16 points off the bench, hokies hanging tough. the hokie's in the lane, it's no good. the blue devils win the game 50- 66. >>> the caps will be without their star defensiveman mike green for another chunk of time after the break. &d

the hokies trail by four. the wolfpack up 13. scott wood inside to a cutting c.j. leslie for the dunk. he had 18 points. nc state defeats virginia tech 70-58 to earn a winning acc place for the first time in six years. the hokies play clemson thursday night in the acc tournament. >>> acc women's championship game in greensboro, maryland versus georgia tech, game tied, tech turning it over. the terps angela bayard bring tups. maryland up two, the bench and -- brings it up. maryland up two, berndt and the fans charged up -- the bench and the fans charged up. maryland wins 68-65 and congratulations to brenda frese. they become the first team to win 10 acc championships. >>> the quarterfinals of the big east women's tournament georgetown facing west virginia. the hoyas scored 12th 1st half points. in the 2nd half they go to sugar rogers. she sinks the baseline three and has a game high 14 points but georgia could get no closer. georgetown falls to west virginia 39-32, the fewest combined points scored in a big east tournament game. georgetown will find out next monday

the hokies can't get the rebound. no more chance, no more shot. hokies lose. 58-56. in the conference. >> fear the beer. it the unofficial campaign slogan for george mason's ryan mason. the beard can keep growing, but the campaign cannot. pe pearson is the first patriot to win the award in 11 years. first round action at the honda classic. that's a heck of a parking spot. shot of the day, takoma park native fred funk offer 17. out of the stand, into the cup. however, funk is 6 over. tiger woods off to a good start on number one. knocks down a 19-foot birdie. that was the own time he made a putt over ten feet. putting for par on 12, struggling. lips out. then putting for birdie on 13, it's going to be the same result. tiger finished with four bogeys. shoots a 1 over 71. here's the leader, davis love iii on 18. kid, this is how you get up and down. he would birdie this hole. love also had a hole in one. he ties the course record with a 64, leads the tournament at 6 under par. tiger woods playing at the honda classic first time as a pro. he's got a lot of work to do the

four minutes left, hokies up 3. greenburg is pumped up.ies win 68-53 but they face duke tomorrow. a great game nats fans missed. jackson getting the start and the win as the nationals win 8-0. great finish in tonight's maryland 4 a semi final. eagles wright with the drive and the dish to bones. but the raiders of roosevelt wouldn't be denied and charles with the ball strong to the rack. look at them going crazy at the comcast center. roosevelt raiders win 65-63. >> exciting stuff. >> it was an exciting game there

16 points off the bench, hokies hanging tough. the hokie's in the lane, it's no good.e devils win the game 50- 66. >>> the caps will be without their star defensiveman mike green for another chunk of time after the break. &d >>> welcome back. the caps had a huge overtime win last night against the tampa bay lightning. they lost their star defensiveman mike green in the meantime who was handed today a three-game suspension. green had a disciplinary hearing for a hit on brett connolly. he was hit on the head while he was already being checked against the boards. no penalty is being called but the three-game suspension will cost green $30,000. he will return to action against winnipeg. >>> bryce harper will be off the field a little while longer. he took batting practice today but is not running. he is expect to be out until sunday. nats in jupiter, florida, taking on the marlins. this girl threw out the first pitch and then got a marriage proposal and this just in, she said yes. the nats and marlins tonight. stephen strasburg would make his second spring sta

the hokies down two. there's a foul in the lane with 2.2 seconds left. the first float is free-throw is -- the first free-throw is missed and the hokies fall to clemson 58-66. >>> saturday at noon it's wake forest at georgia tech followed by boston college at miami at 2:30 and sunday maryland hosting virginia at 2 p.m. >>> the 1st round of the honda classic starts with takoma park native fred funk. he blasts out of the bunker and look at that, gets it to fall for a birdie. the former maryland golf coach shot a 7-over 76, but heck, he's still excited and why not? tiger woods started out pretty strong. the very first hole he rolls in in the 19-foot birdie putt, but he would never go lower. we'll show you tying other 12, a 5-footer for par slips out. he finishes with a 1-over 71 seven shots behind the leader davis love, iii. that's all for sports, but the news edge will be right back. >> the verizon 4g lte sports desk brought to you by verizon 4g lte, america's fastest 4g network. share your pictures, stream hd videos and movies. all on your tv. or connect

four minutes left, hokies up 3. greenburg is pumped up.okies win 68-53 but they face duke tomorrow. a great game nats fans missed. jackson getting the start and the win as the nationals win 8-0. great finish in tonight's maryland 4 a semi final. eagles wright with the drive and the dish to bones. but the raiders of roosevelt wouldn't be denied and charles with the ball strong to the rack. look at them going crazy at the comcast center. roosevelt raiders win 65-63. >> exciting stuff. >> it was an exciting game there tonight. >> good sports cast. thank you, kristen. we'll be back. faz look! here she comes! ♪ she'll be comin' 'round the mountain when she comes... ♪ ♪ when she comes. ♪ it'll be spinning new chrome wheels when it comes. ♪ ♪ when it comes. ♪ custom spoiler, race grade pistons, ♪ ♪ gt35 turbo charger. ♪ and they'll all know that it's kevin's awesome car. ♪ bought em! ( clears throat ) sorry. when it's on your mind, it's on ebay. >>> we're talking about movies. that is 9news for tonight. thank you for staying up with us. >> we'll

hokies down two. he missed the first though so he needs to miss the second on purpose. he does. clemson comes away with the rebound. hokies fall to clemson 58-56. >>> a little reminder for you, the acc regular soap wraps up this weekend on my 20. wake forest and georgia tech face off saturday at noon followed by boston college at miami at 2:30. on sunday, maryland hosts virginia at 2:00 p.m. >>> to baseball now where one washington national player had a rags to riches story last year. went from reserve to an everyday player. >> can michael morris duplicate that success this season. lindsay murphy has more on that. >> there it goes to left field! >> reporter: twoich proved to be a breakout season for 29- year-old michael morse led the season. he only hit 21 total home runs before last season. he never got a chance to be an everyday plate weather white sox and mariners. last year, the nationals gave him the opportunity. >> i always believed in myself and i trusted in my abilities and i always knew that i would get an opportunity one time. i don't know when but, if i get an opportu

. >>> the skinned are close to adding westfield high grad, eddy royal, the former virginia tech hokiefted -- the skins are close to adding westfield high grad, eddy royal, the former virginia tech hokie was drafted. >>> the wizards fell for the mavs. >>> nats hosting the tigers. bottom of the stirts, edwin jackson hits a two-run shot to left field. bottom of the sixth, the nats down 5-1. jason worth hit a solo shot. the nats fall 6-#. >>> fox 5 morning news continues right now. -- the nats fall 6-3. >>> it is 5:00 on this wednesday, march 14th. daylight savings. you know that means the skies will stay darker for your i don't recollect days, your weekends. when you do vent viewer outside, i think you will enjoy

. -- for the hokies. they went through their first live batting practice today.urg has been keeping a low profile. he goes out through his gets his cardio in. he perhaps mentally for the season. mchenry had a chance to talk with stephen. he said where he is with this development. >> definitely it is a lot easier mentally going into this year. you can really focus on working hard and building of the team chemistry. not having so many distractions, i guess. it is a lot easier for me to the goal and the task at hand. >> tiger woods is playing in the honda classic at palm beach. it took him 34 putts today, really hurt him. he shot a one over par, 71. he now faces an uphill climb. davis love tied the course with 64. is the leader. basketball, alissa the mosts named valuable player in the acc. ryan pearson was named the caa the year. to be proud of. the word is swapportunity. can i have the definition? swapportunity: the opportunity to swap a higher calorie snack for a yoplait light. can you use it in a sentence? mmm. swapping a 300 calorie donut for this 110 calorie s

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hokies win 68-63.y face duke today. >>> at the movies this weekend, the inspiration for some of sci- fi's most classic movies is hitting the big screen. >>> the latest on breaking news. a police officer hurt in a shootout. this is a look at the scene. there are some road closures to tell you about. we'll have the late as we continue here on fox 5 morning introduction.   - - fox 5 morning news. 

six minutes left and then the hokies go on the 9-0 run. they win 68-63.irginia tech takes on duke tonight. >>> maryland, moving on to the quarterfinals as well. dropped 25 points on wake forest yesterday. the terps roll 82-60. up next, the tarheels unc back on february 29th the tarheels routed the terps but at least they know what they're up against. >>> georgetown hurt the chances of getting a high seed yesterday. they took on cincinnati and double overtime but wright hit the game winner with nine seconds left. the hoyas lose and sims had 22 and 15 in the loss. >>> and ncaa tournament brackets come out this sunday. and where can you see it? right here on channel 9. the brackets will be revealed sunday night at 6:00 p.m. after that you can print out the brackets, best website. wusa9.com. >>> from the hardwood to the ice, the capitals are moving on up with 15 games left they now hold the eighth seed in the playoffs and they hold the tie break right now with winnipeg for that spot. d.c. hosted tampa bay last night. down with four minutes left. marcus johann

terps, cavs and hokies all in action later today. have a great friday. >>> looking to get hired? just jessica has the hot jobs and how you can land one of them coming up in your money. >>> plus also a live update on the shootout that left an officer injured and a suspect in critical condition. monika? >>> on the southbound side of i- 270 at father hurley boulevard 689 volumes beginning to increase but no big delays right now heading down to the down to the point where the lanes divide. 395 is incident-free as well. coming up in my next report, a closer look at maryland roads. you're watching 9news now. stay with us. >>> good morning and welcome back to 9news now. i'm andrea roane. >> it's friday! yeah. and it's going to be nice. i'm mike hydeck. glad you're here. and now here's sam with traffic in a moment -- monika samtani with traffic in a moment. >> it's going to be a good weekend. the rain is just about done ask not going to see hours around here until probably tuesday. maybe late monday but i think hold off until tuesday at this point. let's get you going though with a look

honest and work on the deficit and he cares a lot about deficit reduction he's not running next time hokies announced he's not running for reelection post and he was retiring. >> guest: that's right. so he is free to see and do what he wants. let's get a handle little bit and talk about solutions to this problem because they're hard to come by it's a little brief but i don't really blame you because it's just hard to figure of what the heck to do about this. let's talk about to categories of solutions. the first one that occurs to most people when they think about our deadlock system is they think about a third party candidacy from the center. you devote some time in your book to that. do you think that's the solution or could such a person actually win? >> guest: those are two separate questions. can they win and -- >> guest: >> host: let me ask it that way. >> guest: i will say and we are going to hear more about an independent challenge this year as this group of americans gets going. they've raised $20 million they have the goal beyond the ballot in all 50 states. what they're doing is

the hokies win, 68-63.econd seed duke today. >>> today holly is spending the morning with inventive high school engineers. what's going on? >> reporter: i am here to tell you the future is bright and it has to do with all the young people i am surrounded with this morning, as we are live at the westin arlington gateway and they are gearing up for the national finals of the ability one network design challenge. we'll tell you all about this competition, and most importantly, how it's making a difference in people's lives today. it's all live next on fox 5 morning news. stay with us. >>> as we head to the break, we have a shoutout to the entire d.c. scorpions competitive cheerleading team. they're the reigning national champs and will defend their title in may. if you want to be monday's fan of the day, find us on facebook and post a comment under this photo.    how did this small colorado town gett through tough economic times? freight rail. it attracted large eating over seventeen hu