they got a no from notre dame's mike bray telling anderson he is committed to staying with his currentes for pittsburgh's jamie dixon and a couple other coaches. what wasn't supposed to be a long process now leaves university scrambling to fill the shoes of gary williams. chris mooney from richmond's name is being thrown around. a texas a&m coach. we have no idea. anderson and the search committee will review a short list tomorrow morning. >> if you're getting swept by philadelphia to start their current road trip the nationals looking poised to get a sweep of their own after taking the first two from florida. marlins picture sanchez would have none of that striking out a career high 11 batters. nats wrapping up their series with the marlins in the #th marlins up 2-0 and then add to their lead. ramirez with a single to center. 3-0 fish. then still in the 5th marlins blow the game wide open. gaby sanchez with a three-run shot. hanley ramirez scores. 6-0. rodriguez in for the nats. peterson scores. sanchez straight dealing. seven innings, two hits, no runs. 11 strikeouts. marlins win 8-0

and according to several reports, note name's mike bray, villanova's jay wright and brad stevens saidell and there are reports that texas a&m's mark turgeon will be the new head coach, the only coach in history to lead thing a toys four straight ncaa appearances. turning now to the nba players. today the mavericks sent the lakers home crying to their mommas and here we go. kobe bryant trying to keep his team from being swept, but that didn't happen here, no. not at all. second quarter, mavericks by eight. lamar odom makes a lazy pass. takes it all the way for the layup. 21 points off the bench and it was all mavs. third quarter, dallas blows it open. tied an nba record with nine three-pointers, 32 points as the mavericks crushed the lakers, 122-86. dallas sweeps l.a. in four straight games. >> all right. in boston last night, game three, celtics, heat, rajon rondo defending guard dwyane wade. look at wade here, falls on top of rondo and your elbow is not supposed to bend that way. it is locates his left arm. he had to be helped off, but check this out. he comes back. >> what? >> in th

bethesda native, mike bray, the head coach at notre dame. >>> i'm bruce leshan in northwest dc. more of those letters filled with white powder frightening but apparently harmless found at six different schools across dc today. law enforcement sources tell me this may be the same guy that is mentioned in a reward poster that went out in 2008. the similar kind of letters went out to the governors of north carolina and conneticut. $100,000 reward, weapons of mass destruction simulated, and there may be hundreds and hundreds of these letters that have gone out to schools, to hospitals, to federal agency heads. >> they want to insight fear and targeting schools is a very good way of doing that. >> perhaps thinking in some strangway that he is warning authorities to step up their guard. >> he can think he is doing society a favor in his abused mind. >> it could be. >> maryland officials are not taking any chances in the wake of those suspicious envelopes in dc schools. the director is warning residents be on the lookout for anything unusual. the letters are just an attempt to instil f

notre dame coach mike bray is also on the list. bray was born in bethesda and played his college ball at gw. >>> colonials named a new head coach in the next 24 hours arriving. he was an assistant at maryland under gary for a year. led dc's catholic university to a division 3 title in 2001. he grew up in bowie, maryland. >>> last year's nats would have blown tonight's game. they scored a run in the top of the 10th to go up 3-2 but then the marlins led off the bottom of the 10th with two hits and had a runner on third with nobody out. a runner on third with nobody out is like an automatic run in major league baseball. look what they did. tying run like we said on third base. right back. holds the runner at 3rd. throws to 1st. that's one batter out. wees helms. two outs. which point sean burnett replaces him and on one pitch gets chris coughlan to go out. >> tonight we only had to go about half a mile down nebraska avenue for wilson hosting cooligde. wilson is real good. they don't need this kind of help. nate knocks in three on the

notre dame's mike bray is also named as a candidate.whomever takes over, williams says he is confident maryland will get the right guy. >> whatever, you know, the new coach does with his program, he's going to make this place better. it will continue to get better. and i have total amount of confidence that that's what's going to happen. >> we have walked away and the university of maryland could be looking for williams replacement, shawn miller, we will keep you posted. sports director mark viviano will have more on the search as it progresses. >>> all right. and let's see, we're also talking about the orioles in town for their seven game home stand. they lost the first game of their stand, six to two against the tampa bay rays. and of course you can break out the big hats, the kentucky derby is just hours away. but one horse will be noticeably absent uncle mo has been scratched from the race due to a gastrointestinal virus, who knew horses got that. that reduces the field to 19 entries. dialed in is this morning's line favorite. >>> i

among those being rumored as candidates include notre dame coach mike bray and villanova coach. >> williams will remain as an associate athletic director and help in the game's fundraising. >>> dozens of letters containing a white, powdery substance, sent to d.c. area schools. today, they have even put maryland on high alert. denise is in the newsroom to explain. >> these letters were found at six schools today. and that brings the total to 35 schools. the white powder is not hazardous. and there have been no injuries or illnesses reported. according to the fbi, the letters were mailed from the dallas area. the envelopes had notes that said, all al qaeda fbi. mary? >> thank you, denise. >>> maryland officials have now issued an alert, urging anyone who receives a suspicious letter to leave it alone and call 911. >>> a special thank you. the men who took bin laden down will meet with president obama today. but as danielle nottingham reports for wjz, while the president visits the heroes, al qaeda issues a warning to the united states. >> president obama came to welcome home members of the 10

but among those being considered for candidates include mike williams, bray and villanova's jay bret. >> and williams will stay as an social director, and will help with the fundraising. >>> dozens of suspicious letters sent to schools in washington, d.c. mary is in the newsroom with the latest on the concerns. >> none of those letters have turned up here yet. but the maryland emergency management agency is telling school officials to keep their eyes open. at least 32 letters containing a white powder turned up at washington, d.c. area schools yesterday and today. although the powder is not hazardous, investigators say it is intended to spark a panic. the fbi says the letters appeared to have been mailed from dallas, texas. they are similar to letters under investigation in that city. denise? >> thank you, mary. four letters were found at a washington postal facility this morning. >>> a personal word of congratulations for a job well done. president obama thanks some of the u.s. force involved in the raid that ended osama bin laden's life. danielle nottingham reports from the white ho

. >> mike: former cal bear native tyson ross, moving from the bull pen to replace dallas bray depp and he has been lights occupy. bottom two, pennington into the hole. beckham knocks it down but can't find it. kouzmanoff scores inch the fifth, a's up 2-0. dejesus rims one into the right center gap. the trim scores a pay. it's his 1,000th career hate. 4-0 a's. tyson ross dealing. gets dunn swinging. in the second, beckham, sit down. eight k's and seven innings of two-run ball, the a's with the victory. to the wet and windy city, giants giants and cubs from wrigley field. posey to left. 1-0g-member. in the third, cubs p defense falls apart. the throw to first off the mark. the jibes are up 3-0 in the sixth. highlights at 11. >> to the ice, western conference finals start in vancouver. the sharks are the underdogs against the canucks and that's fine with them. the san jose ex-coach things they below play looser. the canucks won their first ever presidents trophy this year, so she sharks know what kind of challenge they face. >> use the number one, and their name comes up beside it in just