MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL UNC beats Duke
in Krzyzewski’s final home game. D3MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Virginia wins on
road to clinch sixth place in the ACC. D3ILLUSTRATION BY ARTUR GALOCHA/THE WASHINGTON POSTA field general for the Commanders?
For its next starting quarterback, Washington could deal for a veteran, sign a free agent or select one in
April’s draft. But each of those options is complicated by uncertainties — and cost. Inside, D4-5BY STEVEN GOFFcincinnati — The start of D.C. United’s
schedule is as soft as could be, a four-game
introduction to the MLS season that features
an expansion side, the worst club for three
years running and two non-playoff teams.
United continued to take advantage of
weak opposition Saturday, though it was
again hardly easy or pretty. It overcame a
rocky performance and a second-half red
card to defeat FC Cincinnati, 1-0, on Ola
Kamara’s penalty kick deep into stoppage
time.
“The players mentioned themselves in the
locker room: How many games did we
deserve to win last season and we didn’t take
any points, and how many games did we take
points playing bad or not as good as we are?”
Coach Hernán Losada said. “The answer I
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Kamara converts
late penalty, lifts
10-man United
D.C. UNITED 1,
FC CINCINNATI 0BY SAMANTHA PELLWhen Washington Capitals General Manag-
er Brian MacLellan met with the media
Wednesday, he made it clear his team was
unlikely to make a major move ahead of the
March 21 trade deadline. It was a signal of how
much the team had struggled in recent weeks.
Since MacLellan’s blunt remarks, however,
Washington has won two games in three days,
including Saturday’s 5-2 victory over the Seat-
tle Kraken at Capital One Arena. That followed
Thursday’s 4-0 victory over the East-leading
Carolina Hurricanes.
“We’re starting to see some good signs of the
kind of hockey we want to play down the
stretch here,” Nick Jensen said. “One of the
biggest is work ethic; I think that’s one thing
that’s been really good.... Not everything is
perfect right now, but it’s going in the right
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pull away at home
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SPORTS
OPENING...Fire at D.C. United
Saturday, 7:30 p.m., NBC Sports Washington
Capitals at Flames
Tuesday, 9 p.m., NBCSWON BASEBALL DAVE SHEININF ans of this sport can endure almost anything.
But the ongoing labor fight raises a question: Is it even worth it?
barely disguise their disgust for each other entering a room, then
exiting sometime later to spin the situation to their side’s advantage. ¶
A bad day, on the other hand, is nothing: no labor negotiations, no
updates, no word on when or whether an already delayed Opening
Day will happen. Nothing but another day with the vague, ill-defined
sense of dread, loss and deprivation that has been part of our daily
lives for a couple of years now and that the 2022 baseball season was
supposed to help push out. SEE ON BASEBALL ON D8You can feel it in your bones: spring. The ancient signal that baseball is
coming. This weekend, there should be games going on in Arizona and
Florida. The airwaves should be full of the familiar, comforting sounds
of balls smacking into gloves. There should be wide-angle shots of
flyballs soaring over palm trees under thin, wispy clouds. There
should be pitchers doing wind-sprints in the outfield and packs of kids
with Sharpies surrounding six-figure sports cars exiting the players’
lot. ¶ Instead? A good day for baseball is a group of lawyers who canA timeline of MLB’s labor woes: B aseball’s first work stoppage came in 1972, but there have been plenty more since. D9