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Your browser does not support iframes.After a grueling, 10-day road trip to the West Coast that featured plenty more lows than highs and a red-eye flight home from San Francisco, the Nationals would have been excused had they simply wanted to take Thursday off and rejuvenate themselves.How, then, do you explain more than a dozen members of the roster and coaching staff showing up at Nationals Park for Ryan Zimmerman's annual "Night at the Park" charity event?"It means a lot," Zimmerman said. "We're obviously teammates, and on the field we're fighting for the same thing. But for them to take time out of their off-day — which we don't get many — and getting home at 3:30 or 4:00 in the morning from the West Coast, for so many of them to come out and support me and buy thingsRead more »

The Arizona Cardinals and safety Tyrann Mathieu reached a four-year, $3.052 million contract Thursday. Mathieu won't earn his entire $662,500 bonus if he's dismissed from the team for drug use. More...

Young quarterbacks set the NFL on fire last season, but they still have to win over a few skeptics. Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is one of them. More...

The Atlanta Falcons are trying to keep pace with the San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks in the NFC arms race. Does this mean they will sign free agent Richard Seymour? More...

Former LSU defensive back Tyrann Mathieu has signed a four-year contract with the Arizona Cardinals. More...

Rob Ryan figures his firing in Dallas will only help him relate to a Saints defense humbled by a historically bad season. More...

Washington Redskins cornerback Josh Wilson played through a labrum injury at the end of last season. The injury was substantial enough to require surgery over the offseason and the it turned out to be more severe than first realized. According to Rich Campbell of the Washington Times, the injury also required repairing of Wilson’s pectoral… More...

Outside linebacker Brian Orakpo has fully healed from the torn left pectoral muscle that sidelined him for the bulk of the 2012 season, and the fifth-year pro practiced without limitation as the Redskins continued their offseason practices Thursday. Read full article >> More...

Runs have come at a premium lately for the Washington Nationals, putting a big burden on their starting pitchers. Luckily, Jordan Zimmermann has been up to the task this season, though Friday night he’ll have to bounce back from his first loss in nearly a month. View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Washington Nationals News

It's not even June yet, but apparently it's not too early to begin speculating about Davey Johnson's successor. And so, with Don Mattingly on the hot seat in LA, CBS Sports' Danny Knobler did just that in a column on Thursday, speculating that if Mattingly gets fired, he could be on Mike Rizzo's radar as Davey's eventual replacement. Via CBSSports.com: "People who know Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo say Rizzo is and has always been a Mattingly fan. The Nationals considered Mattingly as manager once before, according to sources, although they never officially interviewed him for the job at that point.... Eventually, though, they will need someone to take over for Johnson, who has said that this will be his final year as manager. Both ownership and the front office are believed to strongly favor hiring a high-profile manager, rather than simply promote someone like Randy Knorr or Trent Jewett from Johnson's coaching staff." Back in 2009 Mattingly turned down an opportunity to interview with the Nats. Different job back then, of course. UPDATE: Sources have confirmed that Jim Riggleman is NOT on Mike Rizzo's short list of potential replacements for Davey. (Screencap via MLB.com video) Befriend Nats Enquirer on Facebook. Follow on Twitter.