LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...ASH WEDNESDAY (2/22/12)...Maryland beats Miami in men's basketball 75-70...D.C. United signs Dwayne De Rosario to contract (last years MLS MVP)... It isn't Easy being #2...Brady Quinn (Denver's backup QB) apologizes for comments he made about Tim Tebow... "We Got Trouble Right Here In River City", Terps football coach Randy Edsall is getting more heat about his treatment of players as national media is picking up story...LINMANIA Part XXl, NY Knicks have their highest TV ratings since 1988 with Jeremy Lin at point guard (...aren't Knicks owned by an oil company???)...Kentucky-Syracuse 1-2 in NCAA men's hoops...Caps are in 3rd place in the Southeast (29-25-5), playoff hopes are on thin ice!...England beat Pakistan in one day cricket by 4 wickets as Kevin Paterson scored his second century...World Indoor Track & Field Championships in Instanbul this year..."SABERMETRICS" = analysis of baseball through objective, emperical baseball statistics, or for local fans Spring Training numbers add up for Nats (9+162+0+1+162) = D.C. in playoffs this year...Enjoy the day and be a good sport!