About: Mike Frandsen
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- I’m a free-lance writer who has worked as a local sports reporter covering the Redskins, Capitals, Orioles, and Bullets (yes, it was a while ago). I teach kids with autism (www.coachmike.net), blog about sports and other stuff (www.mikefrandsen.org), and write about the Skins, Caps, Wizards, Nats, Terps, Hoyas, D.C. United and other D.C. sports for examiner.com at http://www.examiner.com/x-37753-DC-Sports-Examiner.

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Should D.C.’s sports radio station ESPN 980 broadcast Baltimore Orioles games?
In MLB | By Mike Frandsen | On April 9 2011 05:49 PM
Should a D.C. sports radio station carry baseball games from a team from Baltimore, whose owner tried to prevent Washington from getting its own team?
Red Zebra Broadcasting, which owns ESPN 980 (WTEM) and its sister station SportsTalk 570, signed a ...
Kemba Walker and UConn roll past Cincinnati 69-58 and into Sweet 16
In NCAA Basketball | By Mike Frandsen | On March 20 2011 07:45 PM
Star point guard Kemba Walker scored 33 points to lead the 3rd-seeded Connecticut Huskies to a 69-58 victory over 6th-seeded Cincinnati in a West Region NCAA tournament game Saturday night at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.
Walker, a national player ...
Butler upsets No. 1 Pitt 71-70 behind Shelvin Mack’s 30 points, Matt Howard’s last second free throw
In NCAA Basketball | By Mike Frandsen | On March 20 2011 07:39 PM
This was March Madness with a surprise ending. Butler did it again.
Eighth-seeded Butler shocked top-seeded Pitt 71-70 in an NCAA Southeast Region tournament game Saturday night that featured a bizarre ending, with each team giving the other one a chance ...
Cincinnati Bearcats defeat Missouri Tigers 78-63, will face UConn next
In NCAA Basketball | By Mike Frandsen | On March 18 2011 08:54 AM
The 6th-seeded Cincinnati Bearcats used a stifling defense and a strong front line to easily handle the 11th-seeded Missouri Tigers 78-63 in a West regional game Thursday night at Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.
Yancy Gates led the Bearcats with 18 ...
Kemba Walker leads UConn Huskies to 81-52 rout over Bucknell
In NCAA Basketball | By Mike Frandsen | On March 18 2011 08:31 AM
Third-seeded Connecticut used a 12-0 run late in the first half to break the game open and ease past 14th-seeded Bucknell, 81-52 Thursday in an NCAA West region opening round game at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.
Five years ago ...
March Madness: Virginia Tech Hokies are robbed again by NCAA tournament selection committee
In NCAA Basketball | By Mike Frandsen | On March 13 2011 05:26 PM
Five teams from Virginia made the NCAA tournament, but Virginia Tech wasn’t one of them, and Georgetown qualified for the fifth time in the last six seasons.
Coach Seth Greenberg’s Virginia Tech Hokies were robbed for the third time in four seasons, failing ...
Fans and media: Get a life and stop piling on Redskins owner Dan Snyder
In NFL | By Mike Frandsen | On February 9 2011 11:44 PM
It’s time for members of the D.C. sports media and fans to stop piling on Redskins owner Daniel Snyder just because he’s an easy target. Snyder hasn’t been a great owner over the last decade-plus, and in fact he has ...
Former Washington Redskins linebacker Chris Hanburger elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame
In NFL | By Mike Frandsen | On February 6 2011 11:14 PM
Former Redskins linebacker Chris Hanburger is the latest Redskin to make it to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Hanburger was voted in as a senior candidate, 32 years after the outside linebacker retired. Hanburger played 14 seasons for the Redskins, ...
Washington Wizards’ 0-24 road record: Ted Leonsis, Flip Saunders, John Wall all to blame
In NBA Basketball | By Mike Frandsen | On February 1 2011 01:11 AM
The Washington Wizards lost their 24th straight road game Monday, 102-92 in Dallas.
How can the Wizards be so much better at home (13-10) than on the road? The disparity in records doesn’t make sense because the Verizon Center crowd isn’t ...
Is Maryland basketball relevant anymore? Terps trounced by Virginia Tech 74-57 at home
In NCAA Basketball | By Mike Frandsen | On January 21 2011 08:10 AM
This was embarrassing. It doesn’t matter that Virginia Tech is better than usual and Maryland is young. It doesn’t matter that the Hokies may finish the season in the Top 25.
Maryland lost by 17 points to a football school at ...
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