. >>> the nfl owners meeting in phoenix this week, coaches there, too, redskins head coach jay grudena couple washington area reporters the quarterback job is robert griffin, iii for now, but it's not etched in stone. the redskins defense wasn't anything to write home about. last season they were 30th in points allowed and 24th against the pass. that's the free agents signings of five defensive guys to help bolster the beleaguered d. gruden shares his offseason wish list. >> we need to address our depth. it was a challenge last year with injuries. we got some big guys and two quality players in the secondary that will help us tremendously. >>> our game of the week poll, you have a plethora of choices, lacrosse, baseball, softball. text your pick to 25543. tell your friends to do the same. we'll see you at the winning game friday. are you more excited about the maryland women or the wizards or -- >> i hate to say this, but i was riveted by jay gruden there. >> i tried to work around the redskins. >> you put the redskins in there and i have to be honest and say i did -- >> not etched in

there's no question the redskins struggled in jay gruden's first season. on ran a new system, but is it too difficult for this team? it's a rhythm passing game. right now rg3 has a hard time throwing the ball in rhythm. respoke to gruden at the owners' meeting today. >> i don't think robert or any of our quarterbacks were like what does this play mean? i think we felt good about them knowing exactly what to do, just having the confidence to believe in what you see is the big thing moving forward. when we give you a concept you see it in coverage you want to get the ball out of your hands and go here or here. that's what we want to see all three quarterbacks make just the divisive nature of where they're going with the football, getting it out of their hands. >> the idea of processing. that's how i translate it he wants robert, kirk and kolt to be able to process, see the defense as fast as they can and get rid of the ball. you see the peyton mannings of the world, aaron rodgers of the world. one other note involving the redskins, the team sending well wishe

jay gruden has already said that rg iii will be his starter. really likes the tenacity of colt mccoy, and i think kirk cousins is underappreciated, but that will be the depth chart in 2015. the nationals and tigers in lakeland, florida, stephen strasburg on the hill, looking sharp. made a case for the opening day start in the national league east. the nationals win 6-4, strasburg with his first win of the spring. the ncaa tournament that started tonight. winning the honor to play kentucky in louisville thursday night. head coach a joiner, what are your chances? >> i told you that i have jesus on speed dial. hey, jesus? first of all come you cannot play, psalm not worried about you being hot, fine. hello? hello? i guess he will get back to me. it's a heck of a mountain. tim: good luck coach, 16 seed. a 16 seed has never, ever beaten a number one. leon: it's bad when jesus hangs up on you. tim: don't tell me how high the mountain's, just climb. alison: hello, is anyone there? he was not really calling. steve: i know. alison: coming up next -- ima

the head coach jay gruden has said r.g. iii is the starter regardless of who the draft. >> he's the quarterback still in the developmental stages. he missed some time last year unfortunately with his injury that halted his progress a little bit. moving forward, i have a good understanding for what he needs and he has a good understanding for what we're looking for and moving forward he'll be a more confident quarterback and i'll have a better understanding of what he's comfortable with. tim: late this afternoon, the maryland terrapins boarded the bus heading to the airport on the way to seattle for the women's sweet 16 much the terps are the last team still alive in the tournament from the washington metropolitan area. they've won 26 straight games and number one seed and they're playing duke saturday afternoon. now hear this. anthony rado may miss opening day with a strained knee. and steven strasburg has that sore ankle. "sports illustrated" jinx? i don't think so. maureen: we can put on our shorts and t-shirts at least f

now to football jay gruden talking today and we're faced with a little dilemma.ules say that coaches can't talk to their players in the off season. what do you do if your quarterback is your next-door neighbor? >> it's a courtesy that we can't talk about football, so -- starring quarterback on a national football league and i can't talk about a pass protection. i've seen him across the street a couple of times. hey, robert. i can't talk about football though. >> who's keeping an eye on it? it's a stupid rule. you see the guy on the front line you're probably going to say something like you studying? how's that passing? >> can you pass a note? can you pass a note? does that work? >> why would you write shoulder surgery? nobody on earth can say that -- those two words. >> i know. >>> down in mexico there's a big mystery about a library book. the berlitz. nearly 50 years after somebody checked it out, it's back. the card inside the book shows that it was last checked out back in 1966. remember that doug? >> yep. >> no you don't. what the librarian wants to know is w

for now rg-3 is the starter and there's a reason he was named it by jay gruden.m sat down with csn's tariq. >> we come out here f day one and he's getting the first reps. it's all about competition. it doesn't matter if he's getting the first reps day one, it's who will go through camp off season and who wins the job. whoever wins the job will be the starting quarterback, but as for right now that's robert's job to lose. >> robert's job the lose. sounds like there will be a competition for sure when camp starts in august. >>> all right, the terps knocked out of the ncaa tournament. and we all watched freshman melo trimble get knocked around all game long. we learned that he suffered a concussion after he had to leave the game early. as for maryland leaving altogether not so fast. melo will return to college park. the head coach told us that he'll sit with his point guard later this week to discuss trimble's future. no decision has been made so don't freak out yet. we'll have more on that coming up later this week when we find out. >>> the maryland women getting r

jay gruden said rg-3 is the starter going into camp but i'm told it will be an open competition come>> baseball plenty of st. paddy's day spirit there. i love those hats. this has to be stephen strasburg's favorite holiday of the year. because he was dominating five strikeouts in a four shutout inning for stras. his coach and former mentor here tony gwynn jr. stras strasburg looked up to him. your mentor's son is now a teammate of yours, a guy you looked up to your whole career now they get to play together. >> sma . >>> dying the chicago river green has been a st. patrick's day tradition for more than 50 years. new video tonight shows us just how they do it. this time lapse footage shows crew members in boats dropping vegetable dye into the river. isn't that cool looking? >> that is cool. >> they use 40 pounds of a secret mixture to completely change the river's color, and it's not a fast process either. this section of the river alone took five hours to dye. thousands of people come to chicago every year to see the city change into the emerald city. >> that is pretty neat. >> that

jay gruden has said that r.g. iii is the starting quarterback and kirk cousins still on the roster. same deal as last season. earlier today, the georgetown hoyas boarded the bus and headed for the first game in the ncaa tournament. it starts tonight with the first four of play-in games. georgetown plays thursday night in portland oregon. the hoyas ride into the dance with a little more confidence than they have in recent years. and are optimistic despite all the chirping about their number four seed being too high. >> someone has to be number one. someone has to be number 10. but when you look at the teams individually, you know, side by side collectively, there's not much difference. the teams that are in this tournament are very good. they're playing well. they feel good about themselves because they won the conference tournament so you have to play. you have to go out and win. tim: our shot of the day comes from the practice of north florida, look at this. sophomore moore, 3/4 court and bang! he rips cord. and then watch, he goes over and heads to the first round tournament game.

redskins head coach jay gruden said he is optimistic about year two.nuity will be key this season despite the new coaches and a couple new players, the core of the team back together for another year. gruden feels everyone will be more comfortable this season, hopes the drama will subside and said we should see those results on the football field. >>> former skin linebacker london fletcher had a change of heart. four months ago he called former defensive coordinator jim haslett a backstabbing coach. today he tweeted out he talked to haslett and apologized. >>> yesterday we told you about a player from the golden state warriors that said the team knew during the wizards game they would argue with each other and quit in what turned out to be a blowout loss. today some of the wizards players addressed those comments but didn't totally disagree. >> if he's saying we didn't play hard, i think they definitely were more physical and aggressive on both ends of the floor than us. that i agree with, but i don't think we quit. we just didn't play hard. >>> here's

. >> jay gruden on the skins' roster renovation. >> he's all about having fun but also working hard.>> and brice harper joins the round table with mad respect for his skipper. >>> and sky-high season expectations. >> hi this is bret starr with the washington nationals. "sports final" starts now -- >> whoia, it's the fun -- you're supposed to be energetic, fun, get the folks going. >> it was fun. it was good. >> all right. >>>

head coach jay gruden has said that robert griffin iii will be the starter heading into the season but told it will still be a competition. >>> it's not even the regular seasoned and we already have a great pitching matchup. steven strasburg versus justin verlander the nats visiting the tigers today. detroit tigers getting the st. patrick's day treatment from the fans. they got the hats but it was the luck of stephen strasburg. he missed his last start because of an ingrown toenail. tmi. he's now teammates with the son of his former coach and mentor the late tony gwynn. tony gwynn jr. was giving strasburg some run support. after the game he was asked about having the younger gwynn on his team. >> you know, i grew up watching him at san diego state and i grew up, you know -- his dad was my favorite player. it's kind of funny how it all comes full circle. seeing him this-in a nationals uniform is pretty cool as well. >> can't wait to interview the two together. >>> orioles hosting the twins. matt weeder first start behind the plate since tommyjune. buck show walter happy about that. chri

jay gruden speaks out today about his expectations for your no. 2, more on that coming up in sports.coming up at 6:00 as well supporters of political icon walter fauntroy facing the camera as they struggle to figure out more about how he's doing and how they can help save his wife's home. >> reporter: jurors in the boston marathon bombing trial got a >>> day 13 of the boston marathon bombing trial focused on testimony from the agents. >> reporter: an fbi agent stood in the witness box to show jurors this flag, the large black flag with arabic writing that used to be on the wall of dzhokhar tsarnaev's family home. an agent testified investigators confiscated anything dzhokhar and his older brother tamerlan could have used to make a boom. during cross-examination defense attorney -- bomb. during cross-examination defense attorneys suggested it belonged to tamerlan's wife and he, not to dzhokhar. evidence was also recovered from his dorm room. fbi special agent kimberly franks said investigators found a white hat like the one the defendant was seen wearing in surveillance video the day

redskins head coach jay gruden asked by reporters about his projected starter, robert griffin iii. >> he's excited. you know he's healthy. he's raring to go. first discussion with matt cavanaugh, our quarterback coach, and that went well. you know i think moving forward, you know, he's got the starting job right now and hopefully he takes it and runs with it. >>> next time you have a bad weather forecast just go blah! blah! >> i keep hearing it. >> i know. it is interesting to see what they're going to do with this quarterback spot. gruden says it's rifld's job right now. >> how many more times before now and september? >> we still have a draft coming up so a lot of stuff that can happen. >>> finally, most of us like surprises, right? i think. today a group of young hockey players from a club got to practice at keppler capitals ice plex, pretty cool on its own, even better when someone special shows up. >> mind if this guy helps out? >> what's up guys? >> mr. ovechkin! >> mr. ovechkin! so cute. helping the kid down the ice. the kids also got to show off their best ovechkin moves. yeah