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Get Your Bye Weekend Started Off With Harvey, Mitchell and Portis

Washington Redskins alumni Ken Harvey, Brian Mitchell and Clinton Portis — who were selected to a combined nine Pro Bowls — will be making appearances Saturday at three newly-remodeled Washington, D.C.- area Best Buy stores. So pick your alumni and find out which store they’ll be at.

The events are the perfect way to get your weekend off on the right foot while the Redskins are away for their Bye Week. The participating Best Buy stores will be serving a free breakfast and the first 300 fans receive a gift bag and could win a gift card between $10 and $1,000.

Here are the details of Saturday’s appearances by Harvey, Mitchell and Portis:

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Ken Harvey Back On ‘Bertie & Guy’

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Linebacker Ken Harvey appeared in four straight Pro Bowls for the Redskins from 1994 to 1997, and he certainly knows a thing or two about getting to the quarterback.

His 13.5 sacks in 1994 made him the first Redskins player to lead the NFC in that defensive statistic, and he finished with 89 career sacks. Harvey — ranked as one of the 80 Greatest Redskins of All-Time — was also tasked with covering some of the greatest tight ends of his era.

Harvey recently talked about the current Redskins’ defense and how challenging it really is to cover a talented tight end on ESPN SportsTalk 570′s “Tailgating With Bertie & Guy:”

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Ken Harvey Appears on ‘Bertie & Guy’

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Ken Harvey expertise during his great playing career was in one main area: getting to the quarterback.

Harvey — voted as one of the greatest Redskins of all-time — was recently a guest on SportsTalk 570′s “Tailgating With Bertie And Guy,” and talked about that very subject.

The former great Washington linebacker said that as a defense, you break down aspects of your game in layers to truly become dominant:

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80th Bus Tour At Commonwealth Games

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On Friday afternoon, the Redskins 80th Anniversary Bus Tour made one of its final stops, this time at the 23rd Annual Virginia Commonwealth Games.  Nearly 2,000 Redskins fans gathered at the Roanoke Civic Center to meet current and former members of the burgundy and gold.  Sophomore players DeJon Gomes and Aldrick Robinson were joined by Redskins’ greats Ken Harvey, Dexter Manley, Frank Grant and Roy Jefferson aboard the Thank You Bus.

The highlight of the event was hearing from the legends, who expressed their deep gratitude to the fans. Read more »

Anniversary Uniforms: 1994 Version

When the Redskins take the field this season for two games wearing their 80th Anniversary Uniforms, it actually won’t be the first time a version of that uniform has been worn in recent memory.

The team also wore a version of the same uniforms Sept. 25, 1994, in a home game vs. the Atlanta Falcons at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, and we’ve dug up photos from that day. Read more »

Ken Harvey To Announce Third Round Pick

The NFL has announced that, for the second consecutive year, retired players will announce each team’s second round picks in the draft.  The honor of calling the designated Redskins pick** is four-time Pro Bowl linebacker Ken Harvey.

Harvey played 11 years in the league, and his last five with the Redskins.  His breakout season in 1994 had him second in the NFL with 13.5 sacks, and he finished with a total of 41.5 during his time in Washington.  He was elected All Pro in each of the three seasons from 1994-96. Read more »

Gary Clark And Ken Harvey Shoot Baskets To Fight Brain Tumors

When Justin Friedlander, a thirteen year-old Redskins fan from Maryland, was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, he decided to do something to raise money for brain tumor research. The “something” he chose was shooting baskets. Quite a lot of them, in fact: 63,000, one for every person diagnosed with a primary brain tumor every year in the United States.

Since 63,000 baskets is a lot even for the most determined person, Justin made a request. “I plan on asking friends, family, athletes, rock stars, politicians and even the president to shoot a basket with me.” he said, according to his website. “If you can shoot a basket, come shoot with me.”

Last Tuesday, Redskins greats Gary Clark and Ken Harvey took him up on the offer, as did University of Maryland basketball standout (and 2010 ACC Player of the Year) Greivis Vasquez.
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