the team landed around 2:00 a.m. and i'm told zorn was packing up his things with team officials waiting for him there at redskins park. so, wha we know from being in san diego with the team last night is that they had scheduled an 11:00 a.m. player availability for this morning. they also have scheduled an 11:30 meeting that players assumed would be zorn's address of the team and then zorn himself was scheduled to have his availability, which he always does at 12:25, which i said is his normal time. it's not expected and likely he'll be back in the building after leaving or if he already left this morning. so, that's the latest. >> lindsay, any idea when we might hear about a new coach for the redskins? >> i think that's the million dollar question. obviously, rumors have been swirling for so long about this. and i wouldn't say that it's out of the realm of possibility that something, you know, could be released as soon as today but then again, depending on, you know, which candidate they would decide to go with, it

that's what he has to do for the team. nd a way to get into the paint but it should be inside. >> al: bowles and keep the hand up. challenge the shot. very effectively. a won and done possession for the patriots. knocked out of bounds. any time you play defense whatever you keep your hands up. you have a less likely chance of committing a foul. great man and mason. interesting matchup. and right now right now he is. >> al: traveling is the call. >> glenn: and duke cannot afford that. that's the third turnover. you have to play efficient ball. between injuries struggling this year. there is not a deep team you can ill afford a margin of error. >> al: a barometer of that is wells. and he is one of those guys that force the issue. he is talented. williams in many 32 another is coming in and that's easy. >> glenn: concerned about picking up another foul. and cleared him out. nice job by williams. >> al: and a graphic illustration of why the patriots are the 15th youngest team in the country as they play 3 freshman in the lineup

he's just trying to be the team guy. not thinking about shooting. >> steve: trying to get it to him. scott suggs doing the job. knezevic ahead. and fouls him. and nikola will try and answer with a three-point play. you've got a game like this, you have a chance to tell your grandkids that i scored on a guy 7'3" from china. >> marques: if that happens, you can tell that story. but he's got to take the shot. or you can tell him this 7'3" guy from china, max zhang, he blocked like three of my shots. i had a ball. i had a good time, though. >> steve: if you heard our thursday game, we told you about brendan. he made the team in open tryout ins october that lorenzo romar always has. they got it to sherrer. he took the shot, misses. oh, and it's off his hands. and it will be an over and back violation. arizona jumped up early on the oregon ducks. man, the ducks have had a hard time starting games of late. they had that game that we did against oregon state. first seven possessions, they made seven turnovers. >> marques: yeah.

i'm confident they will be gone and run the ball. every teamhe has coached has run it and good on the line. the line is good. jason campbell will get the ball to guys if he's the blocking. >> that's a fun thing to watch. you have a new head coach here but you got a new one. >> yeah. >> what's up with that. what are they talking about now. >> i feel like there is a good situation with them. and lane ki. if fen. he did a lot of places. did he recruit you. i know him well. he will do fine, the type of coach he is. they will play for him. i have to ask you you know this he had a losing record and 7-6. he is getting better jobs. and is he -- >> he is i got me to go and you could say that he know was to say. what to show you the vision that he feels that he can make i think it will be a good situation. and like and the guys there. >> and coming back. >> the whole team but this he are neat the younger guys step up. >>> pete caroll as a coach, it was wrong to call him a failure. he went to the playoffs. people think of the jets they didn't do well. but

named both the midwest regional and final four all tournament teams. 2008, the richard jefferson gymnasium was dedicated in tucson. the former wildcat donated $3.5 million toward the construction. the 20,000 square foot facility, two full courts, used for the team's practice facility and also used for volleyball. richard jefferson understands the importance of this kind of building. >> i remember practicing in the gym that was 50 years old when i was there. if you want to continue having success, especially at your alma mater, things like that really go a long way. keeping your name of things, showing new players and even old players that giving back is really the key. >> darrin: there you see the banner from 2001 when they went to the final four. you don't often see former players give that kind of significant contribution to their alma mater. >> marques: would like to see more of that, specialsly with the kind of money some of these guys are making. richard jefferson, both parents are missionaries. he exploded on the scene out of nowhere. >> darrin:

changing from just the three-point shooting team. the balance that attacks the teams. go-to player that is really accepting. >> ing nothing on the offensive repound for them to strip that away for them this time. >> a lot of those are not to it today. all of them. and they will need to play there to tie it if they are going to finish. five and a half minutes left to go in the second half. looking for their first points of the second frame. they got it, stolen away. and comes up with the tale now. >> laying that right out there by them and to go back into the game, playing with the three fouls. >> coming back to tie that up. going to the jump. theirs options need to be good. and finally right now, to get to the points. they slide in to see that and to take six and a half minutes for them. and they still have the lead. now, it's up to five. >> and coach, you like that play out of asia jenkins. a penetrator. looking for that guy to come right off the bench. a transfer out there to come into that arm and that's a good bucket. >> that's the first two of the game for the soph

watch the double-team. he passes it out of the double-team. that's the trapped reaction.u get trapped in the post, you get it to the weak side. and excellent execution by the wildcats there. >> carter: cousins off the dribble, creating for john wall. reversibly and it usually goes to the cats. wall couldn't bring it down. auburn is playing without kenny gabriel. we saw him coming out of halftime on crutches. has an angle injury. the tigers turn it over here. lucas hargrove. >> bob: and auburn decided not to use the shot clock in the second half and they're playing their standard basketball. sometimes when you take the air out of the ball it's a good thing to do as far as strategy. sometimes the players don't like it. it makes it difficult for them to get in their rhythm. >> carter: turnover by the itcas. pull-up three. reed has his first two shots of the second half go down. so five for reed in the early going. auburn back within striking distance of nine. [ applause ] bledsoe. silences the auburn fans. >> bob: for young player, they really make great responses to clutch

. >> i have done that for the team and given back for the team. >> no, i go back in. just like leaving them back in. what i think about them down here in miami is truly an epidemic when you think of the kids not graduating from high school. it's a serious problem. >> we begin this tuesday with a major development in the case of a deadly memorial day. double shooting. >> now, just into the newsroom, the arrest of the owner of the north miami beach dollar store. >> the shooting death of the burger king manager. >> three people, including a 5-year-old at a miami apartment complex. >> this is the 12th year. there is always something. now, when you started the foundation, did you ever envision that 12 years later, it would still be going? did you know, did you think you had this run? >> i did not realize that we would have this impact initially. you know, but i know, i knew the overall cause of it. and in helping young people in the positive area. i see that there is a tremendous need for these kids. to get the deposit -- the positive influence for the kids and the well be

the senior varnado, leader of the team to score a couple of baskets off the break to get his team offgood second half start. >> dave: populist. kinsley on the floor. another walk-on. >> joe: johnson is sending a message to spencer and chris bass with starting the two walk-ons in the second half. they respect going to execute and make right plays. try other people. >> dave: look at varnado! a young man who has come out with a sense of purpose in the final 20 minutes! and the home crowd is much appreciative. >> joe: it gets to the weak side of the board, against warren and gets away with a chicken elbow. but he works hard on that shot in practice to rise up with the 6'9" frame, the long arms and he has a nice touch with the shot. >> dave: varnado leads the s.e.c. with ten double-doubles and the active career leader with 25 double-doubles. >> dave: 19 minutes, seven points and seven rebounds. mitchell is able to control the basketball on what looks like a high dribble. >> joe: that is the play that always bothered me as a coach. the play of verticalty. that's what ravern johnson is telli

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the advance team has arrived. it's mid october, and with just six shows left in their eight-month-long season, the entire team soon makes its grand entrance at virginia's oceana naval air station. >> we have a standard approach -- >> reporter: the next three days will be a blur of media interviews and outreach. the excitement they create is a powerful recruiting tool. >> as a kid did you watch the blue angels? >> i did. that's actually why i joined the navy. at seymour johnson air force base when i was 9 years old i saw the blue angels fly. >> reporter: today jeff harper a crew chief on one of their fa-18 hornets. like those who fly them the team on the ground is hand picked and

the highest scoring team in the nhl.hen they arrive, you can't stop the momentum they can build in a hockey game. a lot of four on four remaining. this is a great battle. alexander semin on the board. just a wicked shot through the screen of their big defender. >> joe: all four goals locker in this 1st period. and you are all caught up. three-1, dc with 2 and a half to go in the second. roman hamrik accellerates through center. the that deflection off josh gorges. play its straight away from spacek. 23 seconds. 2 on 2 with quality. on the criss-cross, softly to knuble. knocked away by georges. >> craig: cammalleri gliding in. poti. out of the box, he's in. tom poti free. saved by carey price. >> joe: carey price closes. a possible 3 on 2 and he fumbles. cammalleri. dangerous three out for montreal. mike green collects. laichs swivels away from gill. laing's drive is batted away routinely by price. one of the goal scorers this evening for the guys in red, alexander semin. moen a little chip and chase. moen was finished of

that are the closest to the two teams on tobacco road. at winning percentage over the last four years. right there. >> mike: yep, no question about it. >> tim: see out of the time-out what purnell can come up with. this is a big trip for clemson. stitt, a floater. offensive foul again. he doesn't like that one and neither does purnell. that was a quick release by stitt. i think he may have a case here. >> mike: they're calling the play. thomas steps in. you know what the referees are looking at. pull up a little farther out. >> tim: i hear you. >> mike: you know what i'm saying? he's done such a great job of splitting the double team up top. >> tim: you have to say he did get rid of the basketball a bit more quickly this time than the last times. smith. a finger roll. 18 for him. for the law firm of scheyer, singler, and smith have taken this one over for duke. andre young playing a two-man game with grant. strong move by grant to induce the foul. he gets it from zoubek. that's brian's fifth. he'll be the first player to exit stage right.

and could not produce the better team won. how do you wrap up the season if you look at it big-picture wise. >> theynded up where you thought -- they ended up where you thought they would be. they are fighting to get into a streak and roll but they got to the playoffs, won a road game, beat by the accounts the best team in the look long term this is a solid franchise, this he are in a transition as the offense is growing t is a young group. they need help with the wide receiver position they know that. over on defense i think that any help with the corner position if they all year. and with respect to derek mason. clayton has not been that guy. they could not hurt anybody. >> that's right and your offense changes if you have a deep threat. ma that. of ll e team had. you have a good nfl quarterback. >>> it is never too early to handicapping your favorite basketball team. get insights before the madness starts. washington post live weekend returns. a brgen fi'm k, daug sch is awa oula vnven me plr al d meat pareouse. ing ally y h

he protects the rim for the team. moral of the story, as larry sanders go, so go the rams. >> trey hampton has been on fire. the head coach calls him his most consistent player in a year where he struggled for consistency. >> a smart kid with one degree from georgia state university in sociology. working on another already. they need him to have a big game game. >> two teams. what are the keys for each team to win? >> getting going into transition. both teams like the pressure and the back work. if you are profect the basketball and get out and run that will be between them tonight. they rock the atmosphere here in richmond, virginia. it is snowing like crazy outside. that means the students have built up this 7500-seat arena to cheer on the rams as the georgia state panthers. >>> the panthers are now in a tie for 8th place. rams 4-5 tied for fifth with william and mary. here are the starters for tonight's game. >> rodriquez had 21 points. seven assists and three rebounds. dukes only 6'1" five-year senior senior. he av

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the team as a whole, 15 of 75. ch more comfortable. i suspect they'll shoot it better today. >> if l.s.u. is to have a shot today they have to get a big has shown he has do it before. we find out what happens when we tip it off at the hump at 1:47 eastern. >> whit: all right, guys. that game coming up in moments on the s.e.c. network. other games you will see today alabama-auburn, the late game on the s.e.c. network. the marquee match-up vanderbilt-kentucky, 4:00 eastern, 3 central. the gators at 14 tennessee, sunday game tomorrow. now maying tomorrow arkansas at ole miss. some of you may have expected to see that game on the s.e.c. network. you will not. it was postponed due to the bad weather throughout the midsouth. arkansas having travel issues. that game is now on sunday. coming up on the s.e.c. network, l.s.u. tries to win their first in the conference and will state on mississippi state. minutes away from sending you to starkville. so stay with us. >>> conference news and notes. tim tebow is playing in the se

as the home team. but i agree with you, buck, you've got to think that having success and the last two years they have lost the first round. that has to factor into the decision. >> steve: nice defensive play by antawn jamison. randy foye takes the jumper and hits. eight points for randy foye. that was a three-pointer. so he has nine points in the game. here is joe johnson. pulls up on the jumper. no good. loose ball foul called on washington. and ed says it is on brendan haywood. that will be his third personal foul. so right away flip saunders shows he has the best. andray blatche in for brendan haywood. >> phil: he just got 28 seconds left. certainly doesn't want to lose him. give him a chance to pick up another personal. but going back to last play it is also about the front line here an even though you have collins in there. collins was in there. but josh smith. those guys are really active. very difficult to box them out. not to say that you still don't put that effort to do that. but very active.

the ump teenth team. rosecuted that number is significant especially considering the high scoring percentage boston college has if they are taking advantage of getting some second shots and getting on the defense, taking away second shot opportunities for georgia tech. >> walthour the miss and foster fouls on the rebound. murphy is back in. so murphy and swords both with three personals. both have had outstanding days. murphy in particular. she's five points shy of a career high @ of she's got 23 murphy is 10 of 13 for the field. scored 5 of 5 on theÏfield. dddhh( ã881@q000p thoman, 5ñ6ñ.ñ picco a little more patient offensively. that's bog nice. that is nice. >> that is so hard to stop. swords what great hands she has. ' thoman putting it away. two defenders trying to stop swords on that particular play. thoman$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ passing away from the defensÁ allowinÁ swords to gÁ get it. >> rich: montgomery on the sideline when she got the pass. it's been a frustrating day for alex montgomery 0 for 4 for the

even whether the length of vcu you cannot contest that. barnes wanting his team to get it done defensively. >> johnson strips it clean. a foot race. try with the left hand. it is not there. back rim rebound. that was the case where the defenders seal well. right side wide open. three ball. probably would have been wiser to back that out. if georgia state had timeouts you'd think they might be using one. >> best time to take the three point shot is in transition. defense is in a position to rebound. you can attack the glass from the edges. >> goldston hesitates. goes to the block. rebound. loose. pinball out of play. off the leg. timeout on the floor. 14:53 remaining in the second half. vcu broke the century mark last ti. ay tonig rams 50-39 advantage. rodriquez and company all sm g8g8g8g8g8g8g8g8g8g8g8g8g8g8g8 g8g8g8g8g8g8g8g8g8g8g8g8g8g8g8 welome, >>> in the second half vcu leading georgia state 50-39. free throw line. whistle for the jump ball. possession will favor the panthers. >> marcus johnson getting his nose in on that play. diving on top of the pile. loo

the play. just get back on defense. get your team the 2-3 zone. >> steve: klay thompson is now 1-10 from the field. did not start, we told you. but having a rough time take. and this is a guy who scored 43 points in that alaska shoot-out. won't go. nikola. koprivica. misses the three. here comes washington. isaiah thomas and a foul against the cougars. >> miles: seems like washington state has been turning down good shots but making that extra pass which is positive, but little in the paint. a couple times casto has had it in the paint and not gone up strong and tried to finish up the rim. washington is taking advantage of those misses, attacking the cougar defense before it can get set. >> steve: casto got a cut in his face as he's going up for a rebound, so casto is out with three fouls. looks like they're shoving it it up under his gums, so maybe he got a tooth pushed back. thomas misses. this is a shot nearly 80% of the time he puts those down. isaiah staying on klay thompson. 1-11. >> miles: just can't find a rhythm. there's a l

that was a pivotal goal for the tampa bay team. four power play goals on the fight for tampa bay of the 7. a single game season high for the guys in the dark jerseys. craig: and the most they have given up, the three in october against the flyers, remember that 6-5 game. joe: antero nittymaki with hedman and then steven stamkos. these two teams are working five on five with nine minutes to play in this one and rice back to work tomorrow night at bank atlantic center and brian ponthier with a nice move. jason chimera blocked away and steven stamkos will send it back. craig: they will have to be prepared. led by horton and the downside of the panthers is their lack of success in sunrise. the worse home record in the eastern conference. joe: caps fans are hoping that will continue. for now rick toddit is not out of the woods yet. feeling better about his club. they responded after surrendering a 4-1 lead. backstrom away from fellow swede hedman. alex ovenchin turns and broke his stick. alex is looking for a penalty call. podi challenge

hot player for the other team. time nic wise. >> darrin: two-point lead for arizona against the number one team in the conference t cal bears. here is horne spinning into the lane. zhang again to alter the shot. >> marques: that's what i talked about. if you don't block the shot, at the very least get him to change it. max zhang did that on that possession. >> darrin: robertson into the corner. two minutes to go until half-time. randle from three-point land comes up short. knezevic digs out the rebound. out of bounds. it will stay on this end. >> marques: this is a terrific experience for these young fresh men of arizona to be in such a game at this point of the season with so much meeting. you've got three freshmen on the floor along with jamelle horne and nic wise. at one point he had four freshman and nic wise on the floor. >> darrin: christopher nearly lost the inbound pass. eight seconds on the shot clock. chris ferp again struggling, now two of 11 in this game. jones, left side, tried to take it on zhang. qui

was on the scout team. ling us during last season even when he was on the scout team, he was probably the most talented player they had. >> dan: he makes plays, he makes shots. he's a guy who plays really well with his back to the basket. we already saw he can run in transition and shoot the three. he's going to be a handful to the defense tonight. >> ron: he's the one who got all the publicity for dunking on lebron james this summer. another whistle and a foul. wake forest will retain possession, leading by one. we see his average, the last player to go 17-plus a guy by the same of david west now with the new orleans hornets. l.d. williams comes up short on the jumper. it will belong to the musketeers. >> dan: ron, for wake forest to have success tonight, they are going to have to make those shots, even the highly contested shots close to the basket. they've missed a couple already. wake is noted as being a big, strong team. they have to utilize that size and score close to the goal. >> ron: all of the musk

she sees the double team. but she's strong enough to put it up and get the foul. >> se scily ray picks up her ve first foul of this game. she's not in foul trouble. but plenty of other players are for both teams. >> i would love to see ray take ellison. >> they tried to get her the ball. but the pass goes off her finger tips. frustration for the demon deacons as the wolfpack have tied this game at 44. we have 4 minutes to play. >>>, this c state's on 60 run. we go back several minutes ago to this nice bucket by secily ray, the question now is, where has that been lately? >> wake forest hasn't been pushing the ball the way when secily ray was getting the transition basket. she may look for that early. secily is running the floor. >> boykin, ray, walker, morris, thomas on the floor for the demon deacons. gartrell kicks it out to white. holston had it on her fingertips. gets it back to wake forest. >> running the show, really makes wake forest have to guard her, opens up shots. >> speaking of knocking down shots,

again. >> glenn: small margin of error for the team. this is an opportunity to score and matt brady doesn't have the weapons to rely on again. and getting moore who is a great player. a key guy. i talked to him he feels that he coached nelson and jordan. and nelson and he feels that moore is a better leader than most of the guys. >> al: that's very high praise. bowles. he is and a bit of frustration. >> glenn: so much that you got. >> al: eighth double-double for bowles. he has 10 and 10. the look on jim larranaga's face will say it all as things have been dominating. >> they have a double digit lead and with the basket right now and a chance to slice into it. >> glenn: you think about and a lot of people and he is like and old dominion that type of nj guy. >> al: the double-double 12 points. >> glenn: and dropped the ball to bowles. bringing the weak side defense away. >> al: and whittling the lead. george mason by 8. battling that. and despite the contact pearson will convert. >> glenn: pearson passed up the jump shot and in. >> al: an

crowd gets in to this, georg energyizes the team. a held ball situation. time-out. didn't think he had possession. i thought it was a held ball. but time-out called by washington with the huskies opening up a 13 point lead. former husky watching and having a little ice cream. >> miles: i love watching him play. and i remember seeing him as a junior, he could have come out, but he said i love college basketball so much, he had a blast and you worked with a lot of college basketball players or high school players and a lot of guys have their eye on the nba, but college is so much fun. >> miles: what youn thing, they don't understand that they're not going to be hanginging out with their friends at much and they're with gasoline mrown men daily basis. >> steve: california will be at arizona tomorrow, both of those teams have won three in a row. and then you have five teams at 4-4. and three at 3-5. wild and whacky pac-10 this year. washington has been tremendous at home. 13-1. bryan-amani bryan-amaning. no this is the first field goal of the second half. it took nearly

no secret how they're the two top teams in the league. again, underneath. >> mark: that was great execution by northeastern after the tyutin to get adako the ball because he has it going. >> mike: he's got eight. here comes pearson. >> mark: you have a trailing big man who can come down and knock down the three as in pearson. he's not only a post player, but he's player who can knock down a three. he's shooting 35%. >> mike: 37% from the field from his career. matt janning an nba-range three and that's pretty. >> mike: -- >> mark: this is going to be a three-point shootout tonight. both teams shooting very well from the arc. they're going to have to try to make these guys put the ball on the floor and take the ball to the basket. >> mike: matt janning trying to respond. he's scored in double figures in every game this season except the last one although it was a big win over vcu. he only had eight. after that three, he's already got eight here in the first half. >> mark: one thing i like about janning is he doesn't rush anything. he takes

this is the type of team we won, a team that can run the football and play great defense. here we are. so we're built for this time of year, and this is our time, and we'll see what happens in these playoffs. i don't believe we backed into anything. we're going to try to prove it. >> you talk about a dominating defense, 71 yards of offense, they had zero passing yards. why such dominance? >> well, first off, i think it's a great team effort, the way we ran the football and controlled the ball, it doesn't matter who's over there on offense, but our defense is coming around, these guys, you knee, this is our defense. anybody else it's a new york jet defense, and we're awful proud of our guys. >> you told me if we gets in the playoffs we could be a dangerous team. how do you see the rematch next week playing out? >> exactly, you know, usually in the playoffs, you've got to be able to run the football, you have to play defense. that's what we're built for. again, we believe in ourselves. we're not through yet. >> all right. rex, thanks very much. we appreciate it. well, it's f

>> because we feel that a woman should own the team. it is a woman's league, and a woman should own it. female owner in sports. where did your love and passion for sports come from? >> it started way back in elementary school. i was a cheerleader which you have to remember it was before title 9, so we weren't really allowed to play any sports except in p.e. class, so i got to run track, and i got to be on the synchronized swim team, and we would play half court basketball even though i couldn't play. it was important that i was a cheerleader so that i could make sure i was at every game, both football and basketball, so that's where the love came from. >> what led you to the mystics? >> what led me to the mystics was abe poe boe leer. i have to give this man full credit for just the insight he could even want to look at me to put me to face the mystics. >> did you feel it was important to find a woman to take over the franchise? >> absolutely. we wouldn't have sold it to anybody else. >> why was that? >> because we feel that a woman shou

were hoping that the people that bought the race team wasn't going to liquidate it. going to try to keep if going. they had some sponsors. we were hoping and praying that wasn't the case. i would still be there today if it was. >> was something that was hard on everybody, i think. not to mention unexpected. but, you know, it was a tough thing to handle. >> reporter: like salaried workers in so many industries, tommy baldwin lost his job this past december. both he and his wife beth were completely caught by surprise. >> we were told that day and we left that afternoon, that was it. it was over no severance, nothing. >> we just immediately had to start thinking about, you know, where he was going, where our future was going. >> i just said i'm going to just put together my own race team. that's it i worked through for about a week. talked to some people. met with some people. got some things going. ♪ >> reporter: just a few weeks after losing his job, baldwin managed to assemble his own racing team. >> the only way we can do it is take it apart, right? get with him. se

and could not produce the better team won. how do you wrap up the season if you look at it big-picture wise. >> theynded up where you thought -- they ended up where you thought they would be. they are fighting to get into a civil rights organization. and in that speech he really does a couple of things. one, he critiques african-americans who aren't doing the right thing, people who aren't taking care of their kids, who aren't, you know, promoting education for their kids, but he also acknowledges that racism is still acorner position if they get a big time corner which is a stopper, that can change a lot. they're a solid team. solid foundation. >> and the making big plays down the field something we saw all year. and with respect to derek mason. clayton has not been that guy. they could not hurt anybody. >> that's right and your offense changes if you have a deep threat. ma that. of ll e team had. you have a good nfl quarterback. >>> it is never too early to handicapping your favorite basketball team. get insights before the m

the men's soccer and lacrosse teams are two of the most successful athletic teams at u.v.a. the men's soccer team won the most recent national championship for the university. the u.v.a. men's soccer team captured its sixth national championship on december 13, 2009. during the championship game, the cavaliers battled against the previously undefeated akron zips. in two overtime pirds and a shootout. it was the second time in national championship for the team was decided in a shootout. i congratulate the university of virginia, the team, the players and head coach george, and the students, faculty and alumni and i urge my colleagues to support house resolution 991 and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time is reserved. the gentlewoman from hawaii. ms. hirono: does the gentleman from pennsylvania have any further speakers? mr. thompson: i do not and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentlelady from hawaii. ms. hirono: once again, mr. speaker, i urge everybody to support this resolution and yield back

maybe not one winning team but they are the hottest team in town right now. ey are sitting atop their division right now. the wash capitals certainly putting on a show for folkand holly is with them this morning. >> she is celebrating the winning trend. she is there and after he got quite a guest too. good morning. happy new year. >> good morning. >> reporter: a. starting off the new year just right way very special guest, none other than the head coach of the capitals bruce boudreau with me. happy new year to you. >> thank you. i'm hoping for the happiness to start. >> we had a little bit of a slump here. still head of the division. dropped three in the eastern conference. you lost the last three games. i know you probably can't attribute it to one thing but what do you think is kind of going on right now? >> not to make excuses. every team goes through awe little bit of something. this is ours. hopefully, it is where it is right now and it will end soon. i think 1 of our last 5 games have been on the road. so i think the energy has not been there. you throw

ole miss, the first team to 20. >> mark: the ole miss basketball team can score. 83 points a game. a number of guys can step up and make the baskets in the break. >> eric: chism on the block. nothing is falling for tennessee, even when they get close to the rim. scotty hopson for two! >> mark: the athleticism! that's up there close to the rim. >> eric: an a fencive whistle on -- offensive whistle on holloway. >> mark: i like holloway and how he builds a lane. ole miss likes to run and push it. did a nice job of avoiding the charge. scotty hopson. again, concentrating, using his pivot foot. strong to the rim. finishing the play. >> eric: steven pearl goes to the bench, replaced by skylar mcbee. freshman from rutledge, tennessee. >> mark: sometimes the bench is the best friend. >> eric: option goes baseline! a little too strong. coast-to-coast. colony can't find it. offensive rebound! >> mark: sometimes if you're not happy with the first group, the second group of guys can come in and get an opportunity. they played well. bruce pearl not afraid to go to the bench at all. >> eric: time

after the team arrived home from the west coast. am sources telling 9 sports that zorn met briefly with a handful of assistants before being escorted out the door by team staff and ening his 2 year 20 loss odyssey here in washington. red skin's owner daniel schneider issuing a statement reading in part quote no one in the organization is satisfied with our record over the last two years and i am sure that jim would concur with that statement. it has been painful for him, too. i certainly accept responsibility for mistakes that i have made. dan snyder making that confession today. gm bruce allen saying he didn't want to wait one more day to start fixing this franchise for next year and we will hear from him inside redskins park in about 25 minutes. >>> and players have supported publicly jim zorn throughout this entire 4-12 season but really none of them inside of the locker room were surprised that their coach had been fired. players started arriving at the facility just after 9:00 this morning. they are now left with the uncertainty

the back hand. that does it. teamy one of the last to come to mind. the squash program at george washington is changing that. the university awarded the colonial scholarship money, making them the only program in the country to offer scholarships to their squash student athletes. in this inside access, jill sorenson explains why the colonials are so unique. >> reporter: the g.w. men's squash team is ranked in the top 20 nationally. that in itself is prestigious. but even more note worthy is that the colonials are the only d1 squash program that offers scholarship money. >> opposite hand opposite leg. >> reporter: men's coach windy lawrence arrived in -- wendy lawrence arrived in 2007 and immediately asked why squash was the only sport at g.w. that didn't receive scholarship money? >> the response was, we assume all squash players have money. which is sort of the myth, i think about squash players, ha they come from prep schools or private clubs and where everybody's wearing all white clothing and there are no minoriti

louis' player takes one for the team. the shot on goal, off o his face. he would be in pain. add insult to injury, his team would lose. >>> finally, i can't say i've ever heard of anything like this. kraft foods, the mac and cheese company, is dropping 75 grand to be the official sponsor when the oldest say stadium is being blown up, calling it a cheddar explosion. the stadium is expected to be turned into rubble this spring. that's a look at sports. i'm joe carter. >>> it looks like more people than ever want to get a visa to visit the u.s. but some say after that failed terror attack on christmas day, authorities should make it more difficult for people to get one. this is hln. to be difficult fors to put out. it broke out yesterday near luling, texas. that is south of austin. the fire isn't threatening any homes, but it started in two oil tanks and spread quickly to two more. just when firefighters thought they had it under control yesterday, it flared up again. firefighters are using specialized engines designed to fight petrochemical fires. there are no reports of any in

the two teams will do battle. there's the head coach of the george mason patriots, jim larranaga, 13th year, 21 wins last year, trip to the n. i. t. picked to finish fourth in the conference this season as we take a look at our starting five. there's not one senior on this starting lineup here for the george mason patriots. all under classman. we talked about poorns and -- pearson and cam long at the start. isaiah tate with his eighth consecutive start for the patriots. that was a big key when he was insert add few games ago. mike morrison and andre cornelius. bill coen is in thinks fourth year and four starters back from last year's team that won 19 ballgames and his starting five looks like this. matt janning will lead the way we talked about him and chaisson allen in the backcourt. alwayne bigby and manny adako tonight. the tips brought to you by moore family of dealerships. what do you have? >> mark: it will be very important for georges to defend the paint. they'll have to stop the low post of adako and get ba

tonight's opponent the nets four wins. two teams looking for a glimmer of light at the end of a long tunnel in the short term just a win. the subject of our philosophy 45 with former bullet great phil is that near. >> thanks a lot. both times are finding it difficult to get wins. i'm sure both teams are looking at the other this is an excellent to get one. they rank at the bottom the team that wins tonight will have to bring those numbers up. the wizards and nets have the two worst records in the eastern conference granted the wizards have ten more wins. each rank near the bottom in points per game field goal percentage nets are last in points average shooting percentage while next to last in assist for games. which is around slightly better in the same three categories. during their four game losing streak the wizards 40 fewer assists than their opponents. 15 assists and 91 points. get your shooters open to shoot shots that aren't contested. you shoot a higher percentage. in october when the nets came to washington the wizards had

he led the team in rebounding, assists and steals. all the other things, all the other categories, all the other stuff that the intangibles you need a guy out on the floor to do. if you have that kind of a guy, now he's scoring. >> mark: what do you call those disbhies a stat sheet stuff. >> mike: he's been that for sure. northeastern now with a 24- point lead! that was a nice move -- >> mark: that was a nice move by black to take the ball to the rim strong. >> mike: kauri black from rialto, california. the 6'7" freshman. >> mark: this northeastern team has very good talent on the team that comes off the bench. >> mike: black has six points. a player lost their shoe. that was foster. he doesn't want to play with it. he's like, here, take. >> mark: they're not going to stop the clock for him to put his shoe on. >> mike: 63-41, northeastern. we wind down under 2:00 and bataille is trapped in the corner. >> mark: even though both teams have their benches on the floor, they still need to be efficient in rung their offense because again you

the team in front of them is playing well. 's been providing a great backstop in his own right. >> he's won a couple of games in the last couple of weeks all by himself in florida. he stole a game from them come in relief and the game against the red wings. those numbers are incredible. that's why i'm all year long. i really think attention to detail, hard work and commitment are the reason why those numbers are so good. >> about the only goal of note that beat him tonight even though let in two, was the one opt power play t starred started off rather shakily. the capitals didn't look very good on the first islander power play. they adjusted as the game went on and killed off the final four which is important. >> it's very important. i like the way the caps made their adjustments is they've been letting teams setup at the top of the power play. tonight, they found a way to funnel him down the you wall, get the puck down the half boards, down below the goal line and the forwards are collapsing and doing a good job of thwarting t

matt: the utah team is 6-7. r seniors and averaged 31 minutes per game including neville who scored 23 against the tigers last year. daymeon: of course, it's a different team. we look at the success of coach boylen. it is a very different team. a team that has big guys that can block shots but yet to see if this team can compete against a caliber like an l.s.u. and tonight, they'll be facing a lot of guys that ought to play well. matt: our star watch features for utah their leading scorer who comes off the bench, carlon brown and tasmin mitchell for the tigers who is number three in the sec in scoring and rebounding. daymeon: brad has the ability to get to the basket. however, he needs to continue to improve that jump shot. he comes off of it. look for that in production. they have tasmin mitchell who is a pro for l.s.u. you'll see him at the next level. a double-double waiting to jump any time he steps between the lines. matt: 20 points or more in his last three games. tonight, the fourth all time meeting as uta

the team played the final game yesterday. highlights for washington include an 84-yard pass play down to the 4-yard line. redskins playing begins the chargers second and third string led in the third quarter, but billy bowl i can had a drive thenned in a touchdown with less than a minute left. they end with 4 and 12 record. crews are outside redskins park as the team arrived back from the west coast flight. brett haber joins us with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. here is what we know at this hour. about 15 minutes ago around 4:45 this morning, jim ñson exited the building flanked by redskins security, got in his porsche and drove off the property for what we presume was the last time. sources reporting, close to the team reporting he was fired shortly after arriving back at redskins park around 2:30 this morning from the trip to san diego. the loss that you just chronicled to the chargers, and nor of turner who knows what it is like to be on the business end of a daniel snider firing. if true, it brings an end to the

pgh >>> >> with more than two months left in the season the southeast division is over capitals 8 game winning streak, team's longest in 21 years and 2 short of the franchise record gave them their biggest lead ever in the standings. theodore could be back in net tomorrow night against the panthers he practiced earlier today. back to how hot this caps team is, there is no team in the nhl with a better offence. they are scoring almost 4 goals a game clip, best average in the league, plus 61 goals also tops. of the 15 games they scored 5 or more goals, 7 of them have come in this month alone and one of the reasons for the offensive explosion the play of semen. >> he goes about his business but you don't see a lot of emotion. he scores that goal and does the ovechkin leap and then gives you a pump. watch here what he does. see that is the sort of thing you are starting to see now the life of the team has even trickled down. i don't want to say he was dour, sour but never publicly emotional you never looked at him like obi. >> old school. >> right. >> very stoic. >> when you see guys like that come out and embra

two people when gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying the team to the tournament. it happened on the border between angola and republic of congo. so far there's no claim of responsibility for the attack. >>> some humane society workers have started carrying weapons. but it's not the animals they fear. in lawrence, kansas, workers who investigate animal abuse have started carrying concealed guns at work. and they say the real risk, angry pet owners who aren't taking care of their animals. >> they're usually not very happy to see us. they don't think anything is wrong. or if there is something wrong, they don't want to admit to it. so they're usually not in a very good mood. >> it's important to have people here that can protect the public and our animals and make sure nothing bad is happening. >> the director of the hugh main society says while most calls are not dangerous, investigators are seeing more violence in their line of work. >>> it's late night's latest battle. only months ago nbc gave jay leno a primetime talk show and put conan o'brien in the top rated l

the red >>> scans are cleaning house in hopes of building a playoff team. -- the redskins are cleaning house and most of building a playoff team. jim zorn is out as head coach after going 4-12 and his replacement is surely waiting in the wings. tim brant is live at redskins park with the latest >> >> jim zorn was fired as soon as they return from san diego this month. he was fired as soon as they cut back to redskin park at 1:30. this was one of the most tumultuous seasons in washington redskins football history. it was a situation that jim zorn and knew what was coming. the team lost to the detroit lions early in the season and it was downhill from there. sherman lewis was pulled out of retirement to call plays. the place had to be relayed to jason campbell. jim zorn was a lame-duck coach throughout the second half of the season. he handled the situation with class and dedication. he knew he was gone but despite the turmoil, he leaves as a popular coach among the players. >> he is a coach you wanted to play hard for. it will not be the same for him. i wish him luck. for the redskins,

as we reach the end of january, it becomes clear that the acc race is wide open, and tonight we have two teams that plan to be atop the conference standings when the season ends. wake forest is led by their fiery head coach, dino gaudio. al-farouq aminu and ishmael smith. the demon deacons are 4-2 in acc play and looking to pick up an important road win versus a ranked opponent. the yellow jackets come in ranked 22nd in the nation and are almost unbeatable at home as they are 9-1. can they fight off the big men of wake forest and carry the yellow jackets to another acc home win? it all begins right now as gary tech faces off against wake forest. >>> we welcome you to the flats. alexander memorial coliseum, the thriller dome, the georgia tech yellow jackets hit the hardwood. tonight a big acc matchup as they entertain the wake forest demon deacons in a 2010 acc race that is up for grabs. maryland begins the new week with a half a game lead over virginia. duke is in third and you can uejdtq) rs(ortance of this gam, the first of two in the regular season between these two clubs. a very pleasant g

played on the colombia international team. >> debbie: playing behind in the post and double teaming the low block and relying on her is the way mike petersen likes to play. >> mike: monica wright 1 for 3 from the line and can't complete the three-point play. deacons will try to extend their lead back into double figures. here's garcia taking the three. talking to mike petersen. he said that's not the shot they want to be taken but she does feel comfortable out there. >> debbie: he doesn't mind her taking faceup shots but i'm not sure that is the right time. >> mike: here is wright. collier on her and now hartig. good defense by the freshman asia williams. ray cut off by hartig. >> debbie: wake forest push and try to find something in transition and don't get anything, and then they set it up. >> mike: good ball movement, ray. trying to take it to the hole. great defensive play by virginia. moorer off the glass and it stays in. >> debbie: she has a chance to be a really good player at virginia with her ability to play in transition. >> mike: just a sophomore and comes from the same homet

i don't think 's an iss ue with the team. i ink ths the seasonoes g , hend orton will problbay learnhen to goor f a blocked shot and when toet it go. >> eric: mike washington just fouled out. th is the type of final game that ru and -- not qte the game that michael washington woulha hopedfo the miss. overrris. fortson with the trigger. >> eric: kentucky next g gagame is tuesday. do in columbia, south carolina. rolina ggamecocks.outh they havene of the mews sting playerin conferce, enwney, leading s.c. ial scoring. >> bob: down is from south and ansferred to south ati calina and is having a great caer there. arch was injured a so as a sult they don't have the full team theyergointo >> eic: kentucky kee the possession. the ball istucs on the baboard. th kentucky used the shot clock. liggins los it out of bounds. stays with kentucky. tepicks on the shot ock. ole miss and l.s.u. in the >> bob: remember, vanderbilt this summer wen a o trip to australia. ogilvy is theibest interior playernd hsro am australia. vin stallings, tir coac