here's the redskins offseason schedule. begin saturday and run through the first week in june. it will hold its mini-camp june 11-14. college lacrosse's greatest rivalry in baltimore tonight facing john hopkins. owen fly with the story in the fourth request. bligh scores bliffing the terps -- give the terps a lead. terps win 9-6. the 108th meeting between the two schools. >>> finally tonight, red sox hosting the braves. kelly on first. he goes into second with his first career stolen base, but it wasn't that graceful, as you can see. he had a little problem getting there. starting his flight about eight feet too soon. before the game, he had gone 464 games without attempting a stolen base, and now you know why. >> how about the mavs. >> how about them? looking good. michael morse, huge out of the lineup. they're getting it done. hopefully they can continue until morse gets back. >>> good baseball weather the next few days here. temperatures will be even warmer into the 80s. monday, 85. tuesday, wednesday, we're cooling down

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ravens offseason work outs began today. a year ago they couldn't gather at the team facility. flacco in the midst of negotiating a long term contract. he tells the website he wouldn't be happy if the contract does not get done but he will not make a big deal about it. >>> hockey play offs in dc, oe o ovechkin on home ice. that's the difference in a 4-3 capital's defeat. they now trail 2-1 in the best of seven series, game four on thursday. >>> college basketball news. michigan forward semotrich is coming to maryland. he announced his trade. a power forward who can shoot from the outside. he leaves michigan after he left his starting spot mid-way through his sophomore season. he will sit out and year a be eligible to play in 2013. >>> temperatures in the 80s made the boston marathon tougher. 23,000 runners went for it. another 4,000 pulled out because of the excessive heat. even the elite runners struggled. one of the slowest boston marathons in years. wesley career was the men's winner. saran sherob of kenya won the so, ah, your seat good? got the mirrors all adjusted? you can

. >> contract negotiations with joe flacco have dominated the offseason headlines. the contract was wrapped up. it has evolved into the most coveted of players, one was multi-functional. and he is a great teammate. he is the kind of guy around which to build. it has a $10 million signing bonus. congratulations to led various web -- to ledarius webb. a gorgeous thursday afternoon for the orioles workout at camden yards. still not ready to play. will start the season on the dl. buck showalter says that the roster he marked out friday is much more talented. the orioles will likely resigned last place again. that is my take. but buck ounce more optimistic. >> we are ready to go and our guys are ready. they'retired of hearing not. >> johns hopkins suffered a loss in lacrosse. they seemed to have a right to their wrongs. taking advantage of teachable moments as well as anyone. you get to do the little things right. in the third quarter, the ball movement and a big shot, the score 8-1. they continue to get bowl support. bowen again. 17-6. the capitals have had a disappoint

offseason work out some. they all fall under the heading of voluntary. joe volunteered despite time -- not having a new contract. as expected, re rice did not take part in the workout and will not show up until the mantle -- mandatory camp next month. he wants a long-term contract. he is prevented from creating free agency to. players stay away from the facility under those circumstances. this of season gets more interesting tomorrow night when the nfl releases the schedule for the season. a missed opportunity for the capitals tonight. they have to play from behind against the stanley cup champions. they had some great moments in this game. wheat pickup reaction in the second. alex ovechkin been stan thomas, two-one, the capitals in front. slipping behind the defense and it is three pieces. with under two minutes to play, a slapshot, off the stick, in for the winner. 4-3. they lead 2-1. big pick up for the terps with evans from michigan. he started for half of the season but opted out of michigan after of losing the starting position. he averaged eight p

. >>> as offseason workouts continue in ashburn, one redskin player was asked not to join in.abar was told the team is looking to trade him. that news came as a surprise saying he wants to remain in washington. >>> this season's nhl playoffs has become one of the most physical in recent history. this old school kind of hockey resulted in one player being ejected, another taken off the ice in a stretcher and 11 misconducts have been handed out. nicklas backstrom was one of them. but this bruins series has gotten more physical every time they see each other. on monday, 35 minutes worth, which is more than the first two games combined. that's something they are trying to fix. >> you can't do, i mean, stupid penalties. >> we have a will the of guys, extracurricular, whatever you want to call it. we can't get caught up. >> the nationals make the post season, which is a ways away, they could be without stephen strasburg. mike rizzo said that the pitcher will be shut down once he hits his inning limit regardless of the nats playoffs situation. time to take a look at this week's high

they opened up offseason workouts in ashburn getting back to work, getting conditioned and back in shapethose organized team activities begin in a couple weeks. joining them will be their captain, london fletcher. the redskins officially announced fletcher's signing in a move to kind of help with the salary cap issue they had to deal with before free agency. fletcher's contract is five years and he gets paid the most in his first two years. >>> the wnba draft held today, the mystic selected natalie novosell from notre dame with the eighth pick and used their 10th pick. angela barrett will stay in d.c. taken 26th and lynette kaiser will head to the tulsa shock. >>> now for our high school game of the week poll, games in boys lacrosse, softball and boys and girls soccer. go to our website to vote on thursday. >>> i'm starting to hear the cheers of caps and as you can imagine, in about a half hour, this place will be rocking. we will have full highlights and postgame coverage for you coming up tonight at 11:00. i'm kristen berset live at the verizon center. back to you guys in the studio. >

the big excited crowd enjoying the pomp and circumstance of opening day, gio gonzalez, the offseasoncquisition lived up to the fanfare, seven scoreless innings, seven strikeouts, giving up just two hits. today he showed he can do it all. also at the dish in bottom of the 5th gio knocked one to left field for his first career major league hit. he was all smiles. the crowd gave him a standing ovation and then later adam laroche gets a single knocking in two runners. nats get on the board first, but they would let that lead slip. bottom of the 10th we go. game is tied up. alfredo simone on the mound throws a wild pitch to roger bernadina. ryan zimmerman comes racing into home and that is the way they win the game, 3-2. hey, a win is a win. nats are now 5-2. let's head up to the concourse. that's where we'll find dave owens. he was in the locker room with the players. hey, d.o. >> reporter: hey, kristin, how's it going? no hoopla in the locker room, just a businesslike approach, the guys trying to keep things in perspective. this was kind of a yo-yo. they had the game, they lost the game

they start getting ready for their offseason workouts. >> anything to do with the redskins, we want to hear about it. if they go to lunch as a team, we want to hear about it. want to recap for us? >>> good baseball weather the next few days. so plenty of sunshine tomorrow, but it's going to be very warm. temperatures getting up into the mid-80s. here's one last look at our seven-day forecast. it will still be breezy tomorrow. a warm breeze from the southwest. i think mid-80s to upper 80s in some places south, southwest of us. could get into the near 90s. flirting with the 90-degree mark. maybe we'll get close to records. we'll see. tuesday, cooler, in the mid- 70s. you'll feel that cool breeze coming in from the northwest on tuesday. wednesday in the 60s, maybe a shower. thursday, maybe a shower, in the 70s. friday and saturday, a better chance for some thunderstorms. we're still almost five inches below the average for rainfall here in this area, so we can use any rain we can get. >> i think you said it about three times, maybe some showers, maybe. >> maybe. >> no better than that, ri

was hoping for this offseason, trying to get their captain back.her came to town before the 2007 season. he played in all 80 games since he first put on that uniform. his deal is for two years. fletcher will turn 37 this year. >>> and just a head's up, join us for our draft day 2012. the quarterback count down special. it airs on april 26 at 6:30. we'll be live in new york. redskins park and at fedex field to preview the draft. the quarterback, you know who they are by now. and andrew and robert griffin iii. >> they are in an intermission before the second overtime period. so it's 1-1. >> it's still intermission. so the caps couldn't score in game one and that's the big reason why they ended up losing in overtime. they did score. the bruins tied it up in overtime, nothing happened. now we're in the intermission before the second overtime. nothing like keeping you on the edge of your seat. >> an update at 10:00. >> we can tell you what the future looks like for the capitals. game four will also be here at the verison center. that is on thursday nigh

this is true still ships and sea flips but now it's time some are feeling the soviet style in the offseason. there hasn't been anything yet on t.v. . it is to get the maximum political impact us. before source material is what helps keep journalism honest. if we want to present. something else. if. me gave me. fifty. six. the headlines on r.t. the first ceasefire in over a year of violence between syrian forces and armed rebels comes into force following a u.n. deadline meanwhile russia calls for international monitors to be sent to the country as soon as possible to help to keep the peace. iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad says no threats or pressure will make his country give up its rights to nuclear energy a statement comes ahead of this weekend's talks on the issue of major world powers in turkey for the first of their kind in more than a year. and while the planet celebrates the fifty one years since you're a good garlands legendary first flight to the final frontier russian scientists unveiled an ambitious plan of moon exploration of permanent bases set to appear on our closest cos

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we usually do whiskey in the offseason. you can look around, there's a lot involved, a lot of hot copper. we want people to be safe. but today, because it's a special thing we're doing with the brandy, we have it going on while we're open. >> so this was a commercial enterprise, but did washington himself like whiskey? >> well, whiskey was the most popular distilled spirit in the country in the years following the revolution. before the revolution, rum. but because of the revolution, rum became more expensive, because a lot of that was coming from, you know, from britain or from british colonies. and americans were growing lots and lots of grain. and so it really became a popular thing. this was a commercial venture, though. and there are a lot of people distilling, but washington's distillery, as we found out from our research, was one of the largest in the country. now, that doesn't mean that it was washington's favorite spirit. you know, whiskey was cheap. it was very popular among the masses. but washington really was s

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. >> during the offseason and this week's draft they've been working on putting some punch in the offenseco picks a duck. niners have a lot of running backs but james could help. 49ers first round pick a.j. jenkins was introduced this week to the media in santa clara. jenkins made 90 catches for more than 1,200 runs. 49ers like aj's's speed and intelligence so they made him the 30th over all pick. >> words can't really describe that feeling. >> reporter: raiders general manager reggie mackenzie and dennis allen finally saw some action. they had today's final pick and selected utah's bergstrom. >>> andrew luck with the colts, michael schwartz heads to cleveland. dolphins take justin martin. eagles take kendricks. >>> san diego came to the city with the worse record. san francisco is a team that just can't hit or catch. but tonight giants play down to the competition. giants hosting a home stand, 1- 0 in the pegana pounds this deep into the seats. it's pegan's biggest homer. giants pitcher eric looked a little nervous in his first major league start but he quickly settled down. hacker gave

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. >> during the offseason and this week's draft they've been working on putting some punch in the offenserancisco picks a duck. niners have a lot of running backs but james could help. 49ers first round pick a.j. jenkins was introduced this week to the media in santa clara. jenkins made 90 catches for more than 1,200 runs. 49ers like aj's's speed and intelligence so they made him the 30th over all pick. >> words can't really describe that feeling. >> reporter: raiders general manager reggie mackenzie and dennis allen finally saw some action. they had today's final pick and selected utah's bergstrom. >>> andrew luck with the colts, michael schwartz heads to cleveland. dolphins take justin martin. eagles take kendricks. >>> san diego came to the city with the worse record. san francisco is a team that just can't hit or catch. but tonight giants play down to the competition. giants hosting a home stand, 1- 0 in the pegana pounds this deep into the seats. it's pegan's biggest homer. giants pitcher eric looked a little nervous in his first major league start but he quickly settled down. hacker

how about the other offseason acquisition? quietly doing it all tonight. that would be reddick.atch him gun down albert pujols from right field on a beautiful throw at third. four runs for the a's. a bullet to right, that's a ground rule double knocks in the go ahead run. redick at the plate. three hits tonight. and the rally capped by cespedes with a shot to left. two runs are going to score on that and the a's would need them as it turns out a 5-3 final. fuentes the victory. >>> and common sense would tell you the sharks may have met their match with the blues of st. louis after all they have lost six of seven this year for various reasons. but most glaring, terrible penalty killing on the part of the sharks and their top line completely shut down. thornton, marleu,pavelski where are you? you have to light it up. >> win a few face offs. >> pat had a couple of cracks at it. they'll score here. >> all right meantime it is of course a thursday night for the sharks. and here's a dollar sign of the times, all five starters for the national championship college basketball team annou

what form it will take remains to be seen but you can be sure change will be in store during the offseasonlast night. cory schneider for top seeded vancouver which is fighting for its play off light against the l.a. kings tonight. they are in over time tied at one. and jared stole fires it into the net. l.a. eliminating vancouver. it'll be l.a. and the blues now. >>> in washington, alex ovechkin and the caps with a chance to take out washington. the two teams play seventh and deciding game back in boston on wednesday. >>> and elimination facing is sidney crosby who played philadelphia. the players leading on the power play. barosh stopped by flurry. and take another look. you can see flurry makes the stop but hartnel finds the hole. fliers go on to win 5-1 taking the series 4-2 and moving on. >>> still to come on this late sunday night sports wrap. a six year drought comes to an end for a golfer who has a major tournament to his credit, we'll tell you bay area ! here's big news from verizon wireless and xfinity from comcast. now get the xfinity triple play and verizon wireless together. ca

how about the other offseason acquisition? quietly doing it all tonight. that would be reddick. him gun down albert pujols from right field on a beautiful throw at third. four runs for the a's. a bullet to right, that's a ground rule double knocks in the go ahead run. redick at the plate. three hits tonight. and the rally capped by cespedes with a shot to left. two runs are going to score on that and the a's would need them as it turns out a 5-3 final. fuentes the victory. >>> and common sense would tell you the sharks may have met their match with the blues of st. louis after all they have lost six of seven this year for various reasons. but most glaring, terrible penalty killing on the part of the sharks and their top line completely shut down. thornton, marleu,pavelski where are you? you have to light it up. >> win a few face offs. >> pat had a couple of cracks at it. they'll score here. >> all right meantime it is of course a thursday night for the sharks. and here's a dollar sign of the times, all five starters for the national championship college basketball team announced

and there has not been this much excitement around the redskins offseason move since joe gibbs returned in 2004. and dave feldman is in the newsroom with the latest. >> reporter: robert griffin the 3rd has not thrown a nfl pass, being held as a saviour of the redskins and that is a lot of pressure for a 22-year-old from texas. the pressure doesn't seem to be an issue for him. he put baylor football on the map and, in the process, when the 2011 heisman trophy. he submitted his stock with great performances at the combine and proday and this week, griffin showcased the personality in new york appearing on fox and friends and finding new wide receivers and one guy who is excited is the redskins coach shanahan. >> i like the way he handles himself. he's a guy who finished college in 3 1/2 years and came in early out of high school in 3 1/2 years. he's an overachiever and as a person. he has great parents and the work ethic is off of the charts. love the way he handles himself. and there is a football aspect. he has great speed, does a great job in the pocketyet. -- pocket. throwing the ball

many think they have a legitimate chance at the post season, thanks to great offseason acquisitions.he lack of injuries heading into opening day and of course the return of stephen strasburg. dave owens has more on the nats expectations for the season. >> see you later. >> when did you think you'd hear these words in the same sentence? nats, high expectation. well, they are here now and davey johnson who experienced opening days in four separate decades can't wait to get things started. >> i get excited about any time we tee it um. >> and he's excited about this ball club. >> wow. >> for starters, it has arms. plenty of them. stephen strasburg headlines a slew of young gunners. jordan zimmerman, and edwin jackson, all under 30 years old. >> it's huge and a little bit of competitiveness within the rotation. i think that will help us. it will work to our advantage. we will try to one up each other. everyone knows they have the ability to pitch and be any team on any given day. >> but on any given day, does this team have the bats to win. johnson says ryan zimmerman is in the best shape

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there hasn't been this much excitement around a redskins offseason move since joe gibbs returned in 2004. dave feldman now in the newsroom with the latest. >> thank you, brian. here's the deal. rg3 can play. we know that. everyone you talk to on the street is excited the baylor qb will come here and that's a lot of pressure, but the 22-year- old from coppers cove, texas, thrives on pressure. it's never been an issue. he put baylor football on the map and in the process won the 2011 heisman trophy. he also cemented his stock with great performances at the combine and his pro day and this week griffin showcased his personality in new york city before tomorrow's big day appearing on fox and friends and finding some new wide receivers and one guy who is really excited, not only the receivers, but his new head coach. >> really everything. i just like the way he handles himself. he's a guy that he finished college in 3 1/2 years and came in early out of high school in 3 1/2 years. he's an overachiever. as a person, he's got great parents. work ethic is off the charts, love the way he handles h

the big offseason starting pitcher acquisition for this team.e feeling very good about the season of the washington nationals and got help from just about everybody last night. strasburg was on the mound as they opened up this series against the houston astros. this was his home debut this season. cruising through the early innings. top four, the 0-2 pitch to martinez and goes down swinging. one of five ks in the game for strasburg. top six, nationals up 2-0. in trouble here with the bases loaded. chris johnson sends one to the gap in right center, two runs come in. strasburg goes 6 innings and gives up six hits and two runs. bottom of the frame now, up with the bases juiced. 3 for 3 on the night. make it 4 for 4 at this point. he fights off that pitch. he comes two -- in comes to two runs. 13 hits. go on to win 6-2 and improve 208-3 on this young season. 4 for 5. career game for the rookie. >> it is -- really nice to come off if bench and do well because that -- every day player kind of gives it a little urgency every day players, get hurt or n

. >>> today the redskins will strap on pads for their first of their offseason workouts. it comes on the heels of some good news for skins fans. defensive captain and leader london fletcher will be back. he tweeted news of his new deal this weekend. deangelo hall also seems to be excited. he hopped on twitter around 2:00 to express his excitement saying, "can't wait for workouts to start tomorrow. i'm pumped up." the first step toward winning starts tomorrow. and the division lol, referring to one thing, the exciting prospect that the redskins will take rg3 with the second pick in the draft. >> nice to see even the team is hyped up. >> exciting. you know, i fully expect them to live up to the hype. no pressure. but very exciting. >> no pressure. yeah. a lot of pressure. >>> all right. just about -- it is 6:21. flat-out hot. tom? >>> feeling more like july than april. look at this sunrise. technicolor sunrise over the potomac. live view from our city camera. 50s to low to mid 60s from the shenandoah valley to chesapeake bay, eastern shore, western maryland and in the mount

. >>> new today, the redskins are back on the gridiron important the first of their offseason workouts. it comes on the heels of some good news for skins fans. defensive captain and outspoken leader fletcher is going to be back. he wheated out news of his new deal this weekend. and hall also seems to be excited. had hopped on twitter. around 2:00 this morning to express his excitement saying that he can't wait for workouts to start tomorrow morning. i'm pumped up. first step in winning the division starts at 8:30 a.m. step two two, he says, draft night, lol. of course, he is referring to the redskins plan to pick standout quarterback robert griffin iii in the upcoming draft. >>> today kicks off green as universal week at nbc. an effort to bring attention to the importance of preserving our environment. one woman is trying to plan that idea at an early age by writing a book about recycling. nbc's lee stan has more on the idea. >> inside a water factory high on a hill. >> reporter: when stephanie visits schools, she reads from her book titled with the when will we be recycled mama." it i

and part of the reason he signed a $240 million contract in the offseason. >> my name is albert pujolssiness arrangement, he and other players actually own part of the company. >> we have about 25 players involved in this company. truly that's our secret sauce, to have those guys involved. >> is it like the new exclusive club inside major league baseball if you're a part owner of mar ucc? >> the marucci fraternity. >> the wood for marucci bats is harvested from the rich forests of pennsylvania and southern new york. mostly maple, some ash. cut from a mill the company bought four years ago. >> it's an amish-run mill in amish country. a cool story. without that mill we wouldn't be here today. >> on arrival each piece is weighed, graded, and separated. just 13% will make the big leagues. >> these are the ones that don't make it to players -- >> the rest -- look no further than next door. a million dollars worth of the world's most expensive firewood. >> one small blemish like that doesn't make a major league field? >> doesn't make any field. >> players are that particular. >> we have cert

i didn't really enjoy all the moves in the offseason.nway with us. >> he will be with us on the 20th for the 100th anniversary. >> i'm holding you to it. >> fenway park. >> great. >>> ok. so let's get to politics, shall we? tomorrow, the gop candidates face off again with primaries in washington, d.c., maryland, and wisconsin. on "meet the press" yesterday, romney -- >> ok. so you think he'll show us on "meet the press"? >> oh, no, this is actually the part before we came on, where romney picked up the endorsement of wisconsin's first-term senator ron johnson, who will join us in just a few minutes. this morning, "usa today" and gallup are out with a new swing state poll that takes a look at a dozen general election battle ground states, including florida, pennsylvania, and ohio. the poll shows that president obama has pulled ahead of romney in these races by a total average of nine points. that's an 11-point swing from last month. the biggest reason behind this shift looks to be the female vote. president obama now leads romney by 18 po