During the offseason, noted Capitals fan favorite and enforcer extrodinaire Donald Brashear headed up 1-95 to New York, where he signed an above market deal with the Rangers. It took him a whopping two preseason games to get...

How do you promo the start of a sports league? Why not get the sport's biggest star, put his on a novelty mode of conveyance and have him drive down the middle of the street in New York City? It's a surefire winner, every...

Lisa Hillary is a sideline reporter for Comcast SportsNet in Washington, so she's seen plenty of gross locker rooms, unkept concession stands and general disgusting media mongering. What she hadn't seen, until last week, was...

Just take a look at this mach speed collision between Alex Ovechkin and Brooks Orpik during regulation of Pittsburgh's series saving, Game 3 win. Is it any wonder that fans are so tense they're fighting, too? We can hardly...

New Capitals goalie Simeon Varlamov has wasted little time in putting his stamp on Washington's fortunes. As soon as he started, the Capitals started winning, pushing past the Rangers and out of an 0-2 hole, and on to a...

This clip came from last week, but it's now sufficiently surfacing its way through the internet after New York coach John Tortorella was suspended for a game because of the actions he uses, well, right in this clip, where he...

What do you know, two Ovechkin videos in one post! It's a big day folks, a big day. So, how did the most compelling athlete that plays in an utterly ignorable professional sport land on his list twice? By driving a utility...

Alex Oveckin and LeBron James are arguably the best athletes in their respective sports. But sometimes when great figures come together, the result is unassailable awkwardness. As the terrific sports blog With Leather put it,...

Remember the video we used on Monday of the video shoot for Alexander Ovechkin's upcoming commercial with one of the country's most ridiculous auto dealerships? Well, the actually video of Ovechkin singing the jingle (At...

As anyone who's ever watched TV within a three hour radius of the Washington DC metro area knows, Easterns Motors sponsors just about every significant football player in the Washington-Baltimore corridor, and they force them...

Can we all agree that, for the moment, Alex Ovechkin really is the best hockey player on the planet? Sure, there may be a time when Sidney Crosby catches up and lives up to all his potential and hype. But for the time being,...

As if more proof was needed, Alex Ovechkin decided to provide his best Dwight Howard impression, adding an extra stick, Canadian-flag plumed cowboy hat and sunglasses to one of his shootout competition goals ... and...

Alexander Semin has emerged as a second-banana to Alex Ovechkin's top fiddle for a Capitals team that's rapidly on the rise. Still, that can't help explain why the Russian fights by throwing his arms around like a squid as...

Ray Borque is arguably the best defenseman in the history of the NHL. When he played for the Bruins and, for a season, the Avalanche, he set the standard for physical play within the lines, all while distinguishing himself as...

He's a budding NHL superstar in a market not-so-friendly to hockey, but Alex Ovechkin hails from hockey-mad Russia. So, when the reigning NHL MVP headed back to his fatherland, a reality TV show was all-too-excited to host a...