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Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg has been shut down from physical activity due to "severe nerve damage" stemming from his 2021 surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome. Why it matters: There's a very real chance that the Nationals' former ace has thrown his last pitch, which would cement his gargantuan contract...

Tennessee State University's Grammy-winning marching band is going to the White House.Driving the news: The famed Aristocrat of Bands will be in Washington D.C. next week as part of the White House's celebration of Juneteenth, according to an announcement from TSU.Zoom out: It's been a whirlwind year for the band, which won a Grammy for its debut album in February and made its Grand Ole Opry debut in April.The band is set to kickstart the CMA Fest in Nashville Thursday morning with a riverfront performance.

On Jun 6 at 7:05 PM ET, the Washington Nationals will play the Arizona D-backs. The game is airing exclusively on MASN and Bally Sports Arizona. In Washington, the game is streaming on MASN, which is available on DIRECTV STREAM. For more ways to watch the Nationals, check out our Nationals streaming guide.

President Lyndon Johnson’s commencement address at Howard University in 1965 offered a compelling argument on the need for affirmative action. His policies have been challenged ever since.

The Nationals’ lack of a left-hander in their bullpen finally came back to bite them over the weekend while dropping two of three to the Phillies. Andrés Machado, who gave up the decisive blow in the form of a three-run home run to Kyle Schwarber in Sunday’s 11-3 loss, appears to have been designated for assignment and right-hander Jordan Weems seems to be the reliever replacing him from Triple-A Rochester.

The Fairfax High School soccer team will have a game with Oakton High School on June 06, 2023, 17:00:00 CST.

Which Washington Commanders players with uncertain futures cannot afford to start the upcoming 2023 campaign on a sour note?. The stakes couldn't be much greater for the Washington Commanders next season. Josh Harris will meet with the NFL's finance committee on Wednesday to hopefully finalize the sale agreement before the formal vote, which is encouraging but increases the pressure on influential figures across the franchise tremendously.

The Oklahoma City Thunder are preparing for the 2023 NBA Draft. Sitting just a few weeks from Draft Day, there is a shake-up in the OKC Thunder front office. Sam Presti has lost one of his top executives, Will Dawkins, who is leaving Bricktown to join the new-look Washington Wizards front office. This is on the heels of the Wizards’ hiring Mike Winger, another former executive under Sam Presti who first left for the Clippers before landing in D.C., as their top decision-maker.

The notion that Stephen Strasburg might still come back to pitch for the Nationals again, sadly, seemed to pass months ago. When manager Davey Martinez revealed on the first day of spring training Strasburg was unable to complete an offseason bullpen session without a recurrence of the nerve pain that has plagued him for several years, the writing was on the wall.

There’s a universal expectation that the women’s lacrosse team at Maryland’s flagship university will consistently perform exceptionally in the state’s official team sport. And why shouldn’t there be? Terps women’s lacrosse head coach Cathy Reese is arguably the most accomplished coach in the game’s history. Furthermore, the Terps are perennially blessed with an abundance of top-flight recruits.

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At 2:07 a.m. this past Sunday, No. 2-seed Maryland baseball lost its first game of the Winston-Salem regional to No. 1 overall seed Wake Forest in a 21-6 blowout. The Terps had a less-than-12-hour turnaround time before facing off against the No. 4-seed George Mason Patriots in an elimination game.

Downing Street officials are getting the jitters about the prospect of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak throwing the ceremonial first pitch at Nationals Park on Wednesday evening, according to a report. The Daily Mail claims No. 10 staffers became nervous when they realized the scale of the occasion of U.K.-U.S. Friendship Day taking place in 40,000-seat ballpark. “Throwing the pitch is a real honor in U.S. culture and would be a historic first for a British PM,” one unnamed insider familiar with the discussions told the paper. “Let’s see. No final decision has been taken. The PM is known to be a keen cricketer and is very much up to the task.” Sunak will be in Washington, D.C., this week for talks with President Biden about Ukraine and economic ties, and he’ll presumably be eager to avoid the visit being overshadowed by a potentially embarrassing viral moment.Read it at Daily Mail

WASHINGTON - The driver who was arrested in connection with a deadly crash on Rock Creek Parkway is expected in court Tuesday. Authorities say Nakita Marie Walker, 43, of Washington, D.C. will be in court for a preliminary hearing beginning at 9:30 a.m. Walker was arrested last month and charged...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The Metropolitan Police Department said it was investigating a shooting in the 2500 block of 14th Street NE. Officials told DC News Now that they found a man at the listed location suffering a gunshot wound to the side of his face. The man...

A landfill fire in Lorton, Virginia, is to blame for plumes of smoke visible from parts of Route 1 and Interstate 95 Tuesday morning. According to the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, the fire broke out at around 11 p.m. Monday in the 9900 block of Richmond Highway. Firefighters...

Prince William County police are looking for a man suspected of shooting and killing a 25-year-old man last month in Woodbridge, Virginia. Police are asking for the public’s help in finding 34-year-old Jeffrey Donelle Hampton, who police have identified in the killing of Michael Eugene Hawkins, III, 25. The...