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With all of Wizards Nation still basking in the afterglow of winning the NBA Draft Lottery in a year where there seems to be a transcendant franchise changing player SportsGroove TV breaks it down with authority. Mark Gray, host of The SportsGroove Radio Program, welcomes you inside the WOL SkyBox for comprehensive analysis of projected […]
SECAUCUS, N.J. (AP) – With a lucky charm from the franchise’s best days, the Washington Wizards won the NBA’s draft lottery Tuesday night. Washington moved up from the No. 5 spot to earn the top pick in next month’s draft, when it will likely choose between Kentucky freshman John Wall and national player of the […]
Join Bernie McCain today at 4:30pm eastern when he talks to David Meyers about the Beethoven Found Gala at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, June 14th at 8pm. Mr. Meyers hosts numerous classical concerts and charity fundraisers in famous locations nationally. Among these include: Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, […]
World renounced gospel singer Wintley Phipps, founder and CEO of the U.S. Dream Academy joins Bernie McCain at 4pm eastern to talk about the 9th annual Power Of A Dream Gala tomorrow at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in downtown Washington, D.C. Phipps created the program to serve a population that he saw as overlooked and […]
VIA WTOP: Same-sex marriage has only been legal in the District for about two months, but the city is on track to set a record for marriages this year. The D.C. Superior Court has already issued more than 2,000 marriage licenses. “To put that in perspective,” Judge William Jackson says. “All of last year was […]
VIA WTOP: The new “barnes dance” crossing at one of the busiest intersections in the District is being met with some mixed reviews. The D.C. Department of Transportation unveiled this unusual pedestrian crossing in Chinatown Wednesday, just a few blocks from the Verizon Center. Here’s how a “barnes dance” works: Traffic is allowed to cycle […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER: The extra dime per trip that Metro began to charge riders this spring isn’t making up for the emergency budget shortfall it was supposed to help solve, according to a new Metro report. In fact, the agency says it has an even bigger hole than it forecast. Instead of a $40 […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: A substitute Loudoun County school bus driver was charged with simple assault after allegedly striking a student who refused to turn down his iPod, authorities said. Lavangila N. McKissic, 35, of Round Hill, was driving students through Purcellville about 4 p.m. on April 27 when she repeatedly asked a student, who […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: A Southeast Washington man was arrested Tuesday and charged in the death of the 18-year-old D.C. Council intern whose body was found in woods Sunday, D.C. police said. Omare Ishmael Cotton, 28, was charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of Alonte Sutton, police said. Sutton, a Ballou High […]