Dick Heller

HELLER: One final memorial for Mount Vernon

There is sadness today in the hearts of many Washingtonians with more than a touch of gray in their hair.

September 26, 2008

HELLER: Yankee Stadium’s last goodbye

As 20 former pinstriped stars jogged or walked onto baseball's most famous field, the people roared and clicked digital cameras nonstop for favorites ranging from Yogi Berra and Whitey Ford to Paul O'Neill and Willie Randolph.

September 22, 2008

THE WAY IT WAS: Final farewell in Bronx

The crowd was announced as a record 74,217, though the actual attendance was less than 60,000. Outside, more than 20,000 fans were turned away on a raw, spring day when the temperature did not reach 50 degrees.

September 21, 2008

Dick Heller: Victory proves Friedgen is still a master motivator

This was the one Ralph Friedgen and his Maryland Terrapins had to have.

September 14, 2008

Dick Heller: Zorn’s first foe: History

Will Jim Zorn lead the Redskins onward and upward in his first season as coach?

September 3, 2008

The Way It Was

Dick Heller: Heart attack felled eloquent Giamatti soon after Rose ban.

September 2, 2008

Goodbye, promised land

The Way It Was: Malone left Maryland for the ABA.

August 26, 2008

Dick Heller: Nats’ casualties of woe could be Acta, Bowden

Someone must pay.

August 21, 2008

Dick Heller: Nowadays, potential can be a greedy word

Aaron Crow: for the birds.

August 19, 2008

Dick Heller: Kahn recalls stories of summer

An old literary friend.

August 14, 2008

Dick Heller: On wrong side of history

A shot Stobbs couldn't forget.

July 29, 2008

The Way It Was

Unchallenged Indurain won five in a row.

July 21, 2008

Dick Heller: NL East’s class clowns, the Nats

When they slink into Atlanta's Turner Field on Friday night, the Gnats will be coming off their hottest four-day stretch of the season.

July 17, 2008

Correcting a grave injustice

The Way it Was: Ruth's mother finally gets headstone.

July 15, 2008

Dick Heller: Ruth built it, but he had lots of help

A new Yankee Stadium? You might as well build new versions of the U.S. Capitol, Big Ben and the Sphinx.

July 14, 2008

Burgundy and gold dwarfs all in District

Dick Heller: Start the countdown.

July 8, 2008

‘Accident waiting to happen’

When thoroughbred racehorses gallop along a track at top speed, potential tragedy rides in the saddle alongside the jockeys. Thankfully, that kind of tragedy doesn't occur often. When it does, every human connected to the horse feels physical and psychological pain.

July 7, 2008

An epic finish

The Way It Was: Borg held off McEnroe in 1980

July 1, 2008

Dick Heller: RFK’s team worth watching

The biggest winner in town.

July 1, 2008

Dick Heller: On one leg, Shepard became pitching hero

A real MVP.

June 24, 2008