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Redskins Release Clinton Portis

The Redskins have released running back Clinton Portis.

More on this later, of course, but for now here’s the team’s full press release: Read more »

Redskins Cheerleaders On The News, And Other Links

In case you had forgotten that Redskins Cheeleader Auditions are coming up (and that prep classes are already underway), Fox 5 would like to remind you of that fact by having several cheerleaders in studio for an interview. And a performance, too, if that sort of thing appeals to you on a rainy Monday.

http://www.myfoxdc.com/video/videoplayer.swf?dppversion=7885

Here are some other links worth reading….. Read more »

Charles Mann’s Hands

I shook Charles Mann’s hand when he was in the building on Thursday, talking to students about preparation and planning. It was an unexpectedly painful experience.

The pain was unexpected not because Mann doesn’t look strong (he does), but because there’s been so much talk over the years about Dexter Manley’s handshake and no one ever mentions Mann’s. “It’s a standoff,” Mann says, when I ask him how his grip matched up to his old defensive linemate’s. “He tries to hurt people. I’m just really firm, because for years these things” — he holds out his huge hands and twisted fingers — “hurt so bad, and now they don’t hurt anymore. So this is like payback.”

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