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TRE JOHNSON, the Washington Redskins starting guard who grew up in Peekskill, is closing in on two firsts in his sixth season in the National Football League: the playoffs and […]

For a change, the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins played a game that wasn't close. Since 1986, 19 games bewteen the teams, including the last 9 straight, have been decided […]

CAM CAMERON, quarterbacks coach of the Washington Redskins, got his first head-coaching assignment yesterday, returning to Indiana as BILL MALLORY's replacement. He signed a seven-year contract. […]

LEAD: Doug Williams, the Washington Redskins quarterback voted the outstanding player in the Super Bowl, will be released Friday from a Birmingham, Ala., hospital following a knee operation. According to [...]

LEAD: The mood at Mister Days Restaurant was gloomier than the overcast skies. The Washington Redskins were trailing the Giants by 17 points at halftime and in the opinion of […]

LEAD: Jack Kent Cooke, the cable television pioneer and owner of the Washington Redskins football team, extended his holdings yesterday with the purchase of McCaw Communications Companies, a cable television […]

LEAD: The Washington Redskins took the air out of the football, but it was the Chicago Bears who took the fun out of the game and themselves out of a […]

LEAD: Hours after the Washington Redskins disposed of the Chicago Bears, Coach Joe Gibbs said he was 'tossing and turning,' thinking of a way to beat the Giants. Gibbs had […]

LEAD: When the Giants face the Washington Redskins next Sunday in the National Conference championship game, it will be their third meeting of the season. When the Giants face the […]

LEAD: The Chicago Bears' season of success and turmoil came to a stunning end today, as the defending National Football League champions were beaten by the Washington Redskins in the […]

LEAD: When the Giants play the Washington Redskins Sunday at Giants Stadium for the National Conference championship, it will be their third game against the Redskins this season. The Giants […]

LEAD: As the free safety, he has the best view of the play. He sees everything, but with one possible exception when his team plays the Giants, and that's what […]

LEAD: Before the Giants routed the San Francisco 49ers, 49-3, in the playoffs last Sunday, the Giants' intensity level was high. It is so high for this Sunday's championship game […]

LEAD: Even though he won't throw a block Sunday, Joe Bugel is one of those whose responsibility is protecting the Washington Redskins' quarterback, Jay Schroeder, from the Giants' pass rushers, […]

LEAD: Dan Henning, recently dismissed after four seasons as head coach of the Atlanta Falcons, reportedly will join the Washington Redskins' coaching staff as an offensive assistant. He was offensive […]

LEAD: Dexter Manley, a Washington Redskins defensive end, checked in to a Minnesota drug and alcohol rehabilitation center yesterday, his agent said. Dexter Manley, a Washington Redskins defensive end, checked […]

LEAD: Dexter Manley, the Pro Bowl defensive end from the Washington Redskins who was second last season in the National Football Conference with 18 1/2 quarterback sacks, was released from […]

LEAD: Sonny Jurgensen, who retired in 1974 as quarterback of the Washington Redskins, faces a license suspension hearing following his arrest earlier this week on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, […]

The police and Federal marshals, one marshal dressed as a chicken, arrested 100 fugitives who had been lured to a brunch today with promises of free tickets to a Washington […]

LEAD: Jack Kent Cooke, the owner of the Washington Redskins football team, said that he would buy First Carolina Communications Inc.'s 21 cable television systems. First Carolina's systems serve about […]

LEAD: The occasion was one of those controlled scrimmages with 50 plays a side, the Jets against the Washington Redskins last Saturday on Fisher Field at Lafayette College in Easton, […]

LEAD: Their two top draft picks, Roger Vick and Alex Gordon, produced outstanding performances today, but the Jets were beaten, 27-18, in a scrimmage against the Washington Redskins. Their two […]

LEAD: IN the nation's capital the remarks must have sounded very near to treason, but Jack Kent Cooke, the owner of the Washington Redskins, said he wanted to find a […]

LEAD: Steve DeBerg flipped a 4-yard touchdown pass to James Wilder with 1 minute 43 seconds left in the game tonight to give the Tampa Bay Buccaneers a 17-10 exhibition […]

LEAD: The Washington Redskins have waived the place-kicker Max Zendejas, who replaced the veteran Mark Moseley last year but was dropped with one week left in the regular season after […]

LEAD: The Washington Redskins yesterday signed Babe Laufenberg, a quarterback, and Ali Haji-Sheikh, a kicker. They also announced that George Rogers, their star running back, would be out for at […]

LEAD: The Washington Redskins today overcame injuries that knocked out of the game their quarterback, running back and place-kicker, to defeat the Philadelphia Eagles, 34-24. The Washington Redskins today overcame […]

LEAD: The following conference preview was reported and written by Frank Litsky. The teams are listed in the predicted order of finish, with the Giants picked to finish first in […]

LEAD: Striking Houston Oilers pelted a bus carrying substitute players with eggs and a rock and another bus had its windows cracked by angry Washington Redskins yesterday, but hundreds of […]

LEAD: As bad as the Giants were last Monday night in losing to the San Francisco 49ers, they were worse today. They took a 38-12 thumping from the Washington Redskins […]

LEAD: In recent years, no rivalry in pro football has been more intense than the one between the Giants and the Washington Redskins. Their games have always been bruising, and […]

LEAD: At a football game decades ago, I was seated between retired Chief Justice Earl Warren and national security adviser Henry Kissinger. A Washington Redskins cornerback made a great play […]

LEAD: Fred Wertheimer, president of Common Cause, has had season tickets to the Washington Redskins' home games for 20 years, but he boycotted the game Sunday with the St. Louis […]

LEAD: The Washington Redskins heard a yell directed at them today that they had not heard for years on their home field: 'Boo!' The Washington Redskins heard a yell directed […]

LEAD: Joe Walton held his weekly news conference this afternoon and spent much of the session defending his play-calling during the Jets' 17-16 loss to the Washington Redskins on Sunday. […]

LEAD: The Washington Redskins closed out the third and final week of the replacement season by beating the Dallas Cowboys, 13-7, tonight on Obed Ariri's two field goals and Ted […]

LEAD: The Jets began putting in their game plan this afternoon for the game Sunday against the Washington Redskins, but even as the players moved through the locker room and […]

LEAD: For all the talk about tension in the locker room, the strongest feeling among the Jets today seemed to be curiosity about the team's mental and physical readiness for […]

LEAD: Doug Williams, the Washington Redskins' quarterback, has been granted his wish to start for a contender, and it did not take a trade to do it. For months, Williams […]

LEAD: It's back to the bench for Doug Williams, the Washington Redskins quarterback, and he's a bit miffed about it. Williams was the starter until he missed Sunday's game against […]