Marty Niland
Marty Niland has been covering sports and other news professionally for more than 30 years, including almost 10 years at The Associated Press. While there, he was part of the team that covered the Washington Nationals as they brought baseball back to the nation's capital. His stories included team coverage of the first Nats home game; the dispute between MASN and Comcast that caused games to be blacked out in the DC area; the marathon D.C. Council session where the ballpark lease was rejected, then approved; and team coverage of the selection of the ownership group led by Ted Lerner.
Marty also wrote for Outside Pitch, a Baltimore Orioles fan magazine, during the 1990s, and Ravens Report, the official publication of the Baltimore Ravens, during the team's inaugural season in 1996. He covered the Ravens as a daily beat reporter for States News Service and footballinsiders.com from 1996-1999 and landed some stories about the Ravens in The Washington Post.
Everybody in the Nationals’ lineup is getting in on the team’s offensive resurgence, but now the closer situation is a question mark.
Bryce Harper hit his first major league home run, and Ian Desmond…Read More
Less than four innings into his first major league game, Nationals catcher Sandy Leon was being helped off the field with an ankle injury.
A day after joining the Nationals, the rookie got the start behind…Read More
Like everything else he has done in the major leagues so far, Bryce Harper‘s first home run was memorable.
The big hit came in the bottom of the third inning of Monday night’s game against…Read More
When you go just 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position, you can make any pitching staff look like All-Stars, and one hot player on the other team can make even the best hurlers look ordinary.
Such…Read More
For everything that’s going right for the Nationals so far this season, they are struggling on the road.
The team is just 6-7 on the road, compared to 12-4 (.750) at Nationals Park, the third-best…Read More
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Adam LaRoche‘s two-run homer in the top of the ninth inning Tuesday had more significance than…Read More
It seems like all the talk from Philadelphia folks about spoiling the Nationals’ “Our Park”…Read More
Davey Johnson’s instincts and Bryce Harper’s hustle could be just what the Nationals need to get…Read More
The injury bug keeps biting the Nationals’ top hitters.
Adam LaRoche joined the walking wounded…Read More
Lost in the Nationals’ dreadful offensive slump to start off this season has been the re-emergence…Read More
Ryan Zimmerman‘s sore right shoulder still isn’t showing any improvement, and he will see a specialist Friday in Los Angeles.
The Nationals’ third baseman tells the Washington Post’s…Read More
One clutch hit and a solid pitching performance were not enough for the Nationals on Thursday night as they fell to the San Diego Padres 2-1 in the finale of their three-game set in San Diego.
The loss…Read More
After ending their first homestand of the year at 8-2, the Nationals will get an extra day of rest before beginning their West Coast road trip, thanks to Sunday’s rainout.
The team has not announced…Read More
The Nationals seemed like they were on their way to a second straight shutout win over the Miami Marlins on Saturday before a ninth-inning bullpen meltdown and an error by Marlins first baseman Gabby Sanchez…Read More
The Nationals’ motto this season might as well be “just enough to win.”
For the fifth-time this season, they got exactly enough from their offense for a one-run win, as Jayson Werth drew…Read More
The Nationals are finding ways to win in extra innings.
Jayson Werth singled with the bases loaded in the boottom of the 13th inning to score Danny Espinosa and give the Nats a 2-1 win over the Cincinnati…Read More
Nationals starting left fielder Michael Morse won’t be in the lineup for the home opener as the team had hoped.
Before Tuesday night’s 6-2 win over the New York Mets, manager Davey Johnson…Read More
The Nationals seem to have found their offense in New York.
Ian Desmond homered to lead off the game, Jayson Werth had four hits to pace a 13-hit attack and Ryan Zimmerman drove in his 500th career run…Read More
Another setback for Nationals reliever Drew Storen as he tries to come back from a sore elbow that has sidelined him for the start of the season.
Bill Ladson of mlb.com tweeted this afternoon that the…Read More
Another eighth-inning rally, another win for the Washington Nationals.
Adam LaRoche banged out four hits, including a two-run homer, and scored the go-ahead run in a five-run eighth inning to power the…Read More
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