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Togo's Kodjovi Obilale undergoes rehabilitation in an hospital in Lorient, Brittany, Tuesday Sept.21, 2010. Terrorist bullets shattered his spine, football's indifference shattered his faith. "It's a rotten world," says Kodjovi Obilale, the once strapping but now crippled goalkeeper left wheelchair-bound by the attack on Togo's bus at the Africa Cup of Nations. Eight months later, FIFA is now belatedly promising "concrete" steps to help the player who has fought a dispiriting battle for compensation. (AP Photo/David Vincent)
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AC Milan forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic, left, of Sweden, is shown a red card by referee Christian Brighi during the Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Bari at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Sunday, March 13, 2011. The match ended in a 1-1 draw. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
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Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson, right, and Northampton Town manager Ian Sampson react during their English League Cup soccer match, Anfield, Liverpool, England, Wednesday Sept. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Tim Hales)
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Seattle Mariners Ichiro Suzuki tips his helmet to cheering fans after hitting his 200th hit of the season during fifth inning of a baseball against the Toronto Blue Jays in Toronto, Thursday Sept. 23, 2010. Suzuki became the first player with 10 consecutive 200-hit seasons in big-league history Thursday with a solid single in the fifth inning against the Blue Jays. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn)
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Nobuyuki Suzuki, the father of Seattle Mariners Ichiro Suzuki who became the first Major League Baseball player with 10 consecutive 200-hit seasons, speaks to reporters with his calligraphy of an idiom by third century BC Chinese Confucian philosopher Xun Zi in Toyoyama in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. Nobuyuki said his son's achievements are the result of a lot of hard work while showing the Chinese idiom meaning: "any packhorse that runs slow can run fast and overtake a fine horse if it keeps running with a cart for 10 days." (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
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FILE - This March 5, 2010, file photo shows Washington Nationals President Stan Kasten before a spring training baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, in Kissimmee, Fla. Stan Kasten says he will resign as president of the Washington Nationals at the end of the season. Kasten's announcement Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, comes with the Nationals headed toward a third consecutive last-place finish in the NL East.(AP Photo/Rob Carr, File)
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This July 20, 2010, photo shows Cincinnati Reds' Joey Votto (19) rounding the bases after hitting a three-run home run off Washington Nationals starting pitcher Luis Atilano, left, in the first inning of a baseball game, in Cincinnati. The Reds are on the verge of the playoffs, but they can't come close to filling their ballpark. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)
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Philadelphia Phillies' Cole Hamels pitches in the first inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Monday, Sept. 20, 2010, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Toronto Blue Jays' Jayson Nix scores on a double by Edwin Encarnacion in the eighth inning of a major league baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Wednesday, April 13, 2011, in Seattle. The Blue Jays won 8-3. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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Filmmaker Ken Burns stands outside Fenway Park in Boston, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. Burns is taking his "Baseball" documentary into extra innings. Burns and co-producer Lynn Novick have created a four-hour update for the 1994 epic that chronicles all that's gone on in the sport since then. "The Tenth Inning" was scheduled to premiere at a Boston theater on Wednesday night, and to show on PBS next week. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
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FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2008, file photo, then-New York Yankees general partner Hank Steinbrenner sits in his office during an interview in Tampa, Fla. Steinbrenner, now co-chairman of the Yankees, thinks his team's celebration of its 2009 World Series championship may have lasted too long. "I think, maybe, they celebrated too much last year," Steinbrenner said Monday, Feb. 21, 2011. "Some of the players, too busy building mansions and doing other things and not concentrating on winning. I have no problem saying that." (AP Photo/Steve Nesius, File)
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Filmmaker Ken Burns discusses his latest baseball documentary, "The Tenth Inning," during an interview in Boston, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. Burns has produced four new hours to update his 1994 epic, which will premier Wednesday night. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
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Los Angeles Dodgers manager Joe Torre listens to reporters' questions during a news conference at Yankee Stadium in New York, Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. Torre is at Yankee Stadium for the dedication of a monument to the late Yankees principal owner George Steinbrenner. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington Nationals' Michael Morse watches his solo home run leave the park during the second inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010 in Washington.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Toronto Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista waves to fans as he walks off the field after the Jays 1-0 win over the Seattle Mariners in a baseball game in Toronto on Thursday Sept. 23, 2010. Bautista hit his 50th home run of the season in the first inning.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Toronto Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista waves to fans as he walks off the field after the Jays 1-0 win over the Seattle Mariners in a baseball game in Toronto on Thursday Sept. 23, 2010. Bautista hit his 50th home run of the season in the first inning.
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The home at 6419 N. 28th St. in the Berkshire Oakwood community of Arlington is on the market for $1,035,000. The current owner spent three years expanding and renovating the five-bedroom home.
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The home at 2104 Dunmore Lane NW in the Phillips Park neighborhood of the District is on the market for $3,795,000. The recently completed three-level home has nearly 7,400 finished square feet.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz, right, celebrates his three-run home run with Victor Martinez (41), off Baltimore Orioles pitcher Kevin Millwood in the fourth inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington Capitals' Semyon Varamov, left, of Russia, makes a save against Columbus Blue Jackets' Jakub Voracek, of the Czech Republic, during the second period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010, in Columbus, Ohio.
