DC Sports Bog: Tennis


Posted at 09:50 AM ET, 07/23/2012

Venus Williams as a patriotic Princess Leia
By Dan Steinberg
Helping the Kastles win their 10 millionth match in a row, the tennis superstar shows off her Olympic locks.

By Dan Steinberg  |  09:50 AM ET, 07/23/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Olympics, Tennis | Tags:  Venus Williams, Washington Kastles

Posted at 12:39 PM ET, 07/18/2012

Ben Olsen plays charity tennis, photobombs teammates
By Dan Steinberg
D.C. United coach may be professional at RFK, but at Kastles Stadium he let his guard down.

By Dan Steinberg  |  12:39 PM ET, 07/18/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  D.C. United, Tennis

Posted at 09:33 AM ET, 07/13/2012

Morning pixels: It’s all good times from here on out
By Sarah Kogod
With the slowest sports week of the year behind us, we have much to look forward to.

By Sarah Kogod  |  09:33 AM ET, 07/13/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Nats, Redskins, Wizards, Tennis | Tags:  Shelvin Mack, Chris Singleton, Jan Vesely, Bradley Beal, Tomas Satoransky, Ian Desmond, Gio Gonzalez

Posted at 09:36 AM ET, 07/12/2012

Morning pixels: The marketing seams are starting to show
By Sarah Kogod
Heavy handed marketing is becoming more and more obvious in athletes like RGIII.

By Sarah Kogod  |  09:36 AM ET, 07/12/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Nats, Redskins, Tennis | Tags:  Robert Griffin III, Kevin Durant

Posted at 08:53 AM ET, 07/09/2012

Morning pixels: Davey Johnson is still talking big
By Dan Steinberg
As the Nats hit the All-Star break, their confident skipper says he’d be disappointed with anything less than the NL East crown.

By Dan Steinberg  |  08:53 AM ET, 07/09/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Nats, Terps, Tennis | Tags:  Davey Johnson, Kelly Johnson, Comcast SportsNet, Bryce Harper, Eric Prisbell

Posted at 10:45 AM ET, 07/05/2012

Alex Ovechkin practices with Maria Kirilenko at Wimbledon
By Dan Steinberg
Caps superstar takes to the grass with his famous girlfriend in England.

By Dan Steinberg  |  10:45 AM ET, 07/05/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Caps, Tennis | Tags:  Alex Ovechkin, Maria Kirilenko, Wimbledon

Posted at 02:15 PM ET, 07/08/2011

Michelle Obama at the Kastles match
By Dan Steinberg
In the same week she watched the Nats, the First Lady heads down to the Kastle in Southwest to support D.C.’s most championshipy squad.

By Dan Steinberg  |  02:15 PM ET, 07/08/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Tennis

Posted at 02:22 PM ET, 07/07/2011

Joe Beninati, John Feinstein to call Kastles broadcasts
By Dan Steinberg
If you miss hearing Feinstein as an analyst on Navy football broadcasts, you can check him out on television covering World Team Tennis.

By Dan Steinberg  |  02:22 PM ET, 07/07/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Tennis, Media

Posted at 02:10 PM ET, 06/09/2011

Kastles introduce boat-up parking
By Dan Steinberg
D.C. pro tennis stadium is first sports venue in the city, and first tennis venue in the country, to offer boat-up parking.

By Dan Steinberg  |  02:10 PM ET, 06/09/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Tennis

Posted at 07:56 AM ET, 06/25/2009

Morning Bog: Marketing D.C.'s "Unbearable Heat"
By Dan Steinberg
Some morning links, lovingly gathered by Max Wasserman and Jake DiGregorio.... The Legg Mason Tennis Classic is going with the "brutal honesty" approach to marketing its event; the commercial for this year's tournament includes "unbearable heat" as a selling point. Seriously. The Redskins need one of these commercials with...

By Dan Steinberg  |  07:56 AM ET, 06/25/2009 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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