While this quote might be from Napoleon Bonaparte, considered by many to be the greatest military leader in human history, I think it sums up the the better part of the last three decades of DC sports fandom succinctly yet superbly: “Victory belongs to the most persevering.”
Just before midnight, some 30 minutes after Alexander Ovechkin hoisted the Stanley Cup for the first time, I stood in a swarm of 40,000 best friends with my colleague and reflected on what just happened.
Do you bank with Capital One? If so, then you might have noticed a slightly different logo on the company’s homepage, when you logged in to your bank account online.
If I told you that at DC sports team is playing in a postseason game that doubles as the most important sporting even for any professional sports team in our nation’s capital, you’d instinctively — and correctly — tell me that there’s a 99.99% chance that something bad is going to happen.
Is it hyperbole to say that last night’s win is the biggest sports victory this city has had since January of 1992?
As DC sports fans, there might not be a more fear-inducing statement made during the springtime than “the Washington Capitals are in the playoffs.”