For more than 50 years, The Washington Post was the most authoritative source for coverage of the Washington Capitals. That era suddenly came to an end this week, when the company shut down its sports department amid layoffs and cost-savings initiatives.
Countless Washington Post reporters – including business writers, real estate writers, and bloggers – wrote about the team in one way or another. But no one knew the organization better than the beat writers, who followed the Capitals around the nation for half a century, meticulously chronicling the team’s complete story, from the day owner Abe Pollin made the decision to bring hockey to the nation’s capital, all the way to the team’s 4-1 win on Monday against Carolina.