adam oats was not a defenseman in his day. you could tell that tonight.nough to get all the kinks out. baseball loses two legends and one hits very close to home. sports is next. >>> finally, that's what puck heads across the country are saying, finally we get our sport back after 100-plus days of being locked out. hockey has got some making up to do with its fans. 13 games on the slate that actually count. that will help. caps one of those games. adam oats welcome to the head coaches position. my brother from another mother. how about that. sort of like that goalie last year against boston. under siege there. two man advantage, hit me with your best shot. tampa three of seven on the power play. caps drop the oaks debut 6-3. >> some of the mistakes came from conditioning. you know, we got tired at times. the game went in waves. i think some of the penalties in the third period, you can't really give them a five on three to start the third period. that obviously hurt us. >> you can't do that, no doubt about it. wizards have one four of five. john wall star

. >>> and why adam oates says there's no such thing as 110%, as "news4 at 6" continues. >>> so take it slow on area roads tonight. behind me the temperatures. by tomorrow morning we'll be headed way down, folks. fairfax, virginia, just 12 degrees, around oakton, shade,side, around green belt, down to 18 or 19 degrees, very cold and real easy to see things ice up. the other thing we'll have to deal with, take a look, olney, maryland, the hometown forecast, 18 degrees, feeling like 9, then the wind will get lighter by tomorrow morning. we're dry for tomorrow morning. clouds around the area, as we get into 2:00, 3:00, 4:00 tomorrow. that is snow that you're looking at. olney, maryland, hometown forecast, pretty much what the entire area will see, it picks up in intensity, as we move through the evening hours. 23 still your temperature, still snows until about 11:30 tomorrow night no about midnight. that snow will be shutting off and moving out. culpepper, warrenton, areas into gayering burse, sterling sealing 1 to 2 inches of snowfall. just to the ease, so annapolis, lexington park, you m

extra time, the capitals are ready to get back to work, especially for their new hall of fame coach adam oates. >> he is a teacher and he still has relevant experience. last year he went to the stanley cup finals with new jersey. he made it new jersey, to why we thought was boring, really exciting. >> shifting, college coop, the maryland terrapins are a young group, facing unc. maryland at shot itself in the foot with it more turnovers 21 today. early in the third the steal coast-to-coast. he had 24 points in the game. winding down in the first half, maryland turnover. the terps fought back, but james michael, the bounce pass, and he does the rest. north carolina wins 62-52. virginia tech-wake forest, the gain coming down to the final minute. gives it everything he has. he is fouled. fired up, so are the hokies, but he misses the free throw. the layoffs, no good. virginia tech wins by one po int. what a difference john wall makes, 14 points, 14 assists for the wizards, holding off the nuggets. washington is 3-1 with him back in the lineup. they face the clippers tonight. it will be wanting the

for adam oats, first game as an nhl head coach will be against a team with which he started his coaching the tampa bay lightning are the first team on tap for the caps. a division showdown, right out of the gates. under dale hunter, caps started second in the southeast division last year and took a four-year run as division champs. before him, the caps were highly offensive, under bruce boudreaux. under oats, they find themselves in a different place. if you like scoring, you'll like this system. >> it's a little more offensive, not quite as all out as boudreaux's was, but it's a good mix. making sure we're taking care of our own, but still creating a good offense. >> the guys are learning as we go. it's not -- he obviously wants to play a fast-paced game, which will work with a lot of guys. lot of guys have good speed. it's going to be a different system, but nothing the guys can't handle. >>> maryland basketball fans rushed the court earlier this week to celebrate the terps' dramatic one-point win over nc state. today, there was hope, as maryland played at north carolina. but the name

listen carefully to the new verbiage used by the new head coach adam oates after this one. >> things aren't going our way. we're a little fragile and gave them a five on three goal. >> pathetic is probably a better term. you know, i feel bad for the fans. i would like to finish a game with at least 50% of the fans still in the stands. we've got to turn something around and got to do it fast. >> troy brower, not a happy camper. not good when your new coach calls you fragile three games into the season. >> you're a hockey player. >> they play again tomorrow night in new jersey. they will have a chance to turn things around hopefully quickly. college hoops now, the 136th meeting between virginia and virginia tech tonight. the hokies have is the nation's leading scorer in eric green. but they may need to great green some help. he went for 345. the rest of the team, 21 points combi combined. the result? a victory for virginia. hokies and cavs doing their part. what a night for the aforementioned eric green. the senior with a career high 3 35 points, 11-18 from the field. but the rest of t

the team left this afternoon for tampa, first test under new head coach adam oates will be against thetampa bay lightning. there are not many new faces on the team so the transition has been smooth. >> even the guys that are new here, they fit in really well. they are great guys so we are lucky we picked up a bunch of good ones. we have guys that are all still kind of feeling it from last year, the way we lost. we thought that we shut have had better results than we did. you know, we fell short in the last two games. but we are all very excited. we have a great team. i think we have a team to go far. we have to make sure that we execute. >> the nationals have the best record in baseball, 98 wins and, of course, the disappointing game 5 in the a.l. ds. this year, the organization signed a top center fielder, a lefty and a closer. >> we are very balanced with the offensive line. we are better defensively in the outfield, infield defense will be as good if not better. our catching situation will still be solid. our rotation will have one year more experience. we'll be counting lesson the

adam oates behind the bench for his first game as head coach of the caps.up in the second period. caps trail 2-1. joel ward and jason working the puck in the corner. the pass gets deflected and ward is there to stuff it in the net. take another look. the great pressure by ward. it's his second goal of the game. and we're tied at 2. later in the period, lightning up 3-2. voytek with the puck, loses it here. mike ribero fires off the pads and wolski, tied at 3. third. two men in the penalty box. st. louis. lightning take a 4-3 lead. they add on two more goals. they double up the caps tonight, 6-3. and coach oates sees a team still learning out there. >> it's tough. it's going to take the guys a while. you know? and we've talked about that and hopefully we can win enough games until it becomes automatic. tonight wasn't our night. but there is a lost positives in the game. and we'll talk about that on monday. >> to say the washington wizards are a different team with john wall would be an underestimate. not only have the whiz been who are competitive with wall,

their first victory of the year and their first head coaching win for adam oats. >>> to hawaii now for the pro bowl. london fletcher talking it over with lorenzo alexander before the game. not much defense in this one. first quarter, afc up 7-0. drew brees airs it out to vincent jackson. 36-yard touchdown. one of two on the day for jackson. we're knotted up at 7-7. second quarter, nfc up 10-7. eli manning gets picked off by derek johnson. the chiefs' line backer takes it 42 yards the other way and the afc takes the lead 14-10. nfc comes back, up 31-10. russell wilson putting the spin move on and fires one downfield to doug martin. 28-yard score. one of three touchdown passes in the game for wilson. these two teams combined for 98 points. the nfc wins it 62-35. >>> paul hewitt and george mason trying to hand northeastern their first conference loss. first half action, mason down six. second half, northeastern still up eight. joel smith inside to spencer for the dunk down low. 14 points for him. huskies up by 10. they wouldn't look back. joel smith buries the three. northeastern win it 7

the new uptempo system will be on display under first year head coach adam oats. he only had a week to get this team used to the new style of play. don't be surprised if the caps don't look very fluid tonight. the good news, however, the team is 6-3 the last nine years in season openers. >> it's the same for every team. you know, i think it's maybe a little choppy throughout for a while and then -- but i mean that's just the way it s we just have to figure out as fast as possible. i think he's going to be a great game no matter what. i think everybody's going to be really excited. so it's going to be a high tempo game. >> it's been hard to wait when it's going to be over. but finally it's over. so it's going to be fun. >> should be a good game. puck drops at 7:00 on comcast sports net. on the hard wood, the terps had every reason to be excited going into hir game against north carolina. maryland is coming off the biggest win of the season versus nc state. playing great defense is their calling card since conference play started. mark turgin and the terps hoping to

also a chance to see the new head coach, adam oates. but tonight was about the fans.nd now it's ovechkin thrilled to have the home crowd in his corner. >> it's always nice to see the fans happy and smiling. you know, just watch the team out there. >> been waiting for this so long. love the fans and the rink and everything around here. so it's really good to be back. you know, can't wait to play. >> it's crazy. it doesn't surprise anyone in here. we all know how great of a hockey city this is and how well our fans support us. not only just with attendance, but with their positive energy that they bring every night. that's a huge thing. and that, you know, it definitely doesn't go unnoticed. >> let's talk some baseball now, a different era for the nationals. we're not talking postseason anymore. we're expecting world series. because of that, the nats are spending serious cash. today they introduce their new closer, rafael soriano, who is baseball's highest paid relief pitcher now at $14 million per season. nationals general manager mike rizzo made the move and he's expe

. >> to the practice itself one of the last ones for new head coach adam oates before the puck drops. oates has had a busy week and ready or not the season is here. >> of course i think it's going to be a very tough game. of course, it's going to be hard for a couple shifts, but i think everybody is going to be ready and it's going to be a good game. >> there's definitely a lot of kinks, but we feel like we're good. we're definitely happy about the system that's going to be played and hope everybody's body feels good. i feel good personally and i hope everybody else feels the same. >>> coming up one of the most dominant closers in the game has a natitude tonight, the introduction of rafael soriano next. >>> rafael soriano had 42 saves last year closing games for the yankees. that's the plan this year with the nats. soriano will go in as the 9th inning guy. the 7th and 8th will be left for tyler clippard and drew storen. then again you don't pay a guy $20 million for two years without that expects. soriano was introduced today slipping on the curly w and white 29 jersey. washington has

he escaped this morning, the first with the team this year and while he's anxious to get back, adam oates wants to play it smart. >> and wake up feeling better every day. the more i can get on the ice with the guys, the quicker it will be and as far as the timeline, i can't tell you. i can't have an exact date and getting closer every day. >> no real timeline. he needs to probably get a couple of skates in and we can sit together and talk and get it the pace of the game. >> and -- [ question indiscernible ] >> for sure. for sure. he obviously, he wants to play tonight, i am sure, but we have to be careful about him. >> the new substance in the world of performance-enhancing drugs is deer antler spray. ray lewis is accused of using it and vijay singh admitted to taking it admitting it's banned in the pga. he withdrew from the stop and phil mickleson was on fire. today's opening round. lefty with a chance to score a 59 with the putt. where did he sink it? oh, line lips out. he can't believe it. and a cruel turnaround, the cubs feel settled, a 4-under 1160 and ties with the four- stroke lead

adam oates returning to new jersey. third period caps and down 2-0. mike neuvirth. first goal as a cap. washington is on the board. later in the period mike greene with the slap shot and it's saved and it's cleared out to mike greene who you see scores, again. you don't send the puck back to him. evens it up at 2-2 and we are headed to overtime. devils threatening and andy whi. devils win in o.t., 3-2 in o.t. is the final. >> ouch. >> you have to take the positives. the first question was, you know, we haven't played for 60 minutes. we did tonight. so, there is a lot of growing pains, if you will. the guys did their job. you want the win, but we did a lot of good things. >> taking the positives. >>> the washington wizards have won 10 of the last 11 against the spread. hot that means is that they're exceeding everyone's expectat n expectations lately. go to verizon center to show how they get it done. hope to take care of business versus his former team. coach the t' wolves from '307 to '08. adding to the score sheet two of his 14 points on the night. that one was pr

players eager to show out of the system with adam oates. committed to defending their territory all over the ice. they don't expect it to come easy. >> there will be some ryu, i think, on both sides. that comes from just relearning the system and execution. that's usually tough. it's easier to practice. so we feel good right now, but it will be probably not the most crisp game you have ever seen. >> i think it's going to be a very tough game. it will be shatter the first couple shifts, all through the game it will be hard, but you know, i think everybody will be ready for it. >> we've been through this before, made adjustments better, so we fool like we're ray. >> are you ready for two straight weeks of endly ray lewis retiring coverage? we're going to get even more if they go to the super bowl. wrapping up the preparation. terrell suggs is so happy, he breaks into song at practice. ♪ ♪ we have cup to show you ♪ >>> we don't know what it is, but -- that's his favorite movie? >> joe flacco, a little more low key this week, focused, ready, yo

straight to open the season and fining themselves in the penalty box way too much, players and coach adam oatsere starting to question the team's work ethic and i'm sure many of you fans were as well. yesterday the caps finally seemed to get into somewhat of a groove. the buffalo sabres who were visiting, they got in early. the caps got going four minutes left. ward gets the put back. mike green, alex o, caps get their first victory 3-2 the final. >> we finally win. so it is much, much better for us right now you know? no pressure right now. >> caps head out on the road. this is officially super bowl week of course the sap fran 49ers arrived -- the san francisco 49ers arrived in new orleans yesterday evening. ravens arrive about 4:00 today. the network coverage of super bowl xlvii begins at 6:30. the ravens second trip to the super bowl starting this evening we will be bringing you the latest news and excitement live from new orleans. be sure to tune in every evening from now until the super bowl . >>> all right 6:24. a series of robberies. >>> and get ready to file on time the 2013 tax season

straight to open the season and finding themselves in the penalty box way too much, players and coach adam oatsng to question the team's work ethic i'm sure many of you fans were as well. but yesterday the caps they finally seem to be getting into somewhat of a group. the buffalo who were visiting, tyler in to put the sabres on top. the caps got going four minutes left. it is their third goal of the season. the moment you have been waiting for. alex o, gets his first goal of the season. ends up being the decisive goal. caps get their first victory 3- 2 the final. >> finally a win. much better for us right now you know? no pressure to show us right now. >> caps head out on the road. >>> this is officially super bowl week of course the san francisco 4ers arrived in new orleans yesterday evening. the baltimore ravens are expected to arrive about 4:00 today. you can see the big game here. the ravens second trip to the super bowl they won their first one back in 2000. 49ers it is their sixth trip to the super bowl . john harbaugh and jim harbaugh. starting this evening we will be bringing you the la

. >> it was a good test, because this is the first time these guys played under head coach, adam oats will take time to learn the system. it wasn't a terrible game by any means. they haven't played for a long time. caps players and fans waited 113 long lockout days to see a game. tonight the wait was over. the caps were in tampa for their first division test and it would be a test to see if the player s were in shape. we'll show you oats behind the bench as head coach of your washington capitals. who would score the first goal? how about the game seven hero from last year against boston. joe ward, he punches that one home. the first of his two goals on the night. a few newcomers doing damage. mike, the initial save, but they were tied at 3. in the third, lightning on a two-man advantage. the caps lose the season opener 6-3. >>> in local hoops, au lost to holy cross while gw won 79-76. elsewhere, maryland had a tough time scoring because they couldn't hold on to the ball. they turn the ball over five times in their first six trips down the court. and the terps, yes, they were doomed fr

adam oates said the team won't really have training camp. they plan to jump right into the regular season. >> how cool would it be if the caps made a big republican. we have the redskins with an incredible run and the nats. >> it would be kind of weird to have a shortened season and hey, we're at the playoffs. >> d.c. unite made it to the playoffs for the first time in five years. >> and then there were the wizards. >> we are on a roll for the most part. >> you can't have it all. >> you're right. >> you can't have it all in the weather. >> the wizards are the best at being the worst which is a talent in itself. >> i still like the wizards. >> you both are mean. >> i still like the wizards. i go to some of their games. they are going through a rough time right now. it will be okay eventually one day. >> i think so too. >> is today going to be okay? >> i've been waiting but yeah, one day, things are going to get better with the bullets. >> wizards. >> that's how long it's been. >> 47 right now in washington. you know, we are off to a nice mild

saturday is also the debut game for washington's new head coach, adam oates. allison?>> if your resolve is to get more fit in the new year and already maybe not reaching that goal, our next guest may inspire you to keep with your program. she is the donna richardson joyner and she's a member of the president's council on fitness. she's also an author and this is her new book "witness to fitness." it's a wonderful book. >> thank you. >> it shows you what you need to do, lots of good tips. when you see a book like this, you're like, i can do that. >> i think it's the idea of having something that's practical. having tips that will help people develop new habits so they can live this for a lifestyle. i wanted to give them the recipe. it's a 28-day program. you have 28 days of working out. you have to burn the calories, lose the weight. 28-day meal plans and recipes. you have scripture. you need to be motivated. it's not easy. >> no. >> there are testimonials. you're not in this alone. i think it's helpful to read about others that can inspire you. and then there's a song

. >> to the practice itself, adam oates has had a busy week implementing the system and getting his guy ready for tomorrow. ready or not, the season is here. >> of course of course i think it will be hard. the whole first game will be hard. but i think everybody is going to be ready for thatten. >> there are lofts cifngs but we feel like we're good. -- there are lots of kinks. we are happy about the system that will be played and hope everybody's body feels good. i feel good personally so i'm hoping everybody else will feel the same. >> that shows how hungry everybody is for that because standing room only at practice? >> this year, the nationals are hoping for good numbers from rafael soriano. >> he will go into spring training as the ninth inning guy. soriano was officially introduced yesterday. slipping on the curly w and the white 29 jersey, washington has now turned into a baseball destination. they have the line-up and the pitching staff to go all the way agm is happy to have landed such a major piece in soriano. >> he is here because he has got great talent, great character and g

. >>> moving on now to sports, adam oats behind the bench for the first time as the head coach of yourhington capitals. first period against the lightning, joel ward, he gets the first goal of the season for dc to even up the game at 1- 1. then in the second period, ward is going to punch another goal with a nifty backhand to tie the game at 2-2. but his offensive explosion would not be enough. tampa bay would go on to score three unanswered goals on braden. caps lose the season opener 6- 3. >>> to the hardwood now, the wiz on the road in l.a. to face the clippers. this one would stay close the entire way. john wall had a big game. jordan crawford feeds him the alley-oop for two of his team- high 24 points. then in the fourth quarter with l.a. up by two, chris paul nails one from the three-point range. there you go. then he would add another big basket. clippers go on to beat the wizards 94-87. >>> baseball fans are mourning the deaths of two legends of the game. former baltimore orioles manager earl weaver passed away at the age of 82. the hall of famer died on a caribbean cruise asso

. >> coach adam oates went into the game tonight looking for goalies, but michal neuvirth had historyhis side. things get out of hand in the 2nd period after a scoreless 1st. montreal five on three power play, markov and a half strike, caps struggling on penalty kill. shortly after the first goal matt hendricks runs into the goalie, so penalties. here we go again, another cap 57 seconds after the first goal, montreal capitalizing with numbers, markov sneaking one in who surrenders four goals tonight, neuvirth does, now 14 goals allowed in three games, caps fall to 0-3 on the season. they have bake to back tomorrow, a visit to 2-0 -- a back to back tomorrow, a visit to 2-0 new jersey. we'll hear from the players coming up tonight at 11:00. >>> coming up a young girl battling cancer has her supermodel dreams come true, her heart warming story next. >> at 11 clock the flu isn't the only bug -- 11:00 the flu isn't the only bug going around, details on another nasty outbreak on the news edge. >>> now your capital rundown with tom fitzgerald. >> it's your look at the new and noteworthy in t