Fred Davis calls RGIII ‘Black Jesus’
Very often, after the sort of single-handed historic performance Robert Griffin III offered up in the win over Minnesota, fans will go a bit overboard with the praise. One Redskins fan, for example,...
View ArticleThe story of Chris Cooley’s comeback, as told by Cooley
As soon as it was announced that Fred Davis was done for the year, Chris Cooley became the most talked-about Redskin not named Robert Griffin III. After a physical, Cooley signed a one-year deal, which...
View ArticleRedskins players at Wizards-Heat game
There were enough Redskins at Verizon Center last night to court a starting lineup. If Redskins players at Wizards games weren’t already a trend, I’d say they were there to catch LeBron James play....
View ArticleAlfred Morris, Josh Morgan, Fred Davis in balloon swordfight
This week’s Redskins community event was a winter coat giveaway for school children at Macy’s. The kids in attendance picked out coats, wrote letters to Santa and got to hang out with Alfred Morris,...
View ArticleRedskins write letters to Santa, ask to make playoffs
The children attending the Redskins’ community event at Macy’s yesterday got the opportunity to write letters to Santa for the company’s “Believe” campaign. For every letter to Santa turned in at one...
View ArticleMorning Pixels: Fred Davis says he wants happiness over money in free agency
The free-agent cliche playbook mandates that players say they value winning and happiness over dollar signs. Zack Greinke went off-script, saying money is “what it comes down to at the end.” That was...
View ArticleVideo of Fred Davis’s club incident
Fred Davis’s never-ending legal journey took another step last week, during a non-jury trial before a judge at D.C. Superior Court. Among the other hotly contested issues was whether Davis actually...
View ArticleFred Davis says he’ll make teams regret not signing him
The market for Fred Davis in free agency thus far has appeared similar to the market for snow shovels in July, or ear plugs at the ballet, or Lactaid pills at the PETA convention, or Final Four...
View ArticleFred Davis video update: Watch him get hit with a drink
The Fred Davis legal intrigue will, apparently, never ever ever end. Not that I’m complaining. Remember last week, when everyone posted video of the Fred Davis drink-tossing club confrontation, as...
View ArticleFred Davis still wants revenge on teams that didn’t sign him
A bit more than a week ago, Fred Davis promised to make any team that failed to sign in free agency him regret its oversight. Then he signed with the Redskins. So now there are something like 31...
View ArticleRGIII on his father’s comments: ‘I don’t have a leash on my parents’
On Wednesday, Robert Griffin III’s father spoke out about how his son was used on the field last season. “I just know that based on what I know Robert can do, he doesn’t have to be a runner as much …...
View ArticleFred Davis’s taser penalty
There were lots of headlines about the NFL’s penalties for excessive celebrations in recent days. Fred Davis got in the spirit in the first quarter of Thursday night’s preseason debut, doing some sort...
View ArticleFred Davis on touchdown celebration: ‘I just spazzed out’
Dan showed you the Fred Davis touchdown celebration that drew a 15-yard penalty for excessive celebration. But exactly what was he doing? Dan suggested some sort of taser pantomime, but Mike Jones got...
View ArticleBryce Harper on future children: ‘I hope they golf’
During a chat with Comcast SportsNet recently, Bryce Harper was asked if he wants his future children to be baseball players. “I could care less if they play baseball or anything,” Harper replied. “You...
View ArticleFred Davis: ‘Teams wanted me for cheap’
When Fred Davis was set to become a free agent this past offseason, he tested the NFL waters and found them to be quite cold. “Teams wanted to get me for cheap,” he told ESPN. “The teams I had options...
View ArticleJason Hatcher calls RGIII a ‘top 5 quarterback’
Before his team faced Peyton Manning last week, Dallas defensive lineman Jason Hatcher made a few headlines. “Don’t think for one minute we’re scared,” Hatcher said then. “We ain’t scared of nobody. I...
View ArticleFred Davis admits to falling asleep in meetings
Fred Davis spent some time talking to reporters yesterday about his time on the bench, and the Redskins tight end was candid about the accusation that he sleeps through team meetings. “I’ve never slept...
View ArticleFred Davis on the difference between sleeping and dozing
1) I used to sometimes fall asleep during college courses on 20th century Russian history. 2) I stopped driving home from North Carolina work-related road trips because I would get sleepy on the road...
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