John Wall’s Day

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What a week of sports, that’s the only way to sum up how today was a perfect cap to an incredible few days that included the crazy drama for the U.S at the World Cup, crazy forever-ness at Wimbledon, more strikeouts from Stephen Strasburg and more nonsense from Albert Haynesworth.

To paraphrase Wizards president Ernie Grunfeld — who has been saying all week “What better way to start a new era than with the No. 1 overall pick,” — what better way to welcome John Wall to Washington than to have Mayor Adrian Fenty proclaim it “John Wall Day.”

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