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johnny oduya gives the hawks the lead, 6-4 was the final.e have more from the windy city. >> a sellout crowd was here to look on at the united center as the blackhawks open their stanley cup title with a 6-4 win over the washington capitals. nhl commissioner was here. i asked him if he thought the blackhawks could repeat as stanley cup champions. >> on opening night, it's impossible to predict who's going to hoist the cup again, let alone make the playoffs, obviously, this is an experienced team that happens to be very young and has had a great deal of success. if you're a blackhawks fun, you've got to be very excited. >> talk about something that has really been a success for the n.h.l. are those outdoor games. now, you're going to have six of them. i'm anxious to see how the one in l.a. works out. >> so am i. let me ask you this. at what point is it killing the golden goose having too many. >> on a pure mathematical standpoint, we have 1230 regular season games, this is six. while there will be six on national t.v., the fact of the matter

the game winner off the stick of johnny oduya.the run for back-to-back cups. we won at least eight dozen games that work one cole games... keeping the puck out of the net are coming back, giving the defense men a chance with a couple minutes left in the game, a great win and we have a couple things to work on but overall we are happy. emotions are high and the last time we will see it this year but a nice way to send it off. joe girardi met with the yankees today talking about a new contract. talks will continue tomorrow. al wild card score. rays 3, indians nothing in the 8th. finally, brandon bass of the boston celtics is trying to tackle a childhood fear hoping to help others in similar circumstances. he is taking swimming lessons. bass never learned to swim as a child...he cited the drowning of a neighborhood friend of the same age as the reason for his fear of the water...he says he hopes that adults who can't swim get the idea that its never to late to learn. so an admirable for bass....as you get older you learn swimming his

but the hawks tied it and then johnny oduya gave them the lead. 5-4 hawks late in the 3rd.that the washington capitals have. but blackhawks still have the lead at 5-4. the bears enjoying their normal tuesday off. the undefeated saints coming to soldier field on sunday. the bears did work out six punters today at halas hall, obviously not very happy with the production of adam podlesh so far this season. bears running back matt forte meeting with chicago firefighters this morning on the lakefront. forte is partnering with duracell to donate 50,000 new quantum bateries to power critical equiptment for local first responders. of course the only question on the firefighters mind... how are the bears going to beat the saints this weekend? >> i am looking forward to playing them this coming sunday. hopefully there will not be as fast as they are on the turf. our defense has its work cut out for them with a quarterback like drew brees. we have our work cut out for us. we can limit turnovers and controlled the ball throughout the game, i think we can win it. >> on the wgn morning n

johnny oduya shoots one off the glove, and the caps fall, and the opener 6-4, another home opener atome.ome. >> me, too. >> all right, redskins head coach mike shanahan is spending the by week evaluating his team, that includes the quarter back. the coaching staff says robert e grirch the thirrobertgriffin is. here is the offensive coordinator on griffin's progress. >> just all around, there's no exact one thing. i think he has done better job on the last two games, extending some plays, and making some plays with his arm, i don't think we have done as good as we did last year, i think we need to get better. i have seen him week by week, fairly better, i hope we come back after this by week, better. >> all righty. to soccer we go. d.c. united plays westernn conference leader real salt likt with the u.s. open cup championship on the line withne the big break came in the 45th minute.minu lewis neil would score on the rebound. that would be all the often needed. d.c. united gets the nail theth third u.s. open championship anp first since 2008, yay. >> i love it. it. >> that is good news