gary williams being honored here at comcast center.ou know, spring training doesn't start just yet but the doesn[ male announcer ]but the this was how my day began. a little bird told me about a band... ♪ an old man shared some fish stories... ♪ oooh, my turn. ♪ she was in paris, but we talked for hours... everyone else buzzed about the band. there's a wireless mind inside all of us. so, where to next? ♪ >>> a warning to students at the university of maryland. scenes like this will not be tolerated after tonight's maryland/duke basketball game a letter sent out by the school asks students to celebrate a victory with class and dignity and discourages fans from being destructive two years ago, police arrested 28 students during riots that followed the terps' victory over duke. >>> out at the -- i want to call it coal field house. comcast center, radioity? not quite the same team that took on duke last year, right? >> no it is a little bit different, jim and doreen. last year, of course, gary williams was here, here at maryland for 22 yea

comcast stadium was full of cheers. it's an historic night as the university names the court after him. >> it's a huge deal. he's a great coach and means so much to its university. williams name appears in two places on the court and wright has come full circle and graduated from maryland in 1968 and played basketball for the turfs. >> its something i hope everybody feels a part of that's ever been connected with basketball at the university of maryland. i think that's important. >> gary williams became the coach in 1989 and retired in 2011. he has the most wins of any maryland men's basketball coach and with an all-star cast of players, he brought the school it's only men's national championship in 2002. >> he's done a lot of great things for the basketball team it's an honor to have him as a coach. >> he was humbled by the honor and measured in his word yet students spoke up and said things he would not. >> i think it's a good idea. he brought us a national championship. i think he's a great coach. gary brought us int

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disney and comcast signed a new 10-year distribution deal, keeping disney channels on comcast cable and expanding disney shows watched online by comcast customers. speaking of watching content, tivo stock shot up 10% after settling its patent infringement fight with at&t. tivo will get $215 million from at&t as well as higher monthly licensing fees for its digital video recording technology. telecom stocks were among those holding back today's gains. verizon was the biggest drag on the dow industrial index despite reporting it sold a record number of iphones in the fourth quarter. that news did not help shares. they fell more than 1% as some investors expressed concern that profit margins will fall at verizon wireless due to the higher subsidy verizon pays to encourage subscribers to buy smartphones. it's the lack of spending by verizon and at&t on their networks that slashed the share price of telecom equipment maker acme packet. the stock lost a fifth of its value, dropping to a 52-week low. analysts voiced worry about telecom gear spending with at&t's dropped buyout of t- mobile and

. >>> when we return, a special honor for the guy who helped built the comcast center. gary williams on an emotional night.  >>> gary williams was 22 years as the basketball coach at maryland. won more games than any maryland basketball coach in the school's history. last week, in an emotional dedication, the coach returned to comcast center and gave the fans one last clinched fist. maryland honored williams by dedicating the court in his name. this was prior to the duke game, appropriate. so he got to see his old nemesis, coach k, one more time. after the ceremony, williams tried to put his career and the dedication into perspective. >> obviously, this is something special to me. it's a big thrill. when i left here in 1968, i never thought anything like this would be possible. never thought i would be back as a coach to start with. it's been a great ride. a lot of great people. assistant coaches, players. it's always about the players that determines your success, not just their ability, but the character they show. so i've been proud to coach some re

today an announcement was made with an agreement with comcast.ervice technician comes out to the home to make a repair, comcast is accused of not disclosing the fee to consumers. comcast has agreed to tell consumers about the fee in two separate phone calls. comcast has not admitted to any wrongdoing, it has agreed to paying $25,000 toward consumer education. comcast was the parent company of nbc universal. >>> tax season is right around the corner. and the nation's largest retailer is offering tax help and filing in its stores. this week, walmart opened kiosk s for tax services in walmart stores nationwide. >>> the new year is a start to many new things, including a change in how we buy our light bulbs. new energy standards took effect january 1st. that means the phaseout has begun. traditional 100 watt incandescent light bulbs can no longer be manufactured, not everybody's happy about that. bob marshall announced a bill that would allow the manufacture of incandescent bulbs in virginia to distribute the bulbs only in the commonwealth. marshall

. >>> are you a comcast customer in montgomery county? there's a chance if you needed a service call or house call, you paid a fee without knowing it. now comcast will have to tell you about the controversial truck fee when you schedule a service. you will also get a message about that fee before your appointment. comcast will also pay $25,000 to the county because of this but the agreement is not an admission the cable company violated any laws which protect consumers. >>> washington looked a little more like hollywood last night. >> that's because angelina jolie was in town for a special showing of the first movie she's ever written and directed. >> reporter: more than 30 million people have walked through the doors of the hole cast museum -- holocaust museum. angelina jolie and husband brad pitt came to a special screening of "in the land of blood and honey." jolie's first attempt at writing and directing a major film. >> i prefer to direct. >> reporter: the two-hour movie explores the effects of the bosnian war on a serb and a muslim

and we sort of teamed up with comcast. that's one of the reasons i bring you here today because comcast is a sponsor for us. and this is something maybe we could do nationally. but it's virtually no cost to us. we start a video competition and this is going to be initially for college students to try to get them to make 30-second psa spots that comcast will broadcast the winners of the contest will be broadcast in the fall, just before the presidential election. it's supposed to be basically introducing their creative way of reaching out to their own fellow students. how would you convince them -- why would you want to go vote? we're hoping for creativity. this would be created by the students through the college media centers or wherever they do their work. we have connecticut public television has volunteered to help them edit their work if needed so they'll do that on a voluntary basis. we're hoping to get some real creative spots to put on in the fall. i mean, we figure when you look at the numbers of how many students

and media partners, abc-7, a.m. 1400, asian week.com, comcast, and choir.net, ktsf tv, s.f. gov tv, the examiner and world channel. thank you so much for your support. [applause] and if you're -- this celebration also received the support of so many individuals as well as professional small businesses and community organizations. you'll see their names listed on the screen and in the program book. and on the website. a.p.a. -- apasf.org. those attending this celebration for the past few years, we have been treated to so many fabulous and unique ethnic, cultural performances. this year, certainly no exception. the northern california cherry blossom festival just celebrated its 44th year. during which the 2011 queen and court was selected. so tonight, the 2011 court will perform their opening number from the queens program, choreographed by mickey nowitzki and music by shina ringo entitled ringo uotota. please welcome the 2011 northern california cherry blossom court. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] >> thank you once again. the 2011 cherry blossom court. a beautiful performanc

have the seats ready at comcast center. everybody here to be thanking gary.to sit down with gary yesterday and he knows this is going to be an emotional evening. >> it will be something i will remember the rest of my life. that game doesn't need anything else that is always the game and to have the coordinating at the same time it will be great and hopefully fire up the crowd and get them ready for duke. but the one thing i want to watch is if krzyzewski comes out and walks on my name he's goes to his bench. >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome back gary williams. >> 66 years old, was the timing trite walk away or go through a little withdrawal? your suits missed getting all sweaty and stuff? >> dry clearance see less of me, which is good, but 66 is interesting. i look around the college landscape and at the time i retired last year, boeheim and i, houston, the same age, jim calhoun two or three years older, krzyzewski is old, for me, it was very important that the last game i coached, i could coach at -- the way i coach. i don't want to stay so long that people

. >> all right, we are joined live from the comcast sports net newsroom.t is coming up in the world of sports? >> yeah, guys. my parents flying in from upstate new york. it was 2 degrees there yesterday. >> they'll love it. >> yeah. let's talk a little sports. in immortal word of yogi berra, it's deja vu all over again. the media staked out headquarters waiting to see if tom cable would be fired. he wasn't. this time around the stakeout to get a glimpse of who might be hired. right. multiple reports indicate the raiders interviewed former linebacker and green bay packers director of football operations, reggie mcken zep for the gm job today. if the reports are accurate. the interview took place aywa from the facility. damon andrews explains. >> the day has come and gone here at raiders practice facility and despite several reports there have been no signs of any general manager candidates coming into interview for the raiders vacant gm position. that include former raiders linebacker. reggie mckenzie who fills the role of director of football operations. f

comcast on five. it looks like the court had real magic. moseley for the jumper. the biggest lead of the game. op eight. then duke answered. inside. game-high 23 points. duke down four. ryan kelly on the outside, not down the three. duke within one. the blue devils tried to go back inside. the hook shot. blue devils led by three at the halftime. second half. maryland back in front, 43-42. the blue devils' answer again. of the glass. duke up by one. all duke down the stretch. left side of the blame. fourth straight loss to maryland against do. 74-61. the beginning of the night with the high point of the night at gary williams corporate >> obviously, this is something special to me. it is a big thrill. when i left here in 1968, i never thought anything like this would be possible. it has been a great ride. >> a great night for gary williams. the first night he did not swept through his suit. chuck pagano becomes the fourth ravens defensive coordinator to move from owings mills to a head coaching position, but no one did at quicker than chuck pagano. he spent one sea

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tonight, the terps took on duke at the comcast center. >> the police are lining the streets in case oft, exciting victories have led to violence and writing on the streets. tom is in college park with what is going on at this hour. >> the game just wrapped up, and sadly, the terrapins lost. that said, there has been trouble after some losses. what they're trying to do to make sure that trouble does not erupt. in a few minutes, there will be a bonfire, school-sponsored. they are hoping that students will gather there and be safe. we also talk to the police about other things they are doing as well. but just how big is the rivalry? these guys got here at 5:00 p.m. to get in. >> 5:00 p.m. last night. >> they slept here all night to get in first. making this year's game especially emotional, the team honored legendary coach gary williams. >> i grew up loving maryland because of him. a m at times, there was a bad side riots often happy ending after a maryland to win. >> there were police everywhere and students were getting beaten. it is scary. >> during that ride at two years ago, p.g. cou

maryland hosted duke at comcast center. it was weird. the first time in 22 years, gary williams wasn't on the terps bench. maryland and duke now feature mark versus, of course, the coach. first half, terps break down two duke with his dribbling and lays it in. dave maryland led 18-10. the team high 16. final seconds, first half. to james. hangs for them to beat the buzzer. maryland trailed 37-34 at the break. second half, duke up 5. austin rivers to mason. part of the plumly. he had 23-12. both game high. maryland falls at home to duke. 74-61. prior to the game, an emotional dedication. the long time coach, gary williams, who wowed the crowd up with his signature fist pump one more time. and then the moment that had been a long time coming. the renaming of comcast floor to gary williams court. appropriate since the coaches success led to the construction of this very building. after the ceremony, i asked gary what that final fist pump felt like. >> it felt good. i had my coat button on. i don't usually do that before a game, but i got th

jim will join us from the comcast sportsnet studio next. >> thank you for joining us.e you now with a look at some of the sight and sounds in the big and disappointing game at candle stick. have a good night. >>> i'm suzanne shaw. last week in our editorial we objected to further cuts in higher education as proposed in the new budget and viewers agree. they push for an oil extraction tax to generate $3.5 million a year and all of the money would go to education. a i'm a young college professor, she says and it is appalling how education is on the back burner and not a pryor fity for our government. for those who say low graduation rates justify cuts to community colleges, a college group explained students drop out for many reasons, the majority are economic. they can't afford to continue. their hours of work change, or they have to get a new job. we shoep you will share your views at nbc editorials.com. >> c > now on sport >>> now on sportsnet centrals - central -- ♪ ♪ >> touchdown 49ers! >> and the new york giants are going to the super bowl. >> the nfc championship

and it could be the last one we see at comcast center.nd although he's retired, his signature will always be enshrined on the court. the university also asked fans to give their best to williams fist pump when the terps reached 22 points. mark turgin's game tonight, the first maryland-duke game. a great drive. puts the terps up 8. maryland in the game until late in the second half and duke comes alive with the jumper. the dunk. maryland can't recover. unfortunately they couldn't get the win for gary. maryland falls 74-61. wizards in turn coach randy whitman says all the players will begin a new era with a clean slate. tonight we got the first look as they played their first game without flip. last place wizards taking on the charlotte bobcats who have the second worst record in the league. washington came out with some fire john wall gets the block, takes it down court himself, gets the layup, wizards go up 60-41 and then walls to andray blatche who had two more with some authority there. believe it or not, blatche led the team with a dou

bay area about to tell us about. >> let's check in with our friends and henry of comcast sports net, i'm reading a tweet from the mayor saying an outstanding victory. >> one of the best playoff games in nfl history. 49ers defense has been  rock-solid this season. but the saints quarterback, drew brees, tried to break them down to pebbles this afternoon. much easier said than done. the game went down to the wire. we have your highlights, it's all coming up next in sports. a great shoot-out at candlestick. next. >> kyle williams motioning in and cracking a big defensive end. never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles in 3 days is-- is huge. if my mom can fight and beat breast cancer, i can walk 60 miles. you just put one foot in front of the other, and you know that you're walking for such a great cause that you just keep going. (man) that you have all these people coming together for one common goal. (woman) the goal is to bring an end to breast cancer. (woman) the fund-raising was the easiest part. people were very giving. complete strangers wanting

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>> it was a fantastic atmosphere at comcast center tonight. a fun night. >> and they played well for a while there. >> for a majority of the game. whether you watched or listened to it on the radio it was a fun game. maryland hosting duke for the first time on the mark tergen era. the unveiling of gary williams court. the cherry on top would have been a maryland win and the terps played tough. a silhouette of a fist pumping gary outside of comcast center. an actual first pumping jerry inside. he said it was spontaneous and he didn't practice it. there it is gary williams court. as for the game, the terps came out strong. terrell, check him out here a couple of nifty moves, slicing and dicing his way through the duke defense. man, a nice move. >> sure is. >> puts the terps up by 8. maryland trailed by three at the break. terps down by one and he splits the defenders and hit the short jumper. he had a team high 16. maryland up 43-42 and the place is going crazy but the terps couldn't find an answer for mason. he goes reverse dunk on maryland an

but first we want to go to henry willford of comcast sportsnet for reaction from the field. what's going on, henry? >> absolutely, diane. for anyone who's down in the 49ers questioning whether they're the real deal, they'd better wake up and watch some playoff football. what a game this afternoon. the first playoff football game at candle stick in nine years. and the alex smith-ver no none davis tag team was just too much for the saints to handle. a couple of highlights for you. fourth quarter 9ers down one. alex smith says thank you, sir, but i'm keeping this one for myself. bootleg to the left. 28 yards for the td,two poichbt conversion failed. 49ers up 5 but they trailed with only 13 seconds to go. it was smith to mr. davis touchdown. 49ers win 36-32. >> it was unbelievable. like i said, that's what i love most about this team. they'll somehow find a way to pick you back up. they've done that for me. i was devastated. i was hurting. i'm not even going to lie to you. but them boys found a way to pick it back up. i'm proud of everyone on this team. god is good, man. god is

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this is i think fair to say a lot of it comes from two things which is the merger of nbc universal comcast and then dennett neutrality rules. both were prolonged debates within the commission. the ultimate results for the net neutrality rules and the a touch of the conditions to the nbc universal comcast merger raised a lot of -- they raised objections. they felt some of the conditions on the merger went outside of what they should concern themselves with and they were just unhappy with dennett neutrality rules they think it is an over reach. so what this is trying to do e essentially is on the one hand ostensibly bring transparency to what the fcc does. gives them more reporting requirements but more importantly what is going to visit it harder to pass new regulations because they are going to require the cost-benefit analysis of any potential regulation. but cloud of are quite a bit in terms of action going forward. >> i'm going to let my colleagues deal with this. >> mr. kirby? >> some folks on the other side say why are you treating them different than the other of mr. deficiencies and

. ♪ >>> the comcast sports knelt news room. the saints offense explosive, elite.he 49er defense. though the national pund that seem today be putting more stock in the former than the latter, that includes vegas. >> reporter: even with the second seed in the nfc, home field advantage and a 13-3 regular season record the 49ers are 3.5 underdog. >> i don't think it's relevant, really. i mean, we real hi don't pay too much attention. you've heard him to the line. >> i've had no idea. >> regardless of whether we get the respect from everybody else, i doesn't really matter. our main goal is to get to where we need to go. from here on, you lose your out. so for us, the most important thing is to come out with a win. >> nobody in this locker room really pays attention outside stuff. it's not just -- >> you know, we don't feel like we're the outsiders here. we feel that we have a very good football team and, you know, if we don't don't get to the superbowl season, the season is not going to be a success. they credit the home crowd with their monday night win over the pitts

anti-piracy bills making their way through congress the bills would force us internet providers like comcast or eighteen t to block communications to offshore sites that steal content and this is really the unprecedented step for internet companies in the united states to use their home page to protest a very bad very bad public policy. although i have to say about this is welcome mainstream media welcome to the world that you've been ignoring for so long where opposition to these two anti-piracy laws has been growing for months welcome to the world where the biggest tech companies were online communities like reddit where blogs and think tanks the legal scholars far and wide have all been voicing their concerns about these bills that would allow the u.s. government to blacklist web sites and according to some break the internet my only question is where are you been all of this time i love the fox news even try to claim that these pieces of legislation are new like they just popped up out of thin air yesterday and immediately we saw this quarter native response of this magnitude well guess

a very convenient for the mainstream media to ignore sopa and protect ip because let's see viacom comcast n.b.c. universal time warner news corp all the parent companies of these channels are in support of sopa and protect ip now what i fear is after today after this blackout day the mainstream media will just move on and once again forget that this battle is even taking place we all know they have a painfully short attention span unless it deals with campaign politics or sex scandals so once again i welcome the mainstream media in the world that the rest of us have been living it this weird world where people on the internet actually talk about what matters to them rather than political tit for tat but i dare them to keep it up so only tomorrow will tell and for some reason just get the feeling that starting tomorrow they're going to continue to miss. arias so we went through a brief list for you of the many many websites that are out there which have blacked out their sites for the day and aside from finally getting the mainstream media to pay a little bit of attention looks like this p

they will be playing on gary williams' court and at the comcast center in college park it will be soldgest game of the year. how the young interprets respond is -- terps respond is the big question mark. they will be big underdogs. sean moseley has been telling his young teammate what is to expect. >> we're going to come out with the firepower and they are going to come out with the firepower. both coming off a great loss against two great teams. for us, we got to get this win. i think guys on my team definitely will be ready tomorrow night. >> maryland and duke, that's tonight at the comcaster in center. that is a look at your morning sports. >> 5:25 now. 38 degrees in northeast and the news continues with "good morning washington" at 5:30. >> president obama hits the road this morning to expand on the message he delivered in last night's state of the union address. we're with reaction. >> a secret mission to rescue two held by somali pirates including one woman who lives right near virginia. details on this developing story coming up. >> and a developing storm system over texas is mo

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before the game, the court at the comcast center was renamed in honor of longtime men's basketball coach gary williams. even though he led the terrapins to a national championship, he watched as the blue devils defeated the terrapins, 74-61. there you have it. >> we want to check in with lisa baden to find out what's happening on the roads. >> a big crash in maryland, southbound 95 but before the beltway. and this accident on the ramp from 109/hyattstown to head onto 270. 109 is closed in both directions. this is a head on accident. they transported one person to the hospital. 270 is open. let's go back to the news desk. >> adam caskey. a couple of raindrops. >> not a big deal. you need to have the umbrella around today, but you will not have to use it much. if you can take a little compact umbrella. you can save the golf umbrella. if there's any kind of gust you can use that one. tomorrow morning will be damp then sunshine by tomorrow afternoon. live super doppler 7 radar showing a little bit left over on the eastern shore. that's all. it's not raining around the metro, but the ground i

the maryland terrapins played tomorrow at the comcast center.ches trying to put a stop their three-game losing streak. stretches, but there of one on one stuff. becoming more of the team. for us to get or we want to be season, we have to become more of the team. my guys understand that. >> let's go over to fairfax. they miss the shot. look at this. 2, 1, bang. they win at the buzzer. tiger woods put another solid performance together at the abu dhabi championship. despite the controversy, he still mesmerizes the masses. a lot of the so-called experts is back.hat tiger he continues to climb the leader board. shot a very strong 59 on the desert course. ranked player in the but tiger is coming on strong. how about this? you never want to be separated from the machine. you kidding me? incredibly, he survives. he gets the gold medal in the freestyle competition. the new england patriots are by 2.5 over the giants. i want a baby. a baby? but we were gonna see the northern lights in alaska. and go spelunking with the guys. yeah, i said it-- spelunking.

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