by Athena Liu | Jul 19, 2018 | Featured, Sports
WASHINGTON – When the Washington Kastles played their home opener Monday for their 11th World Team Tennis season, the lineup featured rising star Frances Tiafoe and 2013 doubles world No. 3 ranked player Robert Lindstedt — and they are only part of this year’s...
by Athena Liu | Jul 10, 2018 | Featured, Sports
WASHINGTON – Monday was moving day for D.C. United: After 22 seasons of competing in a nearly 60-year-old stadium originally built for the Washington Redskins, the team finally took possession of their own home –Audi Field in southeast Washington. The United held a...
by Athena Liu | Jul 6, 2018 | Featured, Sports
WASHINGTON – At his first practice with D.C. United on Friday, English soccer star Wayne Rooney already was showing not only his strong attacking skills but his ability to be a team leader and help elevate the play of his teammate, head coach Ben Olsen said. Rooney...
by Anna Kook | May 4, 2018 | Featured, Sports
WASHINGTON – Most of the 244 athletes who competed in the Winter Olympics, even those winning medals, are unlikely to have careers related to sports and, because they have devoted so much time to training for the games, often struggle to establish themselves in...
by Astasia Williams | Aug 25, 2017 | Sports
NEW YORK — Several hundred Colin Kaepernick supporters flocked to the steps of NFL headquarters to rally for the free agent to receive another opportunity to play in the NFL a year after he kneeled during the national anthem at a San Francisco 49ers home game. ...
by Kaylah Jackson | Aug 25, 2017 | Sports
WASHINGTON — Hockey, like many winter sports, has long been referred to as a “white man’s game.” Approximately 5% of National Hockey League players are black. With the creation of the National Women’s Hockey League two years ago, that saying can be expanded to a white...