About a year ago, Steve Nearman was taking a boat ride under the new Woodrow Wilson Bridge when he had a vision.
“How cool it would be to have a race across the bridge,” he thought.
No stranger to organizing and covering races, he started to investigate. When he found that he couldn’t get the bridge closed for a race
Sports in the new academic year took off in earnest last week, as varsity golf commenced and varsity football and the other fall sports will make their debut over the next few days and weeks.
Regarding the schools in Greater Alexandria, the initial varsity football schedules are as follows:
The T.C. Williams Titans
Basketball pioneer Earl Lloyd will return to his hometown and make a special visit to the Alexandria Black History Museum this summer.
On Thursday, August 19, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Lloyd, the first African American to play in the NBA, will discuss and sign copies of his new autobiography
The 2010-2011 high school summer practices have started in earnest and the upcoming months should be an exciting time for sports fans in Greater Alexandria.
Regarding the T.C. Williams Titans Football Team, the "Red, White and Blue" will kick off their upcoming campaign with two home games.
The first will take place September 2
It's not just the Washington Nationals that are having a tough summer. Have you seen the performance of D.C. United, the men's professional team in the Major League Soccer league? They're continue to have a difficult season as well..
Currently, D.C. United mans the eighth spot in the eight team Eastern Conference Standings
Spectacular rookie right handed pitcher Stephen Strasburg did not make it to the mound in the Nation's Capital Tuesday for what was the 100th game of the 2010 season.
Not that it would have made much of a difference. After the first 100 games of the season concluded July 27, the Nationals weigh in at 42-58 overall
The Washington Nationals dropped a 7-2 contest to the Cincinnati Reds on July 19 to fall to 40-53 on the season.
The 13-game below .500 mark means that the Nats are in the basement of the very competitive National League East - 14 1/2 games behind first-place Atlanta.
The Braves weigh-in at 54-38
As major league baseball prepares for its annual All-Star Game during the evening of July 13, the Washington Nationals have recently split their past 10 contests and find themselves in the familiar position of last place in the competitive National League East standings.
Currently, Washington weighs-in at 39-50 overall and finds itself 13 1/2 games
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