by Angela G. Barnes | Oct 27, 2015 | Sports
WASHINGTON — Army veteran Catherine Bane competed in Sunday’s Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, but she said the event meant more to her than merely a running accomplishment. “Running for me has always been the thing that I go … and just let it...
by Samuel Fiske and Connor Morgan | Oct 27, 2015 | Sports
WASHINGTON — The light morning rain didn’t stop 2nd Lt. Trevor Lafontaine from winning his first ever marathon, the 40th annual Marine Corps Marathon, on Sunday. Lafontaine was running for the U.S. Army. All four branches of the military competed amid a crowd of...
by Taylor Hall, Jenny Leonard, & Xiaolan Tang | Aug 27, 2015 | Sports
On Wednesday, President Obama welcomed the WNBA Champion Phoenix Mercury to the White House to honor the team and their victory in the WNBA Finals. One of eight original WNBA franchises, the Mercury went to the WNBA Finals in 1998, 2007, 2009, and 2014 and won the...
by Nikki McGee | Aug 10, 2015 | National Security, Sports
Former Marine P.J. Kellogg is bringing together Crossfit athletes to remember 31 U.S. service members who lost their lives in 2011 when their Chinook helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan. Kellogg is the general manager of Crossfit MetroCenter in Washington and...
by Kulwant Saluja | Jul 20, 2015 | Sports
WASHINGTON — Andrew Jennings, the investigative journalist and filmmaker whose work led to the high-profile arrests of FIFA officials in May, criticized the U.S. Soccer Federation’s role in the bribery and kickback scandal at a Capitol Hill hearing. Dan...
