Feb
5
Ovechkin Learns Twitter
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Alexander Ovechkin might be the best hockey player in the world, but learning to use Twitter was a challenge for the face of the Washington Capitals.
Ovie had no idea what the microblogging platform was a month ago. He was too busy bruising Sydney Crosby, lighting up Tim Thomas and leading the Caps to what is [...]
Dec
9
Win Your Conference, Win the White House
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[Published in The Examiner]
Did you catch the score of that recent Oklahoma-Texas Tech game? It was about as close as the Obama-McCain matchup in Oklahoma. If you missed the game, Oklahoma was up 42-7 at half and eventually won by a crushing 65-21 margin.
The presidential contest in the Sooner State wasn’t much closer — McCain [...]
Aug
24
McCain vs. the Redskins
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[Published in The Examiner]
John McCain has been known to take unpopular stands in Washington, but his boldest move of all may be scheduling his acceptance speech on the same night that the Redskins kickoff their 2008 season.
The Arizona senator will accept the GOP nomination in Minneapolis-St. Paul at the same time that the Skins take [...]



