Like Ben Hur, Only With Football Players, Tricycles and a Hockey Rink

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↵Washington Capitals owner (and likely future Wizards owner) Ted Leonsis made a once irrelevant hockey team the talk of the District by appealing to the casual fan through the imposition of a carnival-like atmosphere in the Verizon Center, one full of full bright lights and loud noises designed to keep the layman amused while an actual game was going on. Not content to let the level of antics plateau, he’s going to ramp up the gimmicks. Now, he can’t race presidents. The Nationals have already cornered that market in D.C. Plus, one of them might reside in an area code that he blocks from buying tickets to Caps games.↵
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↵Ah, but he can race Redskins tight ends. Using tricycles on the ice, no less. Which is a fine proxy, I guess. Chris Cooley and Fred Davis do make it work with ample roughhousing and a willingness to break the rules. But where’s newly signed backup tight end Sean Ryan? Surely this would be the kind of thing to endear to his teammates, provided he lets them win, that is.↵