ABCDE PROFOOTBALL
Meet Orakpo at the QB Brian Orakpo is flourishing, but coaches want other Redskins to provide more help in rushing the passer. D5
Big Ben has broken foot Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger expects to play Sunday despite broken bone. D5
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washingtonpost.com/sports First Things First Today, 9:30 a.m. Tracee Hamilton chats about the hottest sports topics. Hard Hits Live Today, 9:45 a.m. LaVar Arrington’s video Q&A previews Redskins vs. Giants. Wizards Insider Michael Lee keeps you up to date leading up to tip-off vs. the Trail Blazers.
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Wizards’ scathing review A day after his team allowed 127 points vs. Toronto, Coach Flip Saunders doesn’t hold back his criticism. D4
Days between football games for Navy, which next faces Army on Dec. 11. It’s the Mids’ longest break before playing its arch rival in20years. D3
Raycroft, Stars shut down Caps
Washington fires 38 shots, but it falls, 2-1,
as win streak ends at four BY KATIE CARRERA
dallas — Games like the one that greeted the Washington Capitals on Thursday night are the ones they want towinthis year, thegamesthey say they need to learn to win: Regular season contests that mimic a playoff style, where the outcome may hinge on one goal and each save and shift must be precise in order to prevent a shift in momentum. Through the first 30 minutes at the American Airlines Center, the Capitals and Dallas Stars were mired in a score- less tie in an intense matchup between
teams that play each other only once a season. But a string of penalties against Washington in the second period proved to be one chance too many to give the Stars. Dallas broke the stale- mate on its fourth power play of the period and went on to earn its fifth straight win, 2-1. Dallas snapped the Capitals’ four-
game winning streak despite being outshot by the visitors 38-21. Andrew Raycroft made 37 saves for his sixth career win againstWashington. By fail- ing to score a goal against the Stars, Alex Ovechkin extended his scoring drought to nine game, tying his career long set during the 2008-09 season. Washington came out jumping in its
second road contest in as many nights and tested Raycroft repeatedly in the
capitals continued onD6
Nationals’ lineup takes a hit as slugging Dunn departs First baseman agrees
to deal with White Sox of four years, $56 million
BY ADAM KILGORE Adam Dunn wanted to make his
home in Washington, wanted to play for the Washington Nationals for the rest of his career. That’s what he decid- ed last winter. He enjoyed his team- mates, fans appreciated him and his family loved the area. “There’s no ques- tion,” Ryan Zimmerman said. “He wanted to be here.” But Dunn found a different team, in a different city, far more willing to
D K EZ SU
match his contract demands, and so Dunnwillnowhit hishomeruns for the Chicago White Sox.OnThursday,Dunn agreed to a four-year, $56 million con- tract with the White Sox, pending a physical, according to a baseball source. The deal closes the door for the Nationals to re-sign their best slugger over the past two seasons and one of their most popular players, both among fans and teammates. The White Sox and Dunn’s agents
agreed to the rough outline of the deal late Wednesday night, the source said, and finalized the deal Thursday after- noon. Dunn, 31, will move on to Chica- goafter drilling 76homeruns in his two seasons inWashington.
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GREGORY SHAMUS/GETTY IMAGES In his return, James dusts Cleveland
To camera flashes and boos, LeBron James sticks to his pregame ritual that became a trademark with his former team. Then, in his first game in Cleveland as a member of theMiamiHeat, he sticks it to the Cavaliers. James finished with 38 points and eight assists inMiami’s 118-90 rout. Story, D4.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFF WEEKEND
FIFA awards 2022 World Cup to tiny Qatar
U.S. bid comes up short; Russia beats out England, two others for the 2018 event
BY STEVEN GOFF On the surface, the decision by soc-
cer’s international governing body Thursday to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar — a desert nation smaller than
Connecticut with shallow soccer roots and oppressive summer heat — instead of theUnited States or three other event- tested countries made little sense. But to those close to the process who
understand FIFA’s complexities and re- cent mission to forge history, the results of the voting were not unforeseen. Qatar received the most votes from
the executive committee by a wide mar- gin in each of the first three rounds, and when Australia, Japan and South Korea were eliminated, it defeated the United
States, 14 to 8, for the right to host the planet’s most popular sporting event. “It’s an election, and there are lots of
things that go into that,” U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati said from Zurich, where, in another surprise, FIFA chose Russia over England and twoother Euro- pean bids to host the 2018 tournament. “It’s politics, it’s friendships and relation- ships, it’s alliances, it’s tactics.” FIFA seemed to regard the United
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Coach Mike Harrison and the Wildecats earn the school’s sixth state title. D8
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