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Training Camp Video: LBs vs. RBs

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I saved the best for last.

For the second day in a row, the linebackers and the running backs faced each other in an aggressive pass-protection drill.

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Training Camp Video: Offensive Line

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Recent injuries have struck the Redskins’ offensive line, paving the way for several newcomers who have a shot at some open spots.

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Training Camp Video: Offensive Drills

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The offense was starting to click Tuesday before thunderstorms moved into the area and postponed the Redskins’ practice.

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Training Camp Video: Defensive Line

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The thunder is clapping and the lighting is striking in Ashburn, Va., as we have the first weather-related delay of Training Camp: 2012.

As the team settles in for the first unplanned practice in the Redskins’ Indoor Training Facility, you might as well take advantage of the break and watch some videos from the start of practice.

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Last Day To Sign Up For Redskins TweetUp

Fans of the Washington Redskins and Twitter have a chance to win a really cool VIP team experience.

But time is quickly running out to participate.

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(Some) Resting ‘Skins Catch Soccer Match

During training camp it’s probably difficult for the Redskins players to find a free minute or two to do anything but eat, sleep and drink football.

So when the opportunity arises, the guys on the team are going to take full advantage.

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Wale: Redskins Glory Years Have Returned

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The lights shined a little bit brighter at yesterday’s Redskins training camp practice, as one of the DMV’s finest: rapper, Olubowale Victor Akintimehin–or simply Wale–came out to see his favorite football team in action.

Wale grew up in a one-bedroom apartment with his parents in northwest Washington, D.C.  One of his earliest childhood memories was watching Doug Williams and the Redskins thrash the Broncos in Super Bowl XXII.  He was barely old enough to remember it, but football was one of the few special occasions when his whole family could come together.

“My parents were always at work, and I never got to spend much time with them,” he remembered.  ”My dad was a taxi driver and my mom was a nurse, so when the Redskins were winning, the fact that they were even home together and we were all sitting as a family watching something was a joy to me.  To see the excitement on their faces–I’d never seen that in the early stage of my life.

“So from that point on I was like, I know this is my team.”

Wale has consistently been one of the team’s biggest celebrity fanatics, publicly representing his team and city even when it hasn’t been easy or popular to do so.  As he told me yesterday, he’s been through the “long-face Mondays after a Redskins three-point loss,” but predicts a golden era for Washington football is right around the corner. Read more »

Rookie Spotlight: Keenan Robinson

Each day during training camp, the Redskins Blog will be highlighting one rookie as they participate in their first professional camp and try to find their way onto the final roster. Today’s spotlight is on linebacker Keenan Robinson.

I don’t want to start making crazy claims here, but the Redskins Blog’s Rookie Spotlight might indicate good luck that day for the player featured.

Take today’s subject, linebacker Keenan Robinson, for example. On Saturday, I talked with Robinson after the team’s first walk-through practice of the day. In the afternoon open practice, Robinson promptly made a great play and snagged an interception across the middle.

Coincidence? That’s not up for me to decide.

Anyway, Robinson — who was selected by the Redskins out of Texas in the fourth round of April’s NFL Draft — is a really nice, laid back guy who gave me some good perspective on his rookie season with the Redskins.

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