John Walton shared some difficult news on Saturday.
The longtime voice of the Capitals will not be calling the next few Capitals games after being exposed to a family member with COVID-19.
The Washington Capitals rang in the New Year with their family and closest friends. On social media, they shared lovely new year wishes, beautiful family photos, and kinda dumb quotes.
Here’s what you missed while you celebrated day one of 2021 yourself.
The Washington Capitals’ first round-robin game of the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs will be aired on NBC Sports Washington and Capitals Radio — like usual. But the coronavirus pandemic has changed practically everything else.
First off, none of the broadcasts will happen on location from inside the bubble. Descriptions and analysis will be coming from watching a live feed of the games from nearby monitors. There will be no crowds, only piped-in crowd noise.
Joe Beninati and Craig Laughlin will call the game from NBC Sports Washington’s studio in Bethesda, Maryland. Rob Carlin will host the pre- and post-game shows from a different room at NBCSWSH headquarters, while Alan May provides color from inside his bedroom studio in Georgetown. May added it’s “where all of the magic happens,” which I think is in reference to his great analysis.
With all professional sports leagues on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic, DC’s local sports broadcasters are teaming up to help raise money for those in need in the DC area.
With a donation of $25 or more, fans can have a broadcaster of their choice create a personalized video via the website Cameo. The money raised will go to help DC Central Kitchen, the Capital Area Food Bank, and Martha’s Table. Donations can also be made by texting “DCSPORTS” to 44321.
By Rachel Cohen 1 year ago
The Washington Capitals are currently on their longest road trip of the 2019-20 season, but that hasn’t prevented them from showing their endless support for the Washington Nationals. On Tuesday, the Capitals debuted new nameplates featuring the Nationals logo ahead of their game against the Calgary Flames.
The Capitals’ broadcast team took their support one step further once they touched down in Edmonton on Wednesday. Donning a very fetching shark onesie, complete with a tie, play-by-play announcer Joe Beninati clapped along to “Baby Shark” around Rogers Place to back the Nationals ahead of Game Two of the World Series.
By Donya Abramo 1 year ago
The Washington Redskins got shut out by the San Francisco 49ers 9-0, Sunday, in a soggy, mud-filled game at FedEx Field. It was the DC football team’s sixth loss in seven games of what is already another harrowing season.
Later that night, Capitals radio announcer John Walton, who always stays up and up on local DC sports current events, put in perspective just how bad things are for the Redskins after TJ Oshie scored the Capitals’ first goal of the game.
The radio voice of the Washington Capitals, John Walton, was at Nationals Park for Game Four of the NLCS.
And seconds after the Nationals recorded the final out to clinch their first World Series appearance in franchise history, Walton unleashed his famous catchphrase on the St. Louis Cardinals.
By Ian Oland 1 year ago
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.'”
John Walton and his silky voice are coming to bubble hockey.
Tuesday, Super Chexx Bubble Hockey announced that the radio voice of the Washington Capitals is now an option on their new tables. In another coup for Caps fans, Bob McDonald sings the US and Canadian national anthems.
Over the summer, Washington Capitals radio announcer John Walton debuted a new look during an interview with NHL Network about Alex Ovechkin’s trip to China. The beard was an instant hit with Caps fans, though Walton later broke some hearts by saying that it was “unlikely” he would keep the beard for the 2019-20 season.
However, it appears that Walton may have changed his mind about shaving his facial hair for the start of the season.
“Have decided to keep it to start the season,” Walton tweeted in reply to a question asking whether he would rock the beard for the season. “Let’s get weird.”
By Donya Abramo 2 years ago
