Tim Hightower

There were a few calls of “Victory Monday,” “Victory Monday” in the Washington Redskins locker room after the long-overdue win over the nemesis New York Giants. Linebacker London Fletcher and other team captains vetoed that idea...

Looking back at it three and a half years later, the 2008 NFL draft produced a strong crop of running backs. Darren McFadden, Matt Forte, Rashard Mendenhall and Jamaal Charles are all starters now. Jonathan Stewart, Tim Hightower, Felix Jones, Tashard...

Tim Hightower is so pumped about facing his old team, he can already taste the victory.“We’re going to win this game,” he said as the Washington Redskins prepared early this week for the Arizona Cardinals. ¿I want to win this game....

The other three NFC East teams might have celebrity quarterbacks and they may have started the season with high playoff expectations, but in the season's opening act, it's the Redskins who've quickly stolen the division spotlight. With a 2-0 record and...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Tony Romo’s ribs held up just fine. So did Dan Bailey’s leg. Romo persevered through pain to lead enough deep drives to set up Bailey for six field goals, including a 40-yarder with 1:57 left to give the...

Desperation might be setting in inside your fantasy locker room if your squad is 1-3 or 0-4 at the quarter pole, especially if you’re in a cutthroat league where only four or six teams make it into the playoffs. We have enough data to see that...

Mike Shanahan thinks his Washington Redskins, warts and all, have a chance to do “something special.” The 3-1 start has given the coach a bit of a swagger — and not much tolerance for those who would challenge his son’s play-...

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TV SPORTS Auto Racing-NASCAR Nationwide Series, 300 Miles of Courage pole qualifying, 2 p.m. (ESPN2); NASCAR Sprint Cup, Bank of America 500 practice, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN2), final practice, 5 p.m. (ESPN2); NASCAR Nationwide Series, 300 Miles of Courage, 6:...

Mike Shanahan's switch from Rex Grossman to former Ravens backup John Beck as starting quarterback couldn't ignite the Washington Redskins, who suffered another series of critical injuries to their starters Sunday as they lost, 33-20, to the Carolina...

Every season, a few surprise studs come out of fantasy Siberia to reward savvy owners who had the foresight to select them in the later rounds of the draft. A season ago, Adrian Foster, Peyton Hillis and Brandon Lloyd come to mind. Ray Rice, Miles...

For years and years as an NFL coach or coordinator, Mike Shanahan was hailed as an “offensive genius.” At the moment, there’s very little going right on that side of the ball for his Washington Redskins. Still, Shanahan announced after...