On Saturday GW’s men’s basketball team hosts the Richmond Spiders (14-6). The Colonials will try to snap their 3-game losing streak. On Wednesday, GW fell to Dayton, scoring only 51 points. This is the lowest amount of points scored by the team this season. Freshmen Lasan Kromah led the Colonials with 14 points.Saturday’s game will start at 2:00pm at the Smith Center, and you can always tune to gwradio.com for live coverage of the game.
The Washington Wizards (14-27) will be home for their next two games. On Friday night, Dwayne Wade comes to town as the Wizards take on the Miami Heat (21-20). Tip-off is at7:00pm. Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Clippers (19-22) starts at1:00pm.
On Thursday night, the Washington Capitals (32-12) took on the Pittsburgh Penguins (31-20) at the Mellon Arena. This was the first match-up between the two teams since theplayoffs last year. The Capitals beat the Penguins by the score of 6-3. The Caps have now won 5 games in a row. Alex Ovechkin scored two of the goals Thursday night. Mike Knuble, Eric Fehr, Tomas Fleischmann, and Niklas Backstromeach added a goal. For the Penguins, Sidney Crosby, Nick Johnson, and Kris Letang scored. On Saturday night, the Caps will be back home to play the Phoenix Coyotes (28-17). The puck drops at 7:00pm at the Verizon Center.
Last weekend the Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints, New York Jets, and Indianapolis Colts all advanced to the NFL conference championships. On Sunday at 3:00pm, the Jets will take on the Colts for the AFC championship. The two teams have already metin late December, where the Jets won 29-15. The Jets’ only Super Bowl win came in 1969 against the Colts in Super Bowl 3. The Minnesota Vikings will play the New Orleans Saints on Sunday night at 6:40 for the NFC championship. The winner of these two games will play in Super Bowl 44 on Sunday, February 7.
The 2010 Australian Open is well underway. There have been no major upsets through the third round in men’s tennis. Andy Roddick (7), Roger Federer (1), Rafael Nadal (2), Andy Murray (5), and Novak Djokovic (3) are still in. The 2009 USOpen winner, Juan Martin Del Potro (4) has also successfully made it into the third round. Two major upsets have already occurred on the women’s side. Maria Sharapova (17) lost in the first round and Jelena Jankovic (8) lost in the third. The Williams sisters have yet to drop a set in the first two rounds. Both Kim Clijsters (15) and Justine Henin from Belgium have had success. Matches will be ongoing until the women’s finals on January 30 and the men’s finals on January 31.
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