Bowie State University was middle of the pack statistically in the CIAA 2007 season, yet they only yielded a 3-7 record. They have been at the bottom and the top of the conference in recent years, so the question is where will they rank in 2008?

Virginia Union University and Shaw University are the favorites for the 2008 CIAA football crown. They were the champions of the Eastern and Western divisions in 2007, and produced one of the greatest conference championship games in modern history.

There's a joke here somewhere for Redskins' head coach Jim Zorn conducting an interview while atop a mountain bike, but my day job won't allow me the time to properly address it. That will be left you.

In the meantime, enjoy the fact that Zorn says that Washington, like the mighty Mississippi, is ripe with rivers for people to float down.

A new defensive coordinator and new personnel might have changed the perspective on which individual player will have the most impact on the 2008 season.

The team's success has been built on perimeter play. Their guards for the last several years have been dribble drive threats, that will occasionally kill you from the three-point line.

It's for that reason that the Wizards playoff success or failure in 2008-09 will rest on Nick Young.

Jackson State was selected the pre-season favorite in the Eastern Division and Grambling State was chosen to pace the Western Division. In total first and second team selections, Alabama A&M and Southern are tied with nine players each. Jackson State is second with seven, and Grambling placed third with six.

Look, injuries are a part of any team's season. But the Washington Redskins seem to have the most troublesome time with the most gruesome of injuries.

Baltimore Orioles' groundskeeper Mike Palulis does his job right, and rather quickly. Since that's about the most exciting thing going on at Camden Yards these days, he's also giving O's fans something to cheer about.

The ACC had eight bowl-eligible teams last year, and their ninth place squad would not have had enough wins to go bowling in the district. Who was the eighth place team you ask?

Take a wild guess.

Draft pick JaVale McGee, who has looked solid in summer league but not dominant, should be their primary post signing, but one more couldn't hurt. They could also use a back up for Caron Butler, but that be asking for a lot to get both.

To that end, here's a list of potential free agents that could improve the Wizards chances at advancing through the 2008-09 NBA Playoffs.

She's 38th all-time among active coaches in wins, and shows no signs of slowing down. She even has her own interesting facts list, an honor reserved for the toughest of people.

So is she the best ever?

There's no need to wonder why Baltimore and Washington D.C. can't field baseball teams worth watching. The answer is in the cities themselves.

This region just isn't that into baseball.

Let's be honest. Jason Taylor to the Washington Redskins may seem like a good move at face value, but the only kinds of column this move helps are written local papers, and not of the win-loss variety.

In 2008, the Washington Redskins will have the most versatile and explosive receiving corp in the NFL.

Here's ten reasons why.

Talk about a slap in the face. The network that saturates our highlights, opinions and sports viewing habits can't get into the world's largest sports competition?