jordan williams has signed with an aging and will allow return to the terrapins. he averaged a double double. s sources say this was not unexpected. in a statement released late this afternoon gary williams says he wishes him well. the play of the day comes from the reds and the astros. out at first -- an incredible play. through his legs and a great play all the around. that is our play of the day. the phillies are off to their best part in 16 years. they're trying to become the first team to win 20 games this year. there is your look at sports. >> a correction -- debbie was not the first woman elected by the democratic national committee. that is what >>> coming up at 11 going green and setting some big bucks. how program is helping area homeowners and how a local church harnessed the sun. could the energy savings be an option for you? >> we're all feeling the game -- feeling the pain at the gas pump. we have more of a pitch to save money by ditching the federal gas tax for a while. >> a democrat from north carolina is floating a plan to suspend the federal gas t

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jordan williams decided to explore his options and he left a window opened to return. he not only closed the window, he hermetically sealed it shut. he had until may 8 to decide whether to stay or go. he has hired an agent and that ends the debate. once they hire an agent, he ends amateur status and cannot return to playing in college. he led the turks -- terps in scoring. his departure leaves williams with a cavernous void to fill. as triple crown season begins, sports season says farewell to a woman who embodied the long shot. she was 65. in 2002, albertus stepped into the national spotlight as the prater, owner, and trainer for a horse -- the owner and rider of a horse who finished second behind war emblem. she remains one of 13 traders to saddle horse in the preakness. plenty of big name traders saddling horses in the derby. dialed in gets the status as the early favorite. uncle moe behind him. only ten favorites have won the kentucky derby in 40 years. stick around, we have mom's favorite forecast. mother's day coming next. mother's day coming next. >> here is wha

if jordan williams left this year, he got married last week. he bought a house in the suburbs. there have been little signs. jordan leaving put it over-the- top. if he had come back, gary would have come back. >> as far as the future, you believe there is a front runner? >> sean miller from arizona is the front runner. i would be shocked if this did not happen. he has local ties in maryland and he is a top five national recruiter and we know what he did at arizona. he is a tremendous recruiter and tremendous coach. he wants in and his buyout is only half a million dollars record. there is a long list but the elite of the late national coaches are clamoring to get in here. this could be done monday or tuesday. >> thank you so much. they have encouraged the public to attend and some students are filing in and we will carry it live at 1:00. >> our live coverage of the gary williams press conference begins at 1:00 on the wbal plus and it will be live on our website, wbaltv.com. why the recession had little to no impact on the top ceo's. why researchers believe obesity all among exp

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. >>> gary william has to think about life without maryland's jordan william who announced he signed with an agent after he declared for the nba draft earlier this year. signing with an agent means he is ineligible to return to the terps even if he is not drafted. williams was named first team all acc and third team all american last season. he lead led the terps in scoring and rebounding. firefighters say if it was not for a 15-year-old boy's quick thinking and actions, a fire in essex could have been deadly. baltimore county honored charlie knisley for helping his younger brother and grandmother for escaping a home. >> my grand pop ran down the steps to get a fire extinguisher. and by the time he came back up, it just went up and it's to get my brother out and grandma out. my little brother jump off the roof and i caught him. >> when fire crews arrived, the home was fully involved. that fire destroyed the home but the family says they are happy that everyone got out safely. >>> 8 minutes after 6 right now. if you are a mom with a teething baby. you need to know about medicines. may

star center jordan williams has signed with an alingt which means that -- agent which means that he willn in the nba draft an not come back to school. he was the terps leading score and rebounder this year averaging 17 and 12. well, that is it from here. and that is it for the caps in the east playoffs. swept out by a city where ice does not even naturally occur. [ laughing ]. >> reporter: how demoralizing is that, guys? >> we will rock the red again next year. >> yes. >> that is what we will do. >> reporter: i know. >> all right. >> brett is

. >>> star center jordan williams for maryland basketball has signed with an agent which means he willin the nba draft and not come back to school next year. the sophomore was the terps leading scorer and rebounder last year. gary williams can't be happy about that. game 4 tonight here in tampa. must win or we are coming home and the team is too. guys, back to you. >> we want you to stay there and enjoy the beautiful weather. because we want them to win. >> well, i mean, i would have to come home for game 5 anyway but i would like to couple back for game 6. >> thank you, brett. >> anything to say? >> couple of evening showers. then they go away. chilly night. grab a jacket. >> much cooler than today. that's for sure. that's it for us here at 9news now. katie couric is up next. derek mcginty is back here at 7 p.m. have a great night. captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com

maryland tarp painpin bass -- terrapin basketball team will have to think about a future without jordan williamshe declared for the nba draft this year. signing with an agent means williams is now eligible -- is not eligible to return to the terps even if he was not drafted. he was named third team all american last season and led the terps in scoring and rebounding and recorded 25 double, doubles. >>> now maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weatherate. >> good morning to tracy in elizabeth joining us early on this thursday. excited that it's thursday. we are closer to the weekend and stuff we are trying to pack in. check out the temperatures. we have what chance to push the rain out. i've got spectacular photos of some of the double rainbows. oh, just wait. this morning, though, we have clouds left over. 47 degrees but the rain is gone. 35 in cincinnati. see all the blue there? that's a lot of 30s to be found across western pa. west virginia and ohio and indiana and kentucky. take your pick, even up towards chicagoland in the 30s this morning. and

star center jordan williams has signed with an alingt which means that -- agent which means that he willhe nba draft an not come back to school. he was the terps leading score and rebounder this year averaging 17 and 12. well, that is it from here. and that is it for the caps in the east playoffs. swept out by a city where ice does not even naturally occur. [ laughing ]. >> reporter: how demoralizing is that, guys? >> we will rock the red again next year. >> yes. >> that is what we will do. >> reporter: i know. >> all right. >> brett is like okay. we'll be right back. [ female announcer ] why is travel these days about what you give up, and not what you get? like electricity, for gadget power at your seat. room to stretch your legs, and your wingspan. food when you're hungry. and taking off your shoes, only if you feel like it. these aren't luxuries, they're basics. get them back on acela. [ male announcer ] amtrak guest rewards members earn up to triple points this spring. visit amtrak.com for details. >>> not sure if this is comforting or not, but the caps are still our best local prof

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jordan williams to the nba. then coach gary williams to retirement.ow, the coach did speak about ending his distinguished career. and says his departure is not related to the players. it has been speculated that his jump to the nba was the final factor in gary williams' decision to quit. the coach shot that down today, talked about handling early departures to the pros. >> you recruit somebody, you tell parents and players that you're degree to do what's in the best interest of your player. and you know, obviously i don't know anything. but anything i tell a player, i'm going to do it to try to help him as much as possible. that's what i did with jordan. and jordan and his parents came to the decision to go to the nba. >> williams has had 16 of his players drafted into the nba during his 22 years as coach at maryland. >>> from gary land to bird land, the orioles are back home, taking on tampa bay at camden yours tonight. the first -- yards tonight. the first three months of the season have been up and down. markakis has lacked his usual production at

jordan williams has officially signed with an agent, which means he will stay in the nba draft, meaningareer at maryland is over. he was the leading scorer for maryland in rebounds last year. john enter the draft in 2004. he was never drafted and never played a minute in the nba. he's playing in australia now. we hope that does not happen to jordan. he's a really good kid, but you never know. he will not play again in maryland. >> it's a shame to lose him. >> here's a look at in the next hour. >> we have a little rain in the seven-day forecast. we will show you that in a few minutes. >> not tracking any problems on the air your notes. we do have some construction day watch for intel son. there are closures there. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> alicia barne's death officially been rolled

. >>> terps' hoff more, jordan williams, considered on his way up. now on his way out.ams announced today, he is leaving school to enter the nba. he makes the leap to pro ball after just two seasons. this past year, he earned honorable mention all american. williams' decision to leave is risky for the player, because the nba is poised for a lockout next season. and only first-round draft picks get guaranteed contracts. and williams could be a second round selection. >>> to baseball now. buck and the birds looking to bounce back. o's relievers. acardo serves up a pitch that is served up by the royals. tied in the tenth inning. when jason berkin slides over to the field. can't get the winning run, tagging up to third base. that's how it ended a 6-5kc victory. game time, 8:10, in kansas city tonight. more on the o's next hour. plus, horse racing trip -- trimle crown. that's all ahead in sports at 6:00. kai? >> we'll see you then. >>> a new study gives help to patients who choose aggressive treatment for prostate cancer. >>> 59-year-old patrick gallagher found out he had pr

jordan williams has signed with an agent, which means he will we remain in the nba draft and not comechool. the 6'10" sophomore averaged 17 points and 12 boards last season. >>> with gas over $4 in many places, changing habits of more and more americans. that story coming up. >>> a little deja vu, a d.c. councilmember is arrested by u.s. capitol police. >>> 66 headed eastbound we're doing okay for 234 past 50 inside the beltway. the latest on the bw parkway police activity and your district roads. that's at 5:30. 9news now will be right back. wo [ female announcer ] most women in america aren't getting the calcium they need. but yoplait wants to change that. only yoplait original has twice the calcium of the leading yogurt. that's 50% of the daily value ♪ so pass on the news and we can help close this calcium gap together. to get you started, we're giving away a million free cups at yoplait dot com. the yoplait you love, now in a 4-pack. try it today. >>> good morning, welcome back to 9news now. i'm andrea roane. >>> friday eve is here, grab your sweater i'm mike hydeck. angie was tra

. >> folks out there think that the real reason that you're retiring is because jordan williams is enteringraft. >> that's totally untrue because i've had great players leave the program, steve francis, joe smith was the first prior to take the graph and steve wilcox off the championship team and people like that that i told to leave because they could max out the amount of money they could make at that time and i've had guys like steve blake, the and i talked about staying four years because i felt that was in their best interest to stay for four years and jordan, we tried to give them as much information as possible on what was out there and the lockout possibility and all of those things that were there that make this year differently and jordan and his patients chose to go, but that's certainly one player who will not determine what i do with the rest of my life. >> gary is a life coach, and so in all his teachings on the court and off, you could look at those young men that were sitting to the right of him today and they're all doing well in life and it's because of what he started to

. >> you know, folks out there think that the real reason that you're retiring is because jordan williamsentering the nba draft. >> that's totally untrue because i've had great players leave the program, steve francis, joe smith was the first player to take the draft, steve was second, and chris wilcox after sophomore year. people like that that i told to leave because they could max out the amount of money they could make at that time, and i've had guys like steve blake, that i talked into staying for four years because i thought that was in their best interest to stay for four years. when you recruit somebody you tell the parents that you'll do whatever is in their best interest and you try to do that and with jordan, we tried to give him as much information as possible on what was out there, the lockout possibility and all of those things that were there which made this year a little differently and jordan and his parents chose to g but that's certainly one player that's not going determine what i do the rest of my life. >> if he had decided to stay, would you had decided to stay? >> n

records show that jordan had a protective order against sullivan who has now been charged with first-degree murder. >> the man that killed a woman outside the courthouse. cleaven williams has given life in sentence after shooting veronica williams outside a court house when she was pregnant. >> a woman's body pulled from james falls near union avenue and clifford mill friday morning. at this point officials do not suspect foul play but have classified the death as suspicious. >> the inner loop is open after a tractor-trailer caused a standstill. maryland police say the tractor hit an overpass while traveling on the inner loop. the impact caused the steal to twist and send debris on 695. engineers are inspecting that bridge to make sure no significant structural damage was done. >> al-qaeda has acknowledged the killing of osama bin laden and vows revenge. this as the president traveled to fort campbell, kentucky, to thank those involved in the raid. >> the white house says the president's visit wasn't about spiking the ball or gloating but to acknowledge a job well done. >> president obama met privately with the navy seals and special operations forces that took down th

jordan had a order against sullivan. >> the man convicted of killing his pregnant wife outside the courthouse will spend the rest of this life in prison. cleaven williamsound guilty for stabbing his wife veronica several times. he was given life plus three years. the state medical examiner's office was working to identify the woman whose body was pulled near union avenue near clipper melt. at this time, officials do not expect -- suspect foul play, but they have classified the death as suspicious. >> and al-qaeda has acknowledged the killing of osama bin laden, and vows revenge, as president obama traveled to kentucky to thank the commandos involved in the raid. our washington bureau reporter has more. >> the white house says the visit was not about spiking the ball, or gloating, but to live knowledge a job well done. he met privately with the navy seals and special operations forces. >> hello, fort campbell. >> he addressed a hangar full of troops, calling the raid a historic event, but stressing that the fight goes on. >> thanks to the incredible skill, courage, of keith -- of countless individuals, the terrorist leader who struck our nation on 9/11

jordan of his time. >> (music) here's the pitch to believe.willie. you cannot ne five great major-leaguers' without mentioning this say hey kid. he may be the greatest hall of famer. ted williamse all-star game who played in the midsummer classic 24 times. just don't call him the greatest living ballplayer. i never like that when i first heard it i said wait a minute, you mean that i have to be passed away before you guys give me credit. it's very cool, get a chance to come to the field a lot of times in the clubhouse dining out. if one of the greatest players that's ever lived. he gets a chance to come out and we get to talk to him. happy birthday to him. he brings a lot of history with him not just about him but with him. being able to celebrate his birthday with him, is something that always remember. >>vern: he won a world series in 1954 came close in 1962 for san francisco only to lose to the yankees in seven games. no matter the era he is the biggest giants. immortalized forever at 13 king street on this his 80th birthday. but wonder how big birthday cake will be treated the parties will certainly be big. if 40,000 singing happy birthday to willie mays at about 10 minute