robert burton is a good basketball player. erin: he looks in decent shape. jonathan: he said he had a great outside shot. but we know better. erin: he played in college and took part in the wizard media challenge today. we will see his skills or maybe next. go, rob! you can do it, man! erin: according to the sports calendar this is the first day of spring. nationals pitchers and catchers showed up for spring training today. it looks at the ballpark. i will be there next week so keep it here on abc7 for the latest spring training news. i'm looking forward to that. i had a blast today at verizon center in the wizard's annual media skills challenge. it started off with a dunk contest. followed by a three-point contest. and then a skills challenge. no i, did not partake. but my colleague robert burton did. he looked rusty, i have to say in the three-point contest. he didn't make one shot in the first two racks. then he got warmed up. he is feeling it. then he drained three of five to finish with three points. behe didn't beat his opponent from the fan. he won th

i did not partake, but my colleague robert burton did.ough heme, looked a little rusty during the three point contest. in fact, he did not make one shot in his first two racks, but then he started finding his range. total ofed with a three points, but it was not enough to beat his opponent, kevin schaefer of the fan. here is rob's assessment afterwards. shoot withl shooters the same ball every single shot. we had a couple of women's balls ,n there, the playground balls then the moneyball i have not played with since i was three. >> sounds like a lot of excuses. robert: earlier today. also, i had a bad lunch. also -- just kidding. robert: his biggest complaint -- erin: his biggest complaint was the balls were different sizes. led all scorers for george mason, as they beat richmond for the second time this season, 93-70. acc, virginia te alison: cannot wait for the warm-up. steve: tomorrow will be a cold front and a little chilly, near 50. colder thursday, around 40. to 65 degrees this weekend sunday through monday. lower to middle 1.4 inch

abc7 rter: robert burton, sports. >> good to see glen at that story.er e i interview or see a story like that, i want to get in the gym. omething about it is contagious. >> like rocky. >> great workout. >> absolutely. move on to breaking news out of virginia. we've learned that all orthbound lanes of the gw parkway are currently closed. this is happening right near turkey run. us that a olice tell car flipped over. however, no one was hurt. to o have a crew on the way the scene here on the parkway and we'll bring you an update as soon as we have it. northbound lanes >>> the u.s. mint is celebrating and to h anniversary mark the occasion it's unveiling we've everunlike any seen before. we have the scoop on this piece history. >>reporter: there she is. >> the first u.s. coin to depict ady liberty as an african-american. >>reporter: the newest minted coin featuring a new lady liberty, a black woman with braids and stars in her crown we t above the words in god trust. >> you get something that is unapologetically american. >>reporter: the mint gave us a cl

robert burton has more with the coach of the week. >> have a day! they have a day on saturday. a winless softball team accomplishing the unthinkable. >> the game can be cruel and it can be beautiful. robert: for head coach julie wright, saturday was the mona lisa of games upsetting the number one team in country, the florida gators. before beating them they haven't won a single game all season. >> you see the what does it do for you as a coach? >> it's why you do what you do. right? to watch them have joy. about love it the way you love it. it's special. robert: it doesn't mean all is well. >> everybody thinks we'll fail. we have to lay it all out there. >> underdog mentality. >> but a win shows there is not just bright light on the diamond but at the end of a long tunnel. >> we didn't do anything spectacular. we played maryland softball. that was enough to beat the number one in the country. the year will get better. robert: with the coach of the week, i'm robert burton. jonathan: congratulations for her and her team. good for them. coming up for us

robert burton has more. robert: what can you say about brooks?he knows a thing or two about football. and about getting students scholarships. >> he will be headed to the ohio state university. robert: 11 signees on hand and six more that are you work so hard to prepare them to the next level. when they move on and you get a sense of prize like you had a small piece in the success. robert: two signees are talking a walk up the street to play for maryland. offensive lineman marcus miner and running back mcfarland. e might not be wearing a maryland cap if it weren't for coach brooks. what has he meant in your career? >> he meant a lot. i wasn't supposed to be here at dematha. he paved the way for me to get here. robert: but getting a full ride takes talent and character. >> you will face adversity and hard times but it's all about your makeup and the intrinsic motivation to keep getting better and pushing forward. robert: with the coach of the week, i'm robert burton. steve: let's fast forward to upcoming weekend. it looks nice. middle 50's on satu

robert burton, what have you to say tonight? robert: something about $24 million possibly. what the nfl insiders are talking about kirk cousins possibly being franchised by the redskins. we sit down with the architect behind the powerhouse we call maryland robert: the maryland women off to the best start in school history. 25-1. the only loss coming from uconn, the country's number one team. they have also won 100 games in a row. terps are ranked second behind the huskies and are undefeated in conference play. what is stopping the team from winning the whole thing? loaded question. we sat down with head coach brenda freeze. tonight against wisconsin what are you expecting? >> we only have three big ten games left. and so two of the three at home. we want to continue to fine tune us. it's really every time we step out on the floor, where can we improve to be prepared for march. also the last three games we want to take it to the highest level. and be playing some of our best. robert: all right. in football. today was the first day the redskins were able to put kirk cousins o

robert burton, what are do you have to say? robert: i'm talking about nba stuff. buddy hield in an altercation with demarcus cousins. we will talk about that. sports is next. stay with us. robert: oklahoma city thunder in town tonight for th m.v.p. candidate russell westbrook just salivating after a loss to his former team. and teammate, kevin durant saturday. also, on the o.k.c. team, a couple of former d.m.v. high school stars. jerami grant and victor oladipo. we caught up with victor today and the memories came back. >> we used to come and play high school for the city championship game. we were undefeated in that game. i was cool to reminisce and see the success. they had a lot to do with who we are today. the mantra is gentleman and scholars. that's what we are today. robert: tip-off at 8:00. this is weird. pelicans guard buddy hield gives demarcus cousins a shot to the groin. there was really no reason for it. he wasn't going for the ball or anything. he w after the game, hield says it wasn't intentional. you can be the judge of that. jonathan: it wasn't int

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larry: robert burton has a look at sports. robert: i hope they don't get it wrong either.. no doubt when the fans make a trip to spring training they know one face they will always see. the face with no express whatsoever. a guy they count on at the corner every game. ryan zimmerman. it's like he has been here a lifetime. erin hawksworth sat down with the fan favorite today. >> last year was frustrating. the first bad year i have had. you learn and you move on. health wise i'm fine and ready to go. mentally i have three years or maybe four years. i plan to give them what they sign up for and producing. i look forward to make everyone forget about last year. erin: what were you able to learn from last year? >> you learn whether you have a good or a bad year you learn from it. that is the great thing about baseball. you could have m.v.p. or a down year last year and it doesn't do anything for you this year. you take positives and you learn from it and move on. erin: what do you think about bryce heading in the next season? >> bryce, you know, obviously has had really great y

robert burton joins us live with a busy day. it is a busy day. robert: the redskins don't want anybody touching their quarterback. they placed the exclusive franchise tag on kirk cousins. it is an exclusive tag. so kirk can't shop around or talk to other teams. however they can still trade him. they can sign him long-term before july 15. he has been making a lot of money. he made $20 million last year off the franchise tag. this year he is making $24 million. they have until tomorrow to place the tag on him. they were up against the clock. 4:00 p.m. was the deadline. cousins becomes the first quarterback to ever be tagged back-to-back years. if you check twi not only is he devastatingly handsome and filthy rich and he is witty. let's get to the reason why we are at the phone booth tonight. wizards are hosting the best team in the nba. golden state warriors. however, they are off to a bad start since the all-star break. 0-2. but steph curry and the warriors are here. is there a better way to get back on track? >> the warriors are coming out to play