third quarter, terps up 13-10. deep in their own territory, chris turner sacked in the end zone by la flej from germantown. knights take a 17-13 lead. fourth quarter, joe martinek takes the handoff, goes around the left end. terps missing tackles right and left. 61 yards for the td. ralph friedgen and the terps fall and are 1-3. >>> navy hosting western kentucky. they don't want to cooperate. >> they don't want to be there. >> ricky dobs takes it 29 yards for the touchdown. navy takes the 7-0 lead. four rushes tds in the game. western kentucky answers. jakes fakes everyone out, rolls into t end zone untouched for the score. check this out. high five. high five the official. navy comes right back. ricky dobbs takes the head off again and delivers a perfect pass to cory finnerty for a 29-yard touchdown. navy had 473 yards told offense. they win it 38-22 i the final. >>> elsewhere howard defeated georgetown 13-11. >>> talking baseball, the red-hot atlanta braves are in town trying to improve their resume. they have wo

middle tennessee state has the terps' number. they beat the terps for the second year in a row. to college park for the highlights. edwin williams and kevin barnes in the house. terps trailing 23-21. chris turner connects with corey smith. smith had five catches for 165 yards. terps up 28-23. mtsu possession. on fourth and one they go for it. he scoots 32 yards for the td. the blue raiders take a 29-28 lead. drama the blue raiders drive to the maryland 1 yard line to set up this. a 19-yard field goal. it is up and it is good. middle tennessee state edg maryland 32-31, ralph friedgen none too pleased about that. >> i don't think our guys were -- i don't know what the deal was. they didn't seem into it. i got after them pretty good haft time. >> something we emphasize is not killing ourselves, sound mechanics, execute to the best of our ability. we made too many mistakes today. >> i think i'm going to go back and, you know, i'm going to start getting real tough. we are going to do things the right way. we are going to play better next week. i'm going to promise you. i'm not worrie

huge game saturday for the terps. >> high school?ight it's a huge game for every high school and they finally got good weather. ahead in sports, it's no acc team coming to college park tomorrow, but terps fan should fear this particular team from the sun belt. santana moss pays the price for this little altercation. plus it's friday night so high schoolers rule the show. did you know fios has a multi-room dvr? so you can record in one room and watch in up to six others. (cable guy) you can do that with cable! living room. bedroom. kitchen. thank you. (announcer) get the amazing multi-room dvr from verizon fios free for 3 months. you can watch recorded shows in up to seven different rooms. plus get all three fios services, tv, internet and phone for the price of two. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities hurry, this offer won't last. at 800.974.6006 tty/v >>> and now 9 sports where sara walsh, the best sports in town. >> in the terps defense, nobody thought they would come out after graduating 30 seniors and rock the

so not a big factor for the terps game.atellite picture radar combined a lot of showers and thunderstorms in the south and again for the time being it will remain to our south and this has been here meandering around almost all week. in the meantime the frontal system to the north producing showers in upstate new york. we will drive south and push this system farther south. it will actually set the stage for a nice weekend saturday and sunday. at this point, i don't see this frontal system producing any showers. we'll keep you posted. in any even if we have showers tonight we are in good shape for saturday and sunday. zone forecast, all six zones available on our website at wusa9.com. 74 if winchester, mostly sunny. 75 leesburg. mid-70s fairfax, manassas. upper 70s broad woodbridge and breezy in the morning and then will die down. downtown upper to mid-70s. 76 bowie. on the bay, the northeasterly winds at 10 to 15. we are looking at a small craft advisory for parts of tonight and through noon tomorrow. keep that in mind if

to college ranks, terps got off to a rocky start.w out loss to call and barely escaping with a wind against james mad see son. the head coach is not panicking, rather preaching patience. >> like i have been saying. it won't happen overnight. to me, you got to be with these kids. you got to tell them what they are doing wrong, be encouraging. you can't get down on them. they are what we got. a lot of these guys will get better. it's just a matter of time. >> this week we have a special game of the week on thursday. make sure you go to myfoxdc.com and vote. here are the choices: we will give you the answer later on in the week. the wizard are teaming up with hugh lit packard to launch a grant competition. jamison helped deliver hp tablet pcs to students. as part of the competition, they will create sports or baskeall themed digital products. >> i really stress to you guys, no whart way you do or -- what you do or want to accomplish in live, you give 110% in the classroom and whatever you want to accomplish in life will come true. >> to

the terps -- maryland graduate today 30 so the terps knew this would be a rebuilding year. and despite the upset just a week ago, they have the right formula tore better days a -- for pet better -- for better days ahead. >> if you keep working at it, you fail, you learn, you grow, you get better, you have that attitude, eventually you'll be good. >> nfl the redskins leave for detroit tomorrow. portis is listed as questionable with a sore ankle. meanwhile there is going to be a new guy in front of him. he will get his first nfl snap in detroit. >> the start season braves and he is not going it like this. top of the first atlanta up one. check out the guys in the outfield. neither one going for it. that is willie harris, justin maxwell. the braves with three unearned runs. they win 4-1. >> now operation football. on to the high school highlights. it's week four of operation football and we begin with our game of the week. two unbeaten putting their perfect records on the line. it is robinson and it didn't take long for the rams. second place in scrimmage. check out the move r

the terps lose it 34-13. maryland has committed 13 turnovers in four games and fall to 1-3 for the first time since 1997. >>> in annapolis, navy taking on western kentucky. navy's qb ricky dobbs had a field day, rushing for four touchdowns. navy finished with more than 470 yards of total offense. the mid ship men top the hilltoppers 38-22. >>> in baseball, nats and braves, atlanta scored four runs in the first inning and never looked back. the braves win big is 1-5. atlanta has won 14 of their last 17 games. meanwhile it was loss number 102 for the nationals. >>> later today the redskins take on the lions at 1:00. that's your sports minute. i'm hakem dermish. have a great day. >> next up on nbc 4, "reporter's notebook," an inside look at the stories affecting your community. we'll be back in 15 minutes with the morning's top stories and your sunday forecast, but for now here's pat lawson muse. >> good morning. welcome to "reporter's notebook." i'm pat lawson muse. we start this morning with metro general mana

i don't think he missed a field goal yet as a terp. >> just another day at the office. but i said, nick, they are not going to block it. keep your head down and kick it through. he did. >> the terps host middle tennessee state next week. >>> after tumbling to the alabama crimson tide in the opener virginia tech needed a boost to get their season moving in the right direction. enter freshman running back ryan williams who injected a surge against marshall. there he is. mr. ryan williams out of annapolis. williams get the ball and he can fly. a 57-yard touchdown for williams. it is 7-0 hokies. williams ran the ball 16 times for 164 yards and three tds. fantasy numbers. second quarter, hokies making things happen. marshall to j. ron hosely. he fields it at the 36 yard line. a huge block right here. yeah. goes 64 yards for the touchdown. virginia tech racked up 605 yards of total offense. the hokies win big 52-10. >>> let's go to charlottesville, sab ter horse gets excited and throws cav man to the ground. he did get up but the cavs did not. joseph turner, tcu up 14-0. more

he pushes it to the right so all the terps' need is a field goal to win it. maryland gave the kicker a perfect spot. dead center from 27 yards and he just barely curls it inside the left upright for the game-winning field goal. maryland wins it 38-35 in overtime. the terps' win their first game of the year. >>> navy also with their home opener hosting louisiana tech first quarter. tech up a touchdown. navy punting. he gets it on the 15. slips his way past the first line. bounces it outside and now he is gone. he takes it 85 yards to the house. 14-nothing. later in the quarter down 14-3. he gets the pitch. hugs the sideline and goes in for the score. navy down four. second quarter, same score. navy inside. keeps it for himself for the three-yard touchdown. navy takes an 18-14 lead after a successful two-point conversion. navy tacked on two more touchdowns to get their first win of the season 32-14, the final. >>> the o's looking for the series win against the yankise. o's up 2-1. bates loaded for roberts. he hits it high and deep to right. it carries into the

on their first position scott going into the end zone for a touchdown and the terps in the first are up 7-0. staying in the acc virginia hosting 16th ranked texas christian. they are down seven in the second quarter and they beat down even more. turning punching it in and virginia is down 27-0 in the fourth. psychologists will say anger isn't good for you and after a loss they had a lot of it because they took their frustrations to the field this afternoon and it became the unfortunate team on the other end of virginia tech. he's doing everything to e. coli race the week one loss. ryan williams went up the middle 57 yards for the score. virginia tech has a 7-0 lead then just before the break, tie rod tailor will get flushed out of the pocket here but in big deal. he'll find roberts way in the back of the end zone and a 21-yard touchdown. they rolled big to win it 52 to ten. meanwhile up in morgan town west virginia hosting east carolina and down three in the second. jared roles right and fires one and johnson that's a four yard touchdown and west virginia leads 28-20 in the fourth. -

maybe a shower before the terps game is over. much, much cooler. temperatures only around 70 on saturday. we'll try to salvage the second half of sunday. upper 70s, maybe a shower friday. >> let's get to the weird news file and don't let anybody tell you there is something good with a good old fashioned burger. if there is such thing of too much of a good thing, this would be it. check out this terrifying pile of meat. yes, it is the world's biggest burger. 185-pounds. now that's a whopper. no pun intended. it's also certified by the guiness book, you can buy this at the mallly's sports grill and bar. that's in michigan. it isn't fast food, they say it takes eight hours to bake the bun and $500, not exactly a value meal either. >> we want to hear what you think, send your e-mails to mcginty's mail bag. the address, mailbag@wusa9.com. 9news now will be right back. >>> three big premiers for you tonight in cbs prime time. at 8:00, it's the season premier of ncis and at 9:00, the first episode of ncis los angeles. that is followed by the good wife at

terps had five turnovers and a 34-13 loss. host clemson next saturday. at the state capitol navy quarterback ricky dobbs for four touchdowns as the mid-ship men beat western kentucky 38-22. navy improves to 2-2. baltimore for local college action. morgan state hosts towson. the second quarter it was clicking with a 26 yard touchdown. the tigers did have their chances but three costly turn over helped the bears beat the tigers for the first time since 2003, 12-9 is the final. at home with johns hopkins striking up a tunas bluejays dance all over moravian. the bluejays improved to 3-1. 2-0 in the centennial conference with a 27-0 win. >>> tomorrow on wjz check out the raven play host to the cleveland browns in the divisional match up on wjz and our exclusive coverage starts at 1:00 p.m. >>> a cloudy and rain night in cleveland for the orioles. it was bottom of the 9th, johnny peralta singled to center. indians walk off with a 9-# win. the sure bet o's have lost nine in a row. >>> a day for celebration at laurel park as the late jim my okay's daughter was h

saturday, he and the terps will get a shot at payback. and unlike last year, this time the showdown is in college park. while no terps are specifically using the word revenge this week, you know that's what they are all thinking. >> no question, everybody out there who felt they should have done more could have done more. now is going to get a second crack at it. there's no question it's an important game. >> come on the field and hit them. >> nats tonight wrapping up their three game set in philly. they tour just one run and it may not get better tonight. he is allowed five runs in his last four starts. the caps open their season in the same way jim zorn kept portis and hainesworth. bruce taking the same precaution. green, clark, theodore, will all sit out. nick and mike and those guys who are playing decided to take the bubble wrap off. >> playing against your teammates, you might let up here and there, but against another nhl team, we are excited to get the real stuff happening in a couple weeks. >> finally, a shoutout to 9 sports phot

quite possibly before the terps game begins. terps game is at 3:00 p.m.o it may actually get there before the game is over. tonight mostly cloudy and mild. shower possible. low temperatures 56 to 72. winds southwesterly at 10. cold front dropping south of us. we will keep the chance of a shower in. not much going on if you want to see radar go to our website wusa9.com. you can get doppler and you can also get our interactive radar. low tonight, everyone in the 60s to around 70. 66 in great falls. 69 at bethestd. 68 silver springs. see a pretty nice night for august. but for september it is a little bit warm. downtown 70. old town 71. temperatures right now have fallen just below 80. still very pleasant. out to the west we are talking mid to upper 70s. tomorrow morning, there will be a few clouds around early. slight chance of a shower. front will kind of limp through early. temperatures in the 60s and 70s. winds north west at 10. shower or storm possible but few and far between. 84 to 88. really a pretty nice day tomorrow. satellite picture radar combined

terps saying all the right things in preseason.tles were still confident they could make an acc run but a struggle two weeks ago probably a sign things ain't too good at college park. hosting rutgers. first play of the game. lowrey pick off. 24 yards. throwing it for 271 yards today. 3rd rutger players say meet me at the cornerback. going down. turner fumbles. terps turn it over five times. rutgers win 34-13. maryland 1-3 for the first time since 1997. wow. >>> two wins against ranked opponents had experts claiming miami was back. the cains unrank in the preseason but all the way up to number 9 after wins over florida state and georgia tech at lane stadium today in blacksburg. weather an issue. 1st quarter. taylor normally doing it with his legs. today you are an arms dealer. then in the 2nd. beamer ball. check block. jacobs here. recovering for the score. virginia tech roll the u 31-7 this afternoon at lane stadium. navy hosting western kentucky. 2nd quarter. set through the sky. ricky dobbs. 29 yards. maybe winning on the 50th an

last year, cal came here and the terps -- stadium winning 35- 27.aryland enters this year's matchup minus 30 seniors from last year. cal ranked 12th -- 12th in the nation and a hefty 21 1/2-point fast. a challenge for the visiting terps. >> i think it's going to be a lot of kids nervous with their first game on national tv and just, you know, that is why they came to college, to play football. so the game's just like this. and, you know, we's huge underdog and we need to go out there and have fun and play hard and enjoy the moment. >> good luck to the terps. d.c. united preparing for tomorrow's u.s. open cup final against the sounders at rfk stadium. this dates back to 1914, the oldest cup competition in u.s. soccer and can't wait to help his squad try to win their second straight u.s. open crown. >> we're very excited about this chance to play off of our championship, especially the way the season's been, up and down, up and down. this is a chance,o you know, have some big smiles. or a game. you really are excited about our accomplishments. >> and

bows around, and the terps having trouble making tackles.ralph region goes to 1-3. >>> first position of the game for the mid shipman, dobbs fakes the hand off, and takes it for the touchdown. and then western kentucky answers, freshman jakz rolled into the end zone untouched. and then hi-fives the official. and navy comes back. ricky dobbs fakes the pass. and navy had 473 yards of total offens they win big. 38-22. that's all for your morning sports. >>> perhaps springsteen should change his name from the boss to the dean. it includes a tour of the rock star's home and then the park where he launched his career. what a fun class that would be? >> where do i sign up for the classes? maybe i am not academic enough. >> that does it for us for "news4 today." we will see you next weekend right here. have a great week and a great day. >> see you later.

. >> a former terp, in trouble with the law. why he says he he will be vindicated. >> sunny streak is over. and rain tonight and i am tracking more storm clouds headed our way for tomorrow. when they could get here in the sky watch forecast. >> and 100 pounds and counting. the weight-loss secret of coach ralph friedgen. >> live in high definition, from fox 45 news in baltimore, this is fox 45 news at 10:00. >> hello, i am jeff barnd. >> and i am jennifer gilbert. assault in a park. a woman claims that a teenager attacked her after she passed him on a jogging trail. >> it happened in the down memorial park in pasadena. keith daniels is live at anne arundel county police headquarters with the latest on the story. keith, what can you tell us at this hour. >> the woman was not seriously hurt. her knees were injureed when she fell to the ground t happened during what was supposed to be a nice walk in the park. >> it is a quiet labor day at downs memorial park in pasadena for visitors. good weather for the most part. and there is room

the terps travel to california this week to face the 12th ranked golden bears.the turks have to of jet lag does not bother them as much as it seemed to hurt california. -- the terps have to hope jet lag does not bother them as much as it seemed to hurt california. >> we have to as this team as fast as possible and hopefully do not beat ourselves. we're going to be in the game and have a shot to win it in the end. that is what i am looking for. and we get a bit of confidence and we will see where we go from there. >> considering the orioles have lost eight games to the yankees, they probably have enough motive -- motivation to end that skid tonight. but if they win tonight, they could keep the yankees from winning the maryland league east. you always have to update their better tonight than they did last night. a yankee batter into a perfect inning into a -- to a perfect run into a seventh inning. they eventually settled for a 5- 1 win. it is really anything goes out of a game like that. look and learn, look and learn. >> it was one of the best games of the seaso

the terps coach, is he on the hot seat. jose theodore, ready to be the number one guy between the pipes. >>> it occurred to me today, there are more than one or two 0-3 teams out there. >> there are a lot bad teams in football this year. there are even more 1-2 teams. a lot of guys that went to the play-offs last year, went to the super bowl. there's life ahead. there's hope out there for the redskins. the redskins are playing the worst team in football, and it's not the same team. last week it was the lions. but they've won a game to snap the 19-game losing streak. they can't be the worse team in the league anymore. that honor now goes to the 0-3 bucks who had 86 total yards of offense in their 24-0 loss to the giants on sunday. if the redskins don't win this one, people might start using their season tickets as coasters. the good news, quentin portis is feeling much better. he says the bone spurs in his ankles aren't a problem right now. just like the rest of the team, portis is off to a tord identification start to the s

terps taking on ncsu again this weekend. this time it's at home. st year down in tennessee, scott's 63-yard touchdown run probably the only real highlight of the game for maryland. the underdog blue radarers shocked the terps, beating them 24-14. maryland has yet to play a complete game this year, getting blasted by cal and jmu in overtime. barely beating jmu in overtime, rather. they remember that loss from last year. >> i think our kids want to win this game for last year. if they don't, i don't know what's going through their veins, you know. we've got to have a good week of practice and get ourselves ready to go and get better. >> you want to take each time, but this one is one we need to get now it was a big game for us last year. put a hurting on our season a little bit. it's another game. it's very important for our season and our team. >> maryland trying to get it going. this weekend at home against mtsu. >>> now phyllis. good news is that the buzz saw the nationals ran into last night won't be on the field again. clint lee, 20-3 after all-

terps still tray by 7. qb chris turner making things happen, finds adrian cannon for a 27-yard touchdown. we go to overtime. bonus football. in o.t. freshman kicker in this case ferrara on for 26 yards out for the win. it's up, it's good. maryland avoids the upset with a 38-35 victory. >> undescribable. i mean, i work mid whole life for this moment, and i finally completed it. look forward to the next game and work hard during the week. >> i was on the ground almost doing like a pushup. i didn't want to watch but i did. i have all the faith in the world for nick. he's a great young player and will have an awesome career here. he has that confidence. >> just another day at the office for the guys. they got the field goal and recovered it because we still have fourth down. i said, nick, they won't block it. keep your head down and kick it through. you'll be fine. did he. >> the terps host middle tennessee state next week. >>> after tumbling to the chr crimson tide in the opener, they needed a boost. ryan will

the winds will die down before the terps game. a little breezy in the morning. satellite picture, radar combined. sures and thunderstorms in the deep south. we have seen it there all week. for the most part this will be suppressed to the south of us as we go through saturday an sunday. the frontal system. by monday a different system. some of the moisture tries to return to the north n. the meantime we are in great shape. all six zones are on our website at wusa9.com. 74 winchester tomorrow, sunshine, mid-70s leesburg, fairfax and manassas. woodbridge upper 70s and breezy in the morning. because of that there is a small craft advisory for parts of the bay for some of today and tomorrow. 75 for annapolis and lusby but 76 downtown and 78 waldorf and 76 in bowie. temperatures are a little below average over the weekend but i don't think we will see too many complaints. next seven days, 76 tomorrow, mostly sunny ms. . 78 on sunday, mostly sunny. a few clouds in late. we will keep monday dry but mostly cloudy day. clouds really thicken up and showers and thunderstorm

go terps and redskins. >>> we are giving you a recap around town. things this are happening around town that were fun that we were able to step by. we begin with sneaker ball where i along with laura, kristin and catherine, that's the sample sale, that's the wrong picture. but we picked up some nice deals. this is the sneaker ball where eunice kennedy shriver was honored. it and brought the crowd to tears. >> take you over to this was at the crooked monkey party. photo shoot in dc. it is a graffiti artist doing a graffiti model on a bunch of different t-shirts. we are enjoying the big festival here. >> we are. >> delicious, ladies. we get 45,000 people through your festival this weekend. and the weather, you have no excuses everybody. thank you for joining us this morning. we're going to noche on this and everybody celebrating rosh hashanah, enjoy. we are always on air and on- line. if you missed any of the events go to her blog oh my goff and i can hook you up with the forecast. >> the greek fest tall is 18th to the 20th and my blog we have more on

the terps strike back, he is gone, 24 yards, touchdown. we are tied. later,he wheels fall off. chris turner, back to pass, in the end zone, he is hit. wreckers recovers. late in the fourth, he has it. he gets around the corner and he is gone. 61 yards for the score. the terps lose at home, 34-13. >>> one of the marquematch ups of the day, blacksburg, virginia tech-miami. taylor has his man. 48 yards, 14-0 hokies. the hokies had their way today. dupont, out of nowhere, blocked. the ball rolls to the goal line. virginia tech makes a statement, 31-7. >>> maybe today taking on the mountain toppers, play action, he tiptoes and. third quarter, triple option. working to perfection. it takes it in, 2 yards out, navy wins big. >> good georgetown-howard, a crosstown rivalry. touchdown hoyas. they pull within three. george town on the attack again. watch this. ouch. the bison's coach gets the gatorade bath. howard turns back georgetown. >>> a lot of the experts are picking the detroit lions for some reason it over the washington redskins later today and a lot of it is fueled by herm edwar

go terps. on sunday, redskins are at home, 79. looking good. can't wait for that greek festival. we get a nice basket from them. >> i kind of want a greek salad right now. a look at what is going on in town, maya will perform at the national mall on saturday. she is scheduled to do a 20- minute performance at the national mall begins 4:30 p.m. this is to support the u.s. polo cup. for tickets visit my blog at oh my goff at wusa9.com. i have all the info there. >> we are there. >> thank you for joining us, everybody. have a great day. don't forget your umbrella.

the terps answer. chris turner throwings over the middle to capon. 27 yards for the td and ties the game at 35. forcing overtime, in o.t., the dukes miss their field-goal and maryland gets a chance. nick ferrea does not. he hits the 27-yarder to win the game. maryland survives a gutsy performance from jmu. the terps win it 38-35 in overtime. 14th-ranked virginia tech hosting marshal first quarter. williams fakes it up to middle, 57 yards for the first of the three touchdowns. he would finish with 164 rushing yards. it's 7-0, tech. second quarter, hokies up 14-0. takes the punt at his own 36 and gets a huge block right from. that would bring him down the right deline and goes 64 yards for the touchdown. tech pounds marshal 52-10 to even the record at 1-1. virginia looking for win win against ccu. virginia falls off the horse. i don't think that was planned. tcu leads 14-0. andy dalton has time and finds young over the middle, 31-yard strike. tcu up 21-0 and late in the fourth quarter, the cavs down 30-0

as we look to the weekend, the terps are at home. so we are hoping they win and that high of 76 and beautiful weather. should be nice and then the redskins are home again on sunday. i don't see any rain in the forecast until next week. my favorite segment of the week is happening this second and you are joining us. with me is b.j. and this is molly. >> say hi to the camera. >> would you like a milk bone? >> she is afraid of the cameras. >> she is well behaved and happy to sit at your feet. >> molly is a pit lab mix and as you can see she is pretty calm and mild mannered. right now i think she is unnerved perhaps from being on camera. this is new to her. >> and our cameras are robotic so they move without people touching them. >> she backed away when the cameras slid in to place. >> we are boring her now. where did you find her? how did she come to the organization. >> she came to 'tis as a give up a couple of months ago and we are eager to get a good home for her. we recommend that her new adopters be folks who are experienced with d

the terps have to respond to that 52-13 loss to california. bridge thinks it's possible if you just put it in perspective. >> every dpoel is still -- goal is still there except the one to be capped. we have to be better this week than last week. and then we have to do it each and every week from here on out. and if we do that, we'll have a good football team. >> now operation football. >> all right. week two on the high school football scene. and we open up the operation tonight with our game of the week. it's oakton at west springfield. both teams off to a 1-0 start. battling out tonight. third quarter oakton up 21-7. but west springfield threatening to score. drilling the quarterback for the stack. on the 4th, west springfield now with a score. check them out. far screen. leaping into the end zone. that ties the game at 21. oakton would go on to win by one. 35-34. we have more of that. kwinz orchard scoreless. and this one in the first quarter. but roger hawkins punching it in. the cougars go up 7-0. we promise he's in there somewhere. damas

tomorrow the terps will host rutgers at 3:30. now the terps are sitting at 1-2 after stumbling through their first three games. last week they suffered a bad home loss to middle tennessee state but ralph friedgen says chef' done a lot of good things despite the slow start. >> you can do a lot of good things but until you stop doing these things, you're going to have trouble being successful. and what you've got to do is keep the good plays in and minimize the bad plays. and that was my whole point to that. >> one quick programming reminder. tomorrow at noon on our sister station my 20, d.c. football action. georgia tech versus north carolina. that game at noon. the washington wizards open up their training camp on tuesday. today in an effort to add some depth to the roster, they signed free agent paul davis and vincent grier. the nationals hosting the braves. bad defense in the first inning would kill john lannon. a run scores. two batters later this is a lazy fly ball between left and center. nobody takes control. the ball falls

the terps got crushed, they needed overtime to fend off a 1aa opponent.nly to come back last week and suffer a home defeat to middle tennessee. all this before the acc schedule begins. if they don't get this one, it's going to be a long autumn. >>> we have a young team and i know people are tired of hearing that and it's just the way it is and we have to find some answers. i still believe in these kids. i still believe in their character. we have to be better at what we do and smarter in how we do it. >> former giants star is now prisoner. the former receiver reported to prison today to serve 20 months on gun charges. he will be 33 when he gets out. he says he wants to play again. >>> the wizards open training camp a week ago from today. it's fair to say that never has so much been expected of a team that won 19 games the year before. that's because all the key guys who were injured on the wizards last year are finally healthy again. i spoke with head coach saunders today. he says he is relit. >> if you went in their gym and watched him play, you wouldn't

terps ten-point favorites over jmu saturday night. jmu hails from the caa, the colonial athletic association. it'she same conference that pulled off three major upsets over big-time schools last weekend. maryland hoping to pull off their own upset in berkeley last week. it was evident theff the bat that wasn't going to happen. cal running back torched the new-look maryland defense averaging ten yards per carry. i think this one helped out his average a bit. cal racked up over 500 yards in a 52-13 win. terps didn't help themselves in offense or special teams either. that is history. now fridge and friends are focused on beating jmu for their first win of the season. >> it's like life. you have to be able to respond to adversity. there is nothing we can do to dwell on this game other than to take what we learn from this game and go on. we start worried, cal's over. it's done. we need to worry about james madison right now. at the end they all count. >> i wonder if fridge was watching this one last night, clemson and tech. do you like th

and it was an automatic extension triggered by the terps getting to a variety of academic and athleticch mashes and 625 wins for him and the terps made it to the second round of the tournament last year. >>> luckiest interception i've ever seen. giants and cowboys. and watch the pass from tony romo. bounces off the heel of jason whiten into the waiting arms, he doesn't see it and bounces it into kenny phillips the safety and originally the refs say the ball hit the ground but the replay says it went off the foot and it is legal and sometimes it is good to be lucky. >> i like being lucky. >> well, a lucky win. >> seven-day forecast, before this short ramp to the low road here. >> fall officially arrives tomorrow. 5:19. and it won't feel much like fall. mid-70s. a shower possible west of town and much warmer, low 80s, wednesday and thursday and showers and thunderstorms are possible and clear up friday and saturday, and more rain on sunday. of you. it is so good to know i can always count on you. >> travel the lo

the terps answer.hris turner over the middle to anon -- canon. 27 yards for the touchdown and ties the game at 35 and forces overtime n.o.t., the dukes miss -- in o.t., the dukes miss a field-goal. maryland's nick ferrea is up and doesn't miss. hits the 27-yarder to win the game. maryland survives a gusty performance from amu. the terps win it 38-35 in overtime. >>> the countdown is on as the redskins a wait tomorrow's 4:15 kickoff against the giants. dave ross has more. >> reporter: this will be the last trip ever for the burgandy and gold here at the old giants stadium. moving to a new home next year. recurrently, it's not kind here in the old giant stadium, losers of six of the last seven and 22 of 32 overall. and the redskins know winning in new york or more accurately new jersey is never an easy thing. >> new york city is a great place. can't wait to go up there. obviously, the animosity between the two teams will be added pressure. -- ready to go and i'm excited. >> playing and going to be a stad

the terps face a big test on the road against cal.r, cal paid a visit to bird stadium and the terps won 35-27. this year, cal is ranked 12th in the country and favored by 21 1/2 points. that is a pretty big challenge for the visiting terps. >> there will be a lot of kids nervous playing their first game on national tv and that is why they came to college, to play football. the game is just like this. and we are a huge underdog and to me, we need to go out there and have fun and play hard and enjoy the moment. >>> baseball now, nats still on the west coast playing in san diego against the padres. scoreless in the second, venable singles to right field. duke is up with it and airmails the throw home. nats end up falling 4-1. they are officially now eliminated from the nl east title race. >>> to soccer now, the d.c. unite will face the seattle sounders in the u.s. open cup final at rfk stadium. this historic tournament dates back to 1914. d.c. is look for its second straight title. >> very excited about this chance to play if a champions

the terps 1-3, with clemson coming down on saturday. no matter how badhings get, one maryland player just happened to be on the field. a place he never thought he would be. here's more on terps running back david. >> reporter: he never had any desire to play football as a kid. he just joined a team because his best friend did. in high school, he says he was never a star. despite being the area's second leading rusher. last year, in his first season at maryland, he didn't expect to play. he finished the year with over 400 rushing yards. can you sense the theme here? david has been exceeding expectations his entire life. >> i'm always surprising myself. you know, i don't -- i'm my biggest critic. honest, if you ask me, i never thought i would be doing anything like this, you know. playing a division one level. i would never have thought i could. let alone make an impact. you know, let alone have the coach say he has to play me. i would have never thought. >> reporter: he says just playing for the terps is a dream come true. once again, th

. >>> to the college ranks tomorrow, the terps will host rutgers. things seem bad for maryland, 1- 2 with a bad home loss to middle tennessee state. ralph friedjen said they did a lot of good things and it's his message to the team. >> wanting to get across to them. you can do a lot of good things. until you stop doing these things, you will have trouble being successful. you have to keep the good plays in and minimize the bad plays. that was my whole point. >> reporter: he was not happy after the game last weekend and looks look he cooled down a bit. one programming reminder tomorrow at noon on our sister station my 20, you can check out some acc football action. georgia tech versus north carolina and again, that game is at noon. we're now about 30 minutes away from kickoff between westlake and opportunityingtown. the guys getting warmed up. we'll have complete game highlights at 10:00 and again, the big news, chad reinhart the new starter for the redskins. >>> thank you very much, of course, you have the news edge. the news is always on www.myfoxd

in an effort to get his terps back on track, the coach went back to practice this week. and he had them run plays till everybody did it right. after a forgettable loss last week, maryland was hoping to right the ship today. chris turner hits william and he breaks a tackle. and that tied the game 10-10. rutgers lead and this guy goes untouched 29 yards for the touchdown and he would rush for 147 yards. the terps drop to one and three on the year. elsewhere, virginia tech hosting untee feasted miami. scoreless game. he is hit hard. he fumbles and forced to make the recovery and return it's to the 11-yard game. that would set up the game's first touchdown. and taylor with time a throws to a wide open and he goes 48 yards for the score. the hokies in the rain cuise to a victory. >>> after a tough weekend around redskins park, the team seems to be ready to move past the struggles. it doesn't mean they don't have talent on their team. take for instance, calvin johnson. he's a big became with a big play that amassed over 1300 yards last season. his 12 touchdown catches tied him

-- terps -- terrarrifs were a mistake.it was a pretty strong speech. greta: did you get the sense that this was a political break out speech? and i know she has got some legal bills to pay. which is it? or both? >> i think it was probably both. there were a lot of rumors floating around hong kong about how much exactly she was compensated. i think it is safe to say that it was in the six figures, so it was not a small amount of change, but it was also a fairly significant foreign-policy speech. to talk about u.s. alliances out here, to talk about trade, that is a pretty significant speech, and it has gotten a lot of notice out here in asia and, i guess, back in the u.s., too, i hope. greta: in terms of the media not getting in, is that the same thing that has happened when other politicians have got to give a speech? did they permit the media to be in there? >> well, these conferences are pretty close to the media, although most of the media community here thought it was a little strange that she did not at least give one

terps will take on james madison in college park. and we talk about how they're holding up after a bad loss. >> the guys believe in everything we've got gog here. going here. -- got going here. we play hard to every snap, every whistle. and i think that they really still believe in that. >> maryland suffered growing pains on defense. they have just four defensive starters back from last year. terps and jmu saturday at 6:00. >>> baseball season is winding down for the orioles. they have a day off today before opening a weekend series with yankees in new york. playing in boston last night. brian roberts reached an elite milestone. facing sox starter. he hits one off the green monster in left field. it will be a double for him. third time he's hit 50 doubles in a year. and only three other players in history have done that. stan usual, chris speaker and paul laner. all of those guys are in the hall of fame. o's lost that. >>> u.s. open tennis. the williams' sisters advance. great point here. venus serving from the near court. a series o

we were at a deficit in terps of the rainfall. showers and rain finally gradually of moving ou brief ridge of 06 high pressure that will build in. monday is going to be unsettled, though, we could see some storms, there are sunny days ahead once we get past all of of thatten that's great. here we go with yesterday -- not yesterday's highs, i apologize for that. actually, into the 60s and 70s, 65 at national, 64 in baltimore at this hour. take a look at the mid- atlantic. 63 in new york and 58 in boston many the low pressure system heading off to the northeast, behind it, we'll get some sup. next weather system will be a pretty strong frontal system moving in from the midwesto set thunderstorms on monday, then, the afternoon definitely some showers, so an isolated storm could hit us by the early evening hoursen meantime, showers ending this morning. partly sunny, tonight, mostly clear and comfortable. 60 degrees. things will improve as we move into the period once we hit past monday, we are going to see the sunshine and temperature

several hundred sick terps are not paying attention. >> our faculty are exhibiting a role of being flexible. >> reporter: those who have had it says the not nearly as bad as the regular flu and it lasts just a few days long. >> we certainly have our sick people here don't we kelly. >> yes we do,. >> yes we do, stay healthy. >>> the swine flu vaccine is being worked on right here at the university o maryland. >>> democrats are predicting president obama's health care reform will pass, even after today's speech. he is determined to limit the cost of the health care reform. the president is traveling to a number of cities to keep the issue of health care in the headlines. >>> as we first showed you last night, a baltimore woman was in d.c. for the president's speech. here you see michelle obama greeting daniels. the cw caught up with him about the night. >> we went to meet the president, i didn't think we were going to do. there's a process with that, i couldn't move. he said get over here. i am thinking, oh my goodness. oh my goodness. and it felt like i just fell right into his arms. i felt

rain and showers before the end of the terps game. highs holding in the upper 60s. now, tonight mostly cloudy and mild. could see a shower. there will be a cold front pushing through. most of the showers will be west of us. low temperatures 66 to 72 and winds southwesterly at 10. let me show you live doppler 9000. there are a few showers and even a thunderstorm possible tonight. everything is well west or north of us. haggerstown and on the other side i-81. one approaching winchester. producing some pretty good rain. eventually will cross i-81 and head towards stevenson city. it will dissipate as it moves moves farther east. they will be few and far between. back to the computer. we will talk about temperatures. wow. 83 in old town. 82 in alny. 82 over at st. michael's. tomorrow morning mostly cloudy and mild. got to keep the chance of a shower in but there will be breaks in the clouds just like today. 60s and 70s and by afternoon partly sunny and warm. chance of a shower or storm in. we will take it. high 84 to 88 with winds northwesterly. won't be as humid as toda

what do you think the terps chances are today? 21-7. go terps. any predictions? >> oklahoma game forecast is coming up in the next segment. >> all right. okay. thank you, chuck. >> all right. >>> football season is officially under way. redskins fans and the players are gearing up for himo g game. dan hellie has more in your "sports minute." >> reporter: the coast guard >>> good saturday morning, everybody. your "sports minute" starts with the redskins and say what you will about the redskins' preseason. jim zorn accomplished his main goal and that was to keep everyone healthy. all of the guys practiced all week long and they will be ready for the giants. no excuses. they are playing with a full deck. they are, however, still 6 1/2 point underdog. don't forget the premiere of our new show "redskins showtime" which is tonight at 7:00 followed by "the jim zorn show." 7:30. michael jordan inducted into the hall of fame last night. jordan won five mvp awards and helped the bulls win six nba championships. >>> on the diamond, nationals in miami taking on the marlins.

and really quite nice for the terps. sunshine on saturday and almost 80 degrees.ight mostly cloudy and cool. shower or sprinkle possible. lows between 60 and 65. winds pick up a little bit. north east at 10 to 15. you can check out our website also for live doppler and interactive radar it is pretty cool. worth checking out. 62. great falls tonight for a low. 64 in tyson. 63 in fairfax. generally low to mid-60s. temperatures pretty much on a low playing field with a cloud. 64 in silver spring. right now low 70s. 75 in fredericksburg. tomorrow morning, mostly cloudy and cool. a few showers possible. 60s to 70s. then by afternoon, mostly cloudy and cool. a few showers possible. that's it, folks. few showers. high temperatures between 70 and 75 winds easterly at 10. satellite picture radar combined no shortage of rain showers through much of the deep south and they actually kind of need the rain. tremendous amount of showers across arkansas back into texas. this moisture for the most part stays to our south. we do have to wait until a frontal system clears everything

. >>> the terps trying to bounce back today against rutgers. right now it is 20-13 in the fourth, wrecker's leads the game. >>> middies at home today, play against western kentucky. 29-yard touchdown until toppers were underdogs, but somebody forgot to tell them. 10-7. a navy did not throw a pass until late in the second quarter, but it was good. the midshipmen blow them away right now, 38-14 and 14 -- in the fourth. >>> george attack against -- georgia tech trying to bounce back against their loss last week. it 7-0. a little trick for north carolina, make sure the quarterback is playing attention -- is paying attention we snap him the football. the georgia tech quarterback had a big game, running for a pair of scores. tech knocks off north carolina. >>> florida state lost to miami today, in south florida. b. j. daniels, they are up 7-0. he was making his first-ever start. he was not recruited by florida state. they may want a duel over after today. it is priceless. florida state cut it to 14-7. then the quarterback coughs up the football. the

and we look at the terps in town too. i can't promise rain will be out of there by noon.ht an evening shower possible. clearing and then almost cold. lows in the 40s. low 40s in the suburbs. upper 40s downtown. winds north westerly at 5 to 10. live doppler. you can access this via the web wusa9.com. interactive radar. check it out. pretty cool stuff. more showers pushing south of the beltway towards clinton and upper marlboro. again, not much. generally light. there you have it. back to the computer. we will talk about tomorrow morning. mostly sunny. 40s and 50s. winds north westerly at 10. by afternoon a get day. mostly sunny and pleasant. highs near 70. winds will not be a factor tomorrow. satellite picture radar combined. there goes the last little showers through the metro area. eventually the clouds will clear and enable the temps to really fall tonight. next seven days. near 70 tomorrow. mid-70s on friday, saturday and sunday. maybe a shower on friday. better chance for showers early sunday. we will keep sunday dry for the redskins game then really not bad. about 70

terps are in town again and then another system comes in on sunday and monday with some showers, just kind of rain, low 70s. >> maybe kind of a funky night. >> yes. >>> let's talk about weird news. most of the time if you are going out on the white water, you want to have the sturdiest craft you can muster. so what do you say to these characters who made their kayaks out of cardboard? it's idaho. cardboard racing. the rules are simple. only can use cardboard. only adhesive duct tape. you did have to have a life jacket. be prepared to get wet, my friends. i expected these things to come apart. but they are not. they are rolling on down. not a lot of trouble. they are making it into somewhere. you get a prize for the fastest run and the most creative design. i'm thinking you should get a courage award, just for showing up. >> yeah. >>> we want to hear what you think. send your e-mails to -- mailbag@wusa9 news.com. virginians are asking lots of questions about bob mcdonnell's "thesis." how old was he when he wrote it? mcdonnell was 34, married and attending pat robertson's law school. an

and like that, the terps find themselves in a 7-0 hold. and this time turner finds williams and he breaks a tackle there and goes 4 yards for the touchdown. third quarter action, maryland has the lead 13-10. chris turner hit in the end zone and rutgers take a 17-13 lead. and the rutgers still up seven. and they take it up the middle. they would rush for 147 yards. maryland beaten by rutgers 34- 14. they drop to 1-3 on the season. >> thing that frustrates me the most because i think over the years that's been a trademark of ours. and it seem like we can't stop doing it this year. and i'm sure it starts with me. and it's my point to get the guys ready to play and get these things corrected. i'm accountable too. >>> miami's first possession to corey harris is drilled by ford. he makes the recoverrecovery and takes it down to the hurricane's 11-yard line. and brian williams will take the pitch from tie rod taylor. he leads in for 2 yards out. and later in the first quarter, tie rod taylor with all kinds of time. he just crewses in 4 yards for