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Mary Brown of Fairfax Station, Va., sports a chef's cap and holds a baguette, as she makes her way around the United States Navy Memorial and crosses the finish line in the Baguette Relay Races, to honor Bastille Day in Washington, D.C., Thursday, July 14, 2011. The races were sponsored by Paul Bakery. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)
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Alex Snider of Washington D.C., holding a baguette, makes his way around the United States Navy Memorial and crosses the finish line in the Baguette Relay Races, to honor Bastille Day in Washington, D.C., Thursday, July 14, 2011. The races were sponsored by Paul Bakery. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)
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Fans wait for the midnight start of the final Harry Potter movie, near the Uptown Theater along Connecticut Ave. in Cleveland Park, in Washington, D.C., Thursday, July 14, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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From left, Afriti Bankwalla (dressed as Professor Dumbledore), 14, Laura Smith (dressed as Rose Weasley), 14, and Julia Smith (dressed as Luna Lovegood), 14, hang out and read the final Harry Potter book as they wait for the midnight start of the final Harry Potter movie, near the Uptown Theater along Connecticut Ave. in Cleveland Park, in Washington, D.C., Thursday, July 14, 2011. "It's great to meet all these other Harry Potter fans," said Bankwalla. "There's never this many fans in one place." (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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At left, Sofia Roma, 14, of the District, plays and sings "Goin' Back to Hogwarts," a song from "A Very Potter Musical," while her and her friends wait for the midnight start of the final Harry Potter movie, near the Uptown Theater along Connecticut Ave. in Cleveland Park, in Washington, D.C., Thursday, July 14, 2011. "The best part of the waiting in line experience is meeting all the other fans," said Roma. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Afriti Bankwalla, dressed as Professor Dumbledore, 14, waits for the midnight start of the final Harry Potter movie, near the Uptown Theater along Connecticut Ave. in Cleveland Park, in Washington, D.C., Thursday, July 14, 2011. "It's great to meet all these other Harry Potter fans," said Bankwalla. "There's never this many fans in one place." (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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After D.C. United finished last season with a league-worst 6-20-4 record, coach Ben Olsen felt that his team wasn't "far away" from contending. With a 5-5-7 record this season, United have already matched their 22-point output from last year. (Associated Press)
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Miriam Carter of Ocoee, Fla., comforts her 6-year-old daughter Liana during the 9/11 National Flag Stitching Ceremony, held in the Kennedy Caucus Room in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, July 14, 2011. Carter's sister Maria Ramirez was killed in the Sept. 11 attack in New York City. An American flag that was flying just south of the World Trade Center in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001 is making its way around the country and being stitched back together. The goal is to have the flag completed by this Sept. 11, in time for the 10th memorial. The finished flag will be on display at the official 9/11 Memorial in New York City. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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ROD LAMKEY JR./THE WASHINGTON TIMES Stan Galiev, 19, already has played in the United States Hockey League and the Quebec Major Junior League.
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Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens gestures on July 14, 2011, as he leaves federal court in Washington after the judge declared a mistrial in his perjury case. (Associated Press)
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Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens (center) leaves federal court in Washington on July 14, 2011, after the judge declared a mistrial in his perjury trial. (Associated Press)
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Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens leaves federal court in Washington on July 13, 2011, after a day of his trial on charges of lying to Congress in 2008 about using performance-enhancing drugs. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Indianapolis' Peyton Manning is a plaintiff in an antitrust suit against the NFL. Joining him are fellow star quarterbacks, Tom Brady and Drew Brees.
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Los Angeles Lakers' Shaquille O'Neal hangs from the rim after a slam dunk in the fourth quarter of Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinal series against the San Antonio Spurs in Los Angeles, Sunday, May 5, 2002. The Lakers won the game 86-80. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
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FILE -- Babe Ruth is shown lofting another homerun into the right field upper deck at Yankee Stadium, in this 1927 photo. This baseball season, the Babe took a beating. Long ago stripped of his single-season and career home run records by Roger Maris and Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth lost three more marks this season to the power and patience of Barry Bonds and Rickey Henderson. (AP Photo/HO, National Baseball Library)
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Washington Redskins quarterback Donovan McNabb passes during the first half of an NFL football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Landover, Md., Sunday, Dec. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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VIERA, FL - FEBRUARY 25: Matt Stairs #24 of the Washington Nationals poses during Photo Day on Friday, February 25, 2011 at Space Coast Stadium in Viera, Florida. (Photo by Tony Firriolo/MLB Photos)
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Pittsburgh Penguins Mario Lemieux celebrates his 600th career goal, a third period empty net goal that helped beat the Vancouver Canucks, 6-4, Tuesday Feb. 4, 1997, in Pittsburgh.(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison (92) warms up before an NFL football game against the Carolina Panthers in Pittsburgh, in this Dec. 23, 2010 file photo. Heavily fined Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison calls NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell a "crook" and a "devil," among other insults, in a magazine article in the August issue of Men's Journal. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
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Forty-three-year-old Matt Stairs started playing in the major leagues in 1992. The pinch-hitting specialist is the sporting world's version of Kevin Bacon. From Shaquille O'Neal to Mario Lemeiux to Donovan McNabb, Stairs has connections all over the wide world of sports. [Captions: (Stairs: Tony Firriolo/MLB Photos), (O'Neal: AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian), (Ruth: AP Photo/HO, National Baseball Library), (Chamberlain: AP Photo/Paul Vathis, file), (Lemieux: AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar), (McNabb: AP Photo/Evan Vucci)]
