The Washington Post Adds Current to DC Championships Article

Today's page three feature in the Washington Post's daily paper, Express, included a sports item titled "Three D.C.-area sports teams that actually have won recent championships." The 3 identified "local" sports teams were Washington Kastles (World TeamTennis), DC Brawlers (National Professional Grid League), and Chesapeake Bayhawks (Major League Lacrosse).

Since the DC Current were excluded, a "fixed" page three was submitted to Vicky Hallett. Shown below, the image describes the DC Current's 9-1 season and MLU Championship.  

"FIXED" page three article for WaPo Express by SLUDGE.

UPDATE: The Washington Post article was updated with FOUR DC teams, now including the DC Current!!!

It now reads: "The city’s Major League Ultimate team doesn’t just toss Frisbees. It’s also good at letting tweets fly — as evidenced by the response when we left their players out of the original version of this story. So let’s hear it for their impressive 9-1 record this season, which culminated in the MLU Championship in July. You win the Internet!"

Thanks, Vicky!

Oh, here's another one for D.C. Scandal who won the USA Ultimate Championship in fall 2013.

Alternate Lede for Express

Today's issue of Express (a publication of The Washington Post) covered the non-sports-related Ultimate news. While the news byte is a perfect topic for eyeopeners, the headline "Ultimate Frisbee tournaments are known havens for criminals" lacks creative punch that reads are accustomed to.

From page 2 of Express

Some alternate ledes:
Police make great catch at Ultimate Frisbee tournament.

Bank robber to get tossed into jail after tossing at Ultimate Frisbee tournament.

Handcuffs are the ultimate defense at Ultimate Frisbee tournament.

Frisbee Lobby

How great to see The Washington Post daily newspaper, Express, mention Ultimate Frisbee again! Today's Express Blog Log (page 24) features a quip from the Washington City Paper regarding the on-going issue of trees on an Ultimate field.

Screengrab from 8/29 Express.

"Your move, Park Service. The frisbee lobby is not to be trifled with." - Aaron Wiener.

Local Ultimate Frisbee Kerfuffle

Happy Arbor Day!

Armand Lione, fellow local ultimate player & friend-of-Sludge, is involved in a letter writing campaign to the White House. His cause is trying to prevent tree planting on The Ellipse because new trees are disrupting the open space to play Ultimate. This location was the former site of Saturday morning pickup.

Ultimate Frisbee Players Ask First Lady to Stop Tree-Planting on Field [City Paper]
With fewer fields to play on, competition for the remaining space became fierce, and the DC ultimate frisbee players couldn't stand up to the softball leagues...

Ultimate Frisbee Players Want First Lady to Stop Park Service From Planting Trees [DCist]
Ultimate Frisbee players say new trees in the Ellipse make it hard to find places to play; spaces on the Mall itself are even scarcer...

Second Best

WAFC [Ultimate], was voted as "2nd best Amateur Sports League" in WaPo's EXPRESS Best of 2011.

1st) Happy Hour Kickball. 2nd) Washington Area Frisbee Club. 3rd) DC Social Sports Club

Flatball on the Mall

Today's express Fit section exposes our treasured flatball pickup game.

But the most beloved part of [the National Mall] might just be the grass...

The green stuff provides tons of open space for games of all kinds, so it's the pickup sports mecca of the metropolitan area. "...the Saturday 10 a.m. game on the polo fields in West Potomac Park. People know all they have to do to play is show up with a light shirt & a dark shirt."

Time to push up pickup's starting time to 9:30 a.m.???