Charlie Brown was sleeping in his South Carolina State dormitory room on the second day of the 1981 NFL draft when the phone rang. It was Bobby Beathard, general manager of a team then known as the ...

The Washington Redskins cling to a thread of hope that gets more tenuous with each loss, believing that a turnaround after an 0-4 start is still possible. After all, the 1981 Redskins opened with five ...

THIRTY YEARS AGO this week, the Washington Redskins made maybe the best decision in the history of the franchise, although no one knew it at the time. They hired little-known Joe Gibbs as their head ...

Gibbs gets off to an 0-5 start in his first season as coach. Nov. 5, 1989 Cowboys 13, Redskins 3 Dallas wins its only game of the season thanks to 110 rushing yards from Potomac native Paul Palmer.