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Tom Schad

After spending nearly two years as an intern at The Washington Times, Tom Schad rejoined the staff as a sports reporter in August 2014. A Colorado native and American University graduate, he previously served as a reporter and copy editor at The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun and MLB.com. He can be reached at tschad@washingtontimes.com

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2015 NFL Draft: Redskins stockpile prospects on Day 3

A look at the 10 players Washington selected over three days, including the seven they picked Saturday.

May 2, 2015

Redskins draft Matt Jones of Florida in the third round of 2015 NFL draft

Washington made a trade with the Seattle Seahawks, then selected Jones, a power back, with the 95th overall pick.

May 1, 2015

Redskins draft Preston Smith of Mississippi State in the second round of 2015 NFL draft

With the 38th overall pick, Washington chose Smith, a defensive end who could play outside linebacker in the team's 3-4 scheme.

May 1, 2015

Scot McCloughan leads smooth process for Redskins in 2015 NFL draft

"[McCloughan's] been great," the coach said Thursday night, after Washington picked Iowa offensive lineman Brandon Scherff fifth overall. "Very poised, very calm, not very chaotic up there."

May 1, 2015

Getting to know Redskins’ draft pick Brandon Scherff

Scherff is a burly offensive lineman who is expected to play right tackle in Washington. However, he is also a former tennis player and avid fisherman who played trombone in his high school band.

April 30, 2015

Redskins draft Brandon Scherff of Iowa with No. 5 pick in 2015 NFL Draft

Scherff won the Outland Trophy as the nation's top interior lineman, and coach Jay Gruden said he will enter 2015 as a right tackle for Washington.

April 30, 2015

No trade offers made for Redskins’ Kirk Cousins, Scot McCloughan says

Cousins has been the subject of trade rumors for several years now, but McCloughan says the team has not received any formal offers for him so far this offseason.

April 28, 2015

Paul Pierce, John Wall, Wizards help cheer Capitals to victory in Game 7

Several Wizards players cheered on the Capitals in their Game 7 win over the Islanders, and Trotz said the District's professional teams will build off one another's success.

April 27, 2015

Scot McCloughan says Redskins open trading in 2015 NFL draft

In a pre-draft press conference Monday, Washington's general manager said he hopes to stockpile as many quality players as possible to create competition entering 2015.

April 27, 2015

Robert Griffin III has fifth-year option picked up by Washington Redskins

General manager Scot McCloughan walked up to the podium Monday at noon in Redskins Park and announced that the Redskins would pick up the fifth-year option on Griffin, keeping him with the team through 2016.

April 27, 2015

The Nationals have problems, but Max Scherzer isn’t one

Through four starts this season, Scherzer has shown why he was entrusted with such a mind-boggling contract. In Thursday's 4-1 loss to the Cardinals, he allowed just two runs and six hits over seven innings.

April 23, 2015

Nationals falter in series finale against Cardinals, lose 4-1

Washington was 1-for-11 with runners in scoring position and committed a critical error in the eighth inning to drop the series finale against the St. Louis Cardinals, 4-1.

April 23, 2015

Pete Kozma returns to Nationals Park, where he’s still Public Enemy No. 1

The Cardinals infielder returned to Washington this week and continues to draw boos from Nationals fans after his game-winning single in Game 5 of the 2012 NLDS.

April 23, 2015

Nationals fall to Kolten Wong, Cardinals, 7-5

Kolten Wong terrorized Washington on Wednesday, hitting a two-run homer and an RBI double while also making a pair of impressive defensive plays. The Nationals lost, 7-5, to fall to 7-8 on the season.

April 22, 2015

Mitch Harris, Cardinals pitcher and Navy grad, realizes his big league dreams

If the seas were calm and his schedule agreeable, Mitch Harris would grab a baseball and head out into the open air. In these rare moments, the flight deck of the USS Ponce was his playing field, the Persian Gulf his stadium, a Dominican cook his throwing partner.

April 22, 2015