In their sixth consecutive Stanley Cup playoffs, the Capitals find themselves in a familiar position. The Southeast Division champions are the third seed in the Eastern Confer...

I know enough about comedian Marc Maron to be classified as a stalker. I know where he lives, how many cats he has and why his two marriages failed. I know his biggest fears, ...

Sonic Youth was born in 1981, three years after I was. We did not grow up together, however: While I was learning to walk and read, they were recording album after album of dr...

Before 28-year-old Scott Heerman got acquainted with Mysore, he was sure it was only meant for the “yoga elite,” those mysterious creatures who have memorized — and mast...

No one is allowed to say anything negative, ever, about my husband’s cooking. He’s such a perfectionist and prides himself on doing everything just right, and once it’s ...

If Teddy Roosevelt were alive today, chances are he’d be doing yoga. Maybe the famously fit president would even be revising his catchphrase to “Speak softly and carry a y...

The third-seeded Capitals and sixth-seeded Rangers will meet in the Stanley Cup playoffs for the third-straight season and fourth time in the past five years. Here’s what to...

1. Red Sox (18-7): Ortiz went 2-for-4 on Sunday and his batting average went down. 2. Rangers (16-9): They’re 9-7 in an AL-most 16 road games. 3. Cardinals (14-10): They def...

Can I show you my chair?  I know you want it, the wingback arms whispering that you should lean back, curl up, relax. The chevron flannel fabric. The clean lines. The price? ...

In the long-standing debate between renting and owning, Ashley and Matthew Klein may have found the best of both worlds. The Annapolis, Md., couple have rented a one-bedroom a...

When Eddie Ferrer’s garbage disposal jammed, he grabbed a computer and then a broom. “I Googled ‘How do you fix a garbage disposal?’ ” says Ferrer, 32, who owns a ...

I thought I was pretty good at riding the Metro — until I met Carlos Pena. I was on a Yellow Line train with the 22-year-old last week when he indicated that we should turn ...

Ever feel like ditching it all? Cutting the ties that bind you to work and student loans and that faucet that just won’t stop dripping and getting a new identity and heading...

As the tens of longtime readers of this column know, I keep track of the movies I see each year using my office wall and Post-it notes. The Movie-Ranking Wall of Stickies (mot...

Ken Jeong is in “Pain and Gain” for only a few scenes, but the doctor-turned-actor’s Johnny Wu, a cheesy self-help guru, sets the events of the film in motion when he en...