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Noon Baltimore at Boston, first game » MASN, WIYY (97.9 FM)
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6 p.m. Baltimore at Boston, second game » MASN, WIYY (97.9 FM)
7 p.m. Philadelphia at New York Mets » WTTG (Ch. 5), WBFF (Ch. 45)
10 p.m. Toronto at Los Angeles Angels » MLB Network
STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS
TBD Eastern Conference semifinal, Game 6: Carolina at New York Rangers »
ESPN
9:30 p.m. Western Conference semifinal, Game 6: Calgary at Edmonton
(if necessary) » ESPN
WNBA
3 p.m. Las Vegas at Chicago » WJLA (Ch. 7), WMAR (Ch. 2)
7 p.m. Washington at Connecticut » Facebook Watch
AUTO RACING
7 a.m. Formula One: Monaco Grand Prix, practice » ESPN2
10 a.m. Formula One: Monaco Grand Prix, qualifying » ESPN2
1 p.m. NASCAR Xfinity Series: Alsco Uniforms 300 » Fox Sports 1
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9 p.m. USFL: New Orleans vs. Michigan » Fox Sports 1
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7:30 a.m. DP World Tour: Dutch Open, third round » Golf Channel
1 p.m. Senior PGA Championship, third round » Golf Channel
2 p.m. PGA Tour: Charles Schwab Challenge, third round » Golf Channel
2 p.m. Senior PGA Championship, third round » WRC (Ch. 4), WBAL (Ch. 11)
5:30 p.m. PGA Tour: Charles Schwab Challenge, third round » WUSA (Ch. 9),
WJZ (Ch. 13)
5:30 p.m. LPGA Tour: Match Play, Day 4 » Golf Channel
HOCKEY
7:20 a.m. IIHF World Championship, semifinal: United States at Finland »
NHL Network
11:20 a.m. IIHF World Championship, semifinal: Canada vs. Czech Republic »
NHL Network
SOCCER
3 p.m. UEFA Champions League, final: Liverpool vs. Real Madrid »
WUSA (Ch. 9), WJZ (Ch. 13)
7 p.m. MLS: D.C. United at New York Red Bulls » NBC Sports Washington,
WONK (104.7 FM)
TENNIS
5 a.m. French Open, third round » Tennis Channel
11 a.m. French Open, third round » WRC (Ch. 4), WBAL (Ch. 11)
TRACK AND FIELD
4:30 p.m. IAAF Diamond League: Prefontaine Classic » WRC (Ch. 4), WBAL (Ch. 11)
NCAA MEN’S LACROSSE TOURNAMENT, SEMIFINALS
Noon Cornell vs. Rutgers » ESPN2, WTEM (980 AM)
2:30 p.m. Maryland vs. Princeton » ESPN2, WTEM (980 AM)
COLLEGE BASEBALL — CONFERENCE TOURNAMENTS
10 a.m. Big Ten, semifinal: Teams TBD » Big Ten Network
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1 p.m. SEC, semifinal: Teams TBD » SEC Network
1 p.m. ACC, semifinal: Pool A winner vs. Pool D winner » ACC Network
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TBD Pac-12, Day 4: Teams TBD » Pac-12 Network
TBD Pac-12, Day 4: Teams TBD » Pac-12 Network
2 p.m. Big Ten, semifinal: Teams TBD » Big Ten Network
4:30 p.m. SEC. semifinal: Teams TBD » SEC Network
5 p.m. ACC, semifinal: Pool B winner vs. Pool C winner » ACC Network
6 p.m. Big Ten, semifinal: Teams TBD » Big Ten Network
10 p.m. Big Ten, semifinal: Teams TBD » Big Ten Network
NCAA SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT, SUPER REGIONALS
Noon Game 2: Florida at Virginia Tech » ESPN
2 p.m. Game 2: Central Florida at Oklahoma » ESPN
4 p.m. Game 2: Arizona at Mississippi State » ESPNU
6 p.m. Game 2: Oregon State at Stanford » ESPNU
8:30 p.m. Game 2: Duke at UCLA » ESPN2
11 p.m. Game 2: Northwestern at Arizona State » ESPN2
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1:30 p.m. Colorado at Washington » MASN2, WJFK (106.7 FM)
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4:30 p.m. Houston at Seattle » MLB Network (joined in progress)
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NBA PLAYOFFS
8:30 p.m. Eastern Conference finals, Game 7: Boston at Miami (if necessary) » ESPN
STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS
TBD Western Conference semifinal, Game 7: St. Louis at Colorado
(if necessary) » TBD
WNBA
Noon Phoenix at Atlanta » WUSA (Ch. 9), WJZ (Ch. 13)
AUTO RACING
9 a.m. Formula One: Monaco Grand Prix » ESPN
12:30 p.m. IndyCar: Indianapolis 500 » WRC (Ch. 4), WBAL (Ch. 11)
6 p.m. NASCAR Cup Series: Coca-Cola 600 » WTTG (Ch. 5), WBFF (Ch. 45)
PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL
2 p.m. USFL: Pittsburgh at Birmingham » WTTG (Ch. 5), WBFF (Ch. 45)
GOLF
7:30 a.m. DP World Tour: Dutch Open, final round » Golf Channel
1 p.m. PGA Tour: Charles Schwab Challenge, final round » Golf Channel
2 p.m. PGA Tour: Charles Schwab Challenge, final round » WUSA (Ch. 9),
WJZ (Ch. 13)
3 p.m. S enior PGA Championship, final round » Golf Channel
4 p.m. Senior PGA Championship, final round » WRC (Ch. 4), WBAL (Ch. 11)
6:30 p.m. LPGA Tour: Match Play, final day » Golf Channel
HOCKEY
8:15 a.m. IIHF World Championship, third-place game: Teams TBD » NHL Network
1:15 p.m. IIHF World Championship, final: Teams TBD » NHL Network
RUGBY
2:30 p.m. Major League Rugby: Rugby New York at Old Glory DC »
NBC Sports Washington
SOCCER
1 p.m. French Ligue 1 relegation playoff, second leg: Auxerre at Saint-Étienne »
beIN Sports
9:30 p.m. MLS: Charlotte at Seattle » Fox Sports 1
TENNIS
5 a.m. French Open, round of 16 » Tennis Channel
NCAA WOMEN’S LACROSSE TOURNAMENT, FINAL
Noon Teams TBD » ESPN
COLLEGE BASEBALL — CONFERENCE TOURNAMENTS
Noon ACC, final: Teams TBD » ESPN2
Noon American, final: Teams TBD » ESPNews
Noon Big East, final: Teams TBD » Fox Sports 2
1 p.m. Big Ten, final: Teams TBD » Big Ten Network
2 p.m. Conference USA, final: Teams TBD » CBS Sports Network
3 p.m. SEC, final: Teams TBD » ESPN2
6 p.m. Big 12, final: Teams TBD » ESPNU
10 p.m. Pac-12, final: Teams TBD » ESPN2
NCAA SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT, SUPER REGIONALS (IF NECESSARY)
TBD Game 3: Central Florida at Oklahoma » TBD
TBD Game 3: Northwestern at Arizona State » TBD
TBD Game 3: Duke at UCLA » TBD
TBD Game 3: Florida at Virginia Tech » TBD
TBD Game 3: Oregon State at Stanford » TBD
TBD Game 3: Mississippi State at Arizona » TBDWEEKEND TV AND RADIOof state funds that could go
toward such a project to below
$300 million — this from a
legislature that early this year
seemed poised to forfeit $1
billion in tax revenue if the
stadium came to the
Commonwealth.
D.C. just sits there because
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D)
can’t introduce a bill that calls
for the federal government to
sell the land around the RFK site
back to the city while Snyder is
caught up in a congressional
investigation.
So is the best place — gulp —
the land Snyder already owns
surrounding FedEx Field? How
do they market that? Hey,
Washington, we have offered you
the nation’s worst fan experience
for a generation. Now, we offer:
FedEx 2, Electric Boogaloo!
It’s not impossible for a
stadium to be built between now
and the time the team’s
commitment to its current home
is over. The Las Vegas Raiders
broke ground for Allegiant
Stadium in November 2017 and
opened it in July 2020 — less
than three years.
But the Commanders have no
site. They have no momentum.
They have jurisdictions that not
only aren’t trying to actively lure
them, they’re all but working to
drive them away. That’s not
because the politics and
economics around using
taxpayer dollars to help rich
owners build stadiums always
have been suspect. That’s
because of this team at this time
— and the man who owns it.base. I do not consider them an
appropriate economic partner
for the Commonwealth of
Virginia, because I don’t think
they have the community
support to survive.”
Or, as Petersen said Thursday
during an appearance with JP
Finlay and former Washington
standout Brian Mitchell on 106.7
the Fan: “The irony is: Would
this be easier to do with an
expansion team? The answer
might be yes.”
It’s not difficult to translate
that to: Who wants to do
business with this guy?
So what are the options? The
team has pursued land along
Interstate 95 in the Woodbridge
area, more than 40 miles south
on the Beltway and down I-95
from FedEx Field — news that
broke Monday and was met,
appropriately, with eye rolls.
Depending on traffic, that could
take residents of Prince George’s
County — the core of the fan base
— anywhere from 45 minutes to,
say, eight hours to get to a game.
“What time should we leave
for the Thursday night
Commanders game against the
Cowboys?”
“You mean, ‘What time
Wednesday?’ ”
There’s a quarry near Dulles
that’s a potential site. There’s
another possibility in Dumfries
near Potomac Shores Golf Club.
The problem with all these
Virginia options, other than that
sheer geography risks alienating
what remains of the existing fan
base: Virginia legislators are
working on lowering the amountCommand Post — our new team
headquarters complete with
meeting spaces, practice fields
and training facility,” Rivera
tweeted Thursday. “Looks
amazing! Proud of what we are
building.”
Left out: where they’re
building it.
Here’s the problem with such
distraction tactics: The
politicians who need to sign off
on the hundreds of millions of
dollars the Commanders want to
help fund a stadium and develop
the area around it — they aren’t
falling for it. Snyder’s problems
are tied into whether he can find
a proper site anywhere, much
less lure competing jurisdictions
into a bidding war. What he’s
offering isn’t what Cooke could
offer: a proud, championship-
winning franchise that was a
unifying force in the region.
Rather, he’s offering an on-field
product that has produced five
winning seasons this century
that carries with it more off-field
baggage than moves through
Dulles International Airport in a
year. It’s a wounded asset at best.
Consider what Virginia Sen.
Chap Petersen (D-Fairfax City), a
lifelong Washington football fan,
told my colleague Laura Vozzella
about the differences between
the franchise for which Cooke
was trying to peddle and the one
Snyder is pitching now.
“That team defined our
community for multiple
generations,” Petersen said. “The
Washington Commanders are
not that team. They have no
history, no tradition and no fanstadium that is universally
loathed, through the 2027
season. Here’s a prediction: They
will be playing there in 2028, too.
That’s how many political and
financial hurdles they face.
There was a time when The
Washington Post began
editorials thusly: “Suddenly the
local story of the summer is how
one man with a lot of money, a
beloved football team and
almost hourly changes of heart is
driving a metropolitan region
wild.” That was 30 years ago,
back when Jack Kent Cooke was
looking to replace RFK and was
being wooed by Virginia Gov.
Douglas Wilder and D.C. Council
Chair John A. Wilson.
What would Snyder give to
drive this region wild, even for a
day?
Clearly, the Commanders are
pushing the stadium issue to be
at the forefront of discussion
around the team. That’s not just
because it’s important. It’s an
attempt to obscure everything
else swirling around the
organization: the investigations
by Congress and the NFL into
the misogynistic workplace
Snyder oversaw, sexual
harassment allegations against
the owner himself and
allegations of financial
impropriety.
Given those conversation
options, why not have Ron
Rivera, the head coach, tweet out
a sketch from design firm Bjarke
Ingels Group?
“Saw the designs of our new
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BARRY SVRLUGA
Commanders want new home. But who wants them?
ASSOCIATED PRESSThe Las Vegas Raiders conclud-
ed organized team activities
Thursday with all four quarter-
backs on the roster participating,
but the buzz surrounding the fran-
chise was about Colin Kaepernick,
who received a workout with the
club.
First-year coach Josh McDan-
iels wasn’t entertaining any con-
versation about Kaepernick’s po-
tential future with the team, how-
ever.
“Just by a standard procedure,
we will only talk about the people
on our team,” McDaniels said.
“[General Manager] Dave
[Ziegler] and his staff have worked
out tons of guys this spring, and
we really don’t make comments
about the evaluations that we
made or what they looked like,
what they didn’t look like,
strengths and weaknesses, those
kind of things.”
McDaniels said there will be “a
lot of people that are going to come
in and out of” the facility with an
opportunity to make an impres-
sion, and each evaluation will re-
main private.
Kaepernick got his first chance
to work out for an NFL team
Wednesday since he last played in
the league in 2016, when he start-
ed kneeling during the national
anthem to protest police brutality
and racial inequality.
Until this week, Kaepernick
hadn’t even had a chance to work
out for NFL teams. He alleged he
had been blackballed over his pro-
tests. He met with the Seattle Sea-
hawks and had informal talks
with the Baltimore Ravens but
never got a closer look.
Kaepernick filed a grievance
with the NFL in 2017 over his lack
of opportunity and settled it in
2019.
The Raiders don’t have a glar-
ing need at quarterback. They
signed starter Derek Carr to an
extension last month and added
Nick Mullens as a backup this
offseason. They also traded for
Jarrett Stidham and signed Chase
Garbers as an undrafted free
agent.
“People say you’ve got an estab-
lished [veteran quarterback]. We
certainly do,” McDaniels said.
“The next guy in line, you don’t
really talk about him until he’s the
most important guy in your or-
ganization when the starter gets
hurt.”
l SAINTS: New Orleans ex-
pects its offense to be more pro-
ductive next season, largely based
on the expectation that quarter-
back Jameis Winston and wide
receiver Michael Thomas will be
back from serious injuries.
Neither is all the way there, but
both are making progress.
Winston participated on a lim-
ited basis in voluntary offseason
practices this week, and Thomas
was at the team’s facility but didn’ttake part in practice.
Winston, who is seven months
past reconstructive ACL surgery
on his left knee, said his drop-
backs are “full speed” but he’s “still
progressing into running.”
“I’m not rolling out yet,” he add-
ed. “I want to be ready right now,
but I’m embracing this process
and finding something to get bet-
ter at every single day.”
Thomas didn’t play at all last
year. He waited until June to have
surgery to repair an ankle injury
that limited him to seven games in
2020 after he was hurt in the
season opener.
Former coach Sean Payton was
unhappy that Thomas waited to
have his surgery, but the former
all-pro’s presence at these OTAs —
even though he’s unable to take
part — is a sign that his relation-
ship with the organization has im-
proved.
First-year coach Dennis Allen
expects Thomas to be ready for the
start of training camp at the end of
July.
“I think he’s doing well in his
rehab,” Allen said. “He’s not ready
yet. He’s here. He’s rehabbing. He’s
getting himself better.”
There are questions surround-
ing the running game because of
ongoing legal matters surround-
ing Pro Bowl running back Alvin
Kamara, who was one of several
veterans absent at OTAs.
Kamara was arrested in Febru-
ary after an altercation at a LasVegas hotel. His court date was
postponed until Aug. 1.
l RAVENS: Baltimore signed
quarterback Brett Hundley.
Hundley appeared in two pre-
season games with the Indianapo-
lis Colts last season. The last time
he played in a regular season game
was 2019, when he appeared in
three for the Arizona Cardinals.
A 2015 fifth-round pick out of
UCLA, he also played in 15 games
for the Green Bay Packers in 2016
and 2017, making nine starts in the
latter season when Aaron Rodgers
was injured.
l JAGUARS: Center Luke Fort-
ner became the last of Jackson-
ville’s seven draft picks to sign a
contract, agreeing on a four-year
deal worth $5.5 million.
Fortner was a third-round se-
lection, No. 65 overall. The former
Kentucky standout could be a
plug-and-play starter for the Jag-
uars, who lost veteran center
Brandon Linder to retirement last
month.
l MISC.: The four Black men
who broke the race barrier in pro-
fessional football in 1946 were se-
lected to share the Pro Football
Hall of Fame’s Ralph Hay Pioneer
Award.
The organization announced
that Kenny Washington, Woody
Strode and Hall of Famers Bill
Willis and Marion Motley — often
called the Forgotten Four — will be
honored during enshrinement
week in Canton, Ohio, in August.NFL NOTES
Raiders’ McDaniels mum on Kaepernick workout
ALEX BRANDON/ASSOCIATED PRESSThe Commanders’ practice facility is in Virginia, but where they will play home games after the 2027 season is shrouded in uncertainty.