we have to talk about joel ward. he was beast. tonight he came through big for the caps. is this what the capitals went and got him for? >> kristen, when he signed all we heard about what he done playoffs for nashville. not a bad time for him to come through, putting in the game win tore win the series for the caps bye thought that fourth line overall just played great. keith aucoin was good, mike knuble. how did they went? by a dirty goal. that's key to get those dirty goals. and joel ward put in a rebound thanks to mike knuble. >> from what we've seen we know they can go toe to toe with the champs. how big of a win is this for the caps and their confidence moving forward? >> well, this is the first time since 1990 and '91 that the caps have won playoff series in back to back years. that's how big it is for the franchise overall. for this team, they just won a series where they knocked off the defending stanley cup champs, and each game was decided by one goal. they did it by playing defense something, we never thought this capitals team would do but they had great goal

joel ward. >> reporter: it was one of the finest moments in recent washington capitals history. joel ward back handing a game seven goal fo knock off the defend -- to knock off the defending champions boston bruins, in boston, no less. >> joel ward, right place, right time. >> reporter: but from the fine moment emerged a stream of posts, poisonous postings marked with racial slurs. washington coast columnist mike wise was in boston for last night's game. even when you consider the city of boston's historically mixed race relations, the online venom directed at ward is hard to believe. >> it's sad, disheartening on many levels. you wonder who would do this stuff. >> reporter: he is well liked by teammates and well-respected by opponents. a few months ago he told dave owens on a black man on a predominantly white man's game he has some experience with racism. >> in minor hockey it's a little tough at times. kids can say cruel things. >> reporter: ward was not available for an on camera interviewing today but referring to the postings he told usa today" i think it's just kids. it h

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joel ward. >> reporter: it was one of the finest moments in recent washington capitals history. joel ward backhanding a game seven goal to knock off the defending stanley cup champions the boston bruins in boston no less. >> joel ward, right place, right time. >> reporter: but from that fine moment emerged a stream of postings on several online boston fan forums marked by vulgar racial slurs directed at ward, the capitals veteran forward. >> it's -- it's just ugly. >> reporter: "washington post" columnist mike wise was in boston for last night's game. he says even when you consider the city of boston's historically mixed record on race relations, the online venom directed at ward is hard to believe. >> it's sad, disheartening on many levels. you wonder who would do this stuff. >> reporter: the 31-year-old ward is by all accounts well liked by teammates and well respected by opponents. a few months ago he told 9news sports anchor dave off went that as a black man in a predominantly white man's game, he has some experience unfortunately with racism. >> it's tough at times. kids ca

joel ward put in for overtime. wit as night of unsung heroes with matt hendricks scoring the only other goal for the caps, his first of the playoffs achbltd rookie goaltender braden holtby. >> we were that 1% or 2% better, you know, in the series and got the final bounce. so, yeah, it's one step for us. we've got more steps to go. this is our first big one you've got to have. >> it was one of the closest soers in nhl history. all seven game dees sided by just one goal and four games including last night's needed overtime. >> it has been the tight eest playoff series in nhl history. we've been on the edge of our seats and biting our nails. >> obviously the bruins are the best team from last year. now is the question of who will play next? we should know that tomorrow morning this time. >> yeah, there's a whole formula that's happening. >> go reds, rockin' red. excited. >> let's check in on the forecast with tom kierein. >> we do need the rain but it may complicate the commute over the next couple of hours. you can s

joel ward and the caps knock off the defending champs! >> joel ward put home a rebound just three minutes into overtime to give the caps the 2-1 win and punch a tingt to the second round. it was a night of unsung heroes with matt hendricks scoring the only other goal and brad hawpe was stellar. the caps said they were confident they could get the job done. >> we knew we could beat them. we had the confidence playing in this building. we had the confidence we were going to come and do the job we were going do. we've been waiting for this opportunity and we battled and we ended up winning. it was a tough series. it could have gone either way. >> all seven games wither decided by just one goal. four games including last night's needed overtime. >> who's up next. find out tonight as two more game sevens will be played. if the new york rangers win tonight, it will be the caps and the rangers in round two. if ottawa wins and the florida panthers bead the new jersey devils, the caps will take on the flyers, and finally if the senators win and th

joel ward! >> yeah, that winning goal by joel ward electrified capitals fans last night. also ignited some ugly racist comments from bruins fans on social media. ward told usa today this is the first time in his pro career he experienced hostility as a black hockey player and he's not letting any of it phase him. the nhl denounced the comments, so has the caps owner. >>> two hours from now, what may be the worst kept secret in the town should become reality. the skins expected to draft quarterback robert griffin iii as the new face of their franchise. dan hellie. >> reporter: they admitted they will be taking robert griffin iii. this is the first time they had a quarterback in 27 year since joe theismann broke his leg they can call him a franchise guy. he had 36 touchdown passes last year, ran for another 600 yards. runs the 40 in 4-4. off the field might be better. not only does he say the right things, he does all the right things. he graduated high school ranked seventh in his class in texas. redskins head coach mike shanahan knows there will be growing pains but feels

today because joel ward netted this goal in overtime last night. the caps beat the bruins 3-2. they win the series four games to three and they move to the next round. they won't know who their opponent will be until later tonight. >>> guess what? the redskins rgiii era officially begins tonight. the n.f.l. draft starts at 8:00. the redskins are assured of selecting quarterback robert griffin iii from baylor with the second pick. redskins coach mike shanahan says rgiii has everything that the redskins are looking for. derek mcginty is in fork. he's covering the draft. he's going to have full details beginning tonight on 9news now at 5:00. and of course at 11:00. >>> all this month we've been celebrating national donate life month. be an organ donator. it's very easy. all you have to do is sign up when you get your new driver's license or you renew your driver's license. if you want more information, contact the washington regional transplant community. with me now is deshaun mcmillan. her mother was waiting for a liver transplant. unfortunately she

next period thomas makes the save but joel ward is there to backhand the rebound. caps win 2-1 in overtime to win the series in seven games. dale hunter the only person in nhl history to score a game 7 overtime goal. he did it in '88 against the flyers, and win a game 7 overtime as a coach. he did that rough lin hour ago. next up for the caps, the range -- roughly an hour ago. next up for the caps, rangers, penguins or flyers. >>> next up tomorrow the draft. rb3 put baylor football on the map and won the heisman trophy and she noted his stock with the great performance -- cemented his stock with the great performances at the combine and the pro day. he appeared on fox and friends today and found some new wide receivers. today mike shanahan was asked if he plans to play his top pick right away. >> you want to make sure he's ready to play, so you got to go through the process. you don't want to throw a guy in right away until he feels comfortable and there's a growing process, doesn't happen right away. obviously when you give up a couple first and second, you want t

joel ward scored the winning score. there were some racist tweets, the n word scores again and we riot. we lost to a hockey playing n word? larry holter, host of the sports hangover, will talk about the comments and how the league has reacted to these tweets. >>> the investigation into the secret service is expanding this morning, this after agents allegedly paid for strippers before president obama's visit to el salvador last year. an alleged eyewitness said the agents told him, hey this happens all the time. >> conversations i heard, they bragged about it. how good was the night, the country. that's -- i heard that more than once. >> cnn cannot independently confirm the allegations. the secret service responded to the report saying they are following up on the allegations in an appropriate manner. >>> here's one of those stories you like to hear. 48 philadelphia transit workers just hit a powerball jackpot worth $172 million. why aren't we in that pool? the winning septa employees range from janitors to accountants to

joel ward is the unlikely hero. his first play off goal of the season in 2:57 in overtime gives the caps the win and they live to play another day. >> we are considered the underdog. we had a few injuries. guys came back. i didn't consider us being a team that barely got in. we are confident. even in overtime, everybody was loose and excited. we got the job done. >> this was a record breaking series against the boston bruins, first time that a play- off series had all seven games determined by one goal. another notable thing that happened, braden holty, he has done so well in the series, he stopped 31 shots for washington in this game 7. now everybody wants to know what happens next. caps play the rangers if the rangers beat otto would or they could play florida. we are waiting to see what will come next at the verizon center. back to you. >> thanks, melanie. >>> the nfl draft is tonight and the redskins are expected to draft baylor quarterback robert lee griffin the third. >> he one the heisman trophy and he submit

natasha barrett, abc 7 days. >> way to go joel ward. the comments sparked tweed's from some of his teammates -- teammates. for more on this story go to our web site. >> we turn to breaking news stemming from the murder of a tourist. police believe the person who killed gary dederichs might be responsible for two other a tax. >> this is all taking place -- it began with a neighborhood of this tourist. doctors determined another man had been hit in the head and there was a third victim. >> it appears the victims may have been attacked suddenly and without provocation. >> an urgent warning from police after what appears to be a 48- hour vicious crime spree that left one person dead and two people in the hospital. the first victim -- gary dederichs visiting from denver. somebody struck him in the back of the head and killed him. >> it is pretty rare. that does not ever happen around here. >> he was killed at 6:00 p.m. on the 800 block of emerson street. hours later a 53-year-old man was hit in the had at the georgia ave. then at 8:40 p.m. l

las anotaciones fueron de matt hendricks, tyler seguin y joel ward para dar le la victoria a los caps y la clasificaciona ala siguiente ronda, donde esperan al ganador entre los senadores y los rangers. en el beisbol, jordan zimmermann ayudÓ a washington a establecer una marca con la racha mÁs larga de entradas sin carreras para los abridores anoche. y los nacionales vencieron a los padres de san diego 7-2 en un juego entre el mejor y el peor equipo de la liga nacional. zimmermann no permitiÓ carreras en las primeras cuatro entradas, para extender la racha de los abridores de washington a 26 innings. por los nacionales, el venezolano wilson ramos se fue de 5-2, dos readas. en el puerto de baltimore, jason hammel trabajÓ siete entradas en blanco. wilson betemit y chris davis jonronearon y los orioles vencieron a los azulejos 3-0. tras limitar a toronto a una carrera el martes, baltimore se convirtiÓ en el primer equipo esta temporada a blanquear a los azulejos. pedro strop sacÓ tres outs, para su segundo salvamento en dos noches en remplazo del taponero jim johnson. por los oriol

it started after wash senators player joel ward scored the winning goal in overtime to win the playoff game. that win after that there was something like 40 or at least 40 tweets that used the n word, that's because joel ward is black and of course we're not really going to repeat them but i have to give you a sense of how awful they were. i'll give you a simple. the n word scores again. we riot. we lost to a hockey playing n word and n word beat us in overtime. are you kidding me? those aren't even the worse ones honestly. >> it is worth pointing out we can't ascertain where these remarks originated from. they could have been nonboston fans. >> washington capitals is who joel plays for. jamal anderson is with us this morning. nice to see you. i'm sort of one of thee stories like this i have to tell you i don't know where to begin. i will just start with when you heard this about the tweets at least 40 of them, what was your reaction? >> first it was shocking. and then it was sad. they associated most of the tweets to boston bruins fans and that was certainly unfortunate given the hist

into the net joel ward with a backhanded goal. it has all of a sudden got all the players confident as they look forward to the second round. >> they are a great team. but it was great to win regardless of who it was. to be here with the defending champs we want to take over that role. we are excited. we just are full of confidence looking forward to the next series. >> the story is this, if the rangers beat ottawa tonight, the washington capitals will start the sec around right here in new york city in madison square garden. the big story is right over behind me. it is radio city music hall. it will be andrew luck and robert griffin iii taken by the redskins about one hour and a half from now. >> ok, tim. good luck. >> we wi >> a quick reminder about our biggest facebook contests so far. >> you have a chance to win a ford fiesta. all you have to do is had to wjla.com/freecar and follow the directions to enter. monday we will pick the first of 15 finalists. if your name is called the will have 30 minutes to call in to win a final

centered around and kicked on across to be played further and carried back out by joel ward. grinder guys are out there now. carlson had it left behind. paille tries to play further and able to muscle it back toward the washington end. >> pierre: that's where carlson just has to get it deep. he's lucky there was a tired bruins fourth line on the ice. >> mike: gets on to backstrom with a step and a drive. and looking behind was thomas as it rattled loose and kicked out of play. >> pierre: we saw chris kelly end the game from there in game one in overtime. this is the second overtime. it's tim thomas. does he deflect that with his head? >> mike: second look, slowed down, looked like it did. he gonged that one out of play. the face-off remains near him. a feed on back to backstrom. he scores! backstrom, the capitals have evened the series! braden holtby faced 44 bruin shots, stopped 43. nick backstrom has won it in o.t. and the best of seven is even at one. >> pierre: here you go. face-off situation. marcus johansson wins a battle. gets it out front. and it's swede to swede. it'

joel ward slammed home the rebound and with that, the door was slammed in the bruins season. the caps took out the defending champs with the dramatic 2-1 win in ot. >>> more where that came from, two more game seven's tonight, range range rangers and senators. panthers and devils from florida. >>> the race for the scoring title in the nba came down to the final game. kobe bryant will have to score 38 tonight in sacramento to win the third scoring title. kobe, the ball is in your court. >>> baseball, white sox paul konerko, his 400th career homer. the fourth play near team history to reach the mark. oakland tied with it a two-run shot, a bloop single ended it. in came the winning won. they won 5-4. >>> billy butler put an end to the royals 12 game losing streak, pair of homers against the indians. kansas city crushed cleveland, 8-2. >>> the lions calvin johnson will be on the cover of the mad en13 video game. beat out cam newton with 52% of the vote. it's an honor and curse. the majority of players featured have been injured or suffered drastic decline in their careers. the li

next in sports the capitals joel ward responds to some racist messages about him on the web while the wizards close out their season on a high note. >> time for another check of the question of the morning. here it is. according to a readers digest survey, most couples argue about which one of these things when they're in the car? is it a, the temperature in the car, b, when to stop for a bathroom break or c, the music. >> katherine says for her family it's a, the temperature. we used to travel to the ocean. i'd love for the van to be ice cold and my husband at the time liked to roll down the window and turn down the ac. whenever i fell asleep, he'd change the temperature and i would wake up sweating. guess why that he was the husband at the time. >> keep the guesses coming. we'll have the answer at 6:53. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back. 6:23. your weather first. it is brisk out there. we have breezy to windy conditions. gusts 20 to 30 miles an hour. temperatures down in the 40s in many areas. it will be a cool day but a good day about today, sunshine. it's going to be dry and s

joel ward slammed home the rebound and with that, the door was slammed in the bruins season. the caps took out the defending champs with the dramatic 2-1 win in ot. >>> more where that came from, two more game sevens tonight, rangers and senators at 7:00 eastern. at 8:30, panthers and devils from florida. >>> the race for the scoring title in the nba came down to the final game. kevin durant scored 32. kobe bryant will have to score 38 tonight in sacramento to win the third scoring title. kobe, the ball is in your court. >>> baseball, white sox paul konerko, reached a milestone, his 400th career homer. the fourth player in team history to reach the mark. oakland tied with it a two-run shot, a bloop single ended it. in came the winning won. oakland won 5-4. >>> billy butler put an end to the royals 12 game losing streak, pair of homers against the indians. kansas city crushed cleveland, 8-2. >>> the lions calvin johnson will be on the cover of the madden nfl 13 video game. beat out cam newton with 52% of the vote. it's an honor and curse. the majority of players featured have

the 39-yard to joel ward for the series winning goal. caps top the bruins 2-1. >> i figured he was going to take the puck to the net. i wanted to follow him up and stay around for the loose puck at the end. i happened to be right there. i was excited. when i saw the guys come off the bench, that's when it really hit me it was all over. >> in the nhl, the playoff teams are reseated after the first round. that means the caps don't know who they'll play next. it could be the devils, rangers or flyers. regardless the caps will start on the road where they haven't done too bad. >> the good news keeps rolling. all eyes on the n.f.l. will be on new york city tonight. it is draft night for the n.f.l. not too many surprises expected. the redskins are expected to take baylor quarterback robert griffin iii with the second overall pick. that has the capital city excited including coach mike shanahan. he says rgiii is everything they're looking for in a quarterback. we'll have live coverage from new york and redskins park. check it out beginning toni

but the seventh game , bruins and ottawa, joel ward in yoorlt comes through -- overtime comes through, the ottawa senators win 2-1 to capture the series four games to three. and it's funny how this works. the senators even clinch a playoff spot for the final day of the season. then they go in and upset powerhouse boston. >>> the nfl draft goes off tomorrow in new york. they're having these kids walk around now. and how great is this? you're on the roof of road city music hall. andrew luck will be the no. 1 draft choice. today he was helping out a program that encourages kids to get outside and exercise each and every day. andrew luck will be the star attraction tomorrow. and robert griffin iii gallon next to the washington redskins. nfl draft about 5:00 tomorrow. the 49ers will pick no. 30. the raider, forget about it. they don't have a draft choice in the first round. and since 1899, professional tennis has had a stop here in northern california. second longest tour. they're going to play one in san jose, and they're going to move to memphis. >> goodnight, everybody .

and joel ward welcomed back like the game 7 hero he is. take a listen. [ cheers and applause ] ward received numerous race exist threatening tweets after his game-winning goal against the bruins. since the terrible tweets he's received messages from all over including people he went to kindergarten with. it's also sinking in that he will forever be a part of the capitals' history in terms of the game 7 overtime winner that he scored. as for the uproar over the racist tweets, here are ward's thoughts. >> i don't let it bother me at all. it's a few people that just made a couple of terrible comments. and what can you do? i know what i signed up for. i'm a black guy playing a predominantly white sport. it's just going to come with the territory. i feel naive or foolish to think that it doesn't exist. it is what it is. and you know, it's going to be part of it here and part of life. and that's just what it is. >> if i'm going to read what people said about me, you know, and you guys, i don't know, it may be something new for him. but just don'

third period, joel ward with the puck. he shoots. mike knuble gets the rebound. pokes it back in. and the ex-bruin makes it 3-2, capitals. but here come the bruins again. this time on the power play. johnny boychuk blasts the one-timer past the rookie and we're tied. late in the third period now, it's the capitals on the power play. troy brouwer at the top of your screen. doing what he does, scoring game-winners. 4-3 is the final. the td garden crowd was stunned. the capitals now lead the series 3-2 and have a chance to close out the series at verizon center tomorrow afternoon. >> it's the ideal situation to be playing at home tomorrow. got to go hard, use all the energy we can get from our fans. every player is going to need it. we're all going to be feeling pretty tired tomorrow. we're in a good spot right now. we have to win that game. >> we know if he play our best, we have a chance to win every night. trying to play our best and now we have a chance to close it out at home. it should be a good game. >> that's when a lot of experience comes into play in these types of situatio

ward. minutes after he scored the winning goal, angry bruins fans resorted to racial slurs on social networking website particularly twitter. but the capitals and the brewers quickly condemned the attacks. ted leonsis said, "shame on these folks who decided to take their keyboards and show their ignorance and racism and hate." ward called it shocking, but brushed them off because he was not aware of them until a teammate brought them to his attention on the plane ride back to washington. >> a growing colored and a local neighborhood. the police believe a random attacker is attacking people in a neighborhood with a large community of senior citizens following the murder of a tourist. two people have been attacked in the same manner. horace holmes has the alert that everybody needs to see. >> this is a very frightening time in this neighborhood, and the police are asking residents not to walk the streets alone. thatpolice cruiser spent the night patrolling the neighborhood as officers searche

ward scored the winning goal wednesday night against the bruins. afterwards some of those fans tweeting racist remarks about ward who is black. ward was at practice today and taking the high road. >> i don't let it bother me at all. it's a few people that just made a couple terrible comments and what can you do? i know what i signed up for. i'm a black guy playing predominantly a white sport and it's just going to come with the territory. >> reporter: big news out of nats town. bryce harper will join the team saturday against the dodgers. the former no. 1 pick not even 20 years old but injuries to mike morse and ryan zimmerman precipitating the move. stephen strasburg pitching that day, too. time now to announce winner of the high school game of the week, damascus at sherwood softball, two undefeated teams, highlights tonight at 11:00. >>> before i send it back to you in the studio ryan zimmerman on the disabled list, more about that tonight. a huge sports day and sport week. we'll talk about it tonight at 11:00. >> we are a big time new sports tow

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ward. >>> police just wrapped up news conference where they announced that they have a suspect in custody. so let's go right to bruce leshan. he's at the metropolitan police headquarters in northwest washington. bruce? >> reporter: jc, police believe that they caught this guy, caught him just after he attacked a teenager, his fourth victim with a claw hammer to the back of the head. the suspect is 19-year-old michael davis. he is the brother of two pro football players and he allegedly attacked all four of these people from behind without warning and without provocation. the mayor says he appears to be mentally ill. police had blanketed the petworth neighborhood last night after the three earlier attacks. they heard a 19-year-old woman moaning and crying with a severe injury to the back of her head. they say they saw davis hiding in a nearby alley. they chased him and he allegedly threw a black backpack. they caught him and inside the backpack police say they found a bloody claw hammer. the

ward and roman hamrlik gets his look at that nice wrist serve, his first goal of the playoff series. then they find themselves down one again. jason chimera and a wide open net, perfect timing to tie things up at two. in the 3rd we're still tied, bruins, andrew faren puts the bruins up 3-2. later in the 3rd alex ovechkin off his state keys it up, gets it past thomas to tie it up at three, but in overtime just three minutes in off a backstrom turnover, they get holtby out from the net and the bruins win game 6 and tie things up. so the series is headed back to boston. the winner moves on in the stanley cup playoffs. dave owens is in the locker room now and we'll have more reaction later in sports. >>> thousands of people braved the rainy weather today to take part in earth day events across the washington area. on the national mall umbrellas went up as sell brandts showed as -- celebrators showed up to take part. a wide variety of musical groups including cheap trick, dave mason, kicking daisies and the explorers club. also on the mall today a march of remembrance. holocaust survivors

joel ward has been a great teammate and a great citizen. of course, the bruins released a statement expressing their disappointment in their fans. >>> and all right tonight is your last chance to vote for the game of the week. the winner will be announced tonight. i'll be here at redskins park for you all night throughout the draft. we'll have reactions from mike shanahan coming up at 11:00. for now we're live at redskins park. back to you in new york. >> reporter: all right, thank you for that. and let me know once again. no shortage of the redskins jersey here tonight. a lot of people were very much looking forward to the number two draft pick. and perhaps he needs to change the fortune of the franchise, down on his luck for some time. i'm live outside the radio city music hall. back to you in the studio. >> yes, it's the city that never sleeps. but we may be the city that doesn't sleep either. until we find out about that. >> yes, absolutely. >> all right, thank you, derek. >>> well, stay with me. the cbs evening news is coming up next.

joel ward, the first-year capital puts it in. and the caps eliminate the defending stanley cup champions. they've celebrate on boston's ice, joe ward, the unexpected hero. so, was it more excitement, or relief? >> a bit of both. the fact that i got to contribute, for this team. and on the scoreboard. and at the same time, just a, advance was the key, and i knew coming in here, especially from the summertime. to make a push in the playoffs. definitely, a relief to get past the round. >> 1%, 2% better. in the, in the series. and got the final bounce. so -- yeah, one, one step for us. we got more steps to go. the first big one that you got to have. >> we knew we could beat them. we had confidence playing in the building. we had confidence that we were going to come do the job we had to do. we were waiting for the opportunity. weaned b we battled. ended up winning. a tough series. >> it's our dream to play in the stanley cup playoffs. play for the cup. and, you know there has been some frustration here in the past. and -- to move on

in the third period, joel ward shoots. mike knuble is there. oh, how about knuble getting the goal after being inactive for a couple of games. capitals up 3-2. but here come the bruins again. on the power play. johnny boychuk with the one timer. past holtby, we're tied one more time. late in the third period, this time it's the capitals on the power play. troy brouwer from the right wing taking care of business. fires home the game winner. 4-3 is the final. the capitals now lead the series 3-2 and winning on the road in boston. not an easy task in the playoffs. >> boston is one of the toughest cities sportswise to play in. but it's the playoffs. you know, it feels good to win here. >> what's the key to your team's success? is it goaltending, defense, special teams? >> i think it's just a bunch of guys buying in. you know, playoff success hasn't been the main thing in washington and there's a lot of guys who spring break here for a while and really are itching to get it. i think this season, you know, we finished in seventh. wasn't what we wante

in overtime, the capitals joel ward slams in a rebound to give washington a 2-1 victory over boston. it is the first time in nhl history all seven games of a playoff series were determined by just one goal. this is just the third postseason series win for the capitals since 1998. good for them. >>> in basketball, the spurs are getting ready for the playoffs. their top starters didn't even make the trip to phoenix. steve nash, who becomes a free agent, played in what could have been his last game as a sun. the spurs beat phoenix 110-106. >>> in baseball, the braves beat the dodgers. in the sixth, matt kemp smacked his tenth home run this month, tying a dodgers' record for april. in the ninth, closer vera gets nailed in the side of the face. incredibly, he's okay. he stayed in the game, too. braves over the dodgers 4-2. what a trooper. >>> the white sox paul konerko hits his 400th career home run against oakland. it sent the game to extra innings. but the a's rally to beat chicago 5-4. >>> and the oldest living former major leaguer celebrated his birthday yesterday. conrado marrero tur

in overtime, the capitals joel ward slams in a rebound to give washington a 2-1 victory over boston. it is the first time in nhl history all seven games of a playoff series were determined by just one goal. this is just the third postseason series win for the capitals. since 1998. good for them. >>> in basketball, the spurs are getting ready for the playoffs. their top starters didn't even make the trip to phoenix. steve nash, who becomes a free agent, played in what could have been his last game as a sun. the spurs beat phoenix 110-106. >>> in baseball, the braves beat the dodgers in the sixth matt kemp smack the his tenth home run this month, tying a dodgers' record for april. in the ninth, closer vera gets nailed in the side of the face. incredibly, he's okay. he stayed in the game, too. braves over the dodgers 4-2. what a trooper. >>> the white sox paul konerko hits his 400th career home run against oakland. sent the game to extra innings. but the a's rally to beat chicago 5-4. >>> and the oldest liing former major leaguer celebrated his birthday yesterday. he turned 101 years ol

joel ward found the net three minutes into overtime to give the caps the 2-1 win against the bruins in game seven. so the defending stanley cup champs are now out, knocked out of the postseason on their home ice. the capitals move on. there are two more game sevens tonight, by the way, that will determine who faces the caps in the next round. the rangers play the senators and the devils play the panthers. by the way in that caps/bruins series, four of the games went to overtime. and as i said, it's the first time in nhl history that a playoff series had seven games decided by one goal. incredible. >>> the 2012 nfl draft is tonight across the street at radio city music hall. the colts confirmed earlier this week what everyone's known for a year or so, that andrew luck will be the one to shake the commissioner's hand as the first overall pick. this will mark the eighth time in the last ten drafts a quarterback has been selected with the first pick. the redskins expected to use the second choice to take heisman trophy winner robert griffin, rg3. take him off the board. they haven't picked

joel ward slammed home the rebound, and with that, the door was slammed in the bruins' season. the caps took out the defending champs with a dramatic 2-1 win in o.t. >>> and there's more where that came from, two more game sevens tonight. rangers and senators at 7:00 p.m. eastern on the nbc sports network. then at 8:30, panthers and devils from florida. >>> nba, the race for the scoring title has come down to the final game. thunder's kevin durant scored 32 in a loss to the nuggets. that means kobe bryant will have to score at least 38 tonight in sacramento to win his third scoring title. kobe, the ball is in your court. >>> baseball. the white sox paul konerko reached a milestone against the a's with his 400th career homer, just the fourth player in team history to hit that mark. howev however, the a's tied it and it was ended with a bloop single. in came the winning run. oakland won the 14-ingmar thon 5-4. >>> to cleveland, billy butler ended the winning streak with a pair of homers over the indians and they crushed cleveland 8-2. >>> finally, the lions' calvin johnson will b

joel ward for the rebound. the caps whenin it. all games in this series were decided by one goal. nfl draft. 32 players invited to night to new york. they visited the new york stock exchange yesterday. there will be at radio city music hall for a round one of the draft. 29th.vens picked 29t what a moment for those guys. >> 6:27. bi break in a high-profile cold case. >> police have made an arrest in the phylicia barnes case. >> a maryland woman hits the jackpot the second time around. jackpot the second time around. >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning, everybody. welcome back to 11 news today. i'm stan stovall. >> and i'm mindy basara. thanks for joining us for 11 news today. april showers -- >> the may flowers are just around the corner. hit and miss a light rain showers. i think the rain will pick up in intensity. temperatures in the upper 40's and low 50's. we should sneak into the low 60's of this afternoon. there could be a thunderstorm later in the day. will check the seven-day forecast when we come back in just a few minutes. >> late

joel ward scores. nfl draft tonight. the ravens picked 29th. >> we follow breaking news in the arrest of the phylicia barnes case. >> universities are raising tuition for harder majors. >> a mother and her cub in pennsylvania. we will take into bear and we will take you to you bear and makeup. >> we have an accident along 140 and will check on the rest of the major roads, coming up. >> more than a year after her body was found, police have made an arrest in the phylicia barnes case. barnes case.

. >>> caps player and the hero of that game last night joel ward says he is not letting racist remarks ruin his excitement after the win last night. some fans up in boston made derogatory, even threatening comments online after ward scored the winning goal in overtime. ward is the only african-american on the caps. he told "usa today" he's not fazed. caps owner ted leonesis was more stern. he said, in his words, "shame on these people who decided to take to their keyboards and show their ignorance and their racism and hate. i hope they are now publicly identified and pay a huge price for their beliefs." >>> d.c. councilman marion berry says the media is xajtding his beliefs about the asian community. earlier this week he said there are a number of immigrants who are nurses particularly from the philippines, that there are too many of them. he was speaking of his desire for d.c. to grow and train its own nurses. a few weeks ago he referred to "dirty asian stores." at a budget hearing today the ward 8 councilman drew fire from several asian-american groups. >> and race-baiting statements

we have more on joel ward. >> he have gone through a roller-coaster emotions in the past 48 hours. the washington capitals player, when he first stepped on the eyes this morning at the capital's is center, the crowd at the rink and gave him a standing ovation. >> i was blown away by the amount of support. >> the appreciation because he scored the game-winning overtime goal in the stanley cup playoffs and eliminated the defending champions. it was also support after he received ugly racist wheat from boston fans after the game. >> it's horrifying, just awful. >> i know it play in a predominately white sport. >> capitals fans and players say they are determined not to let the ugly actions of a handful of boston fans dampen their excitement about this team. >> we're looking forward to the second round. >> we want to make it through the second round. we are excited about them going on. >> she was giddy and she moved up to the glass to get a picture of her heroes practicing 3 >> i love the capitals. >> caps fevere is high. >> we're going to go all the way. i can feel it. >> but the caps

it stemmed from who scored the winning goal, joel ward, because he's african-american. coming up, what the bruins are says. >> you catch him on "house," but this morning he is making a case for arts in the district. he'll join us to talk more about his mission on the hill today. >> we leave you with a live shot of dulles airport. the hope is it won't be too windy for it to take off and head to its new home in new york city. we'll be back in a couple of minutes. >>> straight ahead, a warning from d.c. police after three violent attacks in northwest. we've got what you need to know. >> then, some alarming tweets cast a shadow over the excitement surrounding the cap's big win over the bruins. >> then, high hopes for football fans in the d.c. region. robert griffin iii will soon be wearing the burgandy and gold. we're live at redskins park with more, plus word of when rg iii will be making his first appearance in d.c. as a redskin. >>> and omar epps, you see him on "house," but he's in d.c. this week. we'll be talking to him at 8:45, so stay with us. >> good morning, i'm to

that's right, joel ward score it is winning goal in overtime for the 2-1 victory over the bruins, it was the first time in nhl history a playoff series had 7 games determined by one goal each game determined by one goal caps still don't know who their next opponent will be but guess what we don't care. >> bring him on. >> this is great. really great. >> i would like to talk to those anchors up in boston again wipe that smirk off their faces. >> stanley cup talk. >> that's great. >> way to go >> i went to bed after the second period but my brother kept texting me i'm so nervous i can't take this. i got about 30 texts i should have got up and watch when they won i got a flurry >> i love it we are excited. >> people couldn't believe it. rain showers across the area, they will continue next hour or two, then a break, return this afternoon in the form of a cold front working in from the north and west, not the entire area, seeing showers at the moment but are seeing showers pretty good showers at that, just south of the city, washington, see light showers in the past 16 minutes to the sou