karon may appeal. the list of things the nationals needed this off season was so long it should have been printed on a scroll, like the one that santa uses with the gifts. but the first item on that list would have been a number-one starter and they got one. ten-year veteran jason marquis is that man getting acclimated to his new surroundings. he won 15 games for the rockies last year. he posted double digit wins the last six years running, exactly the stabilizing force the nats need. >> i'm going to try to come in here and bring some veteran leadership. get some good plays and have an opportunity to do something good here. they have to realize the potential and stay within the realm. >> now the latest from the winter games in vancouver as the olympics reach day 14. the u.s. and canada are each one day away from meeting each other. tonight those two countries metaphor the gold in women's hock -- met for the gold in the women's hockey and the canadians are the olympic champions. both goals by falepala.

four seconds left in the game, there is karon butler. and that is stone cold at the end of the game. 31 for karon. wizards win 92-91. biggest come back of the year. in college park tonight, the lady terps braving the snow. that's a back breaker for maryland. they fall 61-60 and drop to 3-5 in the acc. all right. by now you know the main story lines for the superbowl sunday. drew breeze is really good. peyton manning is even better. all right. see you at kickoff. if only the whole thing was that simple. we still have 40 some odd more hours of hype and pre game minutia to get through. >> in regards to dwight freeney, he's trending in the right direction. he's getting better. but we'll see. it's still day-to-day situation. we'll see how i is at the end of the day. >> i think this is the end of the day. don't forget you can see the game right here. we'll have snow coverage right up until 2:00 and then the kickoff at 6:25 and a special of edition of sports plus. finally tonight, this is a pre game shoot around before a game against portland.

was this karon butler's last game. he show cased himself. wizards down one at the break.uld be tied at 92. turn around fade away in the mug. bobcat by two. so jamison with the last shot. two seconds. and he front rims it at the buzzer. they hit the all star break at 17 and 33 the wizards. meanwhile, the american athletic department did not wait for the snow to start falling to play its hand. the school this afternoon postponing tomorrow night's border war against virginia. it will take place monday now. the university has been closed since friday. start time monday still pending. big win followed by embarrassing loss. that was georgetown's pattern last week when they crushed duke only to lose four days later to south florida. this week they're coming off that huge win over number two villa nova. would they break the pattern? visiting providence tonight. they didn't play like it. early peterson knocking down three. look at the score. hoyas down seven in the second hax. but right after that -- half. but right after that they woke up. he had 21. and then late off the loose b

meanwhile the nba trade is a week from tomorrow and they're ready for a deal that would send karon butlero the rockets and ail harrington to the wizards harrington averaging 18. a little jealousy brewing in particular for all of the media attention she's been getting. one driver tweeted today that maybe espn could cover her on one channel and the other 50 drivers on espn classic. she'll race in the nationwide series race saturday. danica played it safe today. she was just happy to keep the car out of the wall, which she did. the same could not be said for reigning champion jimmie johnson. joey lagono also involved in the crash. why are these swedish hockey players laughing? take a look. their player hopped on to the ice but he forgot to take off his rubber skate guards and had to crawl back to the bench and that had them laughing all night long. you know what you're talking about. >> you pull them off? >> well, he forgot. yes, it's much more helpful if you pull them off. >> i guess he was saying why not walk out on the ice. >> he was too busy falling on his ski. it's hard to reach down th

chief economist bob brusque is here and kevin karon. kevin, do you want to explain the new found legs that the market has had since the beginning of the month? >> well, we'll make work on getting your audio fixed in just a second. in the meantime, bob, let's point to some of the economic data. manufacturing looked pretty good. autos obviously had great numbers. people want to tie that to the government's involvement. but you look at housing and loot a people saving more. it leads you to a conclusion that the economy's recovery is lumpy and consistent and may be losing momentum. is that fair? >> no, that's not fair. i think that you look at housing and what you have to see there is that the government programs that were in place and that were being phased out ramped up a lot of activity as people thought that these programs might be phased out. and then there was a natural fall off after that drop dead date. now, buying a set of programs have been put into effect and they're going to be more positive. so that is very good. what i would s