INTERVIEW – TREVOR MATICH – Redskins elite long snapper and WMAL’s Redskins analyst
- REDSKINS PRESEASON GAME: Football is back! The Washington Redskins preseason begins with a matchup against the Cleveland Browns at First Energy Stadium in Cleveland.
- Geno Smith out 6-10 weeks; ‘sucker punch’ over $600 dispute. New York Jets Quarterback Geno Smith suffering a broken jaw began as a dispute over $600, sources told ESPN. Smith, who will miss at least six to 10 weeks with two fractures in his jaw, accepted a $600 plane ticket from IK Enemkpali to appear at the reserve linebacker’s football camp in Pflugerville, Texas, on July 11, according to sources. Problems arose when Smith did not show to the camp, which took place days after someone close to Smith was killed in a motorcycle accident in Miami, sources said.
- Judge puts NFL on hot seat as he belittles ‘Deflategate’ NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge put the NFL on the defensive Wednesday over its four-game suspension of Tom Brady, demanding to know what evidence directly links the New England quarterback to deflated footballs and belittling the drama of the controversy. ”What is the direct evidence that implicates Mr. Brady?” Judge Richard M. Berman repeatedly asked NFL lawyer Daniel L. Nash at the first hearing in the civil case in Manhattan federal court as Brady and Commissioner Roger Goodell looked on. Nash responded there was ”considerable evidence Mr. Brady clearly knew about this,” including records of text messages and phone calls between the quarterback and one of two Patriots employees implicated in the scandal known as ”Deflategate.” But he also said there was no ”smoking gun” showing Brady had direct knowledge that the balls were underinflated for the first half of the Patriots’ 45-7 win over the Indianapolis Colts in the AFC championship game Jan. 18.
