Ian Oland

About Ian Oland (@ianoland)

Oland, a 2006 graduate of UMBC's art school, is a co-founder of RMNB and serves as an editor, publisher, and author. During his time with RMNB, he has done features for the Caps' TV show CRL, written a story for the print edition of the Washington Post, and helped first-report the Chelyabinsk meteor in the English language. Oland's favorite blog memories include raising enough money to get reader Ryan Ellis into a NASCAR race with a RMNB sponsored car and holding the Stanley Cup for the first time. Follow Ian: Twitter | Instagram

Elena Delle Donne emulates Alex Ovechkin’s iconic photo, sleeps with WNBA championship trophy

Elena Delle Donne helped lead the Washington Mystics to their first WNBA championship on Thursday after scoring 21 points during Game Five. The power forward did so despite having an injured knee, a broken nose, and three herniated discs in her back.

After a champagne-soaked celebration inside the locker room after the win, Delle Donne took the championship trophy home, where she slept with it in her bed.

Delle Donne’s wife Amanda Clifton took the photo.

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Barack Obama congratulates Mystics on championship: ‘If folks aren’t careful, this title thing might become a habit in DC’

Former President Barack Obama took to Twitter on Friday morning to congratulate the Washington Mystics on their first WNBA championship.

The Mystics defeated the Connecticut Sun 89-78 at Entertainment & Sports Arena to become Ted Leonsis’s third team over the last two years to win a championship.

44 alluded to that championship pedigree in his tweet.

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Andre Burakovsky’s first goal for the Colorado Avalanche was a game winner

Former Capitals forward Andre Burakovsky scored his first goal as a member of the Colorado Avalanche Thursday night.

It’s one of those skill goals that might make you wish he was still a member of the Washington Capitals.

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Tom Wilson’s first goal of the season is a shorty

Tom Wilson had been goalless to start the 2019-20 season until a shorthanded break on Thursday night gave him his chance.

It was a purdy, purdy goal.

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Alex Ovechkin scores twice from Ovi Spot in second period, his first ever goals against Pekka Rinne

Washington’s top six couldn’t get much going early in Thursday’s game against the Nashville Predators, but two second-period powerplays provided the relief the Capitals needed so badly.

Alex Ovechkin scored twice on Ovi Shots from the Ovi Spot for his first powerplay goals of the season.

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The Washington Capitals clapped back at the LA Kings days after the Kings taunted the Nationals on Twitter

Like Tom Wilson, the Washington Capitals Twitter account has a long memory. And early Thursday morning, the Caps Twitter clapped back at the Los Angeles Kings in epic fashion.

Let me explain.

The Washington Nationals lost Game Three of the NLDS to the Los Angeles Dodgers 10-4 on Sunday. The Nationals led 2-1 until the Dodgers exploded for a seven-run sixth inning and batted around, giving the Dodgers an 8-2 lead.

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Evgeny Kuznetsov to center second line, Michal Kempny out against Nashville Predators

Todd Reirden made one minor tweak to the Capitals lines ahead of their game Thursday night against the Nashville Predators.

Evgeny Kuznetsov will return to his second-line center spot after playing his first game of the season on the third line.

Kuzy scored in the first period on a nifty backhand against the Dallas Stars.

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The Washington Nationals just won their first playoff series ever

Game Five of the NLDS didn’t start well for the Nationals. In fact, it was almost a worst-case scenario. Stephen Strasburg, who struck out 10 batters in Game Two, got rocked. In the first inning, Joc Pederson hit a ground-rule double literally through the fence of Dodger Stadium. The next batter, Max Muncy, went yard giving Los Angeles a 2-0 lead. In the second inning, Enrique Hernández hit a solo bomb giving the Dodgers, the best team in the National League, a 3-0 lead.

But the Nationals, like they have all year, clawed back.

“Nobody gave up,” Michael A. Taylor said. “Every time we got back to the dugout, it was like, ‘Here we go, here we go.’ Every inning, ‘Here we go.'”

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This new Washington Capitals hat for women is amazing

Look, as a guy, I’m jealous.

The Capitals recently released new gear for the fall season and it includes this trucker hat. The navy blue trucker hat features the abbreviation WSH stitched on the front and the Weagle logo on the back.

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The Capitals all wore Washington Nationals shirts on their flight to Nashville

The Washington Nationals are in Los Angeles tonight for their decisive Game Five of the National League Divisional Series against the Dodgers. And I can report they will have a pocket of crazy and loud fans in Nashville.

Those fans are the Washington Capitals who all wore Washington Nationals t-shirts under their suits on their flight to Tennessee.

The Capitals published photos taken from Dulles Airport on their social media accounts. “GO @NATIONALS!” the Caps wrote.

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