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- The first domino has fallen in the wake of the news of John Wall's extended absence: The Wizards are breaking up what many believed to be their core for years to come, trading Otto Porter Jr. to the Chicago Bulls for Jabari Parker and Bobby Portis.
- DeMar DeRozan scored 32 points and the Toronto Raptors beat the Washington Wizards, 108-98, on Wednesday night in Game 5 of the first-round series.
- John Wall had a hand in 10 of Washington's final 14 points and finished with 27 points and 14 assists as the Wizards tied their NBA Eastern Conference quarterfinal series at 2-all.
- Digest: Wizards suffer second-worst loss in franchise history, 116-69 to Jazz
- The Washington Capitals started training camp with 65 players and 20 days to whittle the roster to no more than 23. On Thursday afternoon, Washington cut four
- Wizards forward Markieff Morris is expected to be out six to eight weeks after undergoing surgery to repair a sports hernia. The Wizards announced Friday that
- Laurel Park is switching to a new racing schedule that includes live racing on Mondays. By adding Mondays, Laurel will become the primary focus on the TVG
- Thomas played just a day after attending the funeral for his sister, who died in a car accident last month outside of Tacoma, Wash.
- John Wall scored a playoff career-high 32 points and Markieff Morris added 21 in his NBA playoff debut as the Washington Wizards beat the Atlanta Hawks 114-107.
- Digest: Wizards' Ian Mahinmi to miss start of postseason
- Jarred Jones (John Carroll) scored 21 points as Loyola Maryland earned a 67-64 come-from-behind victory over Lafayette in an opening round Patriot League men's basketball game Tuesday night.
- Otto Porter Jr. made six 3-pointers, finished with 25 points and eight rebounds, and the Washington Wizards won their fourth straight, a 111-98 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Thursday night.
- In a matchup between two of the NBA's top teams since New Year's Day, John Wall heard "MVP!" chants while producing 26 points and 14 assists to lead the host Wizards past the Pacers, 112-107, on Friday night.
- Raven Bankston led all scorers with 31 points and Towson (11-9, 4-5 Colonial Athletic Association) matched its season high with 28 points in the fourth quarter, but it wasn't enough to overcome a 17-point third-quarter deficit in a 73-67 loss to visiting Delaware (12-8, 6-3).
- Otto Porter Jr. had 21 points and 11 rebounds, John Wall scored 19 and the visiting Wizards moved within a half-game of the Southeast Division lead with a 112-86 victory over the Hawks on Friday night.
- Bradley Beal scored 26 points and Markieff Morris added 20 points with 10 rebounds, leading the visiting Wizards over the Bucks, 107-101, on Sunday.
- With his goal in overtime, Johansson lifted the Capitals to a 3-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres, ending the team's three-game losing streak.
- The Washington Wizards came close to ending a staggering run of futility in San Antonio, but Kawhi Leonard made certain the stretch would continue.
- In the Wizards' 114-106 loss to the Houston Rockets, John Wall had 21 points and eight assists — reaching 3,826 for his career to surpass Wes Unseld to become the Wizards/Bullets all-time assist leader — but also picked up a pair of technical fouls. Wall's second came in the closing 33 seconds after using "inappropriate language" toward a game official.
- The Johns Hopkins football team, ranked seventh in Division III, scored on six of its seven first-half possessions to build a 38-0 halftime lead and defeated visiting Gettysburg, 54-14, on Friday night to set a Centennial Conference record with its 34th straight league victory.
- Washington Wizards coach Scott Brooks has tentatively pegged Trey Burke as the starting point guard for the preseason opener against the visiting Miami Heat tonight at 8, replacing the recovering John Wall.