MONDAY, APRIL 19, 2010

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PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL

THE SHANAHAN PLAYBOOK PART FOUR OF FOUR

The art of stretching a defense till it breaks

Mike Shanahan’s Denver teams were renowned for making all-pros out of obscure offensive linemen and late-round running backs. His offense sends running backs inside and outside behind blockers operating in tandem. In addition, Shanahan will go into his bag of tricks once in a while and produce run plays that leave defenses wondering what just happened. This is a good example of Shanahan’s ability to stretch defenses horizontally with the running game.

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The offense sends one of its two tight ends in motion before the snap against the defense’s tight 4-3. This brings the weak-side linebacker up to the line. At the same time, the strong safety

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At the snap, the quarterback fakes a counter handoff to the fullback to the left side. The middle and strong-side linebackers bite on the fake and hit the line to that side. After

the fullback sells the fake by heading to the line, the quarterback rolls out as if to run downfield or find a passing option. This takes the cornerback, who was setting up to cover, back to read the quarterback. As soon as this happens, the read option is set — with the cornerback staying inside on the quarterback, the play is outside to the halfback. As the blocking tight end takes the left defensive end out of the play, there is nobody to stop the pitch.

TRACEE HAMILTON

Winds of change blow through Redskins Park

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indoctrinated, the better. He apparently made great strides in his first weekend of coaching in Washington. Nearly every player worked the word “commitment” into a sentence, a sure sign that it’s a Shanahan buzz word. “It’s a new regime, new coaches, new staff, a new way of life,” said defensive end Andre Carter. “It’s not just your standard minicamp. We always come with a purpose but this is different. “His philosophy, the way he carries himself, how he wants us to carry ourselves, it’s totally different compared to some of the coaches we’ve had before. It is a lot more serious. The key word is ‘together.’ It’s not about egos, it’s about individuals becoming one.” The tone Sunday was serious; there was no music, no goofing off or wandering around. There were no hangers-on sidling from field to field. Allen walked onto the practice field with no fanfare —nary a golf cart in sight — and observed. There were no lawn chairs and no tents. Players watched drills, even if

they weren’t participating. Maybe you’re thinking “big deal.” I wasn’t at minicamp last year, but Iwas at much of training camp, and the difference in the focus and tone between last August’s

(Stunningly, Shanahan is still implementing the new alignment.) Asked what he thought of playing a game of chicken with a coach like Mike Shanahan, Fletcher laughed, but when he answered, he answered carefully: “We want Albert here.” It’s not surprising to see

Fletcher falling into formation; he’s a team leader and a consummate professional. But what about Clinton Portis? His former coach in Denver has brought in running backs Larry Johnson and Willie Parker, possibly to push Portis, possibly to do even more than that. Under fire for his conditioning and practice habits, Portis could easily be chafing under Shanahan’s new democracy. Does he feel more committed to the Redskins with Shanahan running the show? “I actually do,” he said. “It’s a

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Wide receiver Malcolm Kelly catches a pass while working with offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan during Sunday’s session of minicamp.

practices and Sunday’swas striking. These may all sound like just more small changes. But to the players, they were huge — and not unwelcome. In fact, quite the opposite.

“I told one guy, it’s a breath of fresh air,” defensive

end-linebacker Brian Orakpo said. “Everybody’s working to achieve one goal. We’re all on the same page, coming together as one.” Last season, the Redskins could have held two minicamps but they chose to have just one. This season, the Redskins can

have three minicamps, two voluntary (“see mandatory”) and one mandatory-mandatory. Care to hazard a guess as to how many they’ll have? “You can see why he’s won two Super Bowls,” London Fletcher said. “He talks about the standard that’s expected of us. He

SCOREBOARD SOCCER

Major League Soccer

Eastern Conference

Team W L T Pts GF GA

New York ....................... 3 1 0943 Kansas City ................... 2 1 0651 New England ................. 2 2 0664 Chicago .......................... 1 2 1455 Columbus ...................... 1 0 1442 Toronto FC ..................... 1 3 0 3 4 10 Philadelphia .................. 1 2 0346 D.C. .................................. 0 4 0 0 2 11

Western Conference Team W L T Pts GF GA

Los Angeles ................... 4 0 0 12 7 1 Colorado ........................ 2 1 1764 Houston .......................... 2 1 1764 San Jose ......................... 2 1 0644 Seattle ............................ 2 1 1753 Real Salt Lake ............... 1 2 1476 Chivas USA .................... 1 3 0326 Dallas .............................. 0 1 2245

Sunday’s Result

at Colorado 3 ......................................... Toronto FC 1

Thursday’s Game

Seattle FC at Dallas ................................................... 8

Women’s Professional Soccer

W L T Pts GF GA

Saint Louis..................... 1 0 1 4 3 1 Boston ............................ 1 0 1 4 3 2 Washington................... 1 1 0 3 4 3 FC Gold Pride ................ 1 1 0 3 3 3 Sky Blue FC.................... 1 1 0 3 2 3 Philadelphia .................. 0 0 2 2 1 1 Chicago .......................... 0 1 1 1 1 2 Atlanta............................ 0 1 1 1 1 3

NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Sunday’s Results

at Washington 3 ...........................................Atlanta 1 Philadelphia 1 ................................. at Boston 1 (Tie)

Saturday, April 24

Atlanta at FC Gold Pride...........................................10

Sunday, April 25

Washington at Philadelphia..................................... 6 Boston at Saint Louis ................................................. 6 Sky Blue FC at Chicago.............................................. 6

Freedom 3, Beat 1

Atlanta................................... 0 1 — 1 Washington .......................... 1 2 — 3

Scoring

First half: 1, Washington, Wambach 1, 43rd min- ute.

Second half: 2, Atlanta, Bachmann 1, 47th. 3, Washington, Sawa 1 (Wambach), 50th. 4, Wash- ington, Welsh 1 (Wambach), 89th. Yellow Cards: Bachmann, Atlanta, 44th.

Lineups

Atlanta: Allison Whitworth [GK], Leigh Ann Rob- inson, Kia McNeill, Stacy Bishop, Tobin Heath, McCall Zerboni (Monica Ocampo, 66th), Angie Kerr (Amanda Cinalli, 66th), Mami Yamaguchi, Ramona Bachmann, Lauren Sesselmann (Sophia Mundy, 87th), Johanna Rasmussen. Washington: Erin McLeod [GK], Becky Sauer- brunn, Cat Whitehill, Nikki Marshall, Sonia Bom- pastor, Homare Sawa, Lisa De Vanna (Christie Welsh, 63rd), Lene Mykjaland (Jill Gilbeau, 80th), Allie Long (Sarah Huffman, 58th), Rebecca Moros, Abby Wambach. A: 2,665 (5,126)

LOCAL GOLF

Argyle 13 1

WMGA Men Sr. A-Team Match

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Chantilly National 12, Springfield 6 Columbia 11 1

Four Streams 4 1 ⁄2

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International 16, Fort Belvoir 2 Bretton Woods — In the Argentine cup, Tam Nguyen won the men’s division with score of 137. Jingping Yang was the ladies’ champion with a 136. Evergreen — In the Couples tournament event, Mr. and Mrs. Sievers won the first place gross di- vision with a score of 70. Mr. and Mrs. Raines won the first place net division with 55. Lakewood — Justin Dross Richard Singer Hal Da- noff and Marty Saturn won the Men’s Opening Day event with 127. Mount Vernon — In the CLGA crystal ball, the low gross winners were Katie Cox and Julie Rakes with 72 and the low net winner were Cindy John- son and Nancy Elder with 58.

HIGH SCHOOLS

BASEBALL MARYLAND

Blake 13, Damascus 9

Churchill 12, Gaithersburg 2 (6) Parkdale 4, Wise 2

VIRGINIA

Hylton 10, Potomac (Va.) 2

PRIVATE

Avalon 17, Leesburg Christian 4 Avalon 8, Washington Christian 6

BOYS’ SOCCER

Loudoun Valley 1, Battlefield 0

GOLF

PGA Tour Verizon Heritage

At Harbour Town Links; In Hilton Head Island, S.C. Purse: $5.7 million; Yardage: 6,973; Par: 71 (36-35) Final Round Leading Scores

x-J. Furyk (500), $1,026,000 ....67 68 67 69 — 271 -13 Brian Davis (300), $615,600 ....68 69 66 68 — 271 -13 Bo Van Pelt (163), $330,600 ....67 72 66 69 — 274 -10 Luke Donald (163), $330,600 ..69 68 67 70 — 274 -10 Kris Blanks (100), $208,050 ....70 68 69 68 — 275 -9 C. Villegas (100), $208,050 .....70 68 67 70 — 275 -9 Ricky Barnes (100), $208,050 .69 69 66 71 — 275 -9 S. Appleby (78), $159,600 .......69 67 73 67 — 276 -8 Rickie Fowler (78), $159,600 ..68 72 69 67 — 276 -8 Nick O’Hern (78), $159,600 .....69 72 64 71 — 276 -8 Heath Slocum (78), $159,600 .70 67 67 72 — 276 -8 Boo Weekley (63), $125,400 ...68 68 68 73 — 277 -7 Briny Baird (63), $125,400 ......71 67 66 73 — 277 -7 Rory Sabbatini (54), $88,350 ..74 68 69 67 — 278 -6 Matt Kuchar (54), $88,350 ......71 67 72 68 — 278 -6 J.P. Hayes (54), $88,350 ...........69 68 72 69 — 278 -6 Spencer Levin (54), $88,350 ...72 66 70 70 — 278 -6 J.J. Henry (54), $88,350 ............68 68 71 71 — 278 -6 Stewart Cink (54), $88,350 .....71 69 67 71 — 278 -6 Webb Simpson (54), $88,350 .70 68 68 72 — 278 -6 Stephen Ames (54), $88,350 ..74 65 65 74 — 278 -6 Jason Day (45), $47,595 ...........70 70 72 67 — 279 -5 Bryce Molder (45), $47,595 ....68 68 74 69 — 279 -5 Paul Casey (45), $47,595 .........75 65 70 69 — 279 -5 C. Howell III (45), $47,595 .......68 67 73 71 — 279 -5 Brett Quigley (45), $47,595 .....69 68 71 71 — 279 -5 Tim Wilkinson (45), $47,595 ...71 66 70 72 — 279 -5 Robert Karlsson (0), $47,595 .70 68 69 72 — 279 -5 F. Jacobson (45), $47,595 ........74 68 65 72 — 279 -5 A. Baddeley (45), $47,595 .......68 69 68 74 — 279 -5 Woody Austin (45), $47,595 ...67 70 67 75 — 279 -5 Brian Gay (38), $33,725 ...........72 70 69 69 — 280 -4 Michael Allen (38), $33,725 ....72 67 71 70 — 280 -4 W. MacKenzie (38), $33,725 ...68 72 66 74 — 280 -4 Steve Flesch (34), $27,503 ......70 71 71 69 — 281 -3 Kevin Na (34), $27,503 .............70 71 68 72 — 281 -3 Chad Campbell (34), $27,503 .69 67 72 73 — 281 -3 T. Immelman (34), $27,503 .....68 69 71 73 — 281 -3 B. de Jonge (34), $27,503 ........72 69 67 73 — 281 -3 C. Pettersson (34), $27,503 ....69 68 70 74 — 281 -3 Bill Haas (28), $20,520 .............67 75 70 70 — 282 -2 K.J. Choi (28), $20,520 ..............64 74 72 72 — 282 -2 Greg Chalmers (28), $20,520 .70 71 69 72 — 282 -2 Martin Laird (28), $20,520 ......69 69 70 74 — 282 -2 Jason Dufner (28), $20,520 .....67 72 69 74 — 282 -2 M. Leishman (28), $20,520 ......70 70 68 74 — 282 -2

x- won on first playoff hole.

Y.E. Yang, South Korea Rhys Davies, Wales Stephen Dodd, Wales Johan Edfors, Sweden Jamie Donaldson, Wales Mikko Ilonen, Finland

PGA European China Open

At Jinji Lake Gold Club; In Suzhou, China Purse: $2.5 million; Yardage: 7,326 Final Round Leading Scores

68-66-68-71_273 73-70-65-67_275 69-71-66-69_275 68-71-68-69_276 66-68-69-73_276 68-67-68-73_276

Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am

At TPC Tampa Bay; In Lutz, Fla.

Bernhard Langer (255), $255,000 .....67 66 — 133 -9 Mark O’Meara (136), $136,000 .........65 69 — 134 -8 Mike Reid (136), $136,000 ..................66 68 — 134 -8 Tom Kite (102), $102,000 ...................68 67 — 135 -7 Keith Fergus (70), $70,267 .................68 68 — 136 -6 Nick Price (70), $70,267 .....................66 70 — 136 -6 Dan Forsman (70), $70,267 ................70 66 — 136 -6 Tom Watson (47), $46,750 .................67 70 — 137 -5 Hal Sutton (47), $46,750 .....................70 67 — 137 -5 Tom Pernice, Jr. (47), $46,750 ...........67 70 — 137 -5 Tommy Armour III (47), $46,750 ......67 70 — 137 -5 David Eger (35), $34,567 ....................70 68 — 138 -4 Fred Couples (35), $34,567 ................71 67 — 138 -4 Loren Roberts (35), $34,567 ..............70 68 — 138 -4 Vicente Fernandez (26), $26,435 .....70 69 — 139 -3 Tom Jenkins (26), $26,435 .................67 72 — 139 -3 Mike Goodes (26), $26,435 ................68 71 — 139 -3 Peter Senior (26), $26,435 .................70 69 — 139 -3 Kirk Hanefeld (26), $26,435 ...............70 69 — 139 -3 Tim Simpson (26), $26,435 ................71 68 — 139 -3 Russ Cochran (19), $19,338 ...............67 73 — 140 -2 Andy Bean (19), $19,338 ....................71 69 — 140 -2 Jay Haas (19), $19,338 ........................69 71 — 140 -2 Ronnie Black (19), $19,338 ................71 69 — 140 -2 Morris Hatalsky (16), $15,504 ...........71 70 — 141 -1 Gil Morgan (16), $15,504 ....................72 69 — 141 -1 Larry Nelson (16), $15,504 .................70 71 — 141 -1 Lonnie Nielsen (16), $15,504 .............70 71 — 141 -1 Peter Jacobsen (16), $15,504 ............73 68 — 141 -1 Olin Browne (13), $13,090 .................72 70 — 142 E Phil Blackmar (13), $13,090 ..............71 71 — 142 E Tom Wargo, $11,220 ...........................73 70 — 143+1 Bob Tway, $11,220 ..............................71 72 — 143+1 Jeff Sluman, $11,220 ...........................73 70 — 143+1 Tom Purtzer, $11,220 .........................72 71 — 143+1 Fuzzy Zoeller, $11,220 ........................75 68 — 143+1 Bruce Fleisher, $8,670 ........................75 69 — 144+2 Mark James, $8,670 ............................74 70 — 144+2 Brad Bryant, $8,670 ............................71 73 — 144+2 Jay Sigel, $8,670 ..................................73 71 — 144+2 Walter Hall, $8,670 ..............................70 74 — 144+2 David Frost, $8,670 ..............................72 72 — 144+2 Larry Mize, $8,670 ...............................71 73 — 144+2

Purse: $1.7 million; Yardage: 6,828; Par 71 (35-36) Final Round Leading Scores

Champions Tour

TENNIS

Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters

At The Monte-Carlo Country Club; In Monaco Purse: $3.43 million (Masters 1000) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles— Championship

Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Fernando Verdasco (6), Spain, 6-0, 6-1.

Doubles— Championship

Daniel Nestor, Canada, and Nenad Zimonjic (1), Serbia, def. Mahesh Bhupathi, India, and Max Mir- nyi (5), Belarus, 6-3, 2-0, retired.

Note: Rafael Nadal became the first man in the Open era (1968-present) to win the same tourna- ment six consecutive years.

6: Rafael Nadal, Monte-Carlo Masters (2005-10) 5: Rafael Nadal, Barcelona (2005-09) 5: Roger Federer, U.S. Open (2004-08) 5: Roger Federer, Wimbledon (2003-07) 5: Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Moscow (1997-01) 5: Balazs Taroczy, Hilversum (1978-82) 5: Bjorn Borg, Wimbledon (1976-80) 5: Guillermo Vilas, Buenos Aires (1973-77) Source: ATPWorldTour.com

WTA Tour Family Circle Cup

At The Family Circle Tennis Center In Charleston, S.C. Purse: $700,000 (Premier) Surface: Green Clay-Outdoor Singles— Championship

Sam Stosur (4), Australia, def. Vera Zvonareva (7), Russia, 6-0, 6-3.

Doubles— Championship

Liezel Huber, United States and Nadia Petrova (1), Russia, def. Vania King, United States, and Mi- chaella Krajicek, Netherlands, 6-3, 6-4.

RESULTS

COLLEGE BASEBALL

Bucknell 1-7, Navy 0-4

George Mason 11, Northeastern 1 George Washington 11, Richmond 5 NC State 22, Maryland 6 Virginia Tech 8, Virginia 5

COLLEGE LACROSSE Women

American 10, Davidson 4 Drexel 10, George Mason 5 Duquesne 12, George Washington 10

COLLEGE SOFTBALL

Boston 5, Maryland 0 Conneticut 3, Georgetown 2

Liberty 11-10, George Washington 1 (5)-0 (6) North Carolina 4, Maryland 0 Seton Hall 3, Georgetown 2 Virginia 1, NC State 0

COLLEGE TENNIS Women

Clemson 4, Virginia 3 Wake Forest 5, Maryland 2

Men

Georgia Tech 4, Virginia Tech 3 John Hopkins 8, Mary Washington 1 Virginia 7, Clemson 0

Xavier 4, George Washington 3 Wake Forest 6, Maryland 1

COLLEGE WATER POLO

Bucknell 11, Maryland 10

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AUTO RACING

O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 Lineup

Monday’s Race

At Texas Motor Speedway; In Fort Worth, Texas Lap length: 1.5 miles; (Car # in parentheses)

1. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, 185.663. 2. (21) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 185.376. 3. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 185.065. 4. (60) Carl Edwards, Ford, 185.014. 5. (6) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 184.995. 6. (38) Jason Leffler, Toyota, 184.502. 7. (88) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 184.458. 8. (66) Steve Wallace, Toyota, 184.407. 9. (98) Paul Menard, Ford, 184.269. 10. (11) Brian Scott, Toyota, 184.225. 11. (16) Colin Braun, Ford, 184.168. 12. (22) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 184.156. 13. (62) Brendan Gaughan, Toyota, 184.137. 14. (99) Trevor Bayne, Toyota, 184.074. 15. (40) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet, 183.936. 16. (33) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 183.824. 17. (70) Shelby Howard, Chevrolet, 183.686. 18. (12) Justin Allgaier, Dodge, 183.411. 19. (56) Kevin Lepage, Chevrolet, 183.212. 20. (09) Chad McCumbee, Ford, 183.2. 21. (04) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 183.175. 22. (32) Reed Sorenson, Toyota, 182.995. 23. (92) Dennis Setzer, Dodge, 182.933. 24. (91) David Gilliland, Chevrolet, 182.741. 25. (81) Michael McDowell, Dodge, 182.667. 26. (10) David Reutimann, Toyota, 182.408. 27. (90) Danny O’Quinn Jr., Chevrolet, 182.389. 28. (05) David Starr, Chevrolet, 182.297. 29. (7) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 182.192. 30. (87) Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet, 182.174. 31. (71) Justin Lofton, Toyota, 182.082. 32. (49) Mark Green, Chevrolet, 181.99. 33. (1) James Buescher, Chevrolet, 181.904. 34. (01) Mike Wallace, Chevrolet, 181.653. 35. (43) Scott Lagasse Jr., Ford, 180.783. 36. (15) Michael Annett, Toyota, 180.747. 37. (34) Tony Raines, Chevrolet, 180.705. 38. (24) Eric McClure, Ford, 179.301. 39. (28) Kenny Wallace, Chevrolet, Owner Points. 40. (23) R. Richardson Jr., Chev., Owner Points. 41. (26) Brian Keselowski, Dodge, Owner Points. 42. (27) Greg Biffle, Ford, Owner Points. 43. (07) Danny Efland, Chevrolet, 181.653.

Formula One Chinese Grand Prix

At Shanghai Int’l circuit; In Shanghai Lap length: 3.39 miles

1. J. Button, Eng., McLaren, 56 laps, 1:46:42.163. 2. Lewis Hamilton, England, McLaren, 56, 1:46:43.693 seconds beh.

3. N.Rosberg, Germany, Mercedes, 56, 1:46:51.647. 4. Fernando Alonso, Spain, Ferrari, 56, 1:46:54.032. 5. Robert Kubica, Poland, Renault, 56, 1:47:04.376. 6. S. Vettel, Germany, Red Bull, 56, 1:47:15.473. 7. Vitaly Petrov, Russia, Renault, 56, 1:47:29.763. 8. M. Webber, Australia, Red Bull, 56, 1:47:34.335. 9. Felipe Massa, Brazil, Ferrari, 56, 1:47:39.959. 10. M. Schumacher, Germ., Merc., 56, 1:47:43.912. 11. A.Sutil, Germany, Force India, 56, 1:47:45.037. 12. R. Barrichello, Brazil, Williams, 56, 1:47:45.828. 13.J.Alguersuari, Spa., Toro Rosso, 56, 1:47:53.579. 14. Heikki Kovalainen, Finland, Lotus, 55. 15. Nico Hulkenberg, Germany, Williams, 55. 16. Bruno Senna, Brazil, HRT, 54, +2 l. 17. Karun Chandhok, India, HRT, 52, +4 l.

Drivers Standings

(Leaders after four of 19 races)

1. Jenson Button, England, McLaren, 60 poi. 2. Nico Rosberg, Germany, Mercedes, 50. 3. Fernando Alonso, Spain, Ferrari, 49. 4. Lewis Hamilton, England, McLaren, 49. 5. Sebastian Vettel, Germany, Red Bull, 45. 6. Felipe Massa, Brazil, Ferrari, 41. 7. Robert Kubica, Poland, Renault, 40.

NASCAR Nationwide

Samsung Mobile 500 Lineup

Monday’s Race

At Texas Motor Speedway; In Fort Worth, Texas Lap length: 1.5 miles; (Car # in parentheses)

1. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 191.327. 2. (77) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 191.232. 3. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 190.9. 4. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 190.88. 5. (9) Kasey Kahne, Ford, 190.712. 6. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 190.255. 7. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 190.248. 8. (33) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 190.188. 9. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 190.121. 10. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 190. 11. (2) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 189.9. 12. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 189.833. 13. (6) David Ragan, Ford, 189.753. 14. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 189.707. 15. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 189.454. 16. (00) David Reutimann, Toyota, 189.381. 17. (43) AJ Allmendinger, Ford, 189.029. 18. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, 188.91. 19. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 188.871. 20. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 188.864. 21. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 188.811. 22. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 188.778. 23. (82) Scott Speed, Toyota, 188.772. 24. (55) Dave Blaney, Toyota, 188.745. 25. (98) Paul Menard, Ford, 188.699. 26. (78) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 188.692. 27. (13) Max Papis, Toyota, 188.64. 28. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 188.633. 29. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 188.567. 30. (5) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 188.317. 31. (37) David Gilliland, Ford, 188.094. 32. (47) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota, 188.088. 33. (66) Michael McDowell, Toyota, 187.996. 34. (09) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet, 187.944. 35. (34) Travis Kvapil, Ford, 187.859. 36. (21) Bill Elliott, Ford, 187.839. 37. (12) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 187.826. 38. (7) Robby Gordon, Toyota, 187.676. 39. (19) Elliott Sadler, Ford, 187.169. 40. (38) Kevin Conway, Ford, 186.78. 41. (71) Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet, 186.645. 42. (83) Brian Vickers, Toyota, Owner Points. 43. (32) Reed Sorenson, Toyota, 187.071.

IRL Long Beach Grand Prix

1.968-mile Streets of Long Beach, Cal. circuit

1. (2) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Honda, 85, Runn 2. (3) Justin Wilson, Dallara-Honda, 85, Runn 3. (1) Will Power, Dallara-Honda, 85, Runn 4. (8) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 85, Runn 5. (6) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, 85, Runn 6. (15) Mario Moraes, Dallara-Honda, 85, Runn 7. (4) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, 85, Runn 8. (5) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Honda, 85, Runn 9. (10) Dan Wheldon, Dallara-Honda, 85, Runn 10. (16) Mike Conway, Dallara-Honda, 85, Runn 11. (14) Vitor Meira, Dallara-Honda, 85, Runn 12. (12) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 85, Runn 13. (11) Hideki Mutoh, Dallara-Honda, 85, Runn 14. (9) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 85, Runn 15. (17) EJ Viso, Dallara-Honda, 85, Runn 16. (20) Danica Patrick, Dallara-Honda, 85, Runn 17. (13) S. de Silvestro, Dallara-Honda, 85, Runn 18. (19) Takuma Sato, Dallara-Honda, 84, Runn 19. (21) Alex Lloyd, Dallara-Honda, 84, Runn 20. (18) Raphael Matos, Dallara-Honda, 84, Runn 21. (7) Alex Tagliani, Dallara-Honda, 65, Cont 22. (22) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 58, Cont 23. (23) Mario Romancini, Dallara-Honda, 58, Cont 24. (24) B. Baguette, Dallara-Honda, 45, Mechani 25. (25) Milka Duno, Dallara-Honda, 10, Handl

Time of Race: 1:47:12.5404. Winners average speed: 93.619. Margin of victory: 5.6931 seconds.

NASCAR Sprint Cup

wants maximum effort. With the new system we’re going to have mistakes but he’s making sure we put in the effort.” Fletcher said he has talked to

Haynesworth, who is engaged in a battle of wills with Shanahan over the definition of voluntary as well as the hybrid 3-4 defense.

difference when you say commitment and you want someone to buy into a system that you really don’t believe in. I think having Coach Shanahan here, you just believe in whatever he say. If he tell you, ‘I think we can jump off the roof, that we going to land safe.’ It’s like, ‘All right, [expletive] it, let’s jump.’ ” So there you have it: Three

days with Mike Shanahan has the Redskins ready to jump off a roof —in a good way. I can hardly wait for Organized Training Activities.

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counter fake, and the right defensive end was taken out of the play by the tight end, the strong safety is the only man to beat for the touchdown. Shanahan’s play call exploited defensive aggression by forcing defenders to go where he wanted them to go, and making gains in the gaps and spaces.

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— Analysis by Doug Farrar — Play diagrams by SportFlashback.com

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