D.C. Sports: New Era for Washington Commanders, Women’s World Cup

In a city not so usually athletics-oriented, there is heaps of sporting activities information suitable now. Of class, let’s don’t forget it was not too prolonged in the past that we had been cheering the 2019 Planet Sequence Champions, the Washington Nationals, and the 2018 Stanley Cup winners, the Washington Capitals. 

Very first Up: The Washington Commanders 

NFL group house owners are anticipated to vote these days on the sale of the Washington Commanders to Josh Harris and his investment associates. Harris is a private fairness billionaire who grew up in the Washington metropolitan region. According to his Wikipedia entry, “he managed a several lemonade stands around Washington, D.C., including 1 at the Nationwide Zoo,” through summer months breaks as a kid.

Harris attended the Area Faculty on Foxhall Road, where by his beloved sport was wrestling (to which he characteristics his subsequent get the job done ethic). He earned an economics degree at the Wharton University in 1986, worked for a bit at Drexel Burnham Lambert, then acquired an MBA from Harvard Business enterprise Faculty. Following graduation, he co-started the non-public fairness firm Apollo Global Administration with previous Drexel associates, where by he supervised day-to-working day operations. In 2022, he still left to emphasis on sports activities management. Now, Harris owns both equally an NBA workforce and an NHL crew — the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils.

The league’s 32 proprietors will want three-fourths of their votes in the NFL Owners Association to approve the sale. Dan Snyder agreed to a $6.05 billion dollar offer with Harris in April. He originally ordered the Washington Redskins group in 1999 for $800 million and was before long pressured to alter the team’s identify. Right after vowing by no means to alter the team’s moniker, he finally gave in to pressures from staff investors and released the team’s new identify –  The Washington Commanders – in 2022.

The end of the Snyder period — fraught with substantially controversy — indicates that the Commanders get a opportunity for a finish refresh of the staff and to construct a new stadium, probably in Washington, D.C.

A pep rally is scheduled Friday at 1 p.m. at FedEx Subject, most very likely with the new homeowners. You can uncover more info on the rally below. 

Subsequent: The Women’s Globe Cup  

The Women’s Earth Cup, hosted by Australia and New Zealand, begins nowadays and to motivate viewing parties, the D.C. Alcoholic Beverage and Hashish Administration offered extended hrs for the match, which operates via Aug. 20. Eligible bars and dining establishments are permitted to keep open all over-the-clock and provide alcohol from 6 a.m. to 4 a.m. The American staff is the most prosperous Women’s Entire world Cup national squad in the history of the  FIFA Women’s World Cup, acquiring won four titles and the very last two-in-a-row, (profitable in 1991, 1999, 2015 and 2019).

The U.S. to start with-round matches are towards Vietnam Friday at 9 p.m. and the Netherlands July 26 at 9 p.m. A lot more information on Entire world Cup action can be discovered here.

Really do not Miss out on the Washington Spirit Phenom Trinity Rodman 

At just 18 a long time aged, Trinity Rodman (whose mom and dad are the NBA’s Dennis Rodman and Michelle Moyer) became the youngest drafted participant in Countrywide Women’s Soccer League history. At 21, Rodman performs for the Washington Spirit as a forward. She’s the league’s optimum-paid out player with a $1.1 million-dollar, 4-calendar year agreement. Presently, she’s on the U.S. Women’s nationwide crew — don’t ignore to cheer her on during Friday evening’s match!

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