Dick Heller

Army turned Navy Inside and Outside

The Way it Was: Just three months after World War II ended, this was a gala occasion.

December 4, 2008

DICK HELLER: Monumental task awaiting Tapscott

Ed Tapscott has been around basketball in Washington and elsewhere for what seems forever, but I doubt he has ever felt as honored as he does now.

November 29, 2008

Dick Heller: Senators’ Vernon deserves induction

More than 200 family members and friends celebrated Thanksgiving five days early last week during a memorial service for Mickey Vernon at Widener University in Chester, Pa.

November 25, 2008

‘Just kneel down, Joe’

Dick Heller: Pisarcik didn't, and his fumble forever changed game.

November 23, 2008

BCS not Obama’s concern

Dick Heller: It's nice that President-elect Barack Obama wants changes in the ludicrous BCS ... but why?

November 20, 2008

DICK HELLER: Rebirth of a rivalry at Byrd Stadium

Good football players and teams make plays when they have to, which is exactly what Maryland did Saturday at Byrd Stadium. As a result, the maddeningly inconsistent Terrapins live to fight another day or two for a title in the ACC's Atlantic Division.

November 16, 2008

THE WAY IT WAS with DICK HELLER: Southpaws set ‘em down

Death claimed two outstanding left-handers of the 1950s last week. The pair couldn't have been more different.

November 16, 2008

Major leaguers in camouflage

Can you imagine baseball stars like Alex Rodriguez, Chase Utley and Cliff Lee doffing their stretch-knit uniforms to don military duds?

November 11, 2008

An All-American drama

The Way It Was: Gipp's tale still holds sway.

November 9, 2008

Dick Heller: Clothes do not make the men

New uniforms, same old players.

November 7, 2008

Feller didn’t balk

Dick Heller: Pitcher, other players served in WWII.

November 5, 2008

Portis a student of history

Once, a long time ago, O.J. Simpson was considered a good guy by most people - and possibly the best running back in NFL history.

November 2, 2008

Wrong place, wrong time

The Way It Was: Buckner's folly.

October 28, 2008

DICK HELLER: Schizophrenic squad somehow pulls it out

Those perplexing Maryland Terrapins sure know how to spoil homecoming for their fans - and almost for themselves.

October 26, 2008

Mr. October’s three-for-all

The Way It Was: As the New York Yankees took batting practice before Game 6 of the 1977 World Series, Reggie Jackson whacked ball after ball into the right-field seats at Yankee Stadium.

October 19, 2008

Dick Heller: Maryland stands up to Wake

The biggest problem for Maryland's quixotic football team might just be that its remaining schedule isn't tough enough.

October 19, 2008

Dick Heller: A different District during feverish 1950s

Archbishop Carroll High School will induct 11 athletes and one coach from the 1950s into its Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday, and the occasion provides a chance to examine the changes in sports and society hereabouts over a half-century.

October 18, 2008

A hit, no bat

Heller: Brinkman starred alongside Howard for the Senators

October 5, 2008

Dick Heller: Minding his temper

Although Tommy Bolt won 15 PGA Tour events and is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, that's not why fans remembered him.

September 28, 2008

DICK HELLER: Rocket’s red glare not needed at the Stadium

Hunkered down in his hurricane-battered Houston mansion this week, Roger Clemens told the New York Post he was "heartbroken" not to be included in those closing ceremonies at Yankee Stadium the other night.

September 27, 2008