randy wittman says rinse and repeat. >> take my quotes from the last four games. it's a broken record. it's a broken record. >>> north of the border. caps in ottawa taking on the senators. the second period caps down 1-0. brooks orpik with a shot kuznetsov. wide open net. game tied at 1. his sixth goal of the season. not even a minute later now and the caps would strike again. shot at the goalie alex ovechkin knocks it out of the air and in it goes. 32nd goal of the season. second win in a row for the caps. 2-1 the final. you felt good on that one earlier today. all right. so we say a pain in the butt, right, is how we describe things tiger woods prefers to say a pain in the glutes. the golfer blamed his glutes for causing back pain that forced him to exit early from the farmers insurance open. this is the heavy fog that delayed the start of tiger's round by two hours. he said he got all stiff there. he couldn't stay loose. by the 6th hole he was grabbing at that lower back. on his 10th hole there he go grabbing it again. by the time it got to the 12th hole the pa

the was her tab lost five of their last 7, 3 and a row, and monday nights performance got randy wittman fired up. he told the team they were feeling sorry for themselves. today he did not back off. >> whether it is an individual or team, recognize that we are not the only ones this far in the season. recognize that an fix it. >> college basketball, the long, hard season for the hokies a virginia tech continues. the shooter's touch three ball. syracuse battles back. with seven seconds left, drives, spins, hits the floater. the place goes crazy in the cap carrier dome -- in the carrier dome. syracuse wins. a major milestone in college basketball uconn's legendary women's coach geno auriemma got his 900th victory. he also won a record nine national titles. browns' wide receiver josh gordon has been suspended indefinitely, at least a year, for violating the league's substance abuse policy. he will lose 1.7 million dollars of salary this year and has to pay over $500,000 back from his signing bonus. hope that he learns a lesson and straightens out his life. >> he needs help. >> he does. >> c

randy wittman all pumped up, guys, for tonight's game. >> it's a game a team ahead of us we're trying to catch. it's how we got to look at it in the playoff picture. you know, we just played them not too long ago, lost here in overtime to them. we know what we have to do. >> yeah, he's so excited. they won't have bradley beal either announcing he'll sit out another game because of that srealore toe and he has a mild stress reaction in his lower right leg. he'll rest until after the all- star break. >>> caps shifting to vampire mode. they're headed west to start a three-game swing. it begins tonight in san jose and ends in anaheim. who has the best record in hockey right now? the caps. currently seven in the east. >>> finally your daily reminder to vote in our high school game of the week poll, four great games to choose from right there. the game you like, see that code and text it to 25543. it will lead our highlights tomorrow night, a lot of good stuff, heading out to maryland right now. >> one quick word about tarkanian, his running rebel, some of the most exciting basketball you c

. >> randy wittman said after last night's loss the wizards had a heart to heart. i don't believe this was a light pep talk maybe a mix between maryland's pregame speeches and bobby knight's sideline rants. the wizards have lost three straight games and 5 of their last 7. the defense the biggest problem. on the three-game skid washington allowing opponents to shoot an average of 46% from the field. the worst team in the league is minnesota and they allow only 49%. so put that in context behl says they are playing very soft and as you heard randy wittman say, the team has not been playing hard. after today's practice coach had a lot to say about the lack of effort and lots to say about the things that are probably bothering both you and -- you right now. >> that part of the -- time of the year. you know the weather sucks outside, you know, it's snowing and blowing and cold and you have chapped lips and you come in here you don't feel good. >> the sun came out like you said today. >> the sun came up. we're not the only one that's fighting a sinus infection or the flu

randy wittman and company desperately needed a w to right the ship.izards down by 6 philadelphia nails the 3 right there. 5 minutes left in the half. wizards within 1 otto porter with the steal garrett temple with the dish, john wall for the slam! they went up by 1. noel and company got the best of the wiz 89-81. wiz lose with no bradley beal, no paul pierce, and no fight. >> we stopped doing that. playing more focused trying to execute the way we're supposed to execute. it's going to stay like that. when you're shorthanded, which we're a little bit. we got to have our main guys step up. >>> maybock ovechkin and the capitals can take our minds off that. attempting to stop the 2-game losing streak. holtby made 35 saves. that was not one of them. 2nd period, 2nd goal for the canes. this time courtesy of jeff skinner an empty-netter as washington loses its third game 3-0. >>> spring training. games haven't even begun yet but hype for the nationals has! washington is a favorite to make the playoffs, including brash outfielder bryce harper. >> reporter: i'

randy wittman and the was her's have serious problems. they had everybody talking in the early season. were 23-8 the first three months, then they went into a tailspin. they are 11-16 through january and february, in freefall. tonight, ricky rubio, nice pass to kevin garnett, one of his two baskets tonight. 53-40 was the score. the game in the nutshell, ramon sessions turns it over. andrew wiggins gathers, strong minnesota hands washington its fifth straight loss, 97-77. winston-salem, north carolina, the drive, the draw, the dish. 70-34. the cavaliers are now 26-1. smith center, saint bonaventure at gw, total domination by the colonials. outscored, shot them, hitting 10 threes. joe mcdonald led the team. george washington wins. the nationals, everybody is in camp the first exhibition game next thursday, the season opener in washington april 6 against the mets. the nats are the odds on favorite to make it to the world series, one of the vegas favorites, and there is no question, but the strength of the pitching staff has everybody talking

randy wittman, wizards head coach trying to get his group going. there are some bright spots today. early on first quarter, ramon sessions, the new guy, fits john wall on the run, gives it up to butler for the big-time jam. wall had a double-double 12 assists, 10 points up five at halftime. the second half it belonged to the detroit pistons, cad well pope 6 of 12 from three-point range. the pistons beat the wizards 106-89. the wizards have now lost serve of their last nine games. coach wittman frustrated, to say the leas >> terrible ending terrible closing. aw if we took three of the god-awfulest shots we could day, like smoking hot from the series where we made one last gain -- we play the last comele minutes of quarters like it's a pickup game. what's the term for insanity doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a differen that's what we're doing. >> the wizards -- >> not happy. >> they're in a rough patch. he's going to tell it like i >> it sounds like jay gruden out there. >> exactly right. hopefully they can get things together. >>> let's move on. reigning league mv

randy wittman has had problems with nerlens noel. noel not just getting it done defensively either.econd quarter, sixers up three. robert covington misses the jumper. philly up 5 at the half. let's go to the third. one-point game here. sixers turn it over. wizards on the run. pass ahead to garrett temple back to john wall for this. fourth quarter. sixers back up by four. jason richardson back to noel. and the former first overall pick with another slam. sixers end their five-game losing streak and hand the wizards their six straight loss. john wall knows that they can't blame anyone but themselves. >> nobody outside this locker room going to feel sorry for us. nobody going to do it for us. these 14 guys has to go out there and compete. we got to go out there and play. at times we show flashes of our old selves and times we go back to playing our old way, that's why we're losing. >> nose tackle barry cofield, both missedate games last year do you to injury. the move saves the skins almost $10 million against the salary cap. nfl free agency starts on march 10th. >>> d.c. teams all in

coach randy wittman had a heart- to-heart with his team. the wizards taking on the beasts of the east, which would be the hawks. john wall passes the ball to bradley beal who gets the hoop and the harm. 23 tonight for behl. fourth quarter, hawks pulling away. kyle korver with the outlet pass who puts behl on a poster. >>> terps hosting penn state. second half, terps in transition. wells does the one-handed nasty slam. wells had 23 points. later with the shot clock winding down, trim balance with the pass. terps hang on to win 64-58. >>> hoyas taking on providence in a game that just went final. second half, hoyas with good ball movement. they worked the ball to rivera. hoyas lead by 13. but providence rallies late to take a three-point lead on free throws. the shot to force overtime. it rims out. providence sweeps georgetown for the first time since 1994. >>> george mason hosting vcu. patriots doing the best they can to keep it close. jackson buries the three. cuts the deficit to five. the rams too strong, too deep. cox with the steal, thro

coach randy wittman is at a loss for words. tonight the wiz held charlotte to under 50 points in the 1st half, a step forward, but they followed that up by scoring a season low 33 points in the 2nd half. bradley beal before the game warming up but he wouldn't last long left in the 1st quarter with a hurt toe, didn't return. right before the half john wall's big jumper give the wizards a five-point lead in the half. into the 4th wizards have a seven-point lead early, but charlotte has their number. green roberts hits the jumper. owners out-- brian roberts hits the jumper. hornets outscore them 25-13 in the 4th quarter and they win. >> it's a broken record. until we understand it it's going to be like this. >> don't know much what to say after all that. >>> barry trotz and the capitals in ottawa going for two in a row. blink and you missed it tonight. 2nd period ottawa scores. 73 seconds later there's the equalizer and 49 seconds later alex ovechkin scores the game winner. he slapshots it in midair. capitals win 2-1. it was prett

and randy wittman, he's not happy. >> the key tonight is we don't play hard any more. that falls on me. there's some good teams that can get away with maybe coasting for a half. we're not one of them. sometimes i think our guys think we played 50 and everybody else has played 20. and they feel sorry for themself. everybody's in the same boat. we're still breathing. the sun will come up tomorrow. and, you know we got to get back in the gym and get to work. >> i don't know. will the sun come up? narrator: gas prices are down helping middle class families. but now, the white house wants to impose title ii regulations on your internet meaning new government taxes and fees. every month: you'd pay more. 11 billion dollars a year in new taxes and fees. internet freedoms can be protected with the white house and congress working together, but imposing new tax increases through public utility style regulations will hurt middle class families let's protect the internet we love without regressive taxes and fees. no to title ii. >>> good night. you exercise. you choose the salad.

. >> randy wittman keeping it level. third ranked virginia with unc. after this play you would think it would be unc's night. the three no good, sits there and dumps in at the buzzer. the wa wahoos up by 13. cavs pull off a big win 75-64, the first time they've beaten a ranked unc team in chapel hill since february 3rd , 1981. >>> mike brennan, the american eagles taking on holy cross. it wasn't pretty early for au or either team. the score at halftime was 23- 18. au was down five, yeah, but the eagles overcame a 10 point 2nd half deficit. derek, your eagles won 57-50. >> go eagles. >>> the new england patriots were declared dead early in the season. people began to question whether the belichick/brady era was over. we all now know the answer to that. the super bowl xlix victory, the dynasty continues and tom brady moves to a tie with joe montana and terry bradshaw for most super bowl titles ever at four. while the debate rages on as to whether brady is the greatest qb of all time, his coach had nothing but praise for his accomplishments. >> like many

coach randy wittman is concerned. >> wha tfiroit. we have to more mentally tough.re playing on our heels too much. we're kind of playing without purpose. >> they're going to be angry and ready to go but like everybody in this league you know they're going through their own adversity right now and we know we're going to get their best effort. >> they're going to get steph cur i are's effort too. he's starting tonight even with that sore ankle. >> the annual state of the ravens more sbeeg sbrooeging today with the nfl draft coming up and the scandal still fresh. ozzie newsome says what happened this past is affecting their futu and the approach. >> the one area we're taking a hard look and will be tough to bring a player to baltimore is someone with a domestic ain their background. our scouts do an unbelievable job when they get on the campuses so we'll have good information but as our boss has said, someone that has domestic abuse in their background it's going to be tough for them to be considered a raven. >> we overuse the word showdown in sports but tonight the g

randy wittman furious at shot selection.the corners, said it was like they were playing pickup out there. and, oh yeah their three-point defense nonexistent at times. meantime bradley beal close to returning se it's been beyond frustrating to watch from the sidelines. >> i think we lost that hunger we lost that chip on our shoulder so to speak. i think we had a great record at one point, then we just got comfortable instead of just continuing to be aggressive and continuing to be the nasty team that we were at the beginning of the year. we're getting too relaxed. like everything just guaranteed to us. okay we're in the playoffs and we'll be fine, cruise through. we have to figure this out and turn it around quickly. >> they tip at verizon center tomorrow night. college hoop, the rankings as uva at two in the country. maryland moves up two spots at 14. phelan 22. the gw women up a spot to 22 and the maryland women stay at numb per five. these terps have won 18 games in a row and they're in action tonight against penn state. w