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Category Archives: OFB Interviews

Semin Speaks Up

7 November, 2008

Last week OFB joined Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo Puck Daddy fame in posing questions to the then NHL scoring leader, Alexander Semin, on an off night for the young Russian, who’s enjoying a remarkable breakout season. SovetskySport’s Dmitry Chesnokov joined Semin in Chinatown for some sushi and hockey talk, and Dmitry graciously posed our questions to [...]

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The Wait Is Over

10 October, 2008

The calendar today informs of our arrival home. On this early autumn Friday night we’ll return home from work, kick off our shoes, open up a cold one, and settle in for the opening of the most highly anticipated hockey season in Washington Capitals’ history. This autumn, it doesn’t suck to be us. And we’ll [...]

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The Wait Is Over

10 October, 2008

The calendar today informs of our arrival home. On this early autumn Friday night we’ll return home from work, kick off our shoes, open up a cold one, and settle in for the opening of the most highly anticipated hockey season in Washington Capitals’ history. This autumn, it doesn’t suck to be us. And we’ll [...]

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New Season Chat with the Owner (Part II)

9 October, 2008

Here is the second part of our chat with Washington Capitals majority owner Ted Leonsis.  In case you missed the first installment, it can be found here.

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New Season Chat with the Owner (Part II)

9 October, 2008

Here is the second part of our chat with Washington Capitals majority owner Ted Leonsis.  In case you missed the first installment, it can be found here.

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New Season Chat with the Owner (Part I)

8 October, 2008

Approximately one hour before the Capitals’ annual media luncheon on Tuesday, majority owner Ted Leonsis agreed to field questions we posed to him in his office at Verizon Center. Our favorite interviews of Mr. Leonsis are those that elicit asymmetric insights from our visionary hockey CEO, and we feel like we got plenty of those [...]

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New Season Chat with the Owner (Part I)

8 October, 2008

Approximately one hour before the Capitals’ annual media luncheon on Tuesday, majority owner Ted Leonsis agreed to field questions we posed to him in his office at Verizon Center. Our favorite interviews of Mr. Leonsis are those that elicit asymmetric insights from our visionary hockey CEO, and we feel like we got plenty of those [...]

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Collin McKinney Sees Life Through Hockey [Part II]

7 October, 2008

[Miss Part I? Click here.] What kind of job does a suddenly blind-in-the-middle-of-his-life man perform? For two years Collin McKinney didn’t see anything at all. Eventually, he could see out of his left eye an area “about the size of a 50-cent piece.” His medical remedies more or less exhausted, McKinney contacted the Virginia Department [...]

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Collin McKinney Sees Life Through Hockey [Part II]

7 October, 2008

[Miss Part I? Click here.] What kind of job does a suddenly blind-in-the-middle-of-his-life man perform? For two years Collin McKinney didn’t see anything at all. Eventually, he could see out of his left eye an area “about the size of a 50-cent piece.” His medical remedies more or less exhausted, McKinney contacted the Virginia Department [...]

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Fairfax's Collin McKinney Sees Life Through Hockey

6 October, 2008

[Part I of II ] In the moments leading up to my meeting Collin McKinney, 42, of Fairfax, I readied myself for a seriously sad encounter. There are newsworthy triumphs and tragedies in life every day, and all I knew of McKinney was that he was a huge hockey fan and that he’d endured a [...]

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