Capital Games

Tennis superstar Venus Williams will join the Washington Kastles for its entire three-week season starting July 12, World TeamTennis announced.  The Kastles will be one of nine teams that will gather at The Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia.  “I’m excited to be playing World TeamTennis with the Kastles again this year,” Williams sa...

The three words fans around the globe have been waiting to hear can finally be chanted from the rooftops: Baseball is back! While you crazies out there may think you’re excited for America’s game to return, the Washington Nationals players are even more riled up. Here’s a look at some of the best reactions from the Nats when they ...

A memorial outside RFK Stadium honoring the first owner of the Washington Redskins was spraypainted Thursday night and removed Friday morning.  Like so many statues and memorials around the country being targeted for honoring racists, the words “Change the name” were scrawled in dripping red paint on the monument to George Preston Marshall.&nb...

Former Washington Wizards player Etan Thomas is making an impact as a social activist and acclaimed author. Thomas spoke candidly with News4’s Cary Chow about his experiences with local police and what he hopes to see from Black Lives Matter.

DC United isn’t taking a pass when it comes to inequality in America. This week the team hosted a forum with current and former players called “Critical Conversations.” Moises Linares caught up with two prominent voices from that discussion.

The mayor of Washington, D.C., has revived her push for the Washington Redskins to change their name.  The name is offensive and serves as an obstacle to getting the team to move its stadium from Maryland to D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said Friday morning on the “Doc & Galdi” radio show on The Team 980. “I think it’s past......

The Confederate flag could soon be a relic of NASCAR’s good ol’ boy roots

D.C.’s soccer team says it stands with Americans fighting for racial justice.  D.C. United players, coaches and supporters wrote “I Can’t Breathe” and “BLM,” meaning Black Lives Matter, in huge red letters on Audi Field on Sunday.  The message is a statement “emphatically announcing that we, D.C. United, are committed to being a dri...

Mystics guard Natasha Cloud talks about an article she wrote about racial injustice.

Basketball Hall of Famer Wes Unseld, who led Washington to its only NBA championship, has died at age 74

Colleges mulling whether to cut sports amid the coronavirus pandemic must ensure they remain compliant with the federal civil-rights law known as Title IX

The Washington Nationals have changed their plans for their virtual World Series ring ceremony

Brad Keselowski extended Jimmie Johnson’s losing streak to 102 races by holding off the seven-time NASCAR champion in overtime early Monday in the Coca-Cola 600