alfredsson leading his team by example. nifty moves for the goal. ties the game at five. chara's team gets the last laugh. ensuring his team comes on top. team chara beats team alfredsson 10-9. >>> novak djokovic and rafael nadal in a thriller. the spaniard is fired up. the fifth grand slam title took five hours and 53 minutes. the longest singles final in grand slam history. >>> finally to aspen. capping off the x games with a perfect run on the super pipe. judges gave him a perfect 100. white takes home another gold. >>> that's your early olook at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >>> coming up, folks in utah are the latest to wonder, are we not alone in the universe? plus, the latest awards and the latest hints ahead of the oscars. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on it monday morning. hope you had a wonderful weekend. weather-wise, we had the rain move in last night throughout much of the pacific northwest. now it's moving to the spokane area and northern idaho. now, as far as seattle, portland, and coastal areas, a chance for showers the next f

team chara defeats team alfredsson 12-9. >>> college hoops, 18 georgetown hosting 12th-ranked rutgersalf, georgetown in transition. rogers gives it to tia mcgee. she gets the bucket and the foul. mcgee had a game -high 21 point. hoyas in control. hoyas catch rutgers sleeping, sugar rogers up and in. that was cool. rogers the leading scorer in the big east finished with 19 points. georgetown knocks off rutgers 54-36, holding the scarlet knights to their lowest point total this season. good for them. hoyas improve to 17-5 overall, 6-3 in the big east. coming up tonight on "sports final," we hope, novak djokovic and rafa nadal play an epic australian open final. super bowl week aupon us. the patriots land in indy. we'll talk with tom brady and coach bill belichick. plus gary williams honored at comcast center this week. dan hellie catches up with the legendary coach. would gary be interested in the wizards' coaching job? find out in just a few minutes on "sports final." >> that's a good tease. >> that is. >> thank you, hakem. >>> after the break, he happened to be at the right place at t

team charlotte beats team alfredsson, 12-9. >> winner x games in athens.wne white, looked goo in the qualifier. white the top qualifier and we'll show you the flying tomato going for the gold tonight at 11:00. >> and the patriots have arrived in indianapolis for super bowl xlvi. we'll hear from tom brady at 6:00. let the hype begin. >> all right. coming up, this big guy's mom is the wonder woman of labor. >> her huge accomplish dinner? candles? i wanted it to be special. oh, what's this? it's progresso's new loaded potato with bacon. mmm, it's good. honey, i love you and... oh my gosh, oh my gosh.. look at these big pieces of potato. yeah but honey, i love you and... is that what i think it is...it is... it's bacon. honey look. [ male announcer ] progresso rich and hearty... 4 new flavors, you can lose yourself in. what's that? big piece of potato. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. >> coming up in half hour, gingrich supporters come up with a musical plan to get votes in florida. >> the most beautiful colleges in the nation. the bay

move ahead to the 3rd with team alfredsson trailing to team chara.8 and team chara reeled off four goals. marian hossa threading through the legs of erick carlsson. it was team chara 12 and team alfredsson 9 and sharks back in it wednesday against columbus. >>> tiger woods will be at pebble beach in a weak and a half. today he held a share of the round heading into the final round at the abu dhabi tournament. he ended up with an even par round of 72. that opened the door for others. one of them graeme mcdowell, on the par-3, 12 hole. he has line on this shot. a bounce below the green and roll and mcdowell has a hole in one. rory mcilroy finished a round of 69. he finished one stroke back of the other three-day coleader robert rock. rock finished with a 70 and wrapped up the biggest win of his career. rock gets the hardware and tiger feels like he is getting close. he will get a chance to prove that in the at&t. >> um, i was right there with a chance to win and didn't do it. i felt i was a touch off and i was telling steve a couple of the balls were g

daniel alfredsson leads the team by example. third period, the boston bruins ensuring his team comes out on top. >>> tennis history aussie yoep final. nadal beats to win the fourth set and does so in a tie break. he's fired up. we're going to the fifth and final set. djokovic puts away the winner, his fifth grand slam title took five hours and 53 minutes, the longest final in history. >>> shaun white, into the history books, capping off the x games with a perfect run on the super pipe. judges gave him a perfect 100. white takes home his fifth consecutive super five gold. that's your sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >>> well, coming up, folks in utah are the latest to wonder are we not alone in the europe verse? >>> plus, the latest awards and the latest hints ahead of the oscars. you're watching "early today." >>> well, welcome back. on this monday you really don't need your umbrella almost wherever. we have so many spots. look at the 60s through colorado. 40s and 50s through the central plains. we're going to start to

team alfredsson won.m peggy phlegming to kristi yamaguchi kristi yamaguchi to rudy galindo, san josi has been the hotbed for skaters. >> reporter: for san josi native rudy galindo it meant returning to the same venue he wouldn't men's title. that was a major upset, considering rudy wasn't even mentioned in the immediate guide. media guide. >> they didn't know who i was and i did the greatest performance and that was the package. san josi has always treat medwell and everywhere i walk in san jose, everyone is so kind to me. just being here is another added bonus. >> reporter: five-time u.s. championship and 1968 gold medal winner peggy fleming was instrumental in bringing this event back it her hometown. >> i think this valley, you know, has a different kind of energy. california has a different energy than any other part of the country. and our facility is just perfect. >> i think the reason that figure skating keeps coming back because the audience and city is so knowledgeable about figure skating. it em