Doug Degroot News Today

The holiday season may be over, but for many people, January means facing the bill for all of the increased spending in December.

When Washington football was all shiny and new after the franchise moved from Boston in 1937, fans came to expect title games, starting with an NFL championship in their very first year in the District, one of two NFL championships in the early years — five NFL Eastern division titles from 1937 to 1945. Title games seemed like business as usual — until they abruptly ended following the 1945 season with a bizarre championship game where Washington lost a chance at third championship because ...