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Braden Holtby lies on the ice after giving up the game-winning goal on Tuesday. (Photo by Toni L. Sandys/ The Washington Post) This post was originally published after the Nationals, who owned the best regular season record in the National League, were eliminated by the Giants in the 2014 National League Division Series. It is far from a perfect account of how the Capitals added to D.C.’s playoff disappointment with their season-ending,…

BASEBALL WASHINGTON (AP) Max Scherzer struck out 20 batters, matching the major league record for a nine-inning game as he pitched the Washington Nationals past the Detroit Tigers 3-2. Scherzer had a chance to break the mark when James McCann stepped to the plate with two outs in the ninth inning. McCann, who whiffed his previous three times up, grounded to third for the final out. The astounding performance came…

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“No,” Jake Arrieta said, he doesn’t believe in the concept of taking a hometown discount, sending a point-blank message through the reporters crowded around his locker wanting a reaction to Stephen Strasburg’s seven-year, $175 million extension with the Washington Nationals. The Cubs can’t just sell Arrieta on Wrigley Field’s atmosphere, his friendships in the clubhouse and the chance to make history. Losing as a winning recruiting pitch can only go…

Bryce Harper was fined and suspended on Wednesday. While Major League Baseball is at it, it should give him a big pat on the back as well. The one-game suspension is just. Harper should also apologize for breaking a rule and so overtly cussing. But then he should say he’ll probably do it again, because he loves competing and he just might lose his mind every single time someone messes…

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Braden Holtby lies on the ice after giving up the game-winning goal on Tuesday. (Photo by Toni L. Sandys/ The Washington Post) This post was originally published after the Nationals, who owned the best regular season record in the National League, were eliminated by the Giants in the 2014 National League Division Series. It is far from a perfect account of how the Capitals added to D.C.’s playoff disappointment with their season-ending,…

Braden Holtby lies on the ice after giving up the game-winning goal on Tuesday. (Photo by Toni L. Sandys/ The Washington Post) This post was originally published after the Nationals, who owned the best regular season record in the National League, were eliminated by the Giants in the 2014 National League Division Series. It is far from a perfect account of how the Capitals added to D.C.’s playoff disappointment with their season-ending,…

Fantasy Sports Trade Association chairman Peter Schoenke testifies on Capitol Hill.(Photo: Jacquelyn Martin, AP) WASHINGTON — The House subcommittee hearing was labeled “Daily Fantasy Sports: Issues and Perspectives.” The real purpose, however, for the nearly two-hour long hearing on Wednesday became clear minutes in: the decriminalization of sports gambling nationwide. “The biggest thing for me is that I would like us to legalize sports betting,” Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) said after the…

By Joshua Berlinger, CNN Updated 1453 GMT (2253 HKT) May 11, 2016

NASCAR levied a P3 penalty against the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota driven by Kyle Busch for infractions in the Sprint Cup Series GoBowling 400 event on Saturday at Kansas Speedway. Adam Stevens, crew chief, was fined $20,000, suspended from all NASCAR Series Championship points events through May 18 and put on NASCAR probation through Dec. 31. The No. 18 team’s front tire changer, Josh Leslie, was suspended through May 18 and put on…

A seven-figure payment from the successful Tokyo Olympic bid team to a notorious account linked to the son of the disgraced former world athletics chief Lamine Diack was apparently made during the race to host the 2020 Games, the Guardian has learned. The alleged payment of around €1.3m (£1.03m), now believed to be under scrutiny by French police, will increase pressure on the International Olympic Committee to investigate properly links…

My theory is that the former British Cycling technical director Shane Sutton has been hacked and is now being run as a parody human. His best counter to an accusation of sexism by Victoria Pendleton was to claim bafflement. After all, Shane explained, he had repeatedly “held her in my arms in the track centre when she has capitulated”. I’m no sports scientist, but this sounds like cycling-ese for “She…

What’s better than hitting a home run? Hitting a home run and getting free beer! Former MLB player Brandon Laird is playing in Japan for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (yes, HAM FIGHTERS) and managed to net himself a big reward. Hitting off fellow major leaguer Brandon Dickson, Laird went deep to left field and bounced his homer off a Kirin beer sign. That might seem routine until you…

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Rutgers two-sport athlete Jawuan Harris has been sidelined for the past two weeks as the result of an unspecified athletic department violation. A scholarship wide receiver, Harris is currently a member of the baseball team. Harris appeared in the first 40 games of the season, including 39 starts, but the speedy outfielder has been out of the lineup since an April 24 game against Penn State. “Jawuan Harris is still a part…

Our daily fantasy baseball picks continue with starting pitcher rankings and advice for Wednesday’s MLB slate. As a former pitcher, I’m a huge fan of pitching duels. That’s why I’m in love with today’s matchups: Mat Latos vs. Cole Hamels (both undefeated); Chris Archer vs. Taijuan Walker; Marcus Stroman vs. Madison Bumgarner; Jordan Zimmermann vs. Max Scherzer in the odd double-revenge game against former teams; Noah Syndergaard vs. Kenta Maeda.  MORE FANTASY:…

Braden Holtby lies on the ice after giving up the game-winning goal on Tuesday. (Photo by Toni L. Sandys/ The Washington Post) This post was originally published after the Nationals, who owned the best regular season record in the National League, were eliminated by the Giants in the 2014 National League Division Series. It is far from a perfect account of how the Capitals added to D.C.’s playoff disappointment with their season-ending,…

A panel of doping experts and a former Metropolitan Police commissioner have said more needs to be done to regain public trust in sport. Former Metropolitan Police commissioner, Lord Stevens said “there is a crisis of confidence in sport” and called for the taking of performance-enhancing drugs to be made illegal.  Lord Stevens added: “I believe some of the integrity breaches should be drafted into criminal law, including the taking…