Ovechkin was surrounded by young talent in his early years in Washington. Center Nicklas Backstrom, defenseman Mike Green and ...

Alex Ovechkin almost stopped playing hockey. His mother, Tatyana, was a basketball player, his father, Mikhail, was a soccer ...

He was a very, very bright young man in terms of his goal-setting for his life,” said Hockey Hall of Famer Igor Larionov, who met Alex Ovechkin as a teenager. “He was determined. He was one of the ...

The Caps conclude a two-game road trip on Thursday night in St. Paul when they take on the Minnesota Wild in the last regular season game Washington will play outside the Eastern Time Zone this season ...

Crowds gathered at the Tidal Basin Wednesday afternoon, reveling under the puffy pink and white cherry blossoms. “They definitely live up to the hype, it’s breathtaking,” Matt Ahn said. “I couldn’t ...

Raised in Moscow within the Soviet sports system by parents who were accomplished athletes, Alex Ovechkin was given every ...

Monumental’s pact with the District to overhaul Capital One Arena with a huge tranche of public money is as an important a deal to the well-being of downtown D.C. as we’ve seen in some time. It's our ...

TKOPaintings and designer of this year's Caps cherry blossom jersey Taylor Kampa Olson joined Good Day DC to share her ...