HOWARD FENDRICH

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A few hours after the Boston Marathon bombings, and more than 1,000 miles away, a police officer with a German shepherd patrolled near an entrance to the baseball stadium where Miami hosted Washington on Monday evening — an unusual sight at Marlins Park.

Michael Carter-Williams does it all for Syracuse 04/01/13 - 12:18am

WASHINGTON — If all Syracuse point guard Michael Carter-Williams needed to worry about lately was basketball, that would have been plenty. Could he generate enough offense to help the defense-first Orange get to the Final Four? Could he take advantage of the NCAA tournament spotlight to improve NBA teams’ opinions of him? There also was this on Carter-Williams’ mind, though: His family home in Massachusetts was hit by a fire last weekend.

Syracuse's zone suffocates Marquette in 55-39 win 03/31/13 - 12:49am

WASHINGTON — When played to perfection, there’s nothing quite like Syracuse’s aggressive, half-court 2-3 zone defense. It’s 40 minutes of trapping and shot-challenging, of closing off angles, of trusting teammates. “We showed,” senior guard Brendan Triche said, “that defense wins games.” Yes, the Orange D certainly does.

East: Syracuse tops Indiana 61-50; Marquette next 03/30/13 - 12:37am

WASHINGTON — Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim knows full well that one of the secrets to success for his team’s 2-3 zone defense is the way it confounds opponents who aren’t used to playing against that suffocating system. The No. 4-seeded Orange won’t have that element in their favor in the NCAA tournament’s East Regional final. That’s because Syracuse will face a familiar foe Saturday with a Final Four berth at stake: Big East rival Marquette, the East’s No. 3 seed.

Syracuse's D, Carter-Williams beat Indiana 03/28/13 - 11:51pm

WASHINGTON — It took winning a national title for Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim to get over a late-shot loss to Indiana the last time the schools played in the NCAA tournament.

Ravens beat 49ers 31-34 for Super Bowl win 02/04/13 - 1:31am

Flacco, voted the MVP, threw three first-half touchdown passes to cap an 11-TD, zero-interception postseason.

NEW ORLEANS — From blowout to blackout to shootout, Joe Flacco and the Baltimore Ravens had just enough power to survive one of the most electric Super Bowls ever. The outage flipped a switch for the San Francisco 49ers, but the Ravens used a last-gasp defensive stand to hold on Sunday night, 34-31. America’s biggest sporting event came to a half-hour standstill in the third quarter when most of the Superdome lights and the scoreboards went dark. By then, the Ravens had a 22-point lead.

49ers' surge falls short in loss to Ravens 34-31 02/04/13 - 7:05am

Flacco threw 3 1st-half touchdown passes to cap 11-TD, 0-interception postseason

NEW ORLEANS — A power outage at the Super Bowl put the nation's biggest sporting event on hold for more than a half-hour Sunday, interrupting an otherwise electric, back-and-forth game that ended with Joe Flacco and the Baltimore Ravens as NFL champions thanks to a 34-31 victory over the San Francisco 49ers. Flacco, voted the MVP, threw three first-half touchdown passes to cap an 11-TD, zero-interception postseason. Jacoby Jones returned the second-half kickoff 108 yards, a Super Bowl record, to give Baltimore a 28-6 lead.

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Lewis says he's 'agitated,' not angry about story 01/31/13 - 1:47am

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ray Lewis is “agitated.” Not because the Baltimore Ravens linebacker thinks the magazine report linking him to a company that purports to make performance-enhancers will affect his play or that of his teammates against the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl — the final game of a 17-year NFL career that most assume will earn him a spot in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Ravens, 49ers bring big-hitting 'D' to Super Bowl 01/28/13 - 1:25am

OWINGS MILLS, Md. — It was as if linebacker Ray Lewis, safety Bernard Pollard and the rest of the Baltimore Ravens’ defense set out to provide a quarter-by-quarter demonstration of how they do business. About 11 minutes into the AFC championship game against Tom Brady and the New England Patriots, Lewis drew a 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty for a helmet-to-helmet hit that pushed tight end Aaron Hernandez’s chin strap up near his nose.

Wizards fall to 0-9 with 96-89 loss to Pacers 11/21/12 - 1:42am

WASHINGTON (AP) — There were boos early and at the end for the winless Washington Wizards, who dropped to a franchise-worst 0-9 with a 96-89 loss to the Indiana Pacers on Monday night. Indiana’s David West scored 13 of his season-best 30 points in the fourth quarter, and Roy Hibbert broke out of a slump with 20 points and 12 rebounds.