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On Thursday, July 30, MedStar Sports Medicine will be conducting free pre-participation sport physicals at Medstar Montgomery Medical Center in Olney. The physicals will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. All examinations will be administered by the staff of MedStar Sports Medicine. All exams include: height and weight, vision, blood pressure and pulse, general […]

Washington Spirit midfielder and captain Andi Sullivan is out for the remainder of the 2020 National Women’s Soccer League Challenge Cup. The team announced in a press release that an MRI revealed a torn meniscus in her left knee. The U.S. Women’s National team member suffered the injury during the second half of the Spirit’s […]

Less than two weeks after the Washington Redskins said they would undergo a review of the team’s controversial name, the franchise announced that they will officially retire their nickname and logo. The team released a brief statement Monday morning announcing the decision to rebrand the franchise. “Dan Snyder and Coach (Ron) Rivera are working closely […]

Days after the Washington Redskins announced that a formal review of the team’s name was underway, major retailers have responded. Beginning this week, Target, Walmart and Dick’s Sporting Goods have stopped selling the team’s merchandise. Given today’s announcement by the NFL and the Washington team’s ownership, we are discontinuing the sale of items that reference […]

The Montgomery County Sports Hall of Fame is accepting nominations for the Class of 2020. Nominees will be selected for the Hall of Fame by the Montgomery County Sports Hall of Fame Board of Directors. This will be the second class of inductees for the MoCo Sports Hall of Fame. Last year’s inaugural class featured […]

Amid a national reckoning over systemic racism and increasing corporate pressure, the Washington Redskins appear poised to change their controversial name. That unexpected realization is the result of an avalanche of potentially devastating financial implications for team owner Dan Snyder. Calls to change the team’s name have gone on for decades. Snyder has previously vowed […]

Summer swimming is back! Pools operated by Montgomery County Recreation will reopen on July 6. As part of Phase 2 reopening plans, the department’s seven outdoor pools and three indoor centers will be available to pass holders seven days a week, starting Monday. Outdoor facilities will operate from noon to 8 p.m. each day for […]

Pauline Betz Addie Tennis Center and Wheaton Indoor Tennis Center will reopen Monday, July 6 with service restrictions in place. Montgomery County residents are encouraged to reserve time online at one of twelve indoor, climate-controlled tennis courts before visiting. Patrons can visit QUICK RESERVE on the ActiveMontgomery website to reserve court time. To protect the […]

Silver Spring native Dominique Dawes is known by many as a three-time Olympic gymnast and a gold medal winner. But this week Dawes is doing something she considers much more significant – opening the Dominique Dawes Gymnastics Academy in Clarksburg. Dawes talked to MyMCMedia’s Joe Yasharoff in the latest episode of MoCo’s Most Famous about […]

Several open parkways for pedestrians and bicyclists will operate for extended hours during the holiday weekend, the Montgomery County Parks Department announced Tuesday. Portions of Sligo Creek Parkway in Silver Spring, Beach Drive in Kensington, and a 1.3-mile stretch of Little Falls Parkway in Bethesda will be open to pedestrian traffic beginning Thursday, July 2 […]