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The ceremonial First Pitch was thrown during the Washington Nationals game, Tuesday, July 5, by Marcus Wilson Jr. with First Lady Michelle Obama looking on. Wilson is the son of U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Marcus Wilson, a forward for the ll-Marine Wheelchair Basketball Team. / Photo by John de Freitas (photo gallery below)
Serena Williams in action for the Kastles. Photo by John E. De FreitasSerena Williams won in singles and doubles tennis when the Washington Kastles defeated the Boston Lobsters 25-10 before a sellout crowd in World Team Tennis at their new southwest Washington waterfront home on Thur.July,7. Williams playing for the first time since retuning from Wimbledon, conducted a clinic for local kids and a media press conference. Enjoying the evening on the waterfront included many dignitaries and members of the Obama family. The Kastles are undefeated this season.
Washington, DC– In front of a crowd of 18,409 people, the Howard University Bison (1-1) defeated the Morehouse College Tigers (1-1) in the first inaugural AT&T Nation's Football Classic Sat., Sept.10, at RFK Stadium.
AT&T donated $10,000 to both Howard and Morehouse to support students' education.
As the colors blue, white and maroon took their seats to cool off from the heat and long lines, live performances by well-known actor and hip-hop legend Marcel "Biz Markie" Hall and others entertained the crowd to "kick-off" a great game.
"This game has so much history and tradition behind it," said first-year Howard head coach Gary "Flea" Harrell.
D.C. native and neo-soul recording artist, Raheem Devaughn, sung the National Anthem and national recording artist, Alison Carney, followed with the African-American national anthem.
Redskins RB Roy Helu (29) evades Arizona Cardinals LB Stewart Bradley (52) during the third quarter of Redskins vs Cardinals football on Sun.Sept.18.at FedEx field in Landover, MD. The Redskins defeated the Cardinals 22-21 getting their second win of the season. The Redskins play Dallas Cowboys in Dallas on Mon/Sept.26./Photo by John E.De Freitas.At the end of the Washington Redskins's battle with the Arizona Cardinals, the Redskins led the time of possession battle by 17 minutes. The Redskins would end up needing every one of those minutes to pull out a 23-21 victory over the Cardinals in front of 76,330 at FedEx Field.
The Redskins held the ball for almost 40 minutes throughout the contest but didn't seal the victory until the final two minutes when kicker Graham Gano booted a 34-yard field goal. The Redskins gave away numerous opportunities to score more points by turning the ball over. Quarterback Rex Grossman threw two interceptions in the first quarter and Gano had an earlier field goal blocked.
Despite this, the Redskins managed to score 12 points in the final quarter and were able to pull out the victory. According to Redskins Head Coach Mike Shanahan, the win said a lot about the team's character.
"You've got to find a way to win," said Shanahan. "It shows a lot of character when you stub your toe early and miss opportunities in the first half and come back and move the ball the way we did in the second half."
Photos by John E. De Freitas below.
Howard’s freshman quarterback, Greg McGhee, (7) led his team with 100 yards rushing on 14 carries and passed for 118 yards, and completed only 18 out of 38 passes. /Photo by John E. de Freitas.WASHINGTON DC-- September 17-- The Norfolk State Spartans relied on the senior leadership of their quarterback Chris Walley, a rock solid defense and their superior kicking game to defeat Howard University, 23-9 at Greene Stadium.
The Bison (1-2 overall, 0-1 in the MEAC) opened the game with an impressive drive that covered 80 yards in 10 plays with freshman quarterback connecting with Charles Anderson for a 21-yard TD pass.
The Spartans (2-1 overall, 1-0 in the MEAC) countered with a drive of their own that took six plays to go 62 yards with Walley hooking up with Victor Hairston from 21 yards to take the lead at 7-6 following a Ryan Estep PAT.
The Howard Bison dropped a 23-9 MEAC contest to the Spartans of Norfolk State. Spartan quarterback Chris Walley threw for two touchdowns in the win.
" We didn't do a good job as a team and that was discouraging," said coach Gary Harrell at his post game conference.
The Bison are now set to travel to the Meadowlands on Sept. 24 to face In other local scores, Bowie State defeated Livingstone 41-14 in their homecoming contest.
During the half-time of the “Clash of the Superstars” exhibition game at Coolidge High School on Sat.Sept.17 Hanif Hill, coach of the Boys Club at 14th and Florida Ave, Northwest presented a plaque to Kevin Durant, one of the participating players of the evening exhibition game. “Kevin has been a great inspiration to young kids playing basketball and this is a tiny way of repaying him for his services,”said Hill. The score of the game was 144-128./Photo by John E. De Freitas 
Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg pitched his second game at Nationals Park after post-season surgery on Sat.,Sept.17. He pitched for six innings allowing and four hits, while striking out three against the Florida Marlins before 33,247 fans. / Photo by John E. De Freitas. 
D.C. United forward Dwayne DeRosario celebrates his second of three goals doing the “Soccer Dive” on Sat., Sept 24, at RFK before 16,367 fans. DeRosario scored in the 22nd, 27th and 31st minutes to increase his season total to an MLS-best 13. “I’m not even really surprised anymore with some of the stuff he does,” Coach Ben Olsen said. “This is what he does and this is why we wanted him. He’s just been exceptional and the guys have jumped on his back and rode the wave today.” /Photo by John E.De Freitas. 
The Liberty University Women Soccer team defeated Howard women 2-1 at Howard’s Greene Stadium on Sun.,Sept.25. With the game tied 1-1 Howard goalkeeper Kyra Dickinson makes a save from the feet of Silvia Betancourt (11). Selena Mason (4) allowed her teammate to make the save during the second half of NCAA Division 1 women soccer. / Photo by John E. De Freitas. ADVERTISMENT
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