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FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY – Derby Bill’s FCS Special

December 5, 2009

William “Derby Bill” Watson is going to pretend the Football Championship Subdivision quarterfinals are the NFL.  Why? Because Derby Bill has a six-game winning streak in his weekly NFL selection (for amusement only).   If he’s as good with FCS picks as he is with the NFL, well, it will be a fine weekend. [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving

November 26, 2009

Some of you are probably old enough to remember the excellent columns Steve Clark used to do every Thanksgiving for the newspaper.  My ol’ pal was thankful for a lot of things and he expressed it beautifully every year. I won’t even try to match his wit, his terrific way with words.  [...]

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Meeting Michael Vick – not quite as expected

November 13, 2009

 Editor’s Note – Ed Sheahin covers the Washington Redskins for CBSSports.com.  His reports can be found here.  He contributed his column on his encounter with Michael Vick for Virginia Sports Now.
I will never forget that night as long as I live.  There I was, face- to-face with the devil, but the devil wasn’t there.   He [...]

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FREE – For amusement only, Derby Bill perfect (in NFL)

September 25, 2009

William “Derby Bill” Watson is treading water.  He broke even last week with a 5-5 mark in his “for amusement only” projections.  But, and this is huge, Derby Bill is 2-0 with his NFL calls thus far.  That bodes well for Redskins fans this weekend, but we don’t want to give away too much up [...]

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FREE – Redskins fans need to chill

September 24, 2009

 Editor’s note:  Ed Sheahin covers the Redskins for CBSSports.com and he contributed this column for Virginia Sports Now readers.  Keep up with Ed’s work for CBSSports.com at http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/teams/page/WAS  Okay….everyone in Washington take a deep breath….now relax.  For crying out loud it is only week two of the football season and you would [...]

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Ladies and gents, your 2009 Washington Redskins

September 10, 2009

(Editor’s note:  Ed Sheahin saw every Redskins preseason workout as part of his duties for CBSSports.com.  He provided a preview/recap AND pictures for Virginia Sports Now.  Ed will continue to follow the Redskins throughout the season for CBSSports.com and will from time-to-time offer up some thoughts for VSN.  Thanks, Ed, for the pictures as well [...]

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