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Category Archives: Dan Steinberg

Appreciated Callout

2 December, 2011

Scored us some love from WaPost today, and we send it right back. From Tarik to Steinz to Boz and all the paper’s photogs, there was rich and deeply reflective coverage of this historic week for hockey here by the big paper. Be a good idea for us to chronicle, too, the best of this [...]

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Reflections on the Post’s Survey of Our Sports Town Standing

26 October, 2011

If you haven’t read Dan Steinberg’s Washington Post essay on the District’s standing as a sports town, which ran on A1 this past Sunday, you really ought to. It’s underpinned by a significant survey of the region’s sports patronage/consumption patterns, and the analytical narrative Steinberg constructs is thoughtful and provocative. We’ve long known that we [...]

Also filed in Media, Morning cup-a-joe, Print, Washington Capitals, Washington Post, Washington the hockey town, Washington the would-be sports town | Comments (7)

A Reveling Red Army Invasion of the Pittsburgh Riverfront

1 January, 2011

Surreal New Years Eve scene at Pittsburgh’s riverfront German bier hall Hofbrauhaus: from 9:00 on last night, easily 250-plus Capitals’ fans reveling with the aid of giant steins of frothy, bringing great spontaneous pageantry and passion to their chants of “Let’s go Caps!”, while a sizable-in-their-own contingent of locals volleyed returns of “Let’s go Pens.” [...]

Also filed in hockey blogging, Media, Pittsburgh Penguins, The Red Army, Washington Capitals, Washington Post, Washington the hockey town, Winter Classic 2011 | Comments (0)

Portis-ing Pittsburgh

16 September, 2010

I’m indebted to the Post’s Dan Steinberg for uncovering this latest fashion twist for local sports’ fans: I did not Photoshop in the ‘Enlarge’ button. I think this ought to serve as uniform for Caps’ fans making the trip up to Pittsburgh for the Winter Classic on New Years’ weekend. Wear red of course at [...]

Also filed in National Hockey League, Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals, Washington Post, Winter Classic 2011 | Comments (0)

More Leadership from Brooks Laich

29 April, 2010

We know you’re feeling as we do today, and we also know there’s not a whole lot available to assuage our collective agony, but try this: read this terrific tale about Brooks Laich’s Wednesday night/early Thursday morning. It goes like this: Mother and daughter are driving home out of the District distraught by the game 7 [...]

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Great Blogging from Two Hockey Towns

13 April, 2010

More strong journalism in a spring that’s already offered an abundance of it: Dan Steinberg recorded an impressive testimonial from Alexander Ovechkin’s parents as part of his front-page portrait of the Gr8 from this past Sunday. As endorsements of hockey towns go, it doesn’t get much better than having the parents of the planet’s greatest [...]

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A Capital Morning in the Post

11 April, 2010

Congratulations to Dan Steinberg of DC Sports Bog (and my fellow University of Delaware Fighting Blue Hen) who this morning snagged some prime real estate on The Washington Post‘s page A1 with his article about the Alex Ovechkin.

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Media, NHL, Print, Washington Capitals, Washington Post | Comments (0)

Channeling Pain Into Productivity

2 March, 2010

The Washington Post’s Tarik El-Bashir has an article in today’s paper about Jose Theodore and the struggles he’s faced since the death of his infant son last year. The tragedy has been extremely difficult for him and his family, but one positive thing has come out of it. Theodore started a charity, Saves For Kids, that will benefit Children’s National Medical Center. Professionally, after some early-season struggles, he has played very well, despite the thoughts that torment him on a regular basis.

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Bradley Bandwagon Or Laing Love Train?

11 February, 2010

On Tuesday, the Caps’ PR man Nate Ewell posted the following on Twitter:
Who’s a bigger cult hero: Laing or Bradley? @dcsportsbog may lure some back to Lainger’s camp http://bit.ly/aWvr0I
The link is an article that the Post’s Dan Steinberg wrote about Quintin Laing and his thoughts on the win streak. However, most of the article was filled with praise for Laing, from his coach and teammates. How could you not like a guy like this?

Also filed in Brooks Laich, Matt Bradley, Nate Ewell, Washington Capitals | Comments (5)

Top of the Tweet for the Week of December 5

6 December, 2009

We thought it might be fun and interesting to highlight Top Tweets from the Captials’ Twitter community we came across during the past week. And we’ll probably offer up a roundup of Top Tweets each week. This week was filled with talk of Ovi’s hit and style of play, the Philadelphia massacre, some vague indiscretion [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, American Hockey League, Bengt Gustafsson, Chris Bourque, Corey Masisak, Dmitry Chesnokov, John Walton, Media, Mike Vogel, Nate Ewell, National Hockey League, NHL, Twitter, Washington Capitals | Comments (3)

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