to the playoffs, the Nationals tell the story of their breakthrough season.
Full coverage of Bryce Harper
A living archive of everything the Washington Post has published on Bryce Harper — blog posts, articles, columns, photos and video.
Haren, Nats agree to terms
Right-handed pitcher says coming to Washington made sense. “It really was an easy decision for me.”
MLB
McLouth re-signs with Orioles
A person familiar with the deal tells the AP that outfielder Nate McLouth has a one-year, $2 million deal.
A season worth celebrating
How the Nationals became a force
VIDEO | Post reporters and columnist Thomas Boswell recall the path of the Nats — once a bad team in a decrepit stadium — to the top of Major League Baseball.
2012: The year baseball went National
OPINION | Nationals deliver the kind of season area fans have waited decades for.
Too Giant a task
The 1933 Senators were the last team from Washington to reach the World Series, but they couldn’t overcome Carl Hubbell and lost the Series in five games.
Nationals videos
Where does Haren fit into the Nationals’ rotation? — Post Sports Live
The Post Sports Live crew discusses the Nationals’ signing of free agent starting pitcher Dan Haren.Redskins beat Giants, inch closer to postseason — Post Sports Live
The Washington Post’s LaVar Arrington, Jason Reid, Dan Steinberg and Jonathan Forsythe discuss the Redskins’ victory over the New York Giants, grade RGIII’s performance, preview the upcoming game against the Baltimore Ravens and discuss the Nationals’ signing of starting pitcher Dan Haren.Bryce Harper talks spring training and playing in D.C.
In an interview with the Washington Post, Washington Nationals prospect Bryce Harper talks about his father helping him learn the game and his thoughts about getting ready to play in D.C.Stephen Strasburg on influences, lessons learned
In an interview with The Washington Post, Stephen Strasburg talks about his childhood influences and how he overcame obstacles playing baseball.Post Sports Live: Caps, Harper debut and Redskins draft haul
The Washington Post’s Jason Reid joins LaVar Arrington, Dan Steinberg and host Jonathan Forsythe to discuss the Capitals’ series against the Rangers, Bryce Harper’s major league debut and the Redskins’ draft haul.Post Sports Live: Hunter hangs it up, injury woes continue for Nats
The Washington Post’s Dave Sheinin joins Jason Reid, Dan Steinberg and Jonathan Forsythe to discuss the end of the Capitals’ season and Dale Hunter’s decision to step down as head coach and the bullpen issues facing the Nationals in the face of mounting injuries.Post Sports Live: Bullpen woes for Nationals
The Washington Post’s Dave Sheinin joins Post Sports Live to discuss the current struggling state of the Nationals bullpen.Post Sports Live: What is the significance of RGIII’s locker placement?
The Post Sports Live crew discusses the placement of Redskins’ rookie quarterback Robert Griffin III’s locker between veterans London Fletcher and Brian Orakpo.Post Spots Live: Should Bryce Harper be an All-Star?
The Post Sports Live crew debates whether or not Nationals’ rookie Bryce Harper should be added to the National League roster.Behind the scenes at the Washington Nationals Radio booth
Washington Nationals radio broadcasters, Charlie Slowes and Dave Jageler, give an inside look at the booth of a baseball play-by-play broadcaster. The pair discusses preparing for games, the importance of rapport in the booth and the love of the sport.Recent columns
OPINION | Haren and Span signings show Nationals executing short-term plan without mortgaging future.
OPINION | Other than possibly re-signing Adam LaRoche, the Nationals seem unlikely to make any major moves after the 2012 campaign provided 98 reasons not to change.
OPINION | Now that the Giants have won it all, Nationals fans have the next five months to think about what it takes to win the pennant in 2013.
Nationals archives
- Nats’ needs are met in Nashville
- Haren, Nats agree to terms
- For Nationals, the price is right
- Nationals in search of fifth starter
- Nationals weighing future and present
- Span deal gives Nats several options
- Nats, LaRoche still talking
- Nationals trade for Denard Span
- Nats weigh spring training options
- Nats have lots of reasons not to change
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Face of the franchise
Robert Griffin III’s first season: his adjustment to the NFL, his assimilation into D.C. and his emergence as a leader.
2012 Spring All-Met
Honoring the area’s best in baseball, softball, lacrosse, soccer, golf, track & field, gymnastics, tennis and rowing.