A 3-Decade Campaign Is Over: Baseball Is Back in Washington
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In the first relocation of a major league team since last time the Washington Senators left, the Expos are headed to the nation's capital.
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Reasonable people can disagree about Mayor Anthony Williams's latest plan for bringing professional baseball back to Washington. Unfortunately, a lot of the discussion so far has been based on misleading vocabulary and faulty assumptions. As the D.C. Council considers further action today, here's a business columnist's guide for thinking about the issue:
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NEW YORK Thursday will be exactly 33 years since the Washington Senators played their final game, and that&#39;s the day the nation&#39;s capital may learn that the Expos are coming.
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Major League Baseball informed Washington today that the Montreal Expos would relocate to the city in time for Opening Day in 2005, returning baseball to the nation&#39;s capital after a 33-year absence.
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With the Redskins sputtering through another disappointing season, the area can now enjoy a new diversion: offseason baseball maneuvering.
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As Major League Baseball&#39;s deadline for funding a Washington stadium nears, the debate has gotten down and dirty. For months, Northern Virginia officials had been good sports about losing the Montreal Expos to the District of Columbia in September.
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LANDOVER, Md. -- Yes, Joe Gibbs is officially back with Washington. So is a rushing attack, success and the hope of a playoff season.
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Washington returns to its roots, wearing red, white and blue jerseys with stars on the chest and the "t" in "Capitals" shaped like a hockey stick.
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Baseball returned to the nation&#39;s capital Wednesday, but the larger question for Major League Soccer is where will that leave DC United, one of its most successful franchises at the gate.
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The House helped baseball begin to crack down on steroids three years ago. But by stepping into the Roger Clemens mess, Washington can only strike out
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Major League Baseball will announce Wednesday that Washington will be the new home of the Montreal Expos, The Associated Press has learned.
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Washington's decision to fund a baseball stadium highlights a debate over sports funding.
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WASHINGTON It&#39;s been more than 30 years since baseball was in Washington DC -- and many residents don&#39;t seem in a hurry for a return.
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Major league baseball's return to the nation's capital will be under the lights. The Washington Nationals said Thursday they will play their April 14 home opener against Arizona at 7:05 p.m. It will be the first regular-season game at RFK Stadium since the expansion Washington Senators left after the 1971 season and became the Texas Rangers.
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Washington Mayor Anthony Williams, center, DC Sports Commission Chairman Mark Tuohey, left, and others, look on as the DC City Council debates stadium finance legislation for the return of Major League Baseball returning to Washington, Tuesday.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Baseball has all but struck out in Washington as the newly-named Nationals were ordered to cease all business and promotional operations.
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WASHINGTON - Richard Nixon was president and man was still making trips to the moon the last time the word "Washington" appeared in the major league baseball standings. On Opening Day, April 4, 2005, look for the nation's capital to return...