An American Life

  Stadium Name • G. Richard Pfitzner Stadium Affiliation • Washington Nationals (2005) Office Address • 7 County Complex Court, Woodbridge, Va. 22192 Office Phone • (703) 590-2311 Stadium History • In existence since 1984 E-mail address • [email protected] Capacity • 6,000 Directions to Pfitzner Stadium • From I-95 (D.C. or Richmond): Take Exit 158B…

By LACY LUSK [email protected] On back-to-back Tuesdays, Forest Park and Albemarle earned crucial victories on the road to force ties in the Cardinal and Commonwealth districts, respectively. Yesterday, Forest Park moved into a tie with Woodbridge in the Cardinal by beating the Vikings, 6-3. The Bruins (8-5 overall, 3-1 in the district) had lost five…

Sniper suspects John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo saw each other for the first time in nearly a year in Prince William Circuit Court on Wednesday. It was an occurrence that Muhammad’s defense attorneys argued vehemently to prevent. “I hope to avoid the fiasco that’s about to take place,” Peter Greenspun said. “None of…

By KEITH McMILLAN [email protected] Willie Taylor remembers his days as ”The Heat,” the nickname he went by during his late-1980s and early ’90s boxing career. He also remembers when the heat of the spotlight got to him. Taylor fought as many as 25 top-10 contenders, including some big-name fighters like Buddy McGirt, Frankie Warren and…

A year and a half after Dana Thrall’s murder, her children are unable to sleep without lights on and are frightened by loud noises reminiscent of the gunshots that killed their mother and her boyfriend, Robert Finch. Thrall’s teen-age brother is still so wrought with grief that his family “can’t reach him.” Her mother grieves…

Tony Carro’s home is covered in barbecue sauce. Well, at least his thoughts of home, anyway, and his parents are doing everything they can to send him more of those memories. A few weeks ago, Carro, an Army specialist is serving as a Blackhawk helicopter crew chief in Iraq, and a few other soldiers got…