hokie faithful trying to help the team snap a four-game losing skid. we pick it up in the first half. terms would lead by as many as 11. here come the hokies. they end the half on a 14-2 run capped off by this eric green three. the nation's leading scorer puts the hokies up by three at the break. second half, terms don't waste any time. 29 on the night. man, good game from green. he's from winchester, virginia. hokies down by three. robert brown can't get it to go. maryland holds on 60-55. it's the terps' first road win. john grisham on hand. the cavs said it was time to thrill. get it? >> yeah, got it. >> yeah, yeah. >> wake up. >> it's late! >> how about that jam to wake you up there. mitchell throwing it down. you'll love this. mm-hmm. that's a local kid. you like that? justin anderson doing it just like his former high school coach. drew it up at montross vision. -- christian. virginia improves to 6-3 in conference pla i. so safe to say they're sitting pretty for the ncaa tournament. ♪ [ male announcer ] the distances aren't getting shorter. ♪ the

so hokie fans are trying to bring down the house today. virginia tech was hosting georgia tech, but the yellow jackets, they quiet the crowd late first half. the skyhook for two, two of thinks 13. second half, eric green trying to create. look at this pretty finger roll. nice. 28 points for green, hokies cut it to 11, but the yellow jackets too much down the stretch. brandon reed, a great pass to marcus for the slamma jamma, is what the kids are calling it today. hokies have now lost their last six. >>> mason nation, they're looking for their saturday best, right? they're welcoming in delaware. first half, blue hens on top by seven. brian allen passes to wide-olympic article lidge for the -- the patriots trail by four at the break. early second half, jarvis, he splits the d. he makes it look so easy. blue hens up seven later in the half. reed on the break, pass to devin sadler. game-high 22 for sadler. 79-72 is the final. >>> the washington capitals are back in action tonight. anxious to put this rough stretch in the rear view. caps secure

the hokies came out on fire in this one. knocking down the 3 right there and the hokies led out of the gate 11-0 at north carolina. but second half, it is james michael. game high 22. overtime we go. tied at 55. freshman, marcus abe scored 19. tar heels outscore. he is 17-5. extra time to win, 72-60. how about paul hewitt. here he is on the road against james madison. patriots off to a great start. corey edwards going to knock down the three here. mason raced out to an 11-0 lead. but in the second half, the lead is down 3. mason will respond when he will take it. team high 22. mason over madison, 74-63 to sweep that season series. jets jones hosting fayette early in the second half. he will hit the jumper in the lane. season high 24. led by 17. wouldn't you know, they would fall behind by one, but leading by two, and the floater gets it. au beats lafayette. they won 10 of 11 in that series. third round of the phoenix open. this is phil mickelson. a stadium feel. the fans are always routey. guess what? they are really routey

the hokies were trailing 37-18 at the half. that is not good.cess half, and they do better, on a 15-1 run and led by eric green, scoring 9 points during the run and cut the lead to 11 and had to be hill off of the bench. the nation's leading scorer, losing straight 54-64. >>> and the tour this week, pebble beach, one of the world's most beautiful places. actor bill murray is a fan favorite after hitting the drive on the 15th hole and showers the gallery with some goodies, making the gallery the peanut gallery. also, last week, phil mickleson won the phoenix open and he was not so sure. searching for the ball and slips on the rocks and that has to hurt. one-under on 11 shots back. to the third straight, 4-under and 12-under and tied for the lead. >>> coming up, how basketball is offering students a chance to earn varsity stripes. next.  . >>> in 2008, maryland passed the fitness and equality act for students with disabilities. the law requires school districts in the state to start programs for students with special need

the hokie looking to end a 7- game losing streak. final second, green misses the free throw.has the putback. that never happens. time left for nc state. top of the key 3, no good. this game was headed into overtime tied at 78. tech trailed by 3. green loses the handle. brown comes up with the turnover. virginia tech forced to howl. the hokie, despite 29 points by green are beaten by nc state in overtime. >>> mike lonnergan and f w on the road. brian bynes the perfect pass to woods. gw out to

the hokies have lost seven straight. while virginia has won seven of

the hokies made it a ball game. jake layman kept the terps in the game. 3 three balls in the first half. eric green scored inside and outside, the leading scorer led all scorers with 27. here we go down the stretch. des weld showing his experience coming up big down the stretch. the terps get their first road win of the year per se 60-55. let's go to charlottesville. joe harris outscored clemson by himself. 32-10. the tigers had only 10 points in the first half. the steal. get out there. virginia and maryland play sunday at comcast. 78-41. the caps were on the road and pittsburgh needing a win badly. the caps led 1-0 after one, but in the second the penguins were faster, quicker, more accurate. they scored five unanswered goals. sid crsoby with -- crosby. pittsburgh embarrasses washington. the seattle mariners made hernandez the highest-paid pitcher ever. reports say he will get a seven year deal, $175 million. that is stimulus. the mariners are the organization that traded away randy johnson and ken griffey jr.. th

eric green, a huge night for him. 29 points for the hokies senior including this three.ig three late in the game. the terps able to hold on for the 60-55 big win. >>> best fin issue of the night was in champagne, illinois. game tied at 7 2. top ranked indiana inexplicably forgets about tyler griffey. indiana becomes the fifth top ranked team to liens the last five weeks. >>> time now to announce the winner of the game of the week poll. almost 82% of the vote, the winner is poolsville at damascus, girls in plant gom rei county. highlights tomorrow night at 11:00. >> i cannot believe that jim and john harbaugh have not chatted since sunday. it's thursday. >> now i want to see it. >> what's one that? >> he explains it. they taped it pretty soon after the super bowl. >> do you know why? do you know the scoop? >> i read the transcript. >> you can give it to us during the break? >> no, you gotta watch it. >> do they still like each other? >> i think they're still amicable. >> still brothers? >> still brothers. >> i'm my brother's keeper way over here.

the hokies have lost seven straight. while virginia has won seven of eight. they're creeping closer to a spot in the top 25. caps entered the game with winners of 13 straight at home. behind joe harris. got up to a very strong start. the junior, 5 of 5, three point range. in the first half alone. he scores 20 of his career high, 26 points in the opening frame. virginia takes a 13-point lead into halftime. second half now. hokies trying to come back. airing green. 0-7 in the first half. heats up in the second. the nation's leading score, finishes with 32. really was all uva. and anderson. the alley-oop. mitchell. cavaliers win big. 73-55. they are now -- 8-3 in the acc tech drops to two and 9. baseball has arrived, folks. nationals, pitchers, catchers, reported to spring training this morning. the big story on the day. geo gonzalez, the all-star could be facing a 50-game suspension for his alleged connection to an anti-aging clinic investigated for providing performance enhancing drugs to pro athletes. he talked about allegation tuesday and maintains his innoc

hokies trailed early but end the the half on a 14-2 run. hokies led 27-24 at the break. 2nd half terps respond off the miss. it's nick faust all alone for the easy deuce. he had a good game tonight. this was tied late. logan aronholt with five points, but here's three. maryland get the road win tonight, 60-55 and matched last year's win total already with 17. >>> tony bennett and the cavs hosting clemson. evan nolte dials one up from long distance with nine off the bench tonight. 38-10 at the half. 2nd half more of the say of reverse alley-oop jam by justin anderson from montrose christian, 14 for him. virginia winning tonight. >>> all in all another wind whipped john wall, the wizards punching back. [ woman ] my boyfriend and i were going on vacation, so i used my citi thankyou card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? and with all the points i've been earning, i was able to get us a flight to our favorite climbing spot, even on a holiday weekend. ♪ things are definitely... looking up

. >>> the tech square off today and the hokies, they would miss the first 10 shots.t and scoring the first, seven minutes into the game. eric green down the lane, heaven -3, georgia take late -- tech late in the first half and forces the shot and gets it blocked. the yellowjackets in the other way and the hokies face themselves, down there which-18 at the half. the second half we go, the hokeys on a 15-1 run, led by eric green, he would score nine points during the run and cuts the lead to just 11; however, green would not be able to finish the game suffering from did hydration and had to be attended to on the bench as he was slumped on the teenage shoulder. the nation's leading shoulder had to be held as the hokies lost the sixth great and fell into last place in the acc. >>> and game of the day, ryan and wisconsin hosting third- ranked michigan, two secs to go. the badgers down three. the inbounds and let them fly from inside the half-court and that is good at the buzzer. and leaps into a mosh pit and his heroics forcing overtime and tied at 60n.o.t., how about mor

. >>> coming up in sports, eric reed and the hokies hop their way back into the win column.ason is up next.

the hokies 2-8. they lose today by 10 to georgia tech. hasn't been a banner year for west virginia either. bob huggins. get 17, win 63-50. all right, some hockey now. the washington capitals have five points. let me say that again, five points. they played 11 games. so that isn't good. what's wrong? i think you would say, you can point to a lot of things, primarily the lack of training camp, but isn't that an excuse by now? i think so, and so does the general manager. he has a theory. undisciplined hockey, now normally that would imply a coaching problem, but not in this case. he told reporters this is all on the players, not the coaches, and he pointed to one specific thing. >> the issue with our club right now in my mind is all these penalties were taken. it's too much. >> we are working hard, we are trying to work, but we have to work smart. as a result, we tend to take penalties and getting killed on them. >> at home tonight, the verison center is a happy place to be these days when the ice is up and the wood is down. just ignore the

the cavaliers trounced the hokies, 73-55 last night in charlottesville. it was uvas second win. the cavs won by 16 points in blacksburg. they're in second place in the acc. the cavalier take on north carolina this saturday. >>> soon you'll be able to leave your friend a ticket without leaving your seat. ticketmaster will let you transfer ticket digitally. you and a friend or family member will need to have the mobile app. you just sign into the account and e-mail your ticket. the feature hopes to be up and running this spring. >>> america's top dog is only about a foot tall and weighs less than 15 pounds. an affenpinscher named banana joe won the westminster kennel club dog show. he beat out the english sheepdog nee named bugaboo. a bijon frise was the winner of the nonsporting group. an american fox hound finished first in the hound group. you'll see banana joe live, of course, on the "today" show after "news4 today." >>> it's such a fun show to see the breeds. they're so cute. >> it really is. professional. if you can say that about an animal. >> they're trained for this kind

hokies down in chapel hill visiting unc. this one needed overtime. in ot, the tar heels up by two.e pass to a cutting robert brown here. he knocks down the j. ties it up at 57. unc comes right back. james michael macado. don't let him stay open. because the game high 22 points for him. har teelz go up by two. later in ot, carolina trying to close things out. up one. that is marcus page sinking the three. he had 19. north carolina wins it in overtime 72-60. >>> military appreciation day at george washington. kids do not try this at home. >> yikes. >> gw hosting lasalle. first half action. lasalle got off to a great start off the steal. to raymond will go owe way fgal. gw came back after being down. armwood is spotting up the key. he has the three ball working for him. colonials within six. d.j. peterson, he's got an answer. a three of his own right here. leaving him open. lasalle goes on to top gw 80-71. we also have an au score for you. over lafayette, 68-64 is the final there. we'll show you full maryland highlights later. also want to tell that you dan is in new orleans and tryin

the hokies allowed joe harris to score 26 points. 73-55. >>> nationals pitchers and catchers made theiray to there were today. tomorrow they begin their spring training workouts. this is one of the most anticipated seasons. today the attention was all on gio gonzalez. he spoke publicly for the first time since being linked to a clinic that reportedly supplies performance enhancing drugs. he vehemently denied using p.e.d.'s. he said his father was once a patient at that clinic. >>> and as i said the workouts start tomorrow. we will be there in the area starting tomorrow night. we will bring you all the news and stories from the nats spring home. before we let you go, a big happy birthday to rg3. it's his 23rd birthday. >> he doesn't look a day over 23. >> he's a baby. >> he is a baby. the best gift he could give all of us is to get healthy. >> yes, to return next season. >> we'll >> that's it for us tonight. thanks for staying up with us. don't forget we're always on at wusa9.com. letterman is next. have a great night, everybody.

after gives howard sterns and days crowns the banners followed a march by thousands of demonstrators hokies egypt's current leader of repression and tightening his grip on power the protests take place on the second anniversary of the toppling of hosni mubarak as i first saw over the country last across three decades meanwhile a trips public prosecutor orders their arrest of a muslim cleric for saying the natives of the opposition should be condensed to death under islamic law of course to overthrow president morsi and earlier i spoke to author and journalist ransey bird who believes the country has become immensely parise. for the last two years egypt has not been allowed to have a strong central government that is key booboo pushing the political process forward and thus the economy of the country the social cohesion and everything else as a result you have the huge vacuum and this polarization and that is allowing egyptian society to be open for exploitation what has been happening is not exactly a popular a unified popular uproar against the addictive nature but rather a political polar

. >>> finally in college hoops tonight virginia tech gets blown out by duke, 88-56, the hokies ninth straight loss. that's sports. brian is back to wrap up right after this. 4g, huh? verizon 4g lte. 700 megahertz spectrum, end-to-end, pure lte build. the most consistent speeds indoors or out. and, obviously, astonishing throughput. obviously... you know how fast our home wifi is? yeah. this is basically just as fast. oh. and verizon's got more fast lte coverage than all other networks combined. so it's better. yes. oh, why didn't you just say that? huh-- what is he doing? >>> and now you have the news edge, a built of weather coming in tomorrow. -- a bit of weather coming in tomorrow. wait up bright and early with fox 5 morning news at fewer 30. >> fox 5 news isn't over. go to -- at 4:30. >> fox 5 news isn't over go. to www.myfoxdc.com right now. fox 5 news is washington's best news on air and online at www.myfoxdc.com brought to you by verizon 4g lte. to pick up s. a new belt. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? and with all the points i've been earning, i was able to get us a fl

after a year it's held stuns and grounds the violence followed a march by thousands of demonstrators hokies egypt's current leader of repression and tightening his grip on power the protests took place on the second anniversary of the toppling of hosni mubarak was on face to over the country last across three decades and while agents public prosecutor orders their arrest of a muslim cleric for say the leaders of the opposition should be condemned to death under islamic law of course to overthrow president morsi and i spoke to also and journalists run siebert who believes the country has become immensely polarized. for the last two years egypt has not been allowed to have a strong central government that is key booboo pushing the political process forward and thus the economy of the country the social cohesion and everything else as a result you have the huge vacuum and this polarization and that is allowing egyptian society to be open for exploitation what has been happening is not exactly a popular a new unified popular uproar against the addictive nature but rather a political polarizatio

. >> a much tighter matchup between the terrapins and the hokies. >> the maryland terrapins travel thelacksburgst road win of the year. the terrapins were in the lead of the game. here he is on the right side. the terrapins went 8 of 19 at line.ee-throw derrick scored inside and outside. led all scorers. the terrapins could the first the year over virginia attacked 60-55. on the road ine pittsburgh. the east. pittsburgh came back with five unanswered goals in the second period. the penguins said, that is all, brother. beat washington. adam laroache has to be shaking his head. that is a look at sports. >> coming up at 6:00, joe flacco's interesting contingency plan for the final play of 47.rbowl >> now, they want to be like jobs. >> "scandalls" style. make her wardrobe in your budget. ceremony will be held for a leon panetta. obama and gener martin dempsey will host the .eremony he served as defense secretary since june 2011. president obama has nominated to succeed him. president obama's second term getting started, but he is looking forward to the midterm elections. the president plans to hold

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. >>> terps and hokies tonight. the best basketball players in the world are the nba.n the best are about to shoot an air ball, or two or three. how about the nets, shooting three consecutive air balls in a 37-second span last night against the pistons. here's one. he's a 6'9" rookie from bosnia. let me blow on my hands, get them warm. there's two. there's no way possible you can shoot a third, right? especially on the road, no pressure. there's three. three air balls in a 37-second span. there's somebody on this desk that i've seen do that before. i'm not pointing any >>> the northeast may be heart to get to or get from tonight or tomorrow? >> they've already canceled all flights out of the boston tomorrow and saturday. i expect them to do the same thing around portions of new york. that will have major implications here, too, so make sure you call ahead. future windchill, think i think will be the biggest impact for us. look at the windchill on saturday morning. 14 in martins burg, 16 in manassas, 18 in the district. it is going to be a very cold saturday. i think sa

the hokies allowed joe harris to score a career high 26 points.irginia steam rolls virginia tech 73-55. gonzalez spoke out for the first time denying using perform many en-- performance enhancing drugs. the only explanation he gave is his father was once a patient at the clinic. we'll bring you live reports starting at 5:00 p.m. have a great day. >>> it's called the reinvolving door syndrome and it's costing americans millions of dollars in repeated hospital visits. how can you avoid that coming up. >>> more reaction from local lawmakers to president obama's state of the union address. at 5:25, let's go to monika with what's happening on the roadways. >>> there's construction work in sterling right now. alternate lane closures on the eastbound side of route 7 near sterling boulevard. i'm happy to say, look at 395. looking great. no problems to the 14th street bridge right now. well be back with more news, weather and >> wednesday is here. we're glad you're waking up with us. 5:28. good morning, monika. mr. bernstein says we're going to get soggy l

eric green the nation's leading scorer had a huge night. 29 points for the hokies' senior including this three. does well with the big three late. terps hold on for a 60-55 win. >>> and the best last night was in champagne, illinois. game tied at 72. top-ranked indiana inexplicably forgets about tyler griffey who hits the game-winning bucket at the buzzer. >>> the rankings are shuffling once again. that's your morning sports, i'm kristen berset. have a great day. >>> a big sporting event this weekend will help fight breast cancer. we'll have more on that in the next half hour. >> under the heading you can't be too careful with snow coming. good luck trying to get a flight to the northeast later today. >>> good morning, 5:28. it may not be a good morning for people in they're trying to get to the northeast at least by airplane. we've got a serious storm up there. in the works, howard will tell us more about that in a moment. i'm andrea roane. >> and i'm mike hydeck, it also means a lot of flights are going to be canceled in and around the east coast but even for the west coast coming to t

the hokies jumped out to a 12-0 lead on the road. green limited to 16 points today.ond half, here come the heels off the miss. it's james michael mcadoo! son of bob mcadoo, for you old- timers out there like me. we go to overtime tied at 55- 55. freshman, marcus page in overtime scored a season high. 72-60, the final. >>> how about paul hewitt and george mason on the road against jmu. patriots off to a great start. corey edwards going to knock down the three. mason raced out to an 11-0 lead. second half, the lead, though, down to three, but here come the patriots on the run. it's wright and he's got nice moves. gets it to the lane. team-high 22 points. mason over madison barely, 74- 73, completing the season sweep. >>> jeff jones, an american hosting lafayette early in the second half. it's all eagles at this stage, when stephen lumpkins, the big lefty knock this is one down. he had a season-high 24 points. au led by as many as 17, fell behind by one. final minute, the patriots are clinging to -- eagles clinging to a two-point lead. munoz gets it to go. au beats lafa

that is a peace that has forever changed, but ultimately i graduated a happy hokie.ost: how did it change the virginia tech campus? guest: they expected people to transfer and not have a large incoming class, but the opposite happened. and my sister was going to go to a different school applied to virginia tech and chose it as her school and is there now. i know there is a whole new wave of students, not the ones that were there when i was there. it's kind of been a bad mark on our school but there are many good things that have spawned from that and we will be known what we have chosen to do after the fact. host: how are your injuries today? hopefully you have made a full recovery. guest: i have. i can do everything i did before. i went skiing in jackson hole, wyoming. but there are some people who can't do these things. wake up in a morning and see a different face and i feel fortunate and lucky to have the recovery i did which allowed me to get to the point where i can become an advocate and share my story with people like you and your viewers. host: why do you th