Leonard Hankerson

EL PASO, Texas — Lesson learned. A while ago, Harrison Smith was caught being a little too excited over his own success. All it took was being called out once for him to get the message. Friday, there were plenty of reasons for Notre Dame's 6-...

Kirk Cousins saved the Washington Redskins' season Sunday by emulating the man he's been watching light up the field all season. When superstar rookie quarterback Robert Griffin III couldn't continue playing on a sprained right knee late in the fourth...

The player that the Ravens spent all week trying to devise a way to contain was finally stopped. Robert Griffin III wasn’t on the field after the Washington Redskins’ rookie took one more punishing hit in an afternoon filled with them, the...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers watched opponents panic when preparing for Robert Griffin III and vowed not to suffer the same identity crisis.   “We didn’t want to get too creative,” defensive end Brett Keisel said....

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Anthony Armstrong didn’t stand out for a change when the Washington Redskins receivers lined up for drills Tuesday at practice. That is a good thing, if he is going to make the team. Armstrong was again No. 13 — and not the lone wideout...

When Trent Williams had to rest his sore foot midway through Tuesday afternoon’s practice, the first-team left tackle for the Washington Redskins — the player assigned to protect Robert Griffin III’s blindside — became a thirty-...

LaVar Arrington, Kevin Shafer, and Rocky Parrish discuss the teams around Washington D.C. and who they believe will be the first to win a championship title, how the Redskins have handled the free agency situation, their choices for Rookie of the Year for...

As the fourth quarter started Sunday at FedEx Field, with the Washington Redskins' offense and the third quarterback of the Mike Shanahan era struggling mightily, the burgundy-and-gold-clad crowd started to boo, and one fan in earshot of the press box...

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...

Start with the trade of Donovan McNabb. Add the signing of Barry Cofield. Throw in a host of 30-something receivers: Jabar Gaffney, Donte’ Stallworth, Brandon Stokley and Santana Moss. Oh, yeah, there’s also Kellen Clemens and the...