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The Washington Commanders may be under new ownership, but their structural issues at FedEx Field are still alive and well.
Shortly after the New York Giants held on to beat the Washington Commanders 31-19 on Sunday afternoon, both teams took to their respective locker rooms to clean up and head home. Yet when they got there, they quickly realized that the showers weren’t working properly.
Officially, the team said there was no hot water available in either locker room for the showers — though reports coming out of the Giants’ locker room said the water pressure available with the cold water wasn’t great.
Inside the Commanders' locker room, players told The Washington Post's Sam Fortier that there was no water whatsoever.
“We had an equipment failure in the main water heater that provides hot water to the field level locker rooms,” a Commanders official said in a statement, via ESPN’s Adam Schefter. “We can’t resolve the matter without completely shutting off the water to the stadium, which is why it couldn’t be repaired in game.”
Commanders players shouldn’t have that much of an issue here. While it would be inconvenient, they can just head home and shower there. Giants players, though, were faced with the choice of a cold, weak shower or making the trip back to New York gross.
Thankfully for the Giants, they at least grabbed the win.
The Commanders’ stadium has had several notable issues in recent years. Several fans fell, almost on top of Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts, after a metal railing collapsed during a game last year. In 2021, a pipe burst at the stadium and started dumping water all over fans. The team insisted it was just rainwater.
Dan Snyder sold the team earlier this year for $6.05 billion, ending what was a toxic stream of sexual assault and misconduct allegations, financial impropriety accusations and a long-running name change controversy. While there are several on-field issues for the new ownership group to tackle first — the Commanders are 4-7 this season, and haven’t had a winning season since the 2016 campaign — a new stadium is presumably coming.
The way FedEx Field is holding up, the organization may need to speed that process along.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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