finally happened. derek jeter breaks out of his biggest slump of the year to make history for the yankees. and from a late hit to the bronx, an ejection in flushing. melanie fights nerves as her magical run at the open comes to an end. the cleveland browns have a starting quarterback, no thanks to eric mangini. how brady quinn was notp kept under wraps. and usa soccer with a huge world cup qualifier. # [closed captioning provided by espn, inc.]

>> espnews is presented by: >> jeter needs three more hits to tie lou gehrig as the all time hits leader in yankee history. pick it up bottom first. jeter's first at bat in an 0 for 12 slump. longest slump of the year. however, that's how you get out of a slump. a perfect bunt for the infield single. jeter now with two hits, comes off in the bottom of the 7th. a chance to tie the record, and he does. to right field, a patented jeter hit, his parents, what a ride they've been on. the ultimate respect given by the rays bench, and joe girardi as well. jeter acknowledges the crowd, 2721 hits. bottom of the eighth. down one, jorge posada. pinch hitting, and does it well. the three-run home run, his

21st, 4-2 yankees. jeter, a chance to break the record, and he walks two batters later. the blue birds come out for grant balfour, and that was a 3-2 pitch. but the yankees win. jorge posada, and joba chamberlain, another tough outing. he has a 7.6 era over the last seven appearances. but this night about derek jeter. now tied 27-21. the next opportunity to break the record friday at home against baltimore. after the game, dan schulman and the boys tied up with jeter. >> we know you're not a big fan of talking about yourself. you got to first, heard the fans, family and friends were here. what was going through your mind? >> i didn't know what to do. we were losing at the time. i'm just trying to get on base and hopefully win this game. but i took a moment to soak it in. the fans have been outstanding. i didn't want to disrespect tampa. then when i saw them giving me an ovation, i appreciated it.

>> a patented derek jeter hit. take us through the swing. >> i tried to pull it, and ended up going the other way, that's what happened. >> no, the whole night i was trying to get a pitch that i could hit the other way. but i was not as agressive as i usually am. and i left a ball up that i could have hit down the right field line. >> what's it mean to have your parents here to witness this? >> it means a lot. i've had support from them throughout the years. for them to be here, they've been here this whole homestand. i've been wasting a lot of people's time because i haven't been swinging the bat too well. but i appreciate it. >> if somebody had told you that you would have accomplished what you have with so many good years aheafd you, what would you have thought? >> i always dreamed of playing for the yankees. this is a team i grew up watching. all this other stuff wasn't part of the dream. so it seems like i've been dreaming the last 14 years, and i hope to play for a long time sniecht when you win the world championship they always ask if you can repeat. when you get to a plateau like this, how many more hits are left in derek jeter's body?

>> i'm just trying to get one at a time. i don't sit around and think about what's going to happen in the future. you you just try to go out and help the team win on a given day, and try to be consistent. that's what i've tried to do throughout my career. >> we look up at the scoreboard, and you're tied with lou gehrig, you've passed babe ruth. has it sunk into you, and what does it mean to you that you're among those names right now in the yankee record? >> it's kind of overwhelming. it's hard to believe. i've said it time and time again, even if you pass those guys in strikeouts, it's a big deal to have your name on that list. but being a yankee fan and knowing the history and coming up throughout the organization and playing my entire career here in front of these fans, they've been tremendous. especially this homestand here. >> was your favorite moment jorge posada hitting the three run homer tonight? >> yeah, i called it. i told pettitte he was going to come off the bench and hit a home run. he was a huge win for us. >> congratulations on the win, thank you for joining us. >> thank you, appreciate it. >> with that, what's up? welcome into our house. of course, jeter in his house. we're keeping you current as

always on espnews. he is mike yam, i am the coach. and we go from one superstar who is always the toast of the town in new york, to a young lady who is the newest toast of the town in new york. >> it's not roger, it's not rafa, it's not even the williams sisters. the story at this year's u.s. open, a 17-year-old american named melanie oudin. >> the youngest american since serena williams to make it to the quarters. her opponent, caroline wozniaky who is a seasoned vet at 19 years old. she's up 5-1. oudin lost 14 of the of the first 18 points of the match. wozniaky was nasty. takes it 6-2. and oudin clearly frustrated by the performance. wozniaky actually called the oudin return. and the judges are like let's take a closer look. they agreed with the 19-year-old. 43 unforced errors for oudin.

second set now. wozniaky up 3-2. at the top, looking strong the there. just 20 unforced errors by the way for wozniaky in the match. >> the georgia native going home. she can hang her hat though that she he made it to the grand slam quarterfinal in scwuft her fourth main draw appearance. wozniaki will make her first semifinal aappearance in a grand slam. but this year, the story is the 17-year-old american. >> i just want to thank you all so much for coming and cheering for me. you've put me through so many matches, so i really appreciate it. thank you. >> i'm sorry that i won against melanie today. i know many of you wanted her to

win. but hopefully i won many of your hearts and you'll be cheering for me in my next match. >> i canw take a lot. this has been a great experience for me. and i've had a great run here. caroline played a great match today, so goes to her in her next match, and i hope to come back next year and do even better. >> as you look right now, it will be wozniaki taking on the other semifinal win error quarterfinal winner, and that is another 19-year-old, wickmayer, who will be make her first appearance in a sem is eye. and on the other side of the draw, serena's chance to knock out the woman who took out venus, kim clistjers. >> the men's top seed, roger federer taking on robin soderling from sweden. in the third set after federer was able to win the first two sets in easy fashion, soderling coming into the net there. roger still in b control. >> how about djokovic taking on

fernando verdasco. semis.ner into the men's second set, djokovic up a is s set. ul verdasco comes back. the overhand back. ul verdasco wins the second set, 6-1. this is a turning point. fivea games apiece, fer das coe easy overhand. he knows he missed a hume opportunity. djokovic wins the game and the set 7-5. he goes into the men's semi the. the past two years he's lost to roger federer. so here's what the men's side looks like. djokovic into the semifinals. he'll play the winner of federer and soderling. on the bottom, nadal takes on gonzalez. and a pair of big hitting tall players, del potro and cilic will play to go to the semis. that will take place saturday as well. >> heading to the diamond. rangers came into play, trailing boston by two games in the wildcard.

top of the first, no score. you can change that. bird, a three-run shot for him off ul verdasco. carmona, five earped runs, just two-thirds of an inning. so it would be the texas win puts pressure on boston. bottom six, red sox down 4-3. dustin pedroia. lines it up. overtime, and bases loaded now in the 7th. victor martinez, extending his hit streak to 12 games with the go ahead pinch hit double in the 7th. sox go up 7-4. >> take a look at the wildcard. no change after both the red sox and the rangers able to win the two games from boston. >> they may not be friends now, but there was a time when eric mangini was a disciple of one bill belichick. the friendship ended when mangini went to on new york. but the philosophy stayed the

same. keep things close to the vest. and only tell people what you think they're entitled to hear. mangini neverren deared himself to media. and it's starting the same way in cleveland. coming into wednesday, the browns were the only nfl team who had not named their starting quarterback: and mangini wanted it to stay that way. however, as practice ended word began leak out that paradey quinn will take the firstp snap sunday against the vikings. quinn was considered the favorite all along, and knows that he is the man in cleveland. >> they both took it exactly the way that i'd expect them to take it, as pros and teammates, based on the way they've competed and they have handled this whole situation, it's not surprising. i don't think anybody is in an awkward spot trying to maintain a competitive advantage. we all do that. that's all of our goals. we're trying to do everything that we

can do to win the game on sunday. and i think everybody's excited about doing that. >> neither brady quinn nor derek anderson blew anyone away during this he preseason. though quinn did hold a clear statistical advantage. quinn completed nearly 68% of his pass, and threw one of the only touchdown passes among cleveland's top two signal callers all right, coming up. as brett favre prepares for his season opener, wait until you hear what he has to say about his old coach and team from new york. and the cardinals have all but locked up a postseason berth. on wednesday, albert pujols played like he's locked up the mvp. sniessments team usa gets the big win. find out why the u.s. gold (announcer) gentlemen, this is vodka. there was a time when standing for something stood for something.

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>> st. louis and adam wainwright looking for his 18th win of the year. he needs a little offense. that will come in the form of holliday. in the third yibing, holliday grounds to third. but trips and falls. crosses, and after the game he said i'm all right. it's just a little bit swollen. he's tangled up there with a bruised knee. move to the fifth now. runner on third for albert pujols, crushing that thing. it's a two-run shot. his 36th of the year. st. louis up 4-0 in the 7th. the machine not done just yet. his 47th of the year. hit by the franchise record. his tenth multi home run game in a season. in the 7th now, adam wainwright coming off the 7 innings, five hits, no earned runs, that is a major league

eighth win. the cardinals have now won 4 of 6. they can bank the machine. wainwright was asked, and he said i don't know how anybody else could be better than he is. ever. no offense to all those guys, but albert pujols is is really, really good. albert, your thoughts? >> i can't do it by myself, so, it's pretty special, you know but you can't think about numbers. i mean, you can look at those numbers, but i think our main goal was how are we playing in our division, and right now we're an 11 and a half game lead. i'm more excited about that. hopefully getting an opportunity on get to the playoffs. and the home run i hit helped my ballclub to win, so i'm pretty excited about that. >> pujols is just the ninth playner major league history with ten multi home run games in a season. only sammy sosa in 199 #. and hank greenberg had more.

pujols might be able to match their total or even pass them when you consider he has 21 games left. >> usa soccer was feeling the heat wednesday night. >> get out the pen and paper, with the victory against trinidad and tobago. the americans would ensure themselves a top four finish in no worse than a playoff berth. now a loss doesn't sink them, but they'd likely need to win out if they wanted to play in the world cup. >> first things first. josie altador looking to repeat a performance he had earlier against contribute dad and tobago. a hat trick. trinidad and tobago, catching the u.s. defense. slipping a little bit there. glen chipping away. can't get it to go in though. on the other end, the free shot. and comes up up with the big save. little bit of a crazy sequence here. check out the chip shot. tim howard, a little frustrated and so is is glynn who couldn't sink it. second half, still scoreless.

clarke takes the space. there is the second half. ricardo clarke now taking his space, he's got himself a goal. the interesting thing about this, is getting it replaced. he decides to leave clarke in. and pedro gomez caught up with the goal scorers. >> i had a feeling after i scored when we were making the subs substitution, i had a feeling it was going to be me. thank god i got the shot and got to stay in the game, i think it helped us advance and win this game. >> 16 points pushes you up temporarily for the moment. how does that feel? >> it gives us a little bit when things are getting tight in our group. and from the git-go. even at thee el salvador game, e knew we had to come out on in this game and get a win. we wanted three points and that's what we got. >> david beckham on the bench to start things off.

18th minute, england up 1-0. and that's steven girard for the header. beckham is a fan. 66th minute now. ernie tracks it down, pops it back up with the header. which is nasty. the world cup, and they're able to clinch it. beckham a little too much skin. though one fan certainly happy. >> take a look at some of the top three teams in the fifa world rankings, and they punch their tickets. south africa and england also in. north korea the lowest ranked team to qualify so far. >> for all the frustration brett favre can cause us media types. the one thing we love about him, the jets love that -- he said that last season the jets knew during the season that his right biceps ten don was torn, and the

coachs and front office pushed him into playing. this is a serious charge by favre, especially since he was never listed on the injury report. >> when we finally did an mri and found out on i had a torn bicep last year, i felt like it was about four or five games left, that even though i was making some pretty good throws and some decent plays, i felt like i was doing the team more harm, because i was missing on some throws, subtle, just a yard off. i had no qualms about having kellen play. i just didn't feel confident because of this injury. so, sure, i don't want to go through that. ful and neither do the vikings. >> now this is highly unusual for any player to make these accusations. when reached for comment, jets general manager mike tanenbaum had had no comment. >> brandon marshall's off season has been a bit of a roller coaster. see why he might stay in denver.

>> also, twitter has become all the rage. how fans in memphis used twitter to find the answer.

>> welcome back, we update things in colorado. the rockies come into the day three games up. they trail 3-2, two outs, in the bottom of the ninth. just moments ago, francisco cordero struck out carlos

gonzalez with the bases loaded. so they're down to their last hitter right now. scott rolen, hits the go-ahead home run in the top of the ninth to go up 3-2. full highlights as soon as this one'sto over. >> zito on the hill, just a day after tim lincecum was is scratching the start. his 37th of the year. he homered in three of his last four games. giants, edgar renteria, san diego 9-6 against the giants. the only nflt l west team to have a winning record again. take a look at the standings, the three and a half games put colorado on top. once again, the rockies in the bottom ninth at this point, down 3-2 against cincinnati. >> nba now, allen iverson, he's heading to memphis. what would we do without twitter, by the way?

the social networking site that confirmed he's heading to the grizzlies. with just 22 wins last season, they're giving him a one-year deal worth $3.5 million. >> temper tantrums might be useful. broncos are exploring the possibility of giving brandon marshall a contract extension. the potential new deal puts his salary in line with other highly paid wide receivers. few other notes from around the league. jaguars running back maurice jones drew practiced in full pads wednesday after missing practice on monday, because of a bruised right leg. matt cassel could miss sunday's opener against the ravens because of an injured left knee. sunday against the bengals despite a dislocated right index finger. let's not forget, if you're a basketball fan friday. where else would you rather be. espnews, the basketball hall of fame enshrinement. 10:00 eastern time, we'll have the news conferences for you.

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week one is fiebly here. and our rankings and projections are up on espn.com's pages. one of my big surprises is is fred jackson is the number one running back in our projections. we expect a big day against new england. number two, is deangelo wynns, that surprises us. without the number one middle linebacker, and the secondary upstairs, and the defensive coordinator, i think deangelo wynn's going to have a huge game at home against philadelphia.

>> i haven't lost to them in four years, always sets up good numbers. had a great first game together. a lot of quarterback stylings right now, carson palmer, kyle orton, i think you make the case that matt hasselbeck is a top 10 player for week number one. and as the season goes on, we'll see how he does against better defenses. fred jackson, we all like him, and williams, a monster week coming. check us out on espn.com. >> of course, e.k. and company on espn.com. getting you ready for the fantasy season. we're getting you ready for the actual season thursday. 10:00 a.m. eastern time, do not miss is the blitz preseason countdown special. 32 teams. division by division. leading up to the regular season opener. >> moments ago drama in denver. rockies down 3-2. bases loaded. 2-2 count. two outs, smith.

oh, little bingo on. under the glove at second. here comes the winning run. and the cardiac rocky. six straight wins, 8 of 9 overall. made his first career walkoff hit. and the rockies win 4-3. they're now four games up on the giants in the wildcard race. and they never seem to lose games like this. top stories right now. >> >> derek jeter, in relation in the bronx. melanie oudin, and her opponent, as her magical run in the open comes to an end. we'll tell you how brady quinn was not kept under wraps.

and usa soccer with a huge world cup qualifier between trinidad and tobago. right now. >> derek jeter, three hits shy of tieing lou gehrig in yankees history. mired in an 0 for 12 slump. so what do you do? you do this. you you bunt. bottom of the first. that is a bunt. bumped it. and now just two hits shy. he got a hit later. now a chance to tie. bottom of the 7th. typical derek jeter. the inside-out swing. and there you have it. jeter's parents proud, excited. the rays bench in the ultimate sign of respect and joe girardi his manager. jeter acknowledges the crowd.

the first of many milestone mils they have shared together. back to the game. two on, pinch hitting, jorge posada. the three-run home run off grant balfour, his 21st, jeter, one more chance in the eighth, and he walks. the blue bird's out, but the yankees win 4-2. so jorge posada hits his fourth career pinch hit home run. joba chamberlain now has a 7.76 era over his last seven appearances. but this is not all about derek jeter. 2721 hits to tie lou gehrig. after the game, dan and the boys caught up with jeter. >> i didn't know what to do. we were losing at the time. i'm just trying to get on base and hopefully help us win this game. but i took a moment to soak it in. the fans were outstanding. i didn't want to disrespect tampa. but then when i saw them giving me an ovation,. i said time and time again, it's

a big deal just to have your name on that list. but being a yankee fan, knowing the history. coming up throughout the organization and playing my entire career here in front of these fans, they've been tremendous my whole career and especially this homestand here. >> jeter reaches 45 fewer games than the iron horse. but needs nearly 600 more at-bats to get to the magic number. jeter sits 14 hits shy of his seventh 200-hit season, one fewer than gary had. >> and with that, we say what's up and welcome into our house. keeping you current as always here on espnews. alongside mike yam, i am the coach, and yammer, we go from one superstar who is always the toast of the town in new york. to a young lady who is the newest toast of the town in new york. >> yeah, it's weird. because in the tennis world, it wasn't roger, it wasn't rafa. it's not even the williams sisters. the story is a 17-year-old american named melanie oudin. >> owdin the youngest american

since serena williams to make it to. the quarterfinals. her opponent, caroline wozniaki. first set here. oudin, frustrated. 14 of the first 18 points of the match she lost. second set point for woaz he kneeiacky. actually takes the first set 6 6-2. oudin clearly upset. she was sharing a king-sized bed with her mom in a manhattan hotel. until they had to switch hotels because they didn't reserve the room long enough. oudin gets called out. but, judges? they agree. the second set here, backhand off the top of the net. it it goes wide. 43 unforced errors for oudin, match point here. and the 17-year-old american, the run over. the georgia native going home. hang her hat on that she made it to the grand slam quarterfinals in just her fourth main draw

appearance. wozniaki will make her first semifinal in a grand slam. she advanced to at least a third round in all four grand slam events this year. but the story, the 17-year-old american. >> i just want to thank you all so muchp for coming and cheering if are me. you've put me through so many matches, so i really appreciate it. thank you. >> i'm sorry that i won against melanie today. i know that many of you wanted her to win. but hopefully i won many of your hearts, and you'll be cheering for me in my next match. >> i can take a lot. this has been a great experience for me. i've had a great run here. caroline played a great match. so goes to her and her next match. i hope to come back next year and do even better. >> so it will be a battle of 19-year-olds. wozniaki will move on to the semis where she'll take on the unseeded wickmayer who is playing in her first semis.

and serena has a chance to knock out the woman who knocked out her sister. >> men's top seed, roger federer taking on robin soderling from sweden. the number 12 seed here. federer in the third set after an easy go around. the first two actually loses the third set. only the sixth time in 12 matches that soderling has taken a set off federer. >> djokovic already up a set. ul verdasco comes back. oh. ul verdasco wins the second set, 6-1. this is a turning point. tied at five games apiece. ul verdasco, easy overhead. hits it long. djokovic wins the game and the set 7-5. fourth set, djokovic in control. he wins the fourth set 6-2. and he moves on to the men's semis for the third straight year. the past two years he has lost

to roger federer. so here's what the men's draw looks like currently. federer and soderling still playing. the winner plays djokovic. on the bottom, both of these matches on played on thursday. nadal takes on gonzalez. and del portro and cilic, a match-up of two tall players with very big serves. >> to the diamond, rangers playing boston, two games in the wildcard. taking on the indians. top of the first, no score. marlon bird, it's a three of-run shot for him. his 17th of the year. fausto carmona, five earned runs in two thirds of an inning. the pressure up a little bit. texas with the win, they have baltimore. bottom six, red sox down 4-3. dustin pedroia lines it off matt alberts. bot only 7, bases loaded, victor martinez, bases clearing double. extends his hit streak to the 12 games with the go ahead pinch

hit double in thatp 7th inning. and the sox win 7-5. when you look at the standings because texas won, as did boston, no change in the wildcard race. >> they may not be friends now, but there was a time when eric mangini was a disciple of one bill belichick. the friendship ended when mangini went to new york. but the philosophy stayed the same. keep things close to the vest. and only tell people what you think they are entitled to hear. of mangini neverren deared himself to new york fans or the media. and is starting the same way in cleveland. coming into wednesday, the browns were the only nfl team who had not named their starting quarterback. mangini wanted it to stay that way. however, as practice ended word began leaking out that brady quinn will take the first snap at center for the vikes. quinn was considered the favorite all along, and knows he is the man and has to be the man in cleveland.

>> they both took it exactly the way that i had expected them to take it. as pros, as good teammates. and, you know, based on the way they've competeed and handled this whole situation, it's really not surprising. >> i don't think anybody is in an awkward spot trying to maintain the competitive advantage. we all do that. that's all of our goals. we're trying to do everything that we can do to win the game on sunday. i think everybody's excited about doing that. >> neither brady quinn nor derek anderson blew anyone away this preseason. though quinn did hold the clear statistical advantage. quinn completed nearly 68% of his passes, and threw the only touchdown pass among cleveland's top two signal callers. >> coming up, as brett favre prepares for his season opener against the browns, wait until you hear what he had to say about his old coach and team from new york. >> and the cardinals have all

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grounds out to third. take a close look. oh, ball down. after the game he said i'm all right. it's just a little swollen. he had to be taken out of the game with a bruised knee. keep in mind, this guy has 360

and 12 home runs and 32 ribbies since he was acquired in late july. from the machine, albert pujols, the two-run shot for him. and st. louis up 4-0. in the seventh. he wasn't done. a solo shot for him. his second of the game. he ties the franchise record with his tenth multi home run game this season. bottom seven. adam wainwright just dealing. seven inn innings, no earned runs expairks major league leading 18th win. the cardinals have won four of six. wainwright 6-0 with a 1.# 3 era in his last seven starts. he gave us his thoughts on the offense. >> i can't do it by myself. that's pretty special. but, you know, you can't think about numbers. i mean, you can look at those numbers, but i think our main goal was how we're playing in our division. right now we have an 11 and a half game lead. i'm more excited about that. hopefully to get the opportunity to get to the playoffs. and obviously most of those that

i have hit helped my ballclub to win. so i'm excited about that. >> i don't know. listen, i don't know how anybody could be better than he is, ever. no offense to henry aaron and all those guys. but, i'm sere, hank. albert pujols is really, really good. >> yeah, he is pretty good. look at the numbers here. pujols has at least ten multi-home run games in a season. only sammy sosa in 1999, and hank greenberg in 1938 had more. pujols might be able to match their totals or pass them when you consider he has 21 games left. >> all right, a good one between the phillies and the nats. we'll pick it up top eighth. jason ward having a career year. he would add to it. oh, just got the ball on that one. his 33rd. 5-4 phillies, next batter is pedro feliz. we in the business like to call these back-to-back jacks.

6-4 phillies. ryan madsen on for the save. no brad lidge. gets adam dunn to lineout to chase utley to jimmy rollins, the 4-6 double-play ends the game. and the phillies win 6-5. madsen picks up his sixth save. now charlie manuel said that brad lidge would be in next time there is a save opportunity. that didn't happen on this night. cliff lee goes 7. allowed four earned. he improves to 6-2 since coming over to philadelphia. >> usa soccer was feeling the heat on wednesday night. the red, white and blue was facing a virtual must-win. get out the pen and paper and take notes on this scenario. with the victory against trinidad and tobago, the americans would ensure themselves a top four finish, and no worse than a playoff berth against the fifth place south american country. the loss doesn't sink them. they'd likely need to win out if they wanted to play in the world

cup. >> josie altador. a hat trick in an earlier qualifier. first half, little tnt here. catching the defense on the u.s. side napping. tim howard hits the cross bar. on the other hand, a big save. crazy sequence here. take a close look. first chance, just a touch high. little tantrum there on the field. and alta dore on the other side, nice attempt. better save. we're scoreless at the half. >> now second half, still a scoreless game. ricardo clarke finds the space. he's got himself a goal. at that time clarke was scoring, the u.s. bob bradley was getting ready to replace him. bradley decided to leave him in. pedro gomez caught up with him after. >> i had a feeling afterwards when we were making the substitution, i had a feeling it was going to be me. so thank god i got the shot and

got to stay in the game. i thought it helped us advance and win this game. >> 16 points now, this pushes you up temporarily for the moment up to the top of the co concacaf standings. how does that feel? from the git-go, even at the el salvador game, we knew we had to come out in this game and get a win. we wanted three points and that's what we got. >> needing just one point against croatia. 18th minute. england up 1-0 already. and steven girard hits for the header. and beckham, he's a fan. 65th minute, wayne rooney tracks it down, pops it you up, and guess who? girard, the athletic header for him. england clinches a spot in the world cup for 2010 for the fourth straight year. after the match, beckham showing too much skin. but the ladies love it. >> the top three teams in the fifa world rankings have punched

their tickets to south africa. with number # england also in. number 9. north korea is the lowest ranked team to qualify so far. >> for all the frustration, brett favre can cause us media types, the one thing we love about him, he's willing to talk about pretty much anything. not sure of the new york jets now love that quality in favre. wednesday during favre's weekly news conference he said last season the jets knew during the season that his right biceps ten don was torn, but that the coaches and front office pushed him into playing. this is a serious charge by favre. especially since he was never listed on the injury report. >> when we finally did an mri and found out i had a torn bicep last year, i felt like with about four or five games left that even though i was making some pretty good throws, and some decent plays, i felt like i was doing the team more harm, because i was missing some throws.

subtle, just a yard off. i had no qualms about having kellen play. i just didn't feel confident because of this injury. so, sure, i don't want to go through that. and neither do the vikings. >> now this is highly unusual for any player to make these accusations. when reached for comment, jets general manager mike tanenbaum had no comment. >> coming up, brandon marshall's off season has been a bit of a roller coaster. see why the ride might stay in denver. >> also, at which timer has become all the -- twitter has become all the rage. how fans use twitter to find the answer. great. but put a ring of cheese in the crust and...jackpot! (anouncer) introducing pizza hut's new stuff crust pan pizza. your favorite pan piz with a jackpot of melted cheese in the crut.

>> what a finish. rockies and reds. 3-2. bottom on of the ninth. seth smith lines it up the middle. clint phillips can't come up with it. jason marquis comes around to score. first walkoff hit for smith. rockies win their fifth straig straight. >> giants won 7 of # starts. from the third though, adrian gonzalez, a two-run shot. his 37th of the year. he's homered in three of the last four games. bottom nine, edgar rent yeeia. can extend the game. san diego now 9-6 against the

giants. they have a winning record aga again. take a look at the standings, the giants loss now puts the san francisco deficit to four games in the wildcard race. >> what did we do before twitter, using the social networking site, allen iverson confirmed wednesday he's heading to memphis. they had just 22 wins last season. they're giving the guard a one-year, three and a half million dollars deal. >> if you are a basketball fan. this is where you want to be. espnews, the basketball hall of fame enshrinement. 10:00 eastern, we'll have the news conferences for you. you don't want to miss what michael jordan, john stockton, and david robinson have to say on a very special day. >> temper tantrums might be useful. of the broncos are exploring the possibility of giving brandon marshall a contract extension. the potential new deal would put

marshall's salary in line for some of the games other highly paid receivers. >> news and notes around the league. jaguars running back practiced in full pads wednesday after missing practice on monday. matt cassel could miss sunday's opener against the ravens because of an injured left knee. that's limited him in practice. and broncos kyle orton is opt on mystic to start sunday against the bengals despite a dislocated right index finger. >> derek jeter is knocking on the door to become the all time hits leader. >> she was the talk of the open. but wednesday, nerves and a big stake got the best of young vodka.

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rankings and projections are up on espn.com's pages. one of my big surprises is fred jackson is the number one running back in our projections. we expect a big day against new england. number two is deangelo williams. that's a surprise as well. philadelphia usually a stout defense but without the number one middle linebacker and a secondary that scares me and a defensive coordinator, i think deangelo williams will have a huge game at home against philadelphia. quarterback, i have matt hasselbeck in my top 10, playing the rams hasn't lost to them in years. i expect hasselbeck and t.j. housh to have a great first game together. -- t.j. houshmandzadeh have a great game together. we'll see how he does against other defenses but this week, matt hasselbeck, i like him, fred jackson, i like him and deangelo williams. i'm eric karabell. check him out. espn.com. >> espn.com getting you ready

for the fantasy football season on espnews. -- on espnews we're getting you ready for the actual season. >> as for the dodgers and the diamondbacks, knotted at 3-3 in the seventh inning and look who went yard. in the fourth inning, manny ramirez a solo home run, his 18th of the year, he has five home runs in the last 11 games. after manny, james loney a solo shot, back-to-back home runs in the fourth, manny ramirez an r.b.i. single in the first inning as well.

♪ ♪ >> coming up on espnews, it finally happens, derek jeter breaks out of his biggest slump of the year to make history for the yankees. from elation in the bronx to dejection in flushing, melanie oudin fights nerves and her opponent as her magical run in the open comes to an end. cleveland browns have a starting quarterback no thanks to eric mangini. we'll tell you how brady quinn was not kept under wraps. u.s.a. soccer with a huge qualifier against trinidad and tobago. we will fill you in. we get started right now.

captioning by captionmax >> derek jeter, three hits shy of tying lou gehrig as the all time hits leader in yankee history. bottom first. jeter's first at-bat. mired in an 0-12 slump. that is a slump buster -- the infield single. two hits shy. he would have another hit later. now, bottom of the seventh. a chance to tie, and he does it as only derek jeter can do it -- inside-out swing to right. his parents love it, the ultimate sign of respect from the rays, and joe girardi. jeter acknowledges the crowd. now tied with gehrig. bottom eighth, back to the game, jorge posada, pinch-hitting -- and he gets all of that one. three-run homer. his 21st of the year just like that, yankees up 4-2. two batters later, jeter again -- a chance to take the record all by himself and he walks.

very anticlimactic on a special night in the bronx. 4-2 is your final. jorge posada his fourth career pinch-hit home run. but this night all about derek jeter, now tied with gehrig, 2,721 hits, next opportunity to break the record friday at home against baltimore. here is jeter after the game. >> i really didn't know what to do. we were losing at the time. hopefully get on base and help us win this game. i took a moment to soak it in. the fans have been outstanding. i didn't want to disrespect tampa, then when i saw them giving me an ovation, i really appreciated it. i've said it time and time again, if you pass those guys in strikeouts it's a big deal to have your name on the list, but being a yankee fan and knowing the history and coming up throughout the organization and playing my entire career here in front of these fans, they have been tremendous, my whole career and especially this home stand here. >> so jeter reaches the mark at 45 fewer games than the iron

horse but needs nearly 600 more at-bats to get to the magic number. >> with what we say what's up and welcome in to our house, keeping you current, alongside mike yam, i'm the coach. >> it wasn't maria sharapova, not even the williams sisters, the story of this year's u.s. open a 17-year-old american named melanie oudin -- the youngest american since serena williams to make it to the quarters. going up against caroline wozniacki. first set, oudin a little frustrated there, she lost 14 of the first 18 points. on the second, set point -- on the set point for wozniacki.

>> you're showing off with the name. >> we're big fans of the name. go denmark, right? wozniacki. the oudin return called out. the judges agree. wozniacki would go on to win the game, oudin, 43 unforced errors. still in the second set. oudin off the top of the net. wozniacki just 20 errors in the match. then match point, oudin going wide. the run for the georgia native is over. she would hang her hat on the fact she made it to the grand slam quarterfinal in her fourth main tournament appearance. wozniacki made it at least to the third round in all four grand slams this year. the story of the tournament the 17-year-old american. >> thank you so much for

cheering for me. you pulled me through so many matches. i really appreciate it. thank you. >> i'm sorry that i won against melanie today -- i know that many of you wanted her to win, but hopefully, i won many of your guys' hearts and you will be cheering for me in my next match. >> this has been a great experience for me. good luck to caroline in her next match and i hope to come back next year and do even better. >> it will be a battle of 19-year-olds as wozniacki moves on to the semis where she will take an unseeded player, yanina wickmayer playing in her first semis and then serena has a chance to knock out the woman who knocked out her sister, venus -- that's kim clijsters. top seed roger federer taking on roin soderling.

the 12 seed from -- robin soderling. soderling, only the second time in 12 matches he's taken on federer to take a set from roger -- fourth set, tiebreak, roger serving. we've got ourselves a match. >> the number four seed, novak djokovic taking on fernando verdasco, second set, djokovic up a set, verdasco the nights nice overhead. won the second set. the turning point, tied at 5-5, verag dasco has a wide-open court. he's upset. djokovic wins the game and the set 7-5. more from djokovic. he wins the fourth set rather easily 6-2. so this is what the men's side looks like now.

>> baseball, rangers came into play trailing boston by two games in the wild card, they take on the indians, marlon byrd, a three-run shot, his 17th of the year off of fausto carmona -- five earned runs in 2/3 inning. texas win putting pressure on boston and baltimore. bottom sixth, red sox down 4-3, dustin pedroia hits matt albert barbs matt albers in the leg. victor martinez off the green monster extends his hitting streak to 12 games with a go-ahead pinch-hit double in the seventh inning. thanks to a red sox win as well

as a rangers win, no change in the wild card race. texas trailing boston by two games. >> they may not be friends now but there was a time when eric mangini was a disciple of one bill belichick. the friendship ended when mangini went to new york but the philosophy stayed the same. keep things close to the vest and only tell people what you think they're entitled to hear. mangini never endeared himself to new york fans, or media, and it's starting the same way in cleveland. coming into wednesday the browns were the only nfl team who had not named their starting quarterback. mangini? well, he wanted it to stay that way. however, as practice ended word began leaking out that brady quinn will take the first snap from center sunday against the vikings. quinn was considered the favorite all along and now knows that he is the man. >> they took it the way i would expect them to take it -- as pros, as good teammates and based on the way that they

competed and handled this whole situation, it's really not surprising. i don't think anybody is in an awkward spot trying to maintain a competitive advantage. that's all our goals and we're trying to do everything that we can do to win the game on sunday, and i think everybody's excited about doing that. >> neither brady quinn nor derek anderson blew anyone away this preseason though quinn did hold the clear statistical advantage -- quinn completed nearly 68% of his passes and threw the only touchdown pass among cleveland's top two signal callers. coming up. as brett favre prepared for his season opener against the browns, wait until you hear what he had to say about his old coach, and team, from new york. and the cardinals have all but locked up a postseason berth on wednesday. albert pujols played like he has already locked up the m.v.p. >> and team u.s.a. gains

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play better and better as the match went on and i knew he was going to be tough, but the beginning was was a bit too easy, then all of a sudden he found his way into the match and showed what a great player he is. >> talk to us about that, because the first two sets it felt like you were playing such clean tennis, some of the best tennis we've seen you play in a while and then he picked up the level of his game. what changed? >> had a really good start. i thought it was cold, i felt at home being from switzerland, but then it got even cooler, and him being from sweden, i think that played in his favor, but look, i don't know, you thought it was a great match toward the end, i got off a flier and i'm happy i still got through in four. >> 22 major semifinals in a row. congratulations. >> thank you. thank you. >> can you even explain to us how that's even possible? >> i don't know. it's not what i aimed for,

that's for sure, but really, i don't know what to say. it's probably one of the greatest records, for me, anyway, in my personal career. but i'm just happy it keeps on going. i'm healthy, i guess that's what's most important because that's what allowed me to play well at majors, to allow me to defend my title. >> djokovic. >> we've played the last couple years, last year's finals, the year before, we've seen over the years what a great player he is on hard courts. it's going to be a tough match. he played great today and i'm looking forward to the match. >> what about the atmosphere tonight? incredible the last two sets. >> thanks for sticking around. it's always a pleasure. i'm looking forward to my next match but i don't think that's going to be night, but still, i enjoyed playing at night. i don't get a chance very often but when i do it's fantastic. thanks for stick around again. it's past midnight. >> best of luck in the semis.

>> cardinals-brewers. matt holliday a great addition to the cards. grounds out to third but falls down, trips over. after the game, he said, "i'm all right, a little swollen." had to be taken out of the game because of a breezed knee. 12 home runs, 42 r.b.i.'s since being acquired by the cards in july. in the fifth, albert pujols a two-run shot, his 46th of the year. in the seventh, pujols not done, a solo shot for him ties a franchise record with 10 multi-home-run games in a season, and then the pitching -- adam wainwright dealing. seven innings, five hits, no earned runs -- a major league-leading 18th win. wainwright 6-0 with a 1.93 e.r.a. in his last seven starts. the cardinals have now won four of six and they can thank the machine.

>> i can't do it by myself, but pretty special, but you can't think about numbers. you can look at those numbers, but i think our main goal is how we're playing in our division and right now 11 1/2-game lead, i'm more excited about that, getting hopefully an opportunity to get to the playoffs, and obviously most of the home runs i have hit have helped my ballclub to win, so i'm pretty excited about that. >> i don't know how anybody could ever be better than he is -- ever, no offense to henry aaron and all those guys, but i'm sorry, hank, albert pujols is really, really good.

>> a good one between the phillies and the nats. pick tup top eighth, game tied at 4-4, jayson werth having a career year and adding to it. this one off tyler clifford, his 33rd. that's a career high, 5-4 phillies. next batter, pedro feliz. he loves it and he hits it, in the biz we call that back-to-back jacks. 6-4 phillies. comes save the game. gets adam dunn to line into the 4-6 double play to end the game -- the phillies win 6-5. charlie manuel said the next game the phillies had, there was a save opportunity, it would go to lidge. it did not. madson picks up his sixth save. cliff lee goes seven, allowed four earned, four strikeouts, he improves to 6-2 since coming

over to philadelphia. >> u.s. soccer aiming to win consecutive games for the first time in the final round. first half, their opponent, trinidad and tobago catching the u.s. defense napping, cornell glenn, the shift almost beats tim howard, the crossbar comes into play, then on the other end, a save. a crazy sequence here. he's upset. altidor, with his shot. scoreless at the half. second half, ricardo clark. at the time clark scored u.s. coach bob bradley was getting ready to replace him with stuart holden. bradley decided to leave clark in. i would say it was a good call. taking a look right now at some of the top teams.

>> for all the frustration brett favre can cause us media types, the one thing we love about him, he's willing to talk about pretty much anything -- not sure if the new york jets love that quality in favre, though. wednesday during favre's weekly news conference, he said that last season the jets knew during the season that his right biceps tendon was torn but that the coaches and front office pushed him in to play. this is a serious charge by favre especially since he was never listed on the injury report. >> when we finally did an m.r.i. and found out i had a torn bicep, last year, i felt like with about four or five games left that even though i was making some pretty good throws and some decent plays, i felt like i was doing the team more harm because missing throws subtle -- just a yard off.

i had no qualms about having kellen play. i just didn't feel confident because of this injury, so sure,ient to go through that, and neither do the vikings. >> this is highly unusual for any player to make these accusations. when reached for comment, jets general manager mike tannenbaum had no comment. still to come, twitter has become all the rage. we'll tell you how fans in memphis use twitter to find the answer. (announcer) don't go unnoticed don't blend in don't be ordinary, boring or bland in other words don't be so mayo we are our unique one of a kind flavor we are miracle whip and we will not tone it down

>> what did we do before twitter? using the negotiable networking site, allen iverson said he's heading to memphis hoping to be the grizzy -- to be the grizzlies' answer. they're giving the guard a one-year $3.5 million deal. when you look up and down his list of achievements you will have a hard time finding an nba player who accomplished more on a basketball court than david robinson. what you might not know is the man who on most nights was the most feared player on the floor also had the biggest heart. in 2003 the nba renamed its charitable efforts award after the admiral -- the david robinson plaque reads, "following the standard set by nba legend david robinson who improved the community piece by piece." sind brunson has more. >> for someone who did not play high school basketball until his senior year, david robinson's

record seems more remarkable but he was more concerned with getting an education than playing hoops as has 1320 s.a.t. score might attest. robinson grew in stature and ability during his college career at the u.s. naval academy, shooting and putting the little publicized midshipmen on the national champ by being named a consensus all-america his junior and senior years and winning both the naismith and wooden awards his senior season given to the best player in the country. although a true lieutenant by rank, robinson was given the name admiral at navy, one which stuck through his professional career. the san antonio spurs took robinson with the first overall pick in the 1987 nba draft but had to wait two years to get the center because of his navy commitment. he would be worth the wait. robinson's rookie season saw the spurs improve by a then nba record 35 games.

robinson won rookie of the year, the first in a long line of professional achievements. he went on to become a 10-time all-star, four-time first team all nba selection, four time first team all nba defensive selection, he won the m.v.p. award in 1995 and in 1996 and was named one of the nba's 50 greatest players. robinson scored over 20,000 points, won two olympic gold medals and a brnz. he's one of only four players to have a quadruple double and once even scored 71 points in a game -- the final day of the 1993-1994 regular season to beat out shaquille o'neal for the scoring title. >> david robinson has come out and scored 71 points. >> an nba championship eluded robinson until the spurs drafted fellow big man tim duncan to form a dominating twin-towers set -- the spurs won their first title in the lockout-shortened 1999 season compiling an

astounding 15-2 postseason record. four years later, san antonio won it all again, defeating the new jersey nets in six games and solidifying his place in nba annals. following that 2003 championship, robinson retired from the nba. david robinson will be remembered for his huge smile, chiselled physique and devastating interior presence. he is one of the best big men to ever play the game. a player whose broad shoulders almost singlehandedly lifted a desperately struggling franchise and then humbly played second fiddle to a younger star who continued the spurs' rise to being one of the nba's elite franchises. >> david has defined this franchise -- his personality, his desire, love for the game -- he really has made this franchise into the mold of him. he's been a friend, he's been like a brother. >> the basketball world might have needed to wait until robinson was nearly out of high

school before witnessing his athletic pruess, but now with his induction into the hall of fame, robinson will infer be considered among the best in any class. >> david robinson just one of the names that headlines this year's hall of fame class. >> still to come, derek jeter knocking on the door to become the yankees' all-time hits leader. if you think all batteries are the same, consider this: a tornado hits, air life denver takes off... their night-vision goggles keeping

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♪ ♪ >> coming up on espnews, it finally happens, derek jeter breaks out of his biggest slump of the year to make history for the yankees. from elation in the bronx to dejection in flushing, melanie oudin fights nerves and her opponent as her magical run in the open comes to an end. the cleveland browns have a starting quarterback no thanks to eric mangini. we'll tell you how brady quinn was not kept under wraps.

u.s.a. soccer with a huge u.s.a. soccer with a huge world cup qualifier against trinidad and tobago. we will fill you in. we get started right now. ♪ >> derek jeter, three hits shy of tying lou gehrig as the all time hits leader in yankee history. bottom first. jeter's first at-bat. mired in an 0-12 slump. that is a slump buster -- the infield single. two hits shy. he would have another hit later. now, bottom of the seventh. a chance to tie, and he does it as only derek jeter can do it -- inside-out swing to right. his parents love it, the

ultimate sign of respect from the rays, and joe girardi. jeter acknowledges the crowd. now tied with gehrig. bottom eighth, back to the game, jorge posada, pinch-hitting -- and he gets all of that one. three-run homer. his 21st of the year just like that, yankees up 4-2. two batters later, jeter again -- a chance to take the record all by himself, and he walks. very anticlimactic on a special night in the bronx. 4-2 is your final. jorge posada his fourth career pinch-hit home run. but this night all about derek jeter, now tied with gehrig, 2,721 hits, next opportunity to break the record friday at home against baltimore. here is jeter after the game. >> i really didn't know what to do. we were losing at the time. i'm just trying to get on base. hopefully give us a chance to win this game.

i took a moment to soak it in. the fans have been outstanding. i didn't want to disrespect tampa, then when i saw them giving me an ovation, i really appreciated it. i've said it time and time again, if you pass those guys in strikeouts, it's a big deal to have your name on the list, but being a yankee fan and knowing the history and coming up throughout the organization and playing my entire career here in front of these fans, they have been tremendous, my whole career and especially this home stand here. >> so jeter reaches the mark at 45 fewer games than the iron horse but needs nearly 600 more at-bats to get to the magic number. >> with that we say what's up and welcome in to our house, keeping you current, alongside mike yam, i'm the coach. we go from one superstan who is always the toast of the town in new york to a young lady the new toast of the town in new york. >> it wasn't maria sharapova, not even the williams sisters, the story of this year's u.s. open a 17-year-old american

named melanie oudin -- the youngest american since serena williams to make it to the quarters. going up against caroline wozniacki. first set, oudin a little frustrated there, she lost 14 of the first 18 points. on the second set point for wozniacki. >> you're showing off with the name. >> we're big fans of the name. go denmark, right? wozniacki. wozniacki calls the oudin return called out. the judges agree. wozniacki would go on to win the game, oudin, 43 unforced errors. still in the second set. oudin off the top of the net. that thing's going wide. wozniacki just 20 errors in the match. then match point, oudin going wide.

the run for the georgia native is over. she would hang her hat on the fact she made it to the grand slam quarterfinal in her fourth main draw appearance. wozniacki made it at least to the third round in all four grand slams this year. the story of the match, the 17-year-old american. >> thank you so much for cheering for me. you pulled me through so many matches. i really appreciate it. thank you. >> i'm sorry that i won against melanie today -- i know that many of you wanted her to win, but hopefully, i won many of your guys' hearts and you will be cheering for me in my next match. >> this has been a great experience for me. good luck to caroline in her next match and i hope to come back next year and do even better. >> it will be a battle of

19-year-olds as wozniacki moves on to the semis where she will take an unseeded player, yanina wickmayer, who is playing in her first semis and then serena has a chance to knock out the woman who knocked out her sister, venus -- that's kim clijsters. top seed roger federer taking on robin soderling. tiebreak in the third. soderling up 6-5. roger has the answer for the dropshot with one of his own. tied at 6-6 in the tiebreak now. soderling up 7-6 at this point. strong forehand from soderling. and robin takes the third set -- first time in 12 matches soderling has taken a set from roger. fourth set. roger up 6-5. soderling, the return.

into the net. leads to another tiebreak. federer up 7-6, match point, roger advances to his 22nd straight grand slam semis. >> the number four seed, novak djokovic taking on fernando verdasco, second set, djokovic up a set, verdasco the nice overhead. won the second set. the turning point, tied at 5-5, verdasco has a wide-open court. he's upset. djokovic wins the game and the set 7-5. more from djokovic. he wins the fourth set rather easily 6-2. so this is what the men's side looks like now.

>> baseball, rangers came into play trailing boston by two games in the wild card, they take on the indians, marlon byrd, a three-run shot, his 17th of the year off of fausto carmona -- five earned runs in 2/3 inning. texas win putting pressure on boston at baltimore. bottom sixth, red sox down 4-3, dustin pedroia hits matt albers in the leg. victor martinez off the green monster extends his hitting streak to 12 games with a go-ahead pinch-hit double in the seventh inning. thanks to a red sox win as well as a rangers win, no change in the wild card race. texas trailing boston by two games. >> they may not be friends now but there was a time when eric mangini was a disciple of one bill belichick.

the friendship ended when mangini went to new york, but the philosophy stayed the same. keep things close to the vest, and only tell people what you think they're entitled to hear. mangini never endeared himself to new york fans, or media, and it's starting the same way in cleveland. coming into wednesday the browns were the only nfl team who had not named their starting quarterback. mangini? well, he wanted it to stay that way. however, as practice ended, word began leaking out that brady quinn will take the first snap from center sunday against the vikings. quinn was considered the favorite all along, and now, knows that he is the man. >> they took it the way i would expect them to take it -- as pros, as good teammates and based on the way that they competed and handled this whole situation, it's really not surprising. i don't think anybody is in an awkward spot trying to maintain a competitive advantage.

we all do that. that's all our goals, and we're trying to do everything that we can do to win the game on sunday, and i think everybody's excited about doing that. >> neither brady quinn nor derek anderson blew anyone away this preseason, though quinn did hold the clear statistical advantage -- quinn completed nearly 68% of his passes, and threw the only touchdown pass among cleveland's top two signal callers. coming up. as brett favre prepared for his season opener against the browns, wait until you hear what he had to say about his old coach, and team, from new york. and the cardinals have all but locked up a postseason berth on wednesday. albert pujols played like he has already locked up the m.v.p. >> and team u.s.a. gains breathing room thanks to a big win. find out why the u.s. goal that lifted them might never have happened. lifted them might never have happened. how 'bout we lay some new ground rules? nail down thirty-nine bucks as the price

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>> cardinals and brewers. matt holliday has been a great addition for st. louis. top of the third, though, their man going down -- cardinals up 1-0, holliday grounds out to third but falls down. after the game, he said, "i'm all right. it's just a little swollen." had to be taken out of the game with a bruised knee. 12 home runs and 42 r.b.i.'s since he was acquired in july.

plenty of offense -- from the machine, albert pujols a two-run shot for him, st. louis up 4-0. in the seventh he wasn't done, a solo shot for him, his second of the game, he ties a franchise record with his 10th multi-home-run game this season. bottom seven, adam wainwright dealing, seven innings, no earned runs and a major league-leading 18th win. wainwright's been pitching like a cy young candidate. in his last seven starts 6-0 with a 1.93 e.r.a., the cardinals have won four of six and they can thank the machine. >> i can't do it by myself, it's pretty special but you can't think about numbers. you can look at those numbers, but i think our main goal is how we're playing in our division, and right now 11 1/2-game lead, i'm more excited about that, getting hopefully an opportunity to get to the playoffs, and obviously, most of the home run that i have hit have helped my ballclub to win so i'm pretty

excited about that. >> listen, i don't know how anybody could ever be better than he is -- ever, no offense to henry aaron and all those guys but -- i'm sorry, hank, albert pujols is really, really good. >> yeah, he is pretty good. look at the numbers. pujols the ninth player in major league baseball history with at least 10 multi-home-run games in a season. >> a good one between the phillies and the nats. we're going to pick it up top eighth. jayson werth having a career year and adding to it. next batter, pedro feliz. we in the businesslike to call these back-to-back jacks.

6-4 phillies, for feliz his 10th of the year. ryan madson comes on for the save, no brad lidge, gets adam dunn to line out to chase utley. the phillies win 6-5, madson picks up his sixth save, charlie manuel said brad lidge would be in the next time there was a save opportunity. that didn't happen on this night. cliff lee picks up the win. he goes seven, allowed four earned, he improves to 6-2 since coming over to philadelphia. >> u.s.a. soccer was feeling the heat on wednesday night -- the red, white and blue was facing a virtual must win. get out the pen and paper and take notes on this scenario. with a victory over trinidad and tobago the americans would ensure themselves a top four finish and no worth than a -- no worse than a playoff berth -- they would likely need to win out if they wanted to play in the world cup.

jose altidor, a hat trick in an earlier qualifier against trinidad and tobago. catching the defense on the u.s. side napping. a crazy sequence but take a close look. a little tantrum on the field. nice attempt. better save. scoreless at the half. second half, still a scoreless game. ricardo clark has himself the goal. at that time clark was scoring, u.s. coach bob bradley was getting ready to replace him with stuart holden. bradley decided to leave him in. pedro gomez caught up with him after. >> i had a feeling, afterwards, when i saw when we were making the substitution i had a feeling it was going to be me, so thank god i got the shot and got to stay in the game. it helped us advance and win this game.

16 points now -- obviously, this pushes you up temporarily at least for the moment up to the top of the concacaf standings. how does that feel? >> it's huge, and from the get-go we knew we had to come out in this game and get a win. we wanted three points, and that's what we got. >> needing a point against croatia to guarantee a place in next year's world cup. england up 1-0 already and that's steven garrard there for the header and the goal, beckham, he's a fan. 3-0 game. gerard again. athletic attempt for him. england clinch a spot in the world cup for 2010 for the fourth straight year. beckham showing a little too much skin, but the ladies love it. top three teams in the fifa world rankings have punched their ticket.

>> for all the frustration brett favre can cause us media types, the one thing we love about him, he's willing to talk about pretty much anything -- not sure if the new york jets love that quality in favre, though. wednesday, during favre's weekly news conference, he said that last season the jets knew during the season that his right biceps tendon was torn, but that the coaches and front office pushed him in to play. this is a serious charge by favre, especially since he was never listed on the injury report. >> when we finally did an m.r.i. and found out i had a torn bicep, last year, i felt like, with about four or five games left, that even though i was making some pretty good throws and some decent plays, i felt like i was doing the team more harm because i was missing throws subtle -- just a yard off. i had no qualms about having kellen play.

i just didn't feel confident because of this injury, so because of this injury, so sure, i don't want to go through that, and neither do the vikings. >> this is highly unusual for any player to make these accusations. when reached for comment, jets general manager mike tannenbaum had no comment. coming up, brandon marshall's off-season has been a bit of a roller coaster. see how the ride might stay in denver. also, twitter has become all the rage. we'll tell you how fans in memphis used twitter to find the answer. i'm here on this tiny little plane, and guess what... i've still got room for the internet. with my new netbook from at&t.

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>> "college football overdrive" is back, year four on espnews, every saturday from 3:00 to 8:00 eastern we take you live to the most exciting games across the country. >> it's intercepted. not going to catch him. two for the buckeyes. >> we offer expert analysis from kordell stewart and shaun king. 3:00 eastern on espnews. >> the rockies three games up on san francisco in the wild card heading into today. we pick it up bottom of the ninth, bases loaded, seth smith under the glove of brandon phillips. two runs come in to score. the rockies win their sixth

straight -- again, a ninth-inning walk-off. >> rockies win not exactly what the giants wanted to see -- barry zito on the hill for san francisco, top of the third, adrian gonzalez to left field, his 37th of the year. he's now homered in three of his last four games. san diego improves to 9-6 against san francisco, and because of the giant loss coupled with the rockies win, giants now drop four games back in the standings in the wild card race. >> what did we do before twitter? using the social networking site, allen iverson said he's heading to memphis hoping to be the grizzlies' answer. they're giving the guard a one-year $3.5 million deal. if you're a basketball fan, no other place you would rather be than espnews friday.

>> temper tantrums might be useful. according to adam schefter the broncos are considering the possibility of giving brandon marshall a contract extension -- it would put marshall in line with other highly paid wide receivers in the nfl. a few other news and notes from around the league, jaguars running back maurice jones-drew practiced in full pads wednesday after missing practice monday because of a bruised right leg. chiefs quarterback matt cassel could miss sunday's opener against the ravens thanks to an injured left knee that's limited him in practice. the broncos' kyle orton optimistic he will start against the bengals despite a dislocated right index finger. still to come, derek jeter was knocking on the door becoming the yankees' all-time hits leader. first things first. take care of his worst slump of the season. >> also she was the talk of the open wednesday.

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games. folks watching on espnews in the los angeles area -- "sportscenter" comes on right after we're done. >> i'm eric karabell talking fantasy football. week one is finally here, and our rankings and projections are up on espn.com's pages. one of my big surprises is fred jackson is the number one running back in our projections. we expect a big day against new england. number two is deangelo williams. that's a surprise as well. philadelphia, usually a stout defense, but without the number one middle linebacker and a secondary that scares me a little and a defensive coordinator, i think deangelo williams will have a huge game at home against philadelphia. quarterback, i have matt hasselbeck in my top 10, playing the rams hasn't lost to them in years. always puts up great numbers against the rams. i expect hasselbeck and t.j. houshmandzadeh to have a great game together. carson palmer, kyle orton, i

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we will fill you in. we get started right now. captioning by captionmax >> all right. derek jeter, three hits shy of tying lou gehrig as the all time hits leader in yankee history. bottom first. jeter's first at-bat. mired in an 0-12 slump. that is a slump buster -- the infield single. two hits shy. he would have another hit later. now, bottom of the seventh. a chance to tie, and he does it as only derek jeter can do it -- inside-out swing to right. his parents love it, the ultimate sign of respect from the rays, and joe girardi. jeter acknowledges the crowd. now tied with gehrig. bottom eighth, back to the game, jorge posada, pinch-hitting --

and he gets all of that one. three-run homer. his 21st of the year just like that, yankees up 4-2. two batters later, jeter again -- a chance to take the record all by himself, and he walks. very anticlimactic on a special night in the bronx. 4-2 is your final. jorge posada his fourth career pinch-hit home run. but this night all about derek jeter, now tied with gehrig, 2,721 hits, next opportunity to break the record friday at home against baltimore. here is jeter after the game. >> i really didn't know what to do. we were losing at the time. i'm just trying to get on base. hopefully give us a chance to -- hopefully help us win this game. i took a moment to soak it in. the fans have been outstanding. i didn't want to disrespect tampa, then when i saw them giving me an ovation, i really appreciated it. i've said it time and time again, if you pass those guys in strikeouts, it's a big deal to have your name on the list, but being a yankee fan and knowing

the history, and coming up throughout the organization, and playing my entire career here in front of these fans, they have been tremendous, my whole career and especially this home stand here. >> so jeter reaches the mark at 45 fewer games than the iron horse, but he needs nearly 600 more at-bats to get to the magic number. >> with that we say what's up and welcome in to our house, keeping you current on espnews, alongside mike yam, i am the coach, and yammer, we go from one superstar who is always the toast of the town in new york to a young lady who was the newest toast of the town in new york. and welcome in to our house, >> it wasn't maria sharapova, not even the williams sisters, the story of this year's u.s. open a 17-year-old american named melanie oudin -- the youngest american since serena williams to make it to the quarters. going up against caroline wozniacki. first set, oudin a little frustrated there, she lost 14 of

the first 18 points. on the second set point for wozniacki. >> you're showing off with the name. >> we're big fans of the name. go denmark, right? wozniacki. calls the oudin return called out. the judges agree. wozniacki would go on to win the game, oudin, 43 unforced errors. still in the second set. oudin off the top of the net. that thing's going wide. wozniacki just 20 errors in the match. then match point, oudin going wide. the run for the georgia native is over. she would hang her hat on the fact she made it to the grand slam quarterfinal in her fourth main draw appearance. wozniacki made it at least to

the third round in all four grand slams this year. the story of the match, the 17-year-old american. >> thank you all so much for cheering for me. you pulled me through so many matches. i really appreciate it. thank you. >> i'm sorry that i won against melanie today -- i know that many of you wanted her to win, but hopefully, i won many of your guys' hearts and you will be cheering for me in my next match. >> this has been a great experience for me. i had a great run. caroline played a great match. good luck to caroline in her next match and i hope to come back next year and do even better. >> it will be a battle of 19-year-olds as wozniacki moves on to the semis where she will take an unseeded player, yanina wickmayer, who is playing in her first semis and then serena has a chance to knock out the woman who knocked out her sister, venus -- that's kim clijsters.

>> the men's top seed -- roger federer taking on robin soderling. tiebreak in the third. the dropshot nasty. roger federer 64 winners. a couple volleys here. federer, a little dropshot again. tied at 6-6 in the tiebreak. moving along. soderling up 7-6 in the tiebreak and the forehand from soderling is strong. federer's return -- that thing is long. first time in 12 matches soderling takes a set from roger. fourth set. roger up 6-5. soderling, the return. into the net. leads to another tiebreak. federer up 7-6, match point, roger advances to his 22nd straight grand slam semis.

>> the four seed, novak djokovic taking on fernando verdasco, the winner to the men's semis. second set, djokovic up a set, verdasco the nice overhead. won the second set. the turning point, tied at 5-5, verdasco the entire court. hits it along. the turning point, tied at 5-5, djokovic wins the game and the set 7-5. more from djokovic. he wins the fourth set rather easily 6-2. >> baseball, rangers came into play trailing boston by two games in the wild card, they

take on the indians, top of the first, no score, marlon byrd, a three-run shot, his 17th of the year off of fausto carmona -- five earned runs in 2/3 inning. texas win putting pressure on boston at baltimore. bottom sixth, red sox down 4-3, dustin pedroia hits matt albers in the leg. joey gathright comes in to score. we've got ourselves a tie ballgame. victor martinez off the green monster, extends his hitting streak to 12 games with a go-ahead pinch-hit double in the seventh inning. thanks to a red sox win as well as a rangers win, no change in the wild card race. texas still trailing boston by two games. >> they may not be friends now, but there was a time when eric mangini was a disciple of one bill belichick. the friendship ended when mangini went to new york, but the philosophy stayed the same. keep things close to the vest, and only tell people what you think they're entitled to hear. mangini never endeared himself to new york fans, or media, and

it's starting the same way in cleveland. coming into wednesday the browns were the only nfl team who had not named their starting quarterback. mangini? well, he wanted it to stay that way. however, as practice ended, word began leaking out that brady quinn will take the first snap from center sunday against the vikings. quinn was considered the favorite all along, and now, knows that he is the man. >> they both took it the way i would expect them to take it -- as pros, as good teammates and based on the way that they competed and handled this whole situation, it's really not surprising. i don't think anybody is in an awkward spot trying to maintain a competitive advantage. we all do that. that's all our goals, and we're trying to do everything that we can do to win the game on sunday, and i think everybody's excited about doing that.

>> neither brady quinn nor derek anderson blew anyone away this preseason, though quinn did hold the clear statistical advantage -- quinn completed nearly 68% of his passes, and threw the only touchdown pass among cleveland's top two signal callers. coming up. as brett favre prepared for his season opener against the browns, wait until you hear what he had to say about his old coach, and team, from new york. and the cardinals have all but locked up a postseason berth on wednesday. albert pujols played like he has already locked up the m.v.p. >> and team u.s.a. gains breathing room thanks to a big win. find out why the u.s. goal that lifted them might never have happened. have happened. (announcer) don't go unnoticed

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grounds out to third. take a close look. oh, ball down. after the game he said i'm all right. it's just a little swollen. he had to be taken out of the game with a bruised knee. keep in mind, this guy has 360 and 12 home runs and 32 ribbies since he was acquired in late july. from the machine, albert pujols, the two-run shot for him. and st. louis up 4-0. in the seventh. he wasn't done. a solo shot for him. his second of the game. he ties the franchise record with his tenth multi home run game this season. bottom seven. adam wainwright just dealing. seven inn innings, no earned

runs expairks major league leading 18th win. the cardinals have won four of six. wainwright 6-0 with a 1.# 3 era in his last seven starts. he gave us his thoughts on the offense. >> i can't do it by myself. that's pretty special. but, you know, you can't think about numbers. i mean, you can look at those numbers, but i think our main goal was how we're playing in our division. right now we have an 11 and a half game lead. i'm more excited about that. hopefully to get the opportunity to get to the playoffs. and obviously most of those that i have hit helped my ballclub to win. so i'm excited about that. >> i don't know. listen, i don't know how anybody could be better than he is, ever. no offense to henry aaron and all those guys. but, i'm sere, hank. albert pujols is really, really good. >> yeah, he is pretty good. look at the numbers here.

pujols has at least ten multi-home run games in a season. only sammy sosa in 1999, and hank greenberg in 1938 had more. pujols might be able to match their totals or pass them when you consider he has 21 games left. >> all right, a good one between the phillies and the nats. we'll pick it up top eighth. jason ward having a career year. he would add to it. oh, just got the ball on that one. his 33rd. 5-4 phillies, next batter is pedro feliz. we in the business like to call these back-to-back jacks. 6-4 phillies. ryan madsen on for the save. no brad lidge. gets adam dunn to lineout to chase utley to jimmy rollins, the 4-6 double-play ends the game. and the phillies win 6-5. madsen picks up his sixth save. now charlie manuel said that

brad lidge would be in next time there is a save opportunity. that didn't happen on this night. cliff lee goes 7. allowed four earned. he improves to 6-2 since coming over to philadelphia. >> usa soccer was feeling the heat on wednesday night. the red, white and blue was facing a virtual must-win. get out the pen and paper and take notes on this scenario. with the victory against trinidad and tobago, the americans would ensure themselves a top four finish, and no worse than a playoff berth against the fifth place south american country. the loss doesn't sink them. they'd likely need to win out if they wanted to play in the world cup. >> josie altador. a hat trick in an earlier qualifier. first half, little tnt here. catching the defense on the u.s. side napping. tim howard hits the cross bar. on the other hand, a big save. crazy sequence here. take a close look. first chance, just a touch high.

little tantrum there on the field. and alta dore on the other side, nice attempt. better save. we're scoreless at the half. >> now second half, still a scoreless game. ricardo clarke finds the space. he's got himself a goal. at that time clarke was scoring, the u.s. bob bradley was getting ready to replace him. bradley decided to leave him in. pedro gomez caught up with him after. >> i had a feeling afterwards when we were making the substitution, i had a feeling it was going to be me. so thank god i got the shot and got to stay in the game. i thought it helped us advance and win this game. >> 16 points now, this pushes you up temporarily for the moment up to the top of the co concacaf standings. how does that feel? from the git-go, even at the el salvador game, we knew we had to come out in this game and get a win. we wanted three points and that's what we got.

>> needing just one point against croatia. 18th minute. england up 1-0 already. and steven girard hits for the header. and beckham, he's a fan. 65th minute, wayne rooney tracks it down, pops it you up, and guess who? girard, the athletic header for him. england clinches a spot in the world cup for 2010 for the fourth straight year. after the match, beckham showing too much skin. but the ladies love it. >> the top three teams in the fifa world rankings have punched their tickets to south africa. with number # england also in. number injury report.

>> when we finally did an mri and found out i had a torn bicep last year, i felt like with about four or five games left that even though i was making some pretty good throws, and some decent plays, i felt like i was doing the team more harm, because i was missing some throws. subtle, just a yard off. i had no qualms about having kellen play. i just didn't feel confident because of this injury. so, sure, i don't want to go through that. and neither do the vikings. >> now this is highly unusual for any player to make these accusations. when reached for comment, jets general manager mike tanenbaum had no comment.

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to the d'backs 4-3 -- a walk-off -- bases-loaded walk to mark reynolds is the winning run, manny ramirez hits his 18th home run of the year, 2-3 with two r.b.i.'s, back down to arizona, dave o'brien and rick sutcliffe. >> arizona won a game they typically lost this season, a close one against the los angeles dodgers but it started with outstanding starting pitching by dan haren for the diamondbacks. >> they've always got confidence when they take the field and the big righthander is out on the mound -- danny haren had an opportunity tonight to not only go over 200 innings on the year but to get closer to his 14th win and also 200 strikeouts. he wasn't overpowering tonight, he didn't have a really good fastball but he had outstanding off-speed stuff. you see the cut fastball, there is the hook to garland, a couple good fastballs, sinking action to his fastball -- he kind of did everything he could -- he

threw everything he had at them and it was just enough to get deep into the ballgame -- danny haren with an outstanding performance gave them an opportunity to win, which they did in the bottom of the ninth. >> no decision for him but as you mentioned, the high drama came in the bottom half of the ninth inning when arizona, tied up 3-3, got a big break right away on a little routine two-hopper back to the mound, ramon trancoso tloouf it up the line. >> it was the first error of his career, a routine play, could not have gotten easier, you wonder what the pressure was like for him. it's routine. it misses him, the ball goes down the line. a sacrifice bunt, then joe torre called for two intentional passes. that brought up mark reynolds. you figure he's either going to hit a home run or he's going to strike out. he did neither because troncoso could not throw a strike. he walked in the winning run. >> can't argue with the strategy of joe torre, it was the right thing to do but you have to give credit to mark reynolds.

he's hit 41 home runs, strikes out 190 times this season. that was a patient at-bat. >> this guy is turning into a really good player, 26 years of age, we've seen a lot of improvement from him defensively and there it was his patience at home plate. >> colorado within 2 1/2 of the dodgers who fall here in the desert tonight. for rick sutcliffe, dave o'brien. let's toss it back to the studio. >> what did we do before twitter? using the social networking site, allen iverson confirmed wednesday he's heading to memphis. a.i. hoping to be the grizzlies' answer. they had just 22 wins last season. they're giving the guard a one-year $3.5 million deal. if you're a basketball fan, friday, this is where you want to be. >> temper tantrums might be useful. according to adam schefter, the

broncos are exploring the possibility of giving brandon marshall a contract extension. the potential new deal would put marshall's salary in line with some of the game's other highly paid wide receivers. still to come, derek jeter was knocking on the door of becoming the yankees' all-time hits leader. first things first, take care of his worst slump of t

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week one is finally here, and our rankings and projections are up on espn.com's pages. one of my big surprises is fred jackson is the number one running back in our projections. we expect a big day against new england. number two is deangelo williams. that's a surprise as well. philadelphia, usually a stout defense, but without the number one middle linebacker and a secondary that scares me and a defensive coordinator, i think deangelo williams will have a huge game at home against philadelphia. quarterback, i have matt hasselbeck in my top 10 this week, playing the rams hasn't lost to them in years. i expect hasselbeck and t.j. houshmandzadeh to have a great first game together. i think you can make the case that matt hasselbeck is a top-10 play for week number one and as the season goes on we'll see how he does against other defenses but this week, matt hasselbeck, i like him. fred jackson, i think we all like him and, of course, deangelo williams a monster week coming. i'm eric karabell. check us out. espn.com.

>> no better place than espnews to get you ready for week one in the nfl season. ♪ ♪ >> coming up on espnews, it finally happens, derek jeter breaks out of his biggest slump of the year to make history for the yankees. from elation in the bronx to dejection in flushing, melanie oudin fights nerves and her opponent as her magical run in the open comes to an end. the cleveland browns have a starting quarterback no thanks to eric mangini. we'll tell you how brady quinn was not kept under wraps. u.s.a. soccer with a huge u.s.a. soccer with a huge world cup qualifier against trinidad and tobago. we will fill you in. we get started right now.

♪ >> derek jeter, three hits shy of tying lou gehrig as the all time hits leader in yankee history. bottom first. jeter's first at-bat. mired in an 0-12 slump. that is a slump buster -- the infield single. two hits shy. he would have another hit later. now, bottom of the seventh. a chance to tie, and he does it as only derek jeter can do it -- inside-out swing to right. his parents love it, the ultimate sign of respect from the rays, and joe girardi. jeter acknowledges the crowd. now tied with gehrig. bottom eighth, back to the game, jorge posada, pinch-hitting -- and he gets all of that one. three-run homer. his 21st of the year just like that, yankees up 4-2.

two batters later, jeter again -- a chance to take the record all by himself, and he walks. very anticlimactic on a special night in the bronx. 4-2 is your final. jorge posada his fourth career pinch-hit home run. but this night all about derek jeter, now tied with gehrig, 2,721 hits, next opportunity to break the record friday at home against baltimore. here is jeter after the game. >> i really didn't know what to do. we were losing at the time. i'm just trying to get on base. hopefully give us a chance to win this game. i took a moment to soak it in. the fans have been outstanding. i didn't want to disrespect tampa, then when i saw them giving me an ovation, i really appreciated it. i've said it time and time again, if you pass those guys in strikeouts, it's a big deal to have your name on the list, but being a yankee fan and knowing the history and coming up throughout the organization and playing my entire career here in front of these fans, they have been tremendous, my whole career and especially this home stand here.

>> so jeter reaches the mark at 45 fewer games than the iron horse but needs nearly 600 more at-bats to get to the magic number. >> with that we say what's up and welcome in to our house, keeping you current, alongside mike yam, i'm the coach. we go from one superstan who is always the toast of the town in new york to a young lady the new toast of the town in new york. >> it wasn't maria sharapova, not even the williams sisters, the story of this year's u.s. open a 17-year-old american named melanie oudin -- the youngest american since serena williams to make it to the quarters. going up against caroline wozniacki. first set, oudin a little frustrated there, she lost 14 of the first 18 points.

on the second set point for wozniacki. >> you're showing off with the name. >> we're big fans of the name. go denmark, right? wozniacki. wozniacki calls the oudin return called out. the judges agree. wozniacki would go on to win the game, oudin, 43 unforced errors. still in the second set. oudin off the top of the net. that thing's going wide. wozniacki just 20 errors in the match. then match point, oudin going wide. the run for the georgia native is over. she would hang her hat on the fact she made it to the grand slam quarterfinal in her fourth main draw appearance. wozniacki made it at least to the third round in all four grand slams this year.

the story of the match, the 17-year-old american. >> thank you so much for cheering for me. you pulled me through so many matches. i really appreciate it. thank you. >> i'm sorry that i won against melanie today -- i know that many of you wanted her to win, but hopefully, i won many of your guys' hearts and you will be cheering for me in my next match. >> this has been a great experience for me. good luck to caroline in her next match and i hope to come back next year and do even better. >> it will be a battle of 19-year-olds as wozniacki moves on to the semis where she will take an unseeded player, yanina crazy stat he got in his

>> federer cruised in the first set 6-0. second, up 4-2, the dropshot nasty, federer 64 winners. soderling up 6-5, a couple volleys here, federer a little dropshot again, tied at 6-6 in the tiebreak. moving along, soderling up 7-6 in the tiebreak, and the forehand from soderling, it's strong. federer's return, that thing is long -- first time in 12 matches soderling takes a set from roger. fourth set, roger up 6-5, federer's return into the net. leaves another. tiebreak, federer up 7-6 on 7-6, match point, ger advances roger advances to his 22nd straight grand slam semis.

>> the number four seed, novak djokovic taking on fernando verdasco, second set, djokovic up a set, verdasco the nice overhead. won the second set. the turning point, tied at 5-5, verdasco has a wide-open court. he's upset. djokovic wins the game and the set 7-5. more from djokovic. he wins the fourth set rather easily 6-2. so this is what the men's side looks like now. >> baseball, rangers came into play trailing boston by two games in the wild card, they take on the indians, marlon byrd, a three-run shot, his 17th of the year off of fausto

carmona -- five earned runs in 2/3 inning. texas win putting pressure on boston and baltimore. bottom sixth, red sox down 4-3, dustin pedroia hits matt albert barbs matt albers in the leg. victor martinez off the green monster extends his hitting streak to 12 games with a go-ahead pinch-hit double in the seventh inning. thanks to a red sox win as well as a rangers win, no change in the wild card race. texas trailing boston by two games. >> they may not be friends now but there was a time when eric mangini was a disciple of one bill belichick. the friendship ended when mangini went to new york but the philosophy stayed the same. keep things close to the vest and only tell people what you think they're entitled to hear. mangini never endeared himself to new york fans, or media, and it's starting the same way in

cleveland. coming into wednesday the browns were the only nfl team who had not named their starting quarterback. mangini? well, he wanted it to stay that way. however, as practice ended word began leaking out that brady quinn will take the first snap from center sunday against the vikings. quinn was considered the favorite all along and now knows that he is the man. >> they took it the way i would expect them to take it -- as pros, as good teammates and based on the way that they competed and handled this whole situation, it's really not surprising. i don't think anybody is in an awkward spot trying to maintain a competitive advantage. that's all our goals and we're trying to do everything that we can do to win the game on sunday, and i think everybody's excited about doing that. >> neither brady quinn nor derek anderson blew anyone away this

preseason though quinn did hold the clear statistical advantage -- quinn completed nearly 68% of his passes and threw the only touchdown pass among cleveland's top two signal callers. coming up. as brett favre prepared for his season opener against the browns, wait until you hear what he had to say about his old coach, and team, from new york. and the cardinals have all but locked up a postseason berth on wednesday. albert pujols played like he has already locked up the m.v.p. >> and team u.s.a. gains breathing room thanks to a big win. find out why the u.s. goal that lifted them might never have happened. hey, it's jimmy football, hey.

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grounds out to third. take a close look. oh, ball down. after the game he said i'm all right. it's just a little swollen. he had to be taken out of the game with a bruised knee. keep in mind, this guy has 360 and 12 home runs and 32 ribbies since he was acquired in late july. from the machine, albert pujols, the two-run shot for him. and st. louis up 4-0. in the seventh. he wasn't done. a solo shot for him. his second of the game. he ties the franchise record with his tenth multi home run game this season. bottom seven. adam wainwright just dealing. seven inn innings, no earned runs expairks major league leading 18th win. the cardinals have won four of

six. wainwright 6-0 with a 1.# 3 era in his last seven starts. he gave us his thoughts on the offense. >> i can't do it by myself. that's pretty special. but, you know, you can't think about numbers. i mean, you can look at those numbers, but i think our main goal was how we're playing in our division. right now we have an 11 and a half game lead. i'm more excited about that. hopefully to get the opportunity to get to the playoffs. and obviously most of those that i have hit helped my ballclub to win. so i'm excited about that. >> i don't know. listen, i don't know how anybody could be better than he is, ever. no offense to henry aaron and all those guys. but, i'm sere, hank. albert pujols is really, really good. >> yeah, he is pretty good. look at the numbers here. pujols has at least ten multi-home run games in a

season. only sammy sosa in 1999, and hank greenberg in 1938 had more. pujols might be able to match their totals or pass them when you consider he has 21 games left. >> all right, a good one between the phillies and the nats. we'll pick it up top eighth. jason ward having a career year. he would add to it. oh, just got the ball on that one. his 33rd. 5-4 phillies, next batter is pedro feliz. we in the business like to call these back-to-back jacks. 6-4 phillies. ryan madsen on for the save. no brad lidge. gets adam dunn to lineout to chase utley to jimmy rollins, the 4-6 double-play ends the game. and the phillies win 6-5. madsen picks up his sixth save. now charlie manuel said that brad lidge would be in next time

there is a save opportunity. that didn't happen on this night. cliff lee goes 7. allowed four earned. he improves to 6-2 since coming over to philadelphia. >> usa soccer was feeling the heat on wednesday night. the red, white and blue was facing a virtual must-win. get out the pen and paper and take notes on this scenario. with the victory against trinidad and tobago, the americans would ensure themselves a top four finish, and no worse than a playoff berth against the fifth place south american country. the loss doesn't sink them. they'd likely need to win out if they wanted to play in the world cup. >> josie altador. a hat trick in an earlier qualifier. first half, little tnt here. catching the defense on the u.s. side napping. tim howard hits the cross bar. on the other hand, a big save. crazy sequence here. take a close look. first chance, just a touch high. little tantrum there on the

field. and alta dore on the other side, nice attempt. better save. we're scoreless at the half. >> now second half, still a scoreless game. ricardo clarke finds the space. he's got himself a goal. at that time clarke was scoring, the u.s. bob bradley was getting ready to replace him. bradley decided to leave him in. pedro gomez caught up with him after. >> i had a feeling afterwards when we were making the substitution, i had a feeling it was going to be me. so thank god i got the shot and got to stay in the game. i thought it helped us advance and win this game. >> 16 points now, this pushes you up temporarily for the moment up to the top of the co concacaf standings. how does that feel? from the git-go, even at the el salvador game, we knew we had to come out in this game and get a win. we wanted three points and that's what we got. >> needing just one point

against croatia. 18th minute. england up 1-0 already. and steven girard hits for the header. and beckham, he's a fan. 65th minute, wayne rooney tracks it down, pops it you up, and guess who? girard, the athletic header for him. england clinches a spot in the world cup for 2010 for the fourth straight year. after the match, beckham showing too much skin. but the ladies love it. >> the top three teams in the fifa world rankings have punched their tickets to south africa. with number # england also in. number injury report.

>> when we finally did an mri and found out i had a torn bicep last year, i felt like with about four or five games left that even though i was making some pretty good throws, and some decent plays, i felt like i was doing the team more harm, because i was missing some throws. subtle, just a yard off. i had no qualms about having kellen play. i just didn't feel confident because of this injury. so, sure, i don't want to go through that. and neither do the vikings. >> now this is highly unusual for any player to make these accusations. when reached for comment, jets general manager mike tanenbaum had no comment. >> coming up, brandon marshall's

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>> "college football overdrive" is back, year four on espnews, every saturday from 3:00 to 8:00 eastern we take you live to the most exciting games across the country. >> it's intercepted. not going to catch him. two for the buckeyes. >> we offer expert analysis from kordell stewart and shaun king. 3:00 eastern on espnews. >> the rockies three games up on san francisco in the wild card heading into today. we pick it up bottom of the ninth, bases loaded, seth smith under the glove of brandon phillips. two runs come in to score. the rockies win their sixth straight -- again, a ninth-inning walk-off. >> rockies win not exactly what the giants wanted to see -- barry zito on the hill for san francisco, top of the third, adrian gonzalez to left field, his 37th of the year. he's now homered in three of his last four games. san diego improves to 9-6

against san francisco, and because of the giant loss coupled with the rockies win, giants >> dodgers and d'backs, pick it up top of the fourth, manny being manny -- off dan haren. a solo shot, his 18th. that tied the game at 2-2. however, the diamondbacks win with a walk-off walk to mark reynolds, if you call it that -- d'backs win 4-3. manny had five home runs in his last 11 games so he's picking up at exactly the right time -- the win for arizona snaps a six-game losing streak. >> for the record, i'm with you. >> thanks. >> what did we do before twitter? using the social networking site, allen iverson confirmed wednesday he's heading to memphis -- a.i. hoping to be the grizzlies answer. had just 22 wins last year, giving the guard a one-year $3.5 million deal. if you are a basketball fan this

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>> i'm eric karabell talking fantasy football. week one is finally here and our rankings and projections are up on espn.com's pages. one of my big surprises, i think, is fred jackson is the number one in our projection. we expect a big day against new england. number two is deangelo williams, philadelphia usually a stout defense but without a number one middle linebacker and a secondary that scares me a little and a defensive coordinator, i think deangelo will have a huge game at home against philadelphia. i have matt hasselbeck in my top 10 playing the rams, always puts up good numbers against the rams, not a great defense for the rams, i expect hasselbeck and t.j. houshmandzadeh to have a great first game together and with injuries, carson palmer, kyle orton, i could make the case matt hasselbeck is a top-10 play for week one and as the season goes on we'll see how he does against better defenses but this week, matt hasselbeck, i like him. fred jackson, i think we all like him and, of course, deangelo williams a monster week coming.