What to know from NFL Week 17: The Browns make the playoffs, and Aaron Rodgers makes his MVP case
The regular season ends with familiar star performances by Aaron Rodgers and Derrick Henry — and one very unfamiliar playoff team.
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Doug Pederson committed competitive malpractice by turning a big game into a QB tryout
Philadelphia Eagles Coach Doug Pederson was engaging in blatant competitive malpractice in cementing his team’s dreary loss to Washington.
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Ron Rivera refuses to ‘apologize for winning,’ turns focus to Tom Brady and the Bucs
The Washington Football Team, despite a 7-9 record and an ugly final victory, hosts Tampa Bay on Saturday in a first-round playoff game.
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Nothing about this season was easy for Washington, so why should winning the NFC East be any different?
The Washington Football Team won the NFC East in ugly fashion. But given all that has transpired this season, it was the only way it could happen.
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Alex Smith gutted out a win over the Eagles. Now he has to find a way in the playoffs.
Washington quarterback was visibly limited in a game that clinched the NFC East title. It is fair to wonder how he will hold up Saturday against Tampa Bay.
As training camp begins, Capitals brace themselves for a ‘wacky’ season
New coach Peter Laviolette is trying to establish the Capitals' identity quickly ahead of opening night.
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Ryan Day’s unlikely path to Ohio State shows how miraculous it is to find the right coach
Ryan Day has gone 23-1 since taking over as coach of Ohio State.
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Shawn Kemp is lighting up Seattle again
As the legal weed boom shuts out Black Americans, the former SuperSonics star is vowing to diversify the industry. So why are cannabis activists mad at their hometown hero?
The Black baseball prospect, the police shooting and the club he never wanted to join
Robbie Tolan has baseball in his genes and a cop's bullet lodged in his liver, the result of a fateful incident in his own driveway in the early-morning hours of New Year's Eve 2009. Nothing has been the same since for the former Nationals farmhand.
Tallying up a year of loss: A lot of pounds, too many loved ones, countless connections
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Coach Doug Pederson reiterates that he played to win Sunday night against Washington. Few observers agreed, and an official with another NFL team called it “a bad look.”
Washington or Dallas could tie the 2010 Seahawks as the worst team in postseason. The Giants could beat that record.
The NFC East champion Washington Football Team hosts the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at FedEx Field on Saturday.
Washington, a division champ at 7-9, will play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the first round of the NFL playoffs Saturday night.
Week 17 of the NFL season decided plenty in terms of playoff qualification and seeding.
The Washington Football Team is headed to the postseason after Sunday night’s victory in Philadelphia.
