Washington Mystics’ Emma Meesseman overcomes hearing disorder

Mark Giannotto — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:52:02 GMT

Figuring out what makes Emma Meesseman different from the rest of her Washington Mystics teammates isn’t always obvious.

It’s only when Meesseman leans in and requests that a reporter ask a question louder or needs teammates to repeat a play call that the full scope of her story — and the hearing devices behind both of her ears — come into focus.

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2013 U.S. Open: Justin Rose outshines Phil Mickelson, who finishes second again

Barry Svrluga — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:59:40 GMT

ARDMORE, Pa. — Phil Mickelson keeps coming back to take another lashing, and presumably next year at Pinehurst, he will return for what will be his 24th U.S. Open. He claims it to be fun, and maybe in the midst of it, while he’s holing out wedges for eagle to take the lead, it is.

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Mystics vs. Fever: Washington builds chemistry in the clutch in victory over Indiana

Mark Giannotto — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:42:18 GMT

Washington Mystics managing partner Sheila Johnson emerged from a chair in the owner’s suite at Verizon Center to clasp her hands together in prayer, the tension almost too much to handle.

Forward Crystal Langhorne, one of the few remaining vestiges from this franchise’s two-year plunge to the WNBA cellar, stepped to the free throw line with 7.8 seconds left and the Mystics nursing a two-point lead. She then flashed a smile, took a deep breath and exorcised more demons.

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Thomas Boswell: Major drought continues for Tiger Woods, and questions arise

Thomas Boswell — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 01:20:41 GMT

ARDMORE, Pa. — Every time Tiger Woods doesn’t win a major, and especially when he looks as old and battered as he has here at Merion Golf Club in the U.S. Open, Jack Nicklaus could have a quiet little party, like some members of the ’72 Miami Dolphins when the last undefeated NFL team gets beaten.

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Washington Mystics vs. Indiana Fever

Mark Giannotto, — Mark Giannotto — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 23:17:50 GMT

When: 2 p.m. Where: Verizon Center.

Records: Washington 3-1; Indiana 1-4.

Fast start

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U.S. Open: Merion is everything a championship venue should be, but rarely is

Thomas Boswell — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:54:00 GMT

ARDMORE, Pa. — At last, the U.S. Open is no longer a test designed to identify the best boring golfer on earth. Get the defibrillator paddles for a championship weekend that is designed to be a merciless test of every aspect of the game yet also provide constant thrills. Instead of an Open played by masochists for the amusement of sadists, this one is about aesthetics and excitement.

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2013 U.S. Open: Phil Mickelson shoots 3-under 67 for lead in clubhouse

Barry Svrluga — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 01:05:07 GMT

ARDMORE, Pa. — There is virtually no relationship between the normal reality of the everyman and the corresponding reality in Phil Mickelson’s head. What goes on in that vast space under his visor is often inexplicable, ranging from cunning to creative to downright crazy. It is a factory that can take someone else’s “You’re gonna do what?” and turn it into a shrug of the shoulders, a sighing “ho-hum.”

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At U.S. Open at soggy Merion, it could get messy

Barry Svrluga — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:17:00 GMT

The process of identifying the best player in the world, as the U.S. Golf Association says it aims to do annually, is an arduous task. Merion Golf Club, where the 113th U.S. Open will begin Thursday morning, has undergone two years of preparation for one week, and the 72 holes — at least — that lie ahead could well separate stout from soft.

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Rafael Nadal wins eighth French Open

Cindy Boren — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 16:01:14 GMT

Despite seven months away from competition because of a knee injury, Rafael Nadal continued his dominance in the French Open, winning his eighth singles title with a straight-sets victory over David Ferrer.

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Mystics vs. Lynx: Emotional Ivory Latta keeps Washington hot with 85-80 win over Lynx

Gene Wang — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 03:25:25 GMT

Washington Mystics point guard Ivory Latta was sitting in front of her locker Saturday night recounting an 85-80 victory over the Minnesota Lynx at Verizon Center when tears began welling in her eyes, turning the atmosphere momentarily somber despite the team’s best start in three years.

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Ex-Georgetown star Rodgers adjusting to life as WNBA reserve

Gene Wang — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 23:56:26 GMT

For the past four years, Sugar Rodgers rarely gave playing time a second thought. From the time she set foot on Georgetown’s campus as one of the school’s most high-profile recruits and through a record-setting career, the versatile guard started all but one game and became the centerpiece of the program’s most prosperous stretch.

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Orb gets chance at redemption at Belmont Stakes

Chris Korman — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 01:43:22 GMT

What could have been a chance at the first Triple Crown in 35 years will instead come down to this for Baltimore County resident Stuart Janney III: a shot at redemption.

Always measured, Janney avoids soaring rhetoric when discussing racing. He’s been around too long to get caught up in that. Publicly, he will say that having Orb — named Wednesday a 3-1 favorite for Saturday’s Belmont Stakes — run again against Preakness winner Oxbow is “gratifying because it should help spruce up the Belmont and bring some excitement.”

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Sam Saunders misses out in Open qualifier at Woodmont

Barry Svrluga — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 01:33:55 GMT

Play golf for a lifetime, know it through generations of your family and there can and will be moments like Sam Saunders faced Monday night at Woodmont Country Club in Rockville. “Oh, man,” Saunders said, and he looked to the sky. “If I miss by one shot . . .” He couldn’t complete the thought.

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Slow start, turnovers plague Mystics, who lose to Dream in home opener

Mark Giannotto — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 02:05:08 GMT

While his players talked of a fresh start throughout training camp, new Washington Mystics General Manager and Coach Mike Thibault warned that a return to glory would be a long term goal for this franchise. He wasn’t kidding, either.

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New Washington Mystics Coach Mike Thibault is aiming to turn the franchise around

Mark Giannotto — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 23:41:09 GMT

To Mike Thibault, the framed poster of Michael Jordan leaning against a wall in the corner of his office is “just stuff.” But anyone else that noticed the personalized message on it would likely view the souvenir as much more.

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17-year-old Si Woo Kim shares lead at Web.com Tour’s Mid-Atlantic Championship

Eric Detweiler — Fri, 31 May 2013 01:44:10 GMT

When not on the golf course, Si Woo Kim likes pizza, computer games and hanging out with friends, but he takes his craft seriously.

At 17 years old, the South Korean dreams of a career on the PGA Tour. Unlike other teenagers with similar aspirations, Kim can measure his wait in days instead of years.

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Wrestling put on International Olympics Committee short list for 2020 Games

Liz Clarke — Wed, 29 May 2013 17:01:00 GMT

Wrestling survived the first round in its bid to win reinstatement as an Olympic sport, but its battle isn’t over. The International Olympic Committee’s executive board Wednesday placed wrestling, squash and baseball/softball on a short list of sports from which only one will be chosen for inclusion in the 2020 Games.

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Walter Barrera’s 12 million-step recovery program

Kent Babb — Fri, 24 May 2013 14:49:00 GMT

Walter Barrera fills a bottle with tap water and electrolyte powder, shaking the solution as he walks down the stairs of his porch. Cold raindrops are falling, and he looks at the gray sky.

“Not good,” the 32-year-old Northeast Washington resident says, shaking his head because rain threatening a long run is more than just bad luck. It could disrupt the rhythm of his day and his week, and if that happens, what comes next?

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USGA bans practice of anchoring long putters

Barry Svrluga — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:02:00 GMT

There is no more nerve-wracking task in golf than the four- or five-foot putt. Nerves jangle. Palms sweat. Could be the Masters, for history. Could be the club championship, for posterity. Could be a Friday foursome, for beers. That simple stroke is hard.

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Preakness Stakes: Oxbow upsets Orb, prevents Triple Crown winner

Liz Clarke — Sun, 19 May 2013 00:44:19 GMT

BALTIMORE — Amid the fawning over Orb’s Kentucky Derby victory and the feverish talk of a Triple Crown, Shug McGaughey, the colt’s sage trainer, cautioned on the eve of Saturday’s Preakness Stakes, “There are a lot of ways to lose, as we all know.”

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Preakness Stakes: Is the Triple Crown schedule too compressed?

Liz Clarke — Sat, 18 May 2013 14:51:00 GMT

No trainer has won more Triple Crown races than D. Wayne Lukas, the Hall of Famer with the white cowboy hat, crackling wit and weather-beaten skin. But when it comes to the Triple Crown schedule, there’s nothing hidebound about the opinions of the 77-year-old Lukas, whose horses have claimed the Kentucky Derby four times, the Preakness Stakes five times and the Belmont Stakes four.

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In 2013 Preakness Stakes, Orb faces no challenger greater than himself

Andrew Beyer — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:23:00 GMT

After Orb scored his decisive victory in the Kentucky Derby and was hailed as a bright new star of racing, many handicappers had a reason for skepticism. They had seen this scenario before.

The Kentucky Derby often unfolds in a way that gives an advantage to horses rallying from far behind. The winner comes to Pimlico amid acclaim, but the Preakness Stakes isn’t run like the Derby and it doesn’t favor his style. Another Triple Crown bid is foiled, and skeptical bettors are rewarded.

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Preakness Stakes: Aboard Mylute, Rosie Napravnik has the drive to win

Liz Clarke — Thu, 16 May 2013 01:55:00 GMT

Rosie Napravnik settled on her life’s ambition at age 7. Since then, she has let nothing stand in the way of her dream of becoming the first female jockey to win thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown.

Not high school, which she juggled with a full-time job as an exercise rider. Not five serious injuries, including fractured vertebrae, a broken left arm and broken left leg. Not even her own name, competing the first six years of her career as “A.R.” Napravnik to make sure that her gender wasn’t an impediment.

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Orb is first Kentucky Derby champion for Phipps family’s pedigreed operation

Andrew Beyer — Mon, 13 May 2013 16:31:00 GMT

The most famous names in American thoroughbred racing used to be those of dynasties possessing fabulous wealth: the Phipps family, the Vanderbilts, the Whitneys, the Wideners and others. They owned the best stallions and mares, bred and campaigned the best racehorses. They did not merely participate in the sport; they ran it. The elites were members of the Jockey Club, the organization that ruled racing, often in a high-handed fashion.

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District boxer Lamont Peterson ready for hard-hitting Lucas Matthysse

Gene Wang — Fri, 10 May 2013 01:31:54 GMT

District boxer Lamont Peterson had completed his workout Thursday afternoon when another one of the world’s top pound-for-pound fighters leaned over to ask him a question.

Adrien Broner also had been sparring at Bald Eagle gym in Southwest Washington, and the World Boxing Council’s lightweight champion with the outsize personality wanted to know if Peterson was afraid of the dark.

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