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john carlson became the first capitals player to make the u.s.ic team since nhl players became eligible to participate in 1998. >> definitely the pinnacle in my mind. any time you can wear your country's jersey and go and represent it is a blast. >> reporter: it wasn't long ago he was a 20-year-old rookie just finding his way. raw, yeah, but precocious and fans loved him. >> they're still behind me which is a good thing. they don't hate me yet. >> reporter: not a chance. four years later he's become the main stay defenseman, the kid from massachusetts has come a long way. stick in hand has been a way of life since he and his brother were little. dad was coach then. so it's no surprise john won't be the only carlson in sochi. >> my parents and stuff like that, they've done so much for me. i've got my aunt coming, my brother and girl friend, too. >> reporter: a trap of a lifetime, although don't expect him to get so caught up that he won't lay a lick on teammate alex ovechkin when the u.s. and russia face-off. >> now john carlson goes up against hi

team russia and ove taking on john carlson and team usa. what they had to say. >> what is going to be like to go up against somebody you play on the same team with back here? >> it's going to be strange. but it's olympic. and you -- you -- i don't have friends out there on the ice. >> seeing him among the other team, it's obviously something i have never done that will add to the cool factor. >> best news of all coming out. tied for first place, team usa with norway. 13 medals, four of them gold. netherlands in third position wi 12 medals. they also have four golds and are trailing by just one bronze medal. i'm going to be back here live saturday night. for the hockey showdown at 11:00, we are count do you think here in sochi. jim and doreen, back to you for now. >> good stuff. thank you, jim. we'll see you tomorrow. he is keeping us updated with new photos and blog posts that you can find on nbcwashington.com. just search for handly in sochi. you can follow him on twitter and like him on facebook. keep up with handly's excellent olympic ad

led by john carlson. led by alex. let me say this. both teams are inspected to make it to the middle row. a win by the united days could be a huge momentum builder for the rest of the games. >> we're going to play a russian team at home. they are going to need motivation for sure. the skill level is probably the highest in the tournament. we going to have to work our butts off. >> for baseball fans, another nice day at spring training. cut grass, 65 degrees. they are all working out with a new manager. a lot of the veteran position players have already arrived. it is the same as the baltimore orioles. how would you like to see them in the world series? it sure would be fun. spring training is now in full swing. earlier this week, the mascot and new orleans was clearing the kids who come to games. even the adult said he looks means of he underwent a facelift. today we got our first look at the changes. that is a bird. now the fans will not keep him so far down the pecking order. a brand-new look here it if you read the 144 page report

of playing time for our guide john carlson. he it was incredible. out. is plenty of ice something spectacular happened on the ice. >> and now the toyota sports desk rot to you by your local toyota dealers. while but they a saved the best for last. nine out of 14 goals in the second half today. would it be enough for you be a to keep their winning streak? take a look. check out the catch. slamming it home. shows some great ball movement around. he throws up with three. at 43-43. two minutes to go. inside the lane. scores two. they win. umass had the lead. colonials only down by 1. less than 30 seconds to go in this one. joe mcdonald pulls up. no good. 67-61 the final. team usa played at 7:00 this morning, our time. just like it was in 1980, russia was declared the favorite with their roster. in pure american spirit, team usa never give up. we are filling the patriotism today. eight rounds of a shootout today. controversy surrounding what would have been a game-winning goal for the russians. the rest declined to the goal. oshie scoredut, four times. the sa

. >> don't go telling john carlson any negative stories about sochi. the capitals defenseman doesn't want to hear it. he's 24, up and coming star in d.c. and he's stoked about going to the olympic games and he should be. carlson is the first american caps player ever to be selected to the olympic team since the nhl started allowing players to go. earlier this year he celebrated the selection with fans outside the white house. today i sat down with him and asked him what are your thoughts on all of this sochi negativity? >> i think it's going to be great personally. i'd sleep on the floor to get a chance to play in the olympics. it doesn't matter to me. >> reporter: i think you'll have a bed. >> yeah. no. that's my mindset going in. i heard that it's going to be one of the most unique olympics. >> be careful what you wish for. let's hope you don't have to sleep on the floor. earlier this morning marcus johan is an added to the swede -- johansson added to the swedish olympic team, his first olympic appearance. congratulations to him. tonight at 11:00 joi

usa/russia hockey tomorrow should be great, john carlson versus alex ovechkin, the two caps going headomorrow. for more on today's action we turn to usa today's own christine brennan at the scene in sochi. >> reporter: everybody has been talking about the fact is the u.s. not doing so well? the reality is the u.s. is tied for the lead in medals with norway at the halfway point, but there is that sense because of skiing where the u.s. only won one medal in al pipe skiing or figure skating -- alpine skiing or figure skating one medal, that maybe these athletes weren't doing what they should have been doing, shani davis an example, but i think you look at individual things like aaron hamlin winning the first luge and other events where you pick up a bronze or silver the u.s. is doing okay, but they do need some of their bigger names to come through in the next few days, the ice dancers and a few others. in the meantime it's great fun here in sochi. >> reporter: finally we turn to basketball where the maryland terrapins continue their acc swan song tomorrow for the 177th time duke versus m

john kerry paid the caps a visit before the game to recognize and congratulate alex ovechkin, john carlsonbackstrom and martin erat before they depart for sochi. kerry did the ceremonial puck drop before the game. >>> the olympics underway today. we start with one of the new events, the lady slope style. american heather anderson laid in second place advancing to the finals with teammate carly shore. another new event, the figure skating team event much like in gymnastics in the summer olympics. today the u.s. -- yeah, their chances took a beating when jeremy abbott fell in his short program. the u.s. is ranked seventh. ladies in dance is left to compete. >>> february is a busy month. next weekend the nba all-star break takes place in new orleans. john wall is making his first career appearance in the all- star game, but he'll be very busy that weekend. wall will participate in the always exciting slam dunk contest, another first for him, only the second wizard to do so behind javale mcgee. he is the second ranked point guard in the league in dunks. his fellow back quarter bradley beal wil

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john carlson, trailing the play. team usa would win it 7-1. carlson also had an assist.his is his first olympics too. >>> meanwhile, russia facing slovenia, alex ovechkin playing for the home team. less than two minutes, ovi fires it in, his first goal of the olympics. he also had an assist. russia won the game 5-2. >>> men's figure skating experience sweet and sour in just over two hours. the sweet was japan's hanyu, the first skater to surpass the 100 point with a spectacular routine. but it was few hours before this, four-time olympic medalist evgeny plyushchenko withdrew from the men's short program because of a back injury and retired from the sport. plyushchenko tried the warm-ups but his back wasn't cooperating. he has had numerous surgeries in the past, and today he felt there was no way he could present. but the show goes on. jeremy abbott took the ice and on his first jump again falls, slides right into the wall, hurts his hip. he did get back up. you have to give this guy credit and performed outstanding. the crowd was loving that tonight, cheering him on. but

john carlson is playing for team usa, and alex ovechkin is doing the be playing for rush sharks and nick backstrom is on sweden's team, and martin e rat will be playing for the czech republic. >>> our special olympic zone report kicks off live at 7:30, and an all-access look at the sochi games. you can join doug kammerer and dianna russini with a sneak peek of the opening ceremony, and we will go with two athletes on the way to the olympics, and that is coming up tonight at 7:30 on the "olympic zone." and you can keep up with my partner jim handly as he blogs about the experiences behind the scenes in the winter games. you can follow jim on facebook or twitter or go the nbcwashington.com and search handly in sochi. >>> it is an ongoing struggle. the daughter of martin luther king, and why she is dissociating herself from her >>> an ongoing dispute between dr. martin luther king's children played out again today. bernice king was at ebenezer baptist church, where her father was a minister, and she criticized her brothers for filing a lawsuit against her. and the courts want to force berni

. >> probably came from the fact when john carlson and tommy smith raised their arms about civil rights human rights back in 1968, think -- >> advance -- >> you're not supposed to protest or demonstrate. if they do, they can have their medals stripped to be sent home. -- some ofk people the athletes will probably have bodie miller has spoken out in favor of all of us gay people. again, it is just ridiculous. >> if you were nasty that these games, what do you think you would do -- if you were an athlete at these games, what you think you would do? >> knowing my personality, i would talk about it. >> you would do something. >> that was billie jean king on cbs. with john, you wrote carlos the john carlos story and she mentioned that olympic moment. >> just worth mentioning, when john carlos went to mexico city, he wasn't doing it to protest the politics of mexico but the politics of the united states and that was brought with particular danger and just being ostracized upon his return. i've spoken with giancarlo several times about the sochi games. he is a supported -- supportive of the mo

four capitals, including john carlson and ovechkin will compete in sochi. >>> looking at a live viewpic park in sochi at this hour. it's almost 9:00 there now, and the first-ever team figure skating competition is going on as we speak. lots of people are talking about the beginning of competition today, much of the buzz online has to do with the conditions reporters and visitors are living through. check this out. these are pictures from a twitter handle called sochi problems. it's a collection of some pretty humorous problems people are running into, like some pretty nasty yellow water. look at that. or how a firehose mounted next to a toilet -- a fire there. lots of people say the window treatments aren't too reliable, and how about a seat with an unwelcomed view, and look at this. watch where you walk there. that's an open manhole along the sidewalk. open. you can fall right in there. >>> well, if you saw news4 today this morning, you heard jim handly, who is in sochi for the olympic, talking about eating borscht and pancakes filled with caviar, and we thought it would be fun to l

secretary of state john kerry a big hockey fan was on the ice for a certain moneyel puck drop of a game between the capitols and the winnipeg jets and beside him was carlsonnd going to sochi for the u.s. team aiming for a first goal since 1980 and canada on the defending olympic champions. new zeeland crickets are in a good position and scoring 224 and all out for 503 in reply india and in trouble on 130 for 4. and he claims his fighting are well and truly in place and the 35-year-old is promoting the april rematch for the america's typically bradley and now a politician in the philippines and world champion and he lost the welter weight champion when the pair first met in 2012. >> pressure for me because i have to prove i can still fight and i still have the style of the old and i prove it and i'm happy with my performance in the last fight and this time around i'm excited. >> i'm happy to clear the dark cloud i have looming over my head when i walk down the street and mention it, saying he did not beat him, i'm sick of that, man, i really am. >> reporter: much more sport aren aren't -- and the latest at al jazeera.com/sport. more from me later. >> plent