In baseball, the Washington Nationals beat the Marlins last Friday in Florida, 5-3. The Marlins won Saturday’s game 3-11, but the Nats bounced back on Sunday to win the final game of the series 7-2.
The Nats had Monday off before traveling to Philadelphia for another three game series. The Phillies shut out Washington on Tuesday, winning 5-0.
The Nats managed one run in Wednesday’s 1-6 loss. The road trip ended with a 2-4 loss. The National’s season record is now 50 and 96. With only 12 games left in the season, the team could finish with the worst record in franchise history.
In tennis, 20-year-old Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina beat Roger Federer to become the men’s single champion at the US Open.
Coming into the match, Federer had won 40 consecutive matches and was on the verge of a sixth consecutive US Open title. .
Kim Clijsters from Belgium defeated Caroline Wozniacki from Denmark to take the women’s tittle. Clijsters was playing in her third tournament after more than two years in retirement.
The U.S. Open has set an attendance record with 721,059 spectators.
In Women’s Basketball, the Washington Mystics lost the first game of the Conference Semi-finals last night against Indiana. The final score was 88 to 79. Game two will be tomorrow night. Tip off is at 7 pm.
In Hockey, the Washington Capitals secured an overtime victory in their first pre-season game at Buffalo last night. Final score was 4 to 3.
Capitals defenseman Brian Pothier scored the game winning goal just 49 seconds into the over time while Washington had a two-man power play advantage. The Caps play again tomorrow night in Chicago to face the Blackhawks. The puck drops at 8:30 pm.
Finally, in Football, the Washington Redskins lost their season opener against the New York Giants, 17 to 23. Jason Campbell had a respectable showing, completing 19 of 26 passes for 211 yards and one touchdown.
The Redskins play their first game this season at home this Sunday against the St. Louis Rams. Kick-off is at 1 pm.
Despite their game-time struggles, Washington’s football franchise might be up for an even bigger battle off the field. Suzan Harjo, a 64-year-old American Indian writer, along with six other prominent American Indians and their legal are petitioning the Supreme Court this week to rule on whether the team name “Redskins” is too offensive to merit trademark.
Harjo first filed a legal challenge to the team name 17 years ago. In 1970, over 3,000 mascots nationwide referenced Native Americans. Today, that figure is below 1,000. Should Harjo and her team succeed, millions of dollars in Redskins’ merchandise, paraphernalia, and naming right will be at stake.
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