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Redskisn rookie fourth round pick QB Kirk Cousins became the third Redskins rookie this season to win the NFL Pepsi Max Rookie of the Week honor.  Cousins' joins fellow QB Robert Griffin III ...

Head coach Mike Shanahan gives QB Robert Griffin III [sprained knee] a 98% chance to play in Philadelphia tomorrow. I like those odds. Officially, RG3 is listed as "probable." RT ...

Your Washington Redskins inactive list is out.  Of note, starting RT Tyler Polumbus, who suffered a concussion last week, is inactive.  Maurice Hurt will start at right tackle.  Once ...

With starting right tackle Tyler Polumbus inactive from a concussion suffered in last weeks win, Mike Shanahan has chosen experience over inexperience.  Maurice Hurt draws the start at right tackle.  ...

The Washington Redskins defeated the Philadelphia Eagles moments ago 27-20 to improve their record to 9-6 overall and 4-1 in the division.  The game went down to the final play, when Eagles ...

Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan came to Washington under a very dark cloud.  The franchise had produced just 5 winning seasons since their 14-2 1991 Superbowl season.  They have gone through ...

We begin our 2012 DC Pro Sports Year in Review with a look at the Story of the Year, the Team of the Year and the Sportsman of the Year. Don't forget to check out Part 2 of our 2012 DC Pro Sports ...

Part one of the 2012 DC Pro Sports Year in Review series covered Story of the Year, Team of the Year and Sportsman of the Year. We continue our 2012 DC Pro Sports Year in Review with a look at ...

LB Roddrick Muckelroy LB Vic So'oto RS Brandon Banks SS DeJon Gomes OT Jonathon Compton OG Adam Gettis WR Dezmon Briscoe That means RT Tyler Polumbus will play ...

Congratulations, puny mortals -- The World's Most Prestigious Power Poll has returned one last time for the 2012 season to let you know where things stand as the NFL heads into the playoffs. There ...

DISCUSS THE REDSKINS IN OUR FAN FORUM INJURY UPDATE: We still don't know if LG Kory Lichtensteiger [ankle] will play on Sunday. If not, rookie Josh LiRibeus will start in his place. ILB ...

GETTY PHOTO Sources are reporting that Washington Redskins QB Robert Griffin III and TB Alfred Morris are two of the five finalists for NFL Rookie of the Year. I'm not sure who the other ...

Washington Redskins starting left guard Kory Litchensteiger did not practice again today.  Litchensteiger was injured in the season finale against Dallas, suffering an injured ankle, that forced ...

Left guard Kory Lichtensteiger [ankle] did not practice again today and will be a game time decision for the Redskins on Sunday at FedEx Field when they face off against the visiting Seattle Seahawks ...

Rob Carr/Getty Images Washington Redskins tailback Alfred Morris has been named NFL Pepsi Max Rookie of the Month for December, according to the NFL. This marks the third time Morris has ...

THE FIFTH QUARTER IT WAS OVER WHEN... Trailing 21-14 and facing second down and 22 yards to go from their own 11 yard line, after a 12-yard sack by Seattle DE Bruce Irvin, Redskins ...

The Washington Redskins amazing 2012 season comes to an end with the loss to the Seattle Seahawks.  We were blessed to see a team that fought back from a 3-6 start and not give up, but rally behind ...

Red Alert, your daily Caps news center, has returned, now that the NHL and NHLPA have decided they can once again, live with one another.  At least the marriage this time around is for ten years.  ...

The Pro Football Writers of America, in balloting tallied by Pro Football Weekly, named both Redskins QB Robert Griffin III and TB Alfred Morris to the 2012 All Rookie team, with Griffin winning overall ...

Washington Capitals forwards Alexander Ovechkin and Marcus Johansson had a pretty brutal collision at the scrimmage today against ECH affiliate Reading.  Check it out.     Your ...