THEME: ATH

PUB DATE	WEEK	TITLE	SYNOPSIS	THEMES	LINKS TO THIS CONTEST	WINNER	LINKS TO RESULTS OF THIS CONTEST (usually published 2-4 Weeks later)
March 7, 1993	1	SHEDDING THE SKINS?	Come up with a new name for the Redskins.	WAS ATH	Text file | Contest image
February 6, 1994	49	A SLALOM OCCASION	Come up with events for a Washington Olympics. They can be winter or summer sports, based on bureaucracy or other themes peculiar to Washington, and must include a brief description of the event.	WAS ATH	Text file | Contest image
October 23, 1994	84	THE WASHINGTON IRVINGS	Come up with creative names for the high school football teams of real towns in America.	ATH	Text file | Contest image
November 11, 2001	427 (XCIV)	Skinned	Come up with events that have a smaller chance of happening than the Redskins winning the Super Bowl.	ATH	Text file | Contest image
May 30, 2004	560	The 97.5-Meter Dash	Suggest some time- and cost-saving measures so the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens will open on time.	ATH	Text file
January 9, 2005	592	We Got Gamy	Offer us a concise idea for a Super Bowl commercial, or some innovative halftime entertainment, or some inappropriate sponsors, or some ideas for improving the game itself.	ATH BUS CUL	Text file | Contest image
March 6, 2005	600	Top of the Inking	Tell us some ways the District of Columbia will change now that we have the Nationals.	CUL ATH	Text file
January 8, 2006	644	Winter Limp Picks	Brighten up the Winter Olympics with some new events and rules. Alternatively, you can suggest a commercial or ad campaign that could be tied in with the Winter Games or one of its sports.	ATH BUS	Text file
June 24, 2007	719	We Har the World	Come up with a creative name for a sports team for a town or city anywhere outside the United States.	ATH	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
August 16, 2008	778	Tied Games	Combine any two sports or nonathletic activities into a single sport or game.	ATH	Text file
March 27, 2010	862	Be cheerful	Send us a cheer or fight song for any pro sports team or any national team.	POE MUS ATH	Text file | Post e-version
October 16, 2010	890	Double-teaming	Combine the names of any two pro sports teams -- even from different sports -- and describe the result.	ATH	Text file
September 16, 2012	988	A faster break	Suggest ways to make sports and other leisure activities more time-efficient or exciting.	ATH	Text file | Contest image
January 26, 2014	1057	Sportin' lie	Give us some fake sports trivia.	ATH TRI	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
March 29, 2020	1377	Make your own March Madness	Think of some sport, game, art project or other activity that you can conjure up using various items that you might find around the house. (Conversational text)	ATH	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version	John O'Byrne	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
July 11, 2021	1444	It's a whole new all-game	Slightly change the name of a sport, sports event or similar pastime to create a new one, and briefly describe it. (Conversational text)	ATH	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
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