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>> bills and the packers, first preseason home game for green bay, trent edwards, meet the tundra -- not yet frozen. edwards 7-11, 45 yards in interceptions. two plays later on third and long, edwards under pressure. that's not good either. he loses the football, a.j. hawk recovers. fumble, five turnovers, three footballs, two picks. ensuing possession, aaron rodgers to greg jennings. they hooked up nine times last year, aaron rodgers 8-9, two t.d.'s, packers roll. >> the eagles and philadelphia animal-rights groups will be meeting monday afternoon to talk about finding a local partnership for michael vick. vick is not scheduled to attend, and the leaders of these groups want to keep it that way. they don't want vick's appearance to be misinterpreted as their approval of the plan for his rehabilitation. however, vick's teammates and
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head coach are accepting. andy reid says the plan is to have vick start on thursday night. vick's fellow eagles get the sense that number seven can't wait to get on the field again. >> i definitely got a sense -- he's been off for two years, he's a passionate player, when he played the game he was passionate and anytime you have that kind of passion and feel for the game you definitely want to get out there and play, and i'm looking forward to seeing him make plays. >> you know -- being out of football for so long, you know he wants to play and we're just excited about that. there is no sign of turning back for him. he's a great guy. the guys around love him in the locker room. we accept him as a brother. he's smiling. he's joking. he's being humble. >> the eagles will host the jags, and per roger goodell's reinstatement terms for vick he will be able to play in each of the two final preseason games. the regular season starts at carolina. vick will have to wait for goodell's decision which could
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come no later than week six. >> take us to queens -- the mets hosting the phils at citi field. will self ayou know about the thrill of the chase, mr. utley his sixth of the year -- you're married. >> absolutely, i'm not dead. >> marlins and braves jostling for position in the n.l. wild card race. first inning, 2-0 braves, yunel escobar, two-run home run caps off a four-run first inning, tommy hanson wins his fourth straight start. braves win 4-3. taking a look at the n.l. wild card race, as it stands the rockies take a two-game advantage on the giants while the marlins and braves sit at four games back. the cubs are seven games back of the leaders. >> we're in the presence of holiness -- cardinals-padres. matt holliday has been on fire since coming over to st. louis. that is his sixth homer as a cardinal, 17th of the year,
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hitting .406 with st. louis. cards blank the padres 7-0. >> angels and blue jays. vladimir guerrero praying in the dugout before the game. his prayer was answered in the top of the sixth. vlad doesn't get cheated very much. >> that one reached the heavens. >> solo shot, ervin santana wins his fourth straight start. he's 6-2 on the road this season. >> up ahead on espnews, tim tebow and the gators your preseason number one in the a.p., lou holtz breaks down the rest of the top 10. and, when the saints and texans practiced thursday jeremy shockey got tossed. wait until you see what shockey did when the two teams played saturday. hey mom i need some minutes. i just gave you some at the restaurant. yea i know. i threw them out. they were old so... old! they are rollover minutes. they are as good as new. ya know not everyone gets to keep their unused minutes. and these days we can't afford to be wasteful. saving minutes... ...saves money. yea.
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>> the a.p. released its preseason rankings saturday, florida got 58 of 60 first place votes good for 96.7% of the vote -- a new a.p. preseason poll record.
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lou holtz, what stands out to you from the top 10? >> when i look at the top 10, the first thing that jumps out at me is three teams from the big 12 are ranked in the top 10. i'm talking the big 12 south -- texas, oklahoma and oklahoma state are all from the big 12 south. they're going to have to play one another. who is the best team in the big 12 north? kansas, which comes in at number 25. that doesn't seem fair to me. >> in latte land, broncos and seahawks. late second quarter, fourth and goal, orton scrambles. this was a bad idea.
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with his left hand. he's picked off by ken lucas. orton 17-23 and a touchdown. fourth quarter, scary moment. chris simms to ken mckinley, simms goes down in pain. >> professional football, jeremy shockey and the saints taking on texas, shockey got into a training-camp scuffle with the texans. shockey can work and play well with others. shockey, look at that, hurdling a defender on the way to a seven-yard gain. later in the second quarter, mike bell takes the handoff then takes off, finding a seam through the right side, runs 46 yards -- it's an open house and everyone is invited, saints blow out the texans 38-14. >> semifinal, cincinnati
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masters, roger federer against andy murray, murray has won four in a row against roger. when roger was told about the streak, he said, "when my game is on, i know i can beat any player in the world." it's not cocky. he has the cool confidence. >> never joking around. >> murray backhands it into the net, hits his knuckles against his racket. the knuckles would bleed. he would be treated on the sideline, play would resume. murray with the backhand down the line for the winner. the tiebreak, murray serving to stay alive, first serve out, next serve -- you don't want to do that either, dou >> in the other semifinal, number three, rafael nadal, and fourth-ranked novak djokovic, and djokovic came out aggressive, first set up 3-1.
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djokovic hit the forehand winner. wins the first set 6-1. he had 21 winners. second set, match point, number two for djokovic and he takes care of it. he will face roger federer in the final. djokovic ends his own five-match losing streak against nadal. thursday at noon, espnews airs the u.s. open draw show. >> a former hockey coach has pulled off the unlikeliest of hat tricks. ernie "punch" mclean cheated death for the third time. mclean was found alive and well in a remote region of british columbia. he was missing for four days in mountainous terrain with no food. in 1972, mclean survived a plane crash. he also survived being run over
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by a bulldozer. >> i don't know how you top that. >> no. >> matthew stafford, number one pick in the draft but not exactly making a strong push to be the team's number one quarterback. and in the american league wild card chase, carlos pena providing some tropicana thunder for the rays. you hold this? "huh, that's weird. i'm marty." (announcer) calling all captains. drink responsibly. population 49 million. 145,000 teenagers are typing a text message at 70 words a minute. average speed of their parents: 8. right now, 90 high schoolers are shopping for new kicks on zappos.com. - none of them got game. - ( buzzer sounds ) 19,000 teenagers are flipping 354,000 burgers - to get the new samsung exclaim. - ( sizzles )
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>> call this the nasa special, canada against mexico in williamsport, pennsylvania -- that's in the u.s. we've got our bases covered. extra innings, bottom seven, mexico with two on, mario cardenas grounds it back to the pitcher. first baseman came in and the throw to first -- nobody was there to cover. mexico would win 2-1. take another look. ah, miscommunication, and mexico scores the winning run as they take it 2-1. >> now to the fellows who get paid -- mariners and indians, dripping with drama in extras, bottom 11, tied at 3-3, luis valbuena, goodnight, drive home safely. first career walk-off home run for the indians. it was their fourth win in the last 10 games. valbuena wasn't the only one to go deep. carlos pena has 34 home runs. he also had the walk-off hit on saturday night.

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