[captioning made possible by espn, inc.] manning down the middle. dallas clark into the clear. opening play, touchdown, colts! >> this is "sportscenter." another manic finish monday night. miami's wildcat putting up wild numbers but number 18 getting the first and last word. more nfl, is michael vick ready to fill in in philly? the jets face tampering charges. the preview in anaheim. the red sox looking to gain ground on the yankees. the giants are staying alive. "sportscenter," right now! captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--

♪ how's it? welcome to "sportscenter" from los angeles, alongside stan verrett, i'm neil everett. colts back in miami, first time since winning super bowl xli. >> a lot has changed for them, though. they have a new coach, no marvin harrison now but peyton manning is still on the top of his game. and one night after his younger brother led a game-winning drive in primetime on the road, peyton did it, too. stuart scott anchors our coverage of "monday night football" from south florida. >> south florida on a muggy monday night but "sportscenter's" coverage of "monday night football" was on point as the miami dolphins appeared in "monday night football" for the 74th time, more than any team in the league. stuart scott, steve young, matt millen wearing makeup on a muggy night. that's tough. >> you guys are wearing makeup? you're weird. >> you're wearing makeup. >> much tougher for peyton manning as peyton was trying to get in the record books, tied

with johnny unitas for most wins for a starting quarterback coming in. first play from scrimmage. and here-we-go. peyton to dallas clark, second time he's opened the game like this with an 80-yard touchdown. how did it go down? >> you are overanxious right off the bafment 3 watch out. how about a tackle to open the game? no, touchdown. >> the play ties the quickest touchdown in "monday night football" history that took 12 seconds. check out after the play, tiger woods on the side lineups telling peyton nice play, player. i can drive just as well as that. >> first quarter, matt, steve said the wildcat offense was a fad. >> i call it a touchdown here and big score. what it is is all about numbers, getting a hat on a hat. watch this, they'll fake it coming around and then it's just the inside three of the

offensive line getting people on people and the power run. >> you said it was a fab, not fad. >> tiger not as happy as he was on peyton's touchdown. second quarter, third and 9, dolphins. chad pennington throwing it deep to ted ginn in the end zone. see what happened. >> you can't do that. that's overthrown. >> you've got to make that catch. you've got to make that catch. >> say it again. >> dolphins forced to kick a field goal. manning third and 10. he's getting his hook on to dallas clark for the first down at the dolphins' 30. why is clark so effective? >> he's a great route runner and looks like a fullback. phenomenal route runner, recognition of coverage. >> adam vinatieri busts a 48-yard field goal off the goal post and in. it's good. game tied at 13-13 at recess. third quarter is really about

joey porter who says my man was beaten down. >> you might want to maybe block him, i don't know. maybe. >> i mean, he only led the a.f.c. in sacks last year. >> why would you want to block him? >> let's try blocking him with two guys. how does that work out? >> manning under pressure, incomplete from the left. where does the pressure come from? >> this is called the old bakersfield push. joey porter was doing his thing. colts forced to punt. >> next dolphins drive, miami putting together a long, long series. >> looked like dan marino right there. >> pennington complete for the first down. pennington, all-time career leader in completion percentage in the nfl. >> and a great job of just understanding the pocket and buying a little bit of time. like you said, hand the ball off and just let them keep running the clock down and piling up the time on their side. >> manning and the colts ran just three plays in the third

quarter. their fewest since 2000 in the third. dolphins driving third and 1. brown up the middle for a touchdown. the play, nice. the drive, nice. 13 plays, 80 yards, took nine minutes off the clock. ensuing colts drive. i guess peyton doesn't need that much time. >> no, play a little man-to-man and see how he handles this and wait for dallas clark to clear, 25, 30, 35, 40 -- dallas clark was killing them tonight. >> seven catches for him, 183 yards, a career high. the dolphins have ronnie brown, the colts have donald brown, the rookie out of uconn. 15 yards. colts respond immediately and tie the game at 20-20. next miami drive, third and 7. pennington going to ted ginn. this kid out of ohio state has to be a decent receiver. >> he is. >> he has great skills and speed but can't drop the ball in the back ofed end zone. >> dan carpenter tipping a 45-yard field goal. it's good.

but you don't like the play calling? >> no, they set up for the field goal. you have peyton manning waiting on the other side. you can't kick a field goal or you'll lose. man-to-man. >> dwight freeney needing rest and oxygen on the sidelines. colts drive, manning to reggie wayne, first down. then to dallas clark, department of redundancy. then he throws to pierre garcon. "it's a screen pass. >> and also a touchdown. he had a lot of time and was able to look over the field and was accurate. >> peyton's 336 career touchdown pass and garcon's first career touchdown pass. colts up. next dolphins drive, pennington deep in the end zone again. >> oh, boy. >> he knows it, too. >> physical receivers in this league. >> that's the difference there. i don't think ginn has the physicality to make the play. think of all the players that

get that ball. >> he had a nice game. but he couldn't get that one. later in the drive, six seconds left to go. this is for the ballgame. pennington, picked off by antoine bethea to end it. they had the ball for just over 45 minutes but peyton manning and the colts win it 27-23. peyton for the game, 23 pass attempts, 14 completions, 303 yards passing. steve, come the math. you're smart. >> that's over 12 yards a completion -- or attempts. you don't see that very often, matt millen. that really speaks to the miami defense, the big play defense going the other direction. i don't know that bodes well for them being able to put pressure on the quarterback or make tackles. >> after the game peyton manning talking about the big win. >> i had pretty good inspiration from a certain quarterback from the giants and kept me up late.

that was how calm and cool eli was and he has young receivers, too and knew it could be done. everybody was calm, you know. and pierre was very patient. he was more talkative than he had been all game, i can beat them, i can beat them. didn't give him many possessions but he came up big when we needed him and he was huge. >> you're the colts all-time leader in wins, what does it mean for you? >> like i said, in talking to coach gruden, i don't feel comfortable being compared to johnny unitas. i wear the same uniform and ama

>> the colts are outrush and still win. >> if you don't get to peyton and knock him down a few times and get him off beat, he'll tear you up. here the end of the game, man-to-man. here again, man-to-man. the last play he almost throws it to the ground, excuse me, it's a touchdown. at the end of the day, if you don't knock him down you probably are going to lose, more than likely. >> and you've got to credit that offensive line because they protected him pretty well, steve. but the other thing you've got to look at is the indianapolis colts defense. because essentially they played a game and a half tonight. they were out there for 45 minutes. 84 plays. that's a game and a half. so that is one tired defense. but credit them with this, the bottom line, when push came to shove and they had to stop them, they stopped them and were able to get out of here with a win. >> and the colts get out of here with a win and do it in record breaking fashion. colts time of possession, 14

minutes, 53 seconds. since they started tracking time of possession sometime in the mid 1970's, this is the smallest amount of time having a football that a winning team has ever had. hey, the wildcat offense did its thing, ronnie brown made miscareer catches. marc anthony and j.lo were in the house and tiger woods chatting up peyton on the sidelines. they all watched a serious barnburner of a football game but in the end it was peyton and the colts beating the dolphins on a muggy monday night. we'll have the latest on the jets facing tampering charges concerning michael crabtree, the number 10 pick for the niners in april. donovan mcnabb hurting the eagles fans wondering if you know who is ready to start. michael's readiness or not is

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this is unbelievable! it's pretty much a foregone conclusion the yankees are going to make the playoffs. their magic number to create some very expensive playoff tickets at their new stadium is down to just one. but winning the a.l. east, that isn't much of a sure thing now. >> new york is up five, yankees with three in anaheim followed by three in boston. if the red sox get hot and the for the best record in baseball. look, d.c. comic characters, the yankee rookies. we remember when hideki matsui dressed up like huggy bear and then in 2007 joba chamberlain without dorothy came on like the cowardly lion from "wizard of oz." scared the heck out of me. vladimir guerrero is 8-20 career against him.

bottom one he doubled. bobby abreu from first beats the throw home to score. the angels up 1-0. torii hunter is just .233 career against pettitte. and he gets him for a double as well, drives in guerrero. the angels up 2-0. pettitte said the shoulder felt fine, going six innings, five hits and three earned. joe saunders with a .210 e.r.a. since returning from a 15-day d.l. mark teixeira the top of the sixth will turn two. saunders, two earned, three k's. ninth inning, robinson cano the tying run facing brian fuentes, two outs. and cano grounds to first. kendry morales stepping on the bag. that's your ballgame. in a matchup of division leaders the angels beat the team with the best record in baseball, 5-2. a-rod and matsui with solo shots. the angels' magic number is six. the yankees' magic number

remains at one. their pitching has struggled the last 10 games with an e.r.a. of 5.34, and they are just four wins in their last 10 games. the angels within 4 1/2 of the yankees for the best record in the american league. red sox in kansas city to take on the royals. boston rolling. they've won 10-11 and they had tim wakefield starting for the first time since september 5, battling a bad back. he was cruising most of the game until the bottom of the third after waiting 22 minutes in the dugout while the red sox had a big inning and he threw one past martinez and anderson scores. then the rain started coming down. an ma'ams were lining up two by two. bottom five, wakefield having issues with the strike zone. look at the rain. seven walks. wakefield gave up. they gave up 11 as a team and he walks bully butler. next batter, mike jacobs. with two on, that makes that one a three-run home run. royals down 6 -- 78-5.

-- royals down 8-5. daniel bard, tied at 9-9. yuniesky betancourt. that drives in two. royals win it 12-9. the red sox relievers, three innings of work, seven earned runs, kansas city now 11-3 in its last 14 games. royals getting hot in september once again, much to the red sox dismay. the yankees and red sox lose and boston misses an opportunity and remain five games back of new york. red sox only four back in the loss column, though, and they have two more games remaining than the yankees do. take a look at those schedules beginning with the yankees, 11 games remaining for new york with two left at the angels before a weekend series against the red sox in the bronx. again, that could get very interesting. they host the royals before finishing on the road at tampa bay. as for boston, they have three more at the royals before heading to the bronx for that three-game series and they finish up in boston with the a

to get there. the rangers, one win away from their first winning season since 2004. unfortunately they're inching closer to being irrelevant in the playoff discussion. how about kevin millwood who needed to go 4 1/3 or more to reach a $12 million contract incentive for the next season. the double play gets him there which is 180 innings pitched. bottom seven. mark ellis grounds to third. chris davis, diving stop and the throw. next battler, eric patterson. davis says you like apples? how about them apples. seven innings, three hits, one runs and nothing earned for millwood. the angels score more runs in that game with a 10-3 win than the last seven combined. it's the last seven combined is why the rangers are in trouble. they both win monday, the rangers and angels and texas remains 7 1/2 back in the a.l. west and pick up a game in the

a.l. wild card with the red sox talking football right now. donovan mcnabb shrugged when a reporter asked him if he'd be ready to play sunday against kansas city. mcnabb is still dealing with the cracked rib. andy reid has already revealed his plan if mcnabb can't go and kevin cob is still the man in reid's plan. that's even though michael vick is eligible to return this week. the eagles plan sunday against the saints included plenty of wildcats, perhaps getting everyone else on their offense ready for the package vick will run when he comes back but he won't start. despite hi did enough to retain reid's faith in him. >> i thought kevin kolb for starting his first game, putting up 378 yards or whatever it was, i thought he did some good thing. can he learn from the interception on the second series of the second half? yeah, he can learn on that. can he learn on some of the other plays? oh, yeah. overall i thought he did a pretty good job after having an

opportunity to evaluate it. michael vick, is he 100% back and ready to play a whole game? i can't tell you that. i don't think so. and i don't plan on putting him in that position right now. >> here's the breakdown on kolb going the next level. andy reid had it wrong, 389 yards sunday but he struggled on all other downs. completing half of his passes and throwing two interceptions on second, third or fourth down. seahawks say they're prepared for play with the backup against the bears. matt hasselbeck has a rib injury. he says he has played a week after breaking a rib before and he absolutely hopes to play on sunday. seahawks hosting the bears on sunday. for complete coverage of that game and everything else chicago, you know where to go, espnchicago.com. log on and check it out. you remember michael crabtree, he's that texas tech

receiver who made that catch to beat texas last season? you've seen it a hundred times. you haven't hardly seen crabtree since. he's the only guy drafted in april who hasn't signed on the dotted line. the 49ers picked him 10th, reportedly guaranteed him $16 million. crabtree not interested. but are the jets interested in him? the 49ers say new york is and they've tampered with their pick and they've filed tampering charges. >> we'll let the nfl figure that one out. i think it's ridiculous, personally but we'll let the nfl figure it out. ok. i wish we were playing him. >> thank you. >> he wishes they were playing him. >> that's something that, you know, the league is going to handle internally and i'm not going to get into that. we'll let that play out the process and see what happens. >> but have you -- >> i'm going to let the league

handle that. i'm not going there. we'll let the league handle that and go from there. >> you're 2-0 and haven't thrown the ball well. do you need crabtree on the team to win? >> i think we need every football player that can help us win. >> that question about needing crabtree because isaac bruce, frank gore the running back, vernon davis the tight end, 8-8 and seven catches respectively to lead the club. san francisco tied with eight other teams in last in the nfl with one touchdown pass. but the record a perfect 2-0. adam schefter on line one. >> the 49ers certainly know a thing or two about tampering. in 2008 they were docked a fifth round draft choice for tampering with free agent linebacker lance briggs. this time they turned the tables and accuse the jets of tampering. here's the 49ers, if the jets tampered with michael crabtree and tell him a certain value he's worth then that would compromise their ability to get

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♪ >> ♪ i've got some if you need it ♪ just 2 1/2 games separates first and second in the a.l. central if minnesota wins this game at chicago. top first, no score. runner on third. daniel hudson, first career major league start. pitch gets away from a.j. pierzynski. cabrera scores, 1-0. top five, 2-0. michael cuddyer with a runner on second. he singles past chris getz. cabrera scores and minnesota up 3-0. top six, scary moment for baseball player and in this case it's denard span. randy williams' fastball hits him right in the head. span is down.

said he had a headache afterwards, said he felt dizzy. said seeing the replay really scared him. said he never been hit in the head before. did leave the game under his own power. how about nick blackburn? which one you want, the guy 0-5 with a 5.48 e.r.a. in his last seven road starts or the cat who is 3-1 in four games against the white sox this season? that's the one the white sox got. now he gets podsednik to groundout to first in the bottom of the seventh. blackburn, seven innings, eight hits, no runs. twins win 7-0 and pick up a half game on the tigers. the twins dwayne a half game because the tigers were idle with their win. minnesota just 2 1/2 games back of detroit after their seventh win in their last eight games. we do have a race. astros have seen enough of cecil cooper to know they didn't want him anymore. the team fired him monday. cooper was one game positive

.500 in his two seasons in houston. the astros said they moved on early to evaluate other facets of the organization. dave clark taking over as interim manager and started his new gig monday against the cardinals. mark derosa made his night a tough one. top first, 1-0, cardinals, facing wandy rodriguez, that will be good for a double. here comes matt holliday and ryan ludwick. derosa, a little greedy, trying to take third base. and they nail him. cardinals take a 3-0 lead. top three, 5-1 cards. derosa with the look in his eye. look where humberto quintero sets it up. top six, 6-2, cards. chad paronto facing derosa. watch where he sets up and look where it's thrown. i think you know the rest.

derosa goes deep. his 23rd. the cardinals win it 7-3. a broken fingernail would not sideline brett favre. if it were me stan would be working alone. he injured his fingernail late in minnesota's win sunday at detroit. coach says favre will play this weekend against the 49ers. marion barber is ity for the carolina game. he had a quad injury suffered late in the giants lost. "iffy" is my word. coach wade phillips put it like this, we don't know exactly where he is, end quote. you're hoping the training room. mike bell said he hopes to play sunday against the bills. the saints' back says he has full range of motion in the knee he sprained sunday in philadelphia. coach sean payton said the injury is a lot less severe than the club ants pitted. -- anticipated. monday night football, colts-dolphins. the colts didn't wait long to get started.

first play of the game, peyton manning, play-action. dallas clark, 80 yards for the touchdown. clark, seven catches, 183 yards, just like that it's 7-0, colts. now early fourth quarter, game tied at 13-13. colts didn't have it much in the second half. ronnie brown, 24 carries, 136 yards. dolphins up 20-13. plenty of wildcat for miami. and check out this cat, donald brown, the rookie. colts ran for 61 yards but brown tied the game up at 20-20 after a dolphins field goal put the dolphins up three. p manning to reggie wayne with three catches and 37 yards, caught in double teams all night so manning goes back to dallas clark for another first down. two plays later, manning with a short pass to pierre garcon. he went yards after the catch. garcon says goodbye. and the colts go up 27-23. last chance for miami, six seconds remaining. pennington threw it for the end

zone and he's picked off. colts hold and to win it and with more we check in with bob holtzman. >> for the first three quarters reggie wayne was the only colts wide receiver to catch a pass. but in the fourth quarter with the game on the line, it was two young and unproven receivers who made the two biggest plays. first rookie austin collie converted a key third down and second year wide-out pierre garcon scored the winning touchdown. >> they're probably sitting like gee, i'm having a good game and not getting open and here they are making the game-winning plays for us. >> you've got to know that the ball that does come to you probably will be for something big because they're keying on guys like dallas and reggie and you know, you've just got to know that. >> this will do a lot for those guys' confidence knowing we'll lean on them and call their number in crucial situations and tell you the kind of confidence we have in them and the best way for a young player to develop is to play and gain experience. >> with the colts trailing by three and garcon without a

catch, peyton manning calls an audible that went 48 yards for a touchdown and may have taken garcon miles towards earning his quarterback's trust. >> when he gets the opportunity he's making the most of it and that's what you have to do as a young player. when you do get your chances, put some points on the board, i promise you 18 will find a way to get you the ball. >> pierre has that kick return, punt return ability so you have to get the ball in his hands and that's what he turns it into with the ball in his hands. >> manning said he had good inspiration after watching that quarterback from the giants engineer a late drive to win sunday night's game and peyton pointed out that's lie also did it with a group of young receivers. in miami, bob holtzman, espn. sunday night eli led the giants on an 11-play drive and ended with a lawrence tynes field goal and spoiled a big night in dallas. peyton orchestrated the drive monday night that took 32

seconds. pierre garcon finishing up with his first nfl touchdown. for more let's check in with mike tirico and the monday night crew. very often almost any endeavor people remember how you start or how you finish. peyton manning with a wow on his first and last throw of the night and the reason the dolphins are 0-2. >> people say you must establish the run to get the play-action passing game going. that's hogwash. the first play of the game was a play-action passing game that went for 80 yards. here you see the play-action fake. manning snaps his head around. the linebacker akin was peaking in the backfield and allowed dallas clark to get over the top and the safety divided and left the void in the middle of the field. he breaks the tackle from gabril wilson and gets a big block from reggie wayne. they didn't have many opportunities in the passing game but peyton manning, dallas clark and reggie wayne, the colts took advantage of them. >> then miami ran 9,000 plays and the colts ran seven and the score was close, the miami the

three-point lead and the man you call the sheriff got the ball. >> the sheriff. he had the last answer. watch this, peyton manning on the last drive. back shoulder throw, perfect location to reggie wayne. he stands in the pocket, great timing throw to his tight end dallas clark. audible, sees the blitz and has the guts to make the decision and fire it out there to a rookie, pierre garcon. g-a-r-c-o-n, write it down. could be a great future receiver. >> you know garcon in french means waiter. say check please now. miami had 84 plays, indianapolis didn't even have the ball for a quarter, less than 15 minutes. i know atlanta would be good this year you think and so are the colts. miami is 0-2 and going to san diego. very tough time for the dolphins, losing one they could have had here tonight. throws to the d-back and he

gets a hand on him. the ravens stop him. ray lewis comes up the middle and it's all over. the hay is in the barn. >> i'm no farmer but am pretty sure ray lewis closed the barn door in san diego. we'll open it up and give you "top plays" in week two. plaxico burress set to begin his prison sentence. where will he be living? we'll take you inside. in the win over tennessee, urban meyer claimed several of his guys had the flu. hear what lane difference00 to

national league wild card leader colorado idle. san francisco can shave the rockies lead to four with a win. barry zito, 2.36 e.r.a. since the all-star break. mark reynolds didn't get the memo. it was either feast or famine for this dude and he fees on zito in the bottom of the first. two-run shot. 43 on the season. he had 45 total in his first

two seasons. bottom five, giants turned it around, up 4-2. the grounder to first. ishikawa goes to second, juan uribe drops the ball. everybody safe. justin upton, next batter. two runs score. this game tied at 4-4. zito, 4 1/3, six hits, three earned. top eight, still tied. bases loaded, one out. fred lewis, grounder to second. lewis beats the throw to first. diamondbacks can't turn two. and the giants are going to win it 5-4. there he is. it's the world's tallest man, a guy named sultan who is eight foot one. top one, garret anderson, his 13th. braves up 4-0. bartender, another. bottom second, chipper jones, a three-run shot, his 42nd.

the guy owns the mets. 17th on the season. 8-0. where is the tall guy? how would you like to have your seat right behind him? down in front. i am down! martin prado doubles off the wall in left. braves win 11-3 and won six straight against the mets. >> they're n.i.t.ing at the game. >> never -- they're knitting at the game. >> never a good sign. giants trail by four games. wnba game 3, silver stars-mercury. winner goes on to face the sparks. becky hammon and company, check out the ball movement before hammon with the baseball toss. this play ends with ann wauters, bucket and the foul. san antonio with a two-point lead. later, hammon for three. she had 29. silver stars up three looking good. diana taurasi looking better. mercury down three.

taurasi over ruth riley who is about 6'5" or 6'6". another three. she gets knocked down. and then taurasi can put it on the floor as well. she's in the lane. i think you understand. taurasi, 10 points in the fourth, 30 in the game. phoenix wins wednesday at 8:00 eastern. you play to win the game, right? even when you're a 30-point underdog, right? >> yeah. >> florida coach urban meyer questioned whether tennessee's lane kiffin took herm 101. meyer said with 10 minutes left in their game he didn't see urgency in the tennessee attack. gators would eventually win by 10. meyer also saying several of his players were suffering from the flu in that game. inseparable might be kiffin's one-word response.

>> this off-season the demigser made a big deal about what we're supposed to say about other teams and coaches and players. obviously urban feels he doesn't need to follow that. we won't say anything else. >> did you ever say the coach didn't play to win? >> no, i wouldn't ever say that. >> you have concerns that that team may have issue with sickness? >> i don't know. i guess we'll wait and see. if we're not excited with our performance, we'll tell you everybody was sick. sam bradford under center at practice. he was making short throws and nothing that would aggravate his sprained right shoulder a source said. the next game is october 3 against miami. pete carroll said he'd love to have matt barkley back under center for the game this weekend. barkley missed last weekend's loss at washington with a bruised throwing shoulder. barkley and aaron corp split time running the first-team offense at monday's practice.

nfl, jets corner dorrell revis said when randy moss went to the bathroom, he went, too. 23 times tom brady kept the offense in check and kept them out of the end zone. in the end zone when we had the opportunities. for more on brady and the patriots, the red sox trying to chase down the yankees, celtics getting ready for preseason and

all things boston check out espnboston.com. one of the story lines from the win in dallas was the continued emergence of their young wide receivers, steve smith and mario manningham made the plays plaxico burress used to make for new york. burress will be sentenced on tuesday, a formality after he accepted a two-year sentence and a plea deal on gun charges. burress' adjustment to life without many of the comforts of his nfl existence might not be as simple as the giants. kelly naqi takes a look. >> by nightfall on tuesday this will be former giants receiver plaxico burress' temporary home, rikers island, a jail facility outside of manhattan. here he could remain for up to a month undergoing medical and psychological exams, then he'll be transported to another facility for more in-depth evaluation, eventually he'll be assigned to a third facility where he'll finish out his

20-month sentence. in august, burress spoke with espn about his fear of the unknown. >> some days it's tough. some days you wake up, you know, you don't know what your next -- you don't know what's to come, you don't know what to expect. that's the toughest thing about it. >> where burress ultimately ends up depends on the outcome of his examinations and where a bed opens up. some experts say despite his celebrity, burress would be better off living within the general population. >> i don't see any reason why plaxico burress would need to be in protective custody. >> kathleen o'boil has been a consultant for 22 years and has worked with high profile inmates such as bernie madoff. >> there will be robbery cases, there will be some level of sex

offenders could be there, but my opinion someone like plaxico burress could very quickly learn what the rules are, get along with people and, you know, do ok. >> what are the rules? >> well, the rules, they're generally street rules, you don't snitch, you keep your mouth shut, you don't let people walk over you. >> if burress does end up in the general population his sleeping quarters would look like this, cot to cot or bunk to bunk with 40 or more inmates in one large room. the other option living in a general population would be a room containing cubicle style sleeping units. >> i think the prison is a great leveler. i would think in a couple weeks, unless he's got cigarettes to give away or something, you know, i think he's going to be another guy. >> burress will be 34 by the time he even has any chance to return to the nfl but he says

he plans to make a comeback to professional football when he gets out of prison. nfl's week two as good as week one, maybe better but we'll we let you be the judge when "sportscenter" returns. we'll count them down. >> frank gore to the house again! 80-yard touchdown! nobody went out to cover him. what happened? handoff. dorsett up the middle. here he goes! what does greatness taste like? cuts to his right! he's going all the way! he may go!

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>> trey wingo and trent dilfer here with you on "engineered to win." big plays from the colts is what they needed because they didn't have the ball very much. >> that's the only answer when you're getting your tail kicked in every aspect of the game is to make huge plays which is what peyton manning and the colts did. they engineered big plays and started on the first play of the game. hard play-action, go to your favorite target down the middle of the football field, let him break a tackle and finish the run. and then later in the game, you're starting to get some pressure, you don't know how to generate another big play, what do you do? you go to garcon on the screen and get a good block. >> waiter, waiter. >> boom, he's gone and finish the deal and only had the ball 15 minutes and made two big plays like that. >> under 15 minutes, as long as they've been keeping time of possession as an official stat, the shortest amount of time anyone has possessed the ball and actually won the game.

make sure to go to espn.com and search "g.m.c." take take the g.m.c. engineered to win challenge. >> g.m.c. engineered to win brought to you by the g.m.c. sierra, the official vehicle of the nfl. go to espn.com and search "g.m.c." take take the engineered to win trivia challenge. let's wrap up the nfl weekend with "sportscenter's" "top plays." from week two of the season, number 10, saints-eagles. kevin kolb picked off by darren sharper. you know about the saints offense, this was a good pickup. sharper has three picks already, this his ninth career pick six and ties second all time, 57 career picks, most among active players and saints roll in philly. >> panthers-falcons. carolina loses jake delhomme. not bad. steve smith was great. eight catches, 131 yards. this one a top catch but again, the panthers fall eight points

short of matt ryan and the falcons. >> number eight, frank gore, look at the moves. 7 -yard touchdown. gore was already pretty good but rededicated himself this off-season and worked out in miami with some of his buddies from the u and got himself in great shape and it's paying off. there he goes again, an 80-yard touchdown, this time 207 yards with a pair of touchdowns. the 49ers are 2-0 and win it 23-10. maybe they don't need crabtree. >> raiders-chiefs. matt cassel, michael huff has two picks and three in two games. raiders are winners. >> number six. >> manning down the middle for clark. and dallas clark into the clear. opening play touchdown, colts. >> that pulls the plug on the party. >> i tried to tell you, i call that guy the sheriff. >> and tiger woods waiting on the sidelines for peyton saying, way to go, man. >> that was the first play of

the game. at five, texans-titans. chris johnson, 69 yards here for the touchdown. he had 284 yards of total offense. second all time in franchise history. here he goes 91 yards. only billy canon had a better day way back in the 1960's. >> billy canon from l.s.u. >> titans come up on the short end of the scoreboard. >> number four, philip rivers up top to vincent jackson. triple coverage but jackson makes the grab. rivers, 436 yards and a pair of touchdowns. but in the end, came down to a defensive play. >> at number three, would somebody please block ray lewis? >> the d-back gets the hit in the backfield. the ravens stop him. ray lewis comes up the middle and it's all over, the hay's in the barn. oh, what a play!

>> number two, texans-titans. going to andre johnson. just like the tv commercial. johnson with a pair of touchdowns and the texans beat the titans. some are calling this the biggest win in texans franchise history and win it. >> at one, mario manningham didn't have to make this one, he upped the degree of difficulty on his own. we talked about the young receivers to replace burress, manningham, 10 catches, 150 yards and that came against the cowboys' best in newman. they spoil the party at the new stadium for jerry jones. the race to win the a.l. east is not over. the yanks struggle in anaheim and the sox with a royal challenge. we have the details in "sportscenter" l.a. three wides to the right side. one to the left. what does greatness taste like? steps up. heaves the ball.

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talking magic numbers here, not talking lottery but baseball. if it were lottery it would be a nice looking woman with ping-pong balls. the phillies six as they try to hold off the braves and marlins. rockies, nine forget the wild card. >> sometimes you leave me speechless. yankees, eight in the east, just one to clinch at least a wild card. angels chop theirs to six with a win monday. tigers were idle with 11 and red sox with 11 facing zack

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[captioning made possible by espn, inc.] manning down the middle. dallas clark into the clear. opening play, touchdown, colts! >> this is "sportscenter." another manic finish monday night. miami's wildcat putting up wild numbers but number 18 getting the first and last word. more nfl, is michael vick ready to fill in in philly? the jets face tampering charges. the preview in anaheim. the red sox looking to gain ground on the yankees. the giants are staying alive. "sportscenter," right now! captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- ♪

how's it? welcome to "sportscenter" from los angeles, alongside stan verrett, i'm neil everett. colts back in miami, first time since winning super bowl xli. >> a lot has changed for them, though. they have a new coach, no marvin harrison now but peyton manning is still on the top of his game. and one night after his younger brother led a game-winning drive in primetime on the road, peyton did it, too. stuart scott anchors our coverage of "monday night football" from south florida. >> south florida on a muggy monday night but "sportscenter's" coverage of "monday night football" was on point as the miami dolphins appeared in "monday night football" for the 74th time, more than any team in the league. stuart scott, steve young, matt millen wearing makeup on a muggy night. that's tough. >> you guys are wearing makeup? you're weird. >> you're wearing makeup. >> much tougher for peyton manning as peyton was trying to get in the record books, tied

with johnny unitas for most wins for a starting quarterback coming in. first play from scrimmage. and here-we-go. peyton to dallas clark, second time he's opened the game like this with an 80-yard touchdown. how did it go down? >> you are overanxious right off the bafment 3 watch out. how about a tackle to open the game? no, touchdown. >> the play ties the quickest touchdown in "monday night football" history that took 12 seconds. check out after the play, tiger woods on the side lineups telling peyton nice play, player. i can drive just as well as that. >> first quarter, matt, steve said the wildcat offense was a fad. >> i call it a touchdown here and big score. what it is is all about numbers, getting a hat on a hat. watch this, they'll fake it coming around and then it's just the inside three of the offensive line getting people on people and the power run.

>> you said it was a fab, not fad. >> tiger not as happy as he was on peyton's touchdown. second quarter, third and 9, dolphins. chad pennington throwing it deep to ted ginn in the end zone. see what happened. >> you can't do that. that's overthrown. >> you've got to make that catch. you've got to make that catch. >> say it again. >> dolphins forced to kick a field goal. manning third and 10. he's getting his hook on to dallas clark for the first down at the dolphins' 30. why is clark so effective? >> he's a great route runner and looks like a fullback. phenomenal route runner, recognition of coverage. >> adam vinatieri busts a 48-yard field goal off the goal post and in. it's good. game tied at 13-13 at recess. third quarter is really about joey porter who says my man was

beaten down. >> you might want to maybe block him, i don't know. maybe. >> i mean, he only led the a.f.c. in sacks last year. >> why would you want to block him? >> let's try blocking him with two guys. how does that work out? >> manning under pressure, incomplete from the left. where does the pressure come from? >> this is called the old bakersfield push. joey porter was doing his thing. colts forced to punt. >> next dolphins drive, miami putting together a long, long series. >> looked like dan marino right there. >> pennington complete for the first down. pennington, all-time career leader in completion percentage in the nfl. >> and a great job of just understanding the pocket and buying a little bit of time. like you said, hand the ball off and just let them keep running the clock down and piling up the time on their side. >> manning and the colts ran just three plays in the third

quarter. their fewest since 2000 in the third. dolphins driving third and 1. brown up the middle for a touchdown. the play, nice. the drive, nice. 13 plays, 80 yards, took nine minutes off the clock. ensuing colts drive. i guess peyton doesn't need that much time. >> no, play a little man-to-man and see how he handles this and wait for dallas clark to clear, 25, 30, 35, 40 -- dallas clark was killing them tonight. >> seven catches for him, 183 yards, a career high. the dolphins have ronnie brown, the colts have donald brown, the rookie out of uconn. 15 yards. colts respond immediately and tie the game at 20-20. next miami drive, third and 7. pennington going to ted ginn. this kid out of ohio state has to be a decent receiver. >> he is. >> he has great skills and speed but can't drop the ball in the back ofed end zone. >> dan carpenter tipping a 45-yard field goal. it's good. but you don't like the play calling?

>> no, they set up for the field goal. you have peyton manning waiting on the other side. you can't kick a field goal or you'll lose. man-to-man. >> dwight freeney needing rest and oxygen on the sidelines. colts drive, manning to reggie wayne, first down. then to dallas clark, department of redundancy. then he throws to pierre garcon. "it's a screen pass. >> and also a touchdown. he had a lot of time and was able to look over the field and was accurate. >> peyton's 336 career touchdown pass and garcon's first career touchdown pass. colts up. next dolphins drive, pennington deep in the end zone again. >> oh, boy. >> he knows it, too. >> physical receivers in this league. >> that's the difference there. i don't think ginn has the physicality to make the play. think of all the players that get that ball.

>> he had a nice game. but he couldn't get that one. later in the drive, six seconds left to go. this is for the ballgame. pennington, picked off by antoine bethea to end it. they had the ball for just over 45 minutes but peyton manning and the colts win it 27-23. peyton for the game, 23 pass attempts, 14 completions, 303 yards passing. steve, come the math. you're smart. >> that's over 12 yards a completion -- or attempts. you don't see that very often, matt millen. that really speaks to the miami defense, the big play defense going the other direction. i don't know that bodes well for them being able to put pressure on the quarterback or make tackles. >> after the game peyton manning talking about the big win. >> i had pretty good inspiration from a certain quarterback from the giants and kept me up late. that was how calm and cool eli

was and he has young receivers, too and knew it could be done. everybody was calm, you know. and pierre was very patient. he was more talkative than he had been all game, i can beat them, i can beat them. didn't give him many possessions but he came up big when we needed him and he was huge. >> you're the colts all-time leader in wins, what does it mean for you? >> like i said, in talking to coach gruden, i don't feel comfortable being compared to johnny unitas. i wear the same uniform and ama

>> the colts are outrush and still win. >> if you don't get to peyton and knock him down a few times and get him off beat, he'll tear you up. here the end of the game, man-to-man. here again, man-to-man. the last play he almost throws it to the ground, excuse me, it's a touchdown. at the end of the day, if you don't knock him down you probably are going to lose, more than likely. >> and you've got to credit that offensive line because they protected him pretty well, steve. but the other thing you've got to look at is the indianapolis colts defense. because essentially they played a game and a half tonight. they were out there for 45 minutes. 84 plays. that's a game and a half. so that is one tired defense. but credit them with this, the bottom line, when push came to shove and they had to stop them, they stopped them and were able to get out of here with a win. >> and the colts get out of here with a win and do it in record breaking fashion. colts time of possession, 14 minutes, 53 seconds.

since they started tracking time of possession sometime in the mid 1970's, this is the smallest amount of time having a football that a winning team has ever had. hey, the wildcat offense did its thing, ronnie brown made miscareer catches. marc anthony and j.lo were in the house and tiger woods chatting up peyton on the sidelines. they all watched a serious barnburner of a football game but in the end it was peyton and the colts beating the dolphins on a muggy monday night. we'll have the latest on the jets facing tampering charges concerning michael crabtree, the number 10 pick for the niners in april. donovan mcnabb hurting the eagles fans wondering if you know who is ready to start. michael's readiness or not is next. and the royals rough them up.

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oh, what a finish! it's pretty much a foregone conclusion the yankees are going to make the playoffs. their magic number to create some very expensive playoff tickets at their new stadium is down to just one. but winning the a.l. east, that isn't much of a sure thing now. >> new york is up five, yankees with three in anaheim followed by three in boston. if the red sox get hot and the for the best record in baseball. look, d.c. comic characters, the yankee rookies. we remember when hideki matsui dressed up like huggy bear and then in 2007 joba chamberlain without dorothy came on like the cowardly lion from "wizard of oz." scared the heck out of me. vladimir guerrero is 8-20 career against him.

bottom one he doubled. bobby abreu from first beats the throw home to score. the angels up 1-0. torii hunter is just .233 career against pettitte. and he gets him for a double as well, drives in guerrero. the angels up 2-0. pettitte said the shoulder felt fine, going six innings, five hits and three earned. joe saunders with a .210 e.r.a. since returning from a 15-day d.l. mark teixeira the top of the sixth will turn two. saunders, two earned, three k's. ninth inning, robinson cano the tying run facing brian fuentes, two outs. and cano grounds to first. kendry morales stepping on the bag. that's your ballgame. in a matchup of division leaders the angels beat the team with the best record in baseball, 5-2. a-rod and matsui with solo shots. the angels' magic number is six. the yankees' magic number remains at one. their pitching has struggled

the last 10 games with an e.r.a. of 5.34, and they are just four wins in their last 10 games. the angels within 4 1/2 of the yankees for the best record in the american league. red sox in kansas city to take on the royals. boston rolling. they've won 10-11 and they had tim wakefield starting for the first time since september 5, battling a bad back. he was cruising most of the game until the bottom of the third after waiting 22 minutes in the dugout while the red sox had a big inning and he threw one past martinez and anderson scores. then the rain started coming down. an ma'ams were lining up two by two. bottom five, wakefield having issues with the strike zone. look at the rain. seven walks. wakefield gave up. they gave up 11 as a team and he walks bully butler. next batter, mike jacobs. with two on, that makes that one a three-run home run. royals down 6 -- 78-5.

-- royals down 8-5. daniel bard, tied at 9-9. yuniesky betancourt. that drives in two. royals win it 12-9. the red sox relievers, three innings of work, seven earned runs, kansas city now 11-3 in its last 14 games. royals getting hot in september once again, much to the red sox dismay. the yankees and red sox lose and boston misses an opportunity and remain five games back of new york. red sox only four back in the loss column, though, and they have two more games remaining than the yankees do. take a look at those schedules beginning with the yankees, 11 games remaining for new york with two left at the angels before a weekend series against the red sox in the bronx. again, that could get very interesting. they host the royals before finishing on the road at tampa bay. as for boston, they have three more at the royals before heading to the bronx for that three-game series and they finish up in boston with the a

to get there. the rangers, one win away from their first winning season since 2004. unfortunately they're inching closer to being irrelevant in the playoff discussion. how about kevin millwood who needed to go 4 1/3 or more to reach a $12 million contract incentive for the next season. the double play gets him there which is 180 innings pitched. bottom seven. mark ellis grounds to third. chris davis, diving stop and the throw. next battler, eric patterson. davis says you like apples? how about them apples. seven innings, three hits, one runs and nothing earned for millwood. the angels score more runs in that game with a 10-3 win than the last seven combined. it's the last seven combined is why the rangers are in trouble. they both win monday, the rangers and angels and texas remains 7 1/2 back in the a.l. west and pick up a game in the a.l. wild card with the red sox

talking football right now. donovan mcnabb shrugged when a reporter asked him if he'd be ready to play sunday against kansas city. mcnabb is still dealing with the cracked rib. andy reid has already revealed his plan if mcnabb can't go and kevin cob is still the man in reid's plan. that's even though michael vick is eligible to return this week. the eagles plan sunday against the saints included plenty of wildcats, perhaps getting everyone else on their offense ready for the package vick will run when he comes back but he won't start. despite hi did enough to retain reid's faith in him. >> i thought kevin kolb for starting his first game, putting up 378 yards or whatever it was, i thought he did some good thing. can he learn from the interception on the second series of the second half? yeah, he can learn on that. can he learn on some of the other plays? oh, yeah. overall i thought he did a pretty good job after having an

opportunity to evaluate it. michael vick, is he 100% back and ready to play a whole game? i can't tell you that. i don't think so. and i don't plan on putting him in that position right now. >> here's the breakdown on kolb going the next level. andy reid had it wrong, 389 yards sunday but he struggled on all other downs. completing half of his passes and throwing two interceptions on second, third or fourth down. seahawks say they're prepared for play with the backup against the bears. matt hasselbeck has a rib injury. he says he has played a week after breaking a rib before and he absolutely hopes to play on sunday. seahawks hosting the bears on sunday. for complete coverage of that game and everything else chicago, you know where to go, espnchicago.com. log on and check it out. you remember michael crabtree, he's that texas tech receiver who made that catch to

beat texas last season? you've seen it a hundred times. you haven't hardly seen crabtree since. he's the only guy drafted in april who hasn't signed on the dotted line. the 49ers picked him 10th, reportedly guaranteed him $16 million. crabtree not interested. but are the jets interested in him? the 49ers say new york is and they've tampered with their pick and they've filed tampering charges. >> we'll let the nfl figure that one out. i think it's ridiculous, personally but we'll let the nfl figure it out. ok. i wish we were playing him. >> thank you. >> he wishes they were playing him. >> that's something that, you know, the league is going to handle internally and i'm not going to get into that. we'll let that play out the process and see what happens. >> but have you -- >> i'm going to let the league handle that. i'm not going there.

we'll let the league handle that and go from there. >> you're 2-0 and haven't thrown the ball well. do you need crabtree on the team to win? >> i think we need every football player that can help us win. >> that question about needing crabtree because isaac bruce, frank gore the running back, vernon davis the tight end, 8-8 and seven catches respectively to lead the club. san francisco tied with eight other teams in last in the nfl with one touchdown pass. but the record a perfect 2-0. adam schefter on line one. >> the 49ers certainly know a thing or two about tampering. in 2008 they were docked a fifth round draft choice for tampering with free agent linebacker lance briggs. this time they turned the tables and accuse the jets of tampering. here's the 49ers, if the jets tampered with michael crabtree and tell him a certain value he's worth then that would compromise their ability to get a deal done with michael

crabtree and would hinder their chances of getting him into their camp. if the jets or any other team out there said to crabtree he's worth a certain amount and the 49ers are offering less, then no deal. that's why we have the tampering charges. back to monday night. when we come back, peyton manning taking a page out of his brother eli's playbook, doing more with less. tiger woods was there to check it out. more nfl from sunday's games as well, including the latest on marion barber's quad injury. brett favre with a nasty injury as well on his throwing hand. with all the talk of the red sox chasing the yankees, the tigers better watch their back as well. the twins inching closer and closer and closer. (commentator 1) here's tiger woods, doing what he does best,

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♪ >> ♪ i've got some if you need it ♪ just 2 1/2 games separates first and second in the a.l. central if minnesota wins this game at chicago. top first, no score. runner on third. daniel hudson, first career major league start. pitch gets away from a.j. pierzynski. cabrera scores, 1-0. top five, 2-0. michael cuddyer with a runner on second. he singles past chris getz. cabrera scores and minnesota up 3-0. top six, scary moment for baseball player and in this case it's denard span. randy williams' fastball hits him right in the head. span is down.

said he had a headache afterwards, said he felt dizzy. said seeing the replay really scared him. said he never been hit in the head before. did leave the game under his own power. how about nick blackburn? which one you want, the guy 0-5 with a 5.48 e.r.a. in his last seven road starts or the cat who is 3-1 in four games against the white sox this season? that's the one the white sox got. now he gets podsednik to groundout to first in the bottom of the seventh. blackburn, seven innings, eight hits, no runs. twins win 7-0 and pick up a half game on the tigers. the twins dwayne a half game because the tigers were idle with their win. minnesota just 2 1/2 games back of detroit after their seventh win in their last eight games. we do have a race. astros have seen enough of cecil cooper to know they didn't want him anymore. the team fired him monday. cooper was one game positive .500 in his two seasons in

houston. the astros said they moved on early to evaluate other facets of the organization. dave clark taking over as interim manager and started his new gig monday against the cardinals. mark derosa made his night a tough one. top first, 1-0, cardinals, facing wandy rodriguez, that will be good for a double. here comes matt holliday and ryan ludwick. derosa, a little greedy, trying to take third base. and they nail him. cardinals take a 3-0 lead. top three, 5-1 cards. derosa with the look in his eye. look where humberto quintero sets it up. top six, 6-2, cards. chad paronto facing derosa. watch where he sets up and look where it's thrown. i think you know the rest.

derosa goes deep. his 23rd. the cardinals win it 7-3. a broken fingernail would not sideline brett favre. if it were me stan would be working alone. he injured his fingernail late in minnesota's win sunday at detroit. coach says favre will play this weekend against the 49ers. marion barber is ity for the carolina game. he had a quad injury suffered late in the giants lost. "iffy" is my word. coach wade phillips put it like this, we don't know exactly where he is, end quote. you're hoping the training room. mike bell said he hopes to play sunday against the bills. the saints' back says he has full range of motion in the knee he sprained sunday in philadelphia. coach sean payton said the injury is a lot less severe than the club ants pitted. -- anticipated. monday night football, colts-dolphins. the colts didn't wait long to get started. first play of the game, peyton

manning, play-action. dallas clark, 80 yards for the touchdown. clark, seven catches, 183 yards, just like that it's 7-0, colts. now early fourth quarter, game tied at 13-13. colts didn't have it much in the second half. ronnie brown, 24 carries, 136 yards. dolphins up 20-13. plenty of wildcat for miami. and check out this cat, donald brown, the rookie. colts ran for 61 yards but brown tied the game up at 20-20 after a dolphins field goal put the dolphins up three. p manning to reggie wayne with three catches and 37 yards, caught in double teams all night so manning goes back to dallas clark for another first down. two plays later, manning with a short pass to pierre garcon. he went yards after the catch. garcon says goodbye. and the colts go up 27-23. last chance for miami, six seconds remaining. pennington threw it for the end zone and he's picked off.

colts hold and to win it and with more we check in with bob holtzman. >> for the first three quarters reggie wayne was the only colts wide receiver to catch a pass. but in the fourth quarter with the game on the line, it was two young and unproven receivers who made the two biggest plays. first rookie austin collie converted a key third down and second year wide-out pierre garcon scored the winning touchdown. >> they're probably sitting like gee, i'm having a good game and not getting open and here they are making the game-winning plays for us. >> you've got to know that the ball that does come to you probably will be for something big because they're keying on guys like dallas and reggie and you know, you've just got to know that. >> this will do a lot for those guys' confidence knowing we'll lean on them and call their number in crucial situations and tell you the kind of confidence we have in them and the best way for a young player to develop is to play and gain experience. >> with the colts trailing by three and garcon without a catch, peyton manning calls an

audible that went 48 yards for a touchdown and may have taken garcon miles towards earning his quarterback's trust. >> when he gets the opportunity he's making the most of it and that's what you have to do as a young player. when you do get your chances, put some points on the board, i promise you 18 will find a way to get you the ball. >> pierre has that kick return, punt return ability so you have to get the ball in his hands and that's what he turns it into with the ball in his hands. >> manning said he had good inspiration after watching that quarterback from the giants engineer a late drive to win sunday night's game and peyton pointed out that's lie also did it with a group of young receivers. in miami, bob holtzman, espn. sunday night eli led the giants on an 11-play drive and ended with a lawrence tynes field goal and spoiled a big night in dallas. peyton orchestrated the drive monday night that took 32 seconds. pierre garcon finishing up with

his first nfl touchdown. for more let's check in with mike tirico and the monday night crew. very often almost any endeavor people remember how you start or how you finish. peyton manning with a wow on his first and last throw of the night and the reason the dolphins are 0-2. >> people say you must establish the run to get the play-action passing game going. that's hogwash. the first play of the game was a play-action passing game that went for 80 yards. here you see the play-action fake. manning snaps his head around. the linebacker akin was peaking in the backfield and allowed dallas clark to get over the top and the safety divided and left the void in the middle of the field. he breaks the tackle from gabril wilson and gets a big block from reggie wayne. they didn't have many opportunities in the passing game but peyton manning, dallas clark and reggie wayne, the colts took advantage of them. >> then miami ran 9,000 plays and the colts ran seven and the score was close, the miami the

three-point lead and the man you call the sheriff got the ball. >> the sheriff. he had the last answer. watch this, peyton manning on the last drive. back shoulder throw, perfect location to reggie wayne. he stands in the pocket, great timing throw to his tight end dallas clark. audible, sees the blitz and has the guts to make the decision and fire it out there to a rookie, pierre garcon. g-a-r-c-o-n, write it down. could be a great future receiver. >> you know garcon in french means waiter. say check please now. miami had 84 plays, indianapolis didn't even have the ball for a quarter, less than 15 minutes. i know atlanta would be good this year you think and so are the colts. miami is 0-2 and going to san diego. very tough time for the dolphins, losing one they could have had here tonight. throws to the d-back and he gets a hand on him.

the ravens stop him. ray lewis comes up the middle and it's all over. the hay is in the barn. >> i'm no farmer but am pretty sure ray lewis closed the barn door in san diego. we'll open it up and give you "top plays" in week two. plaxico burress set to begin his prison sentence. where will he be living? we'll take you inside. in the win over tennessee, urban meyer claimed several of his guys had the flu. hear what lane difference00 to say. three wides to the right side. one to the left.

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national league wild card leader colorado idle. san francisco can shave the rockies lead to four with a win. barry zito, 2.36 e.r.a. since the all-star break. mark reynolds didn't get the memo. it was either feast or famine for this dude and he fees on zito in the bottom of the first. two-run shot. 43 on the season. he had 45 total in his first two seasons.

bottom five, giants turned it around, up 4-2. the grounder to first. ishikawa goes to second, juan uribe drops the ball. everybody safe. justin upton, next batter. two runs score. this game tied at 4-4. zito, 4 1/3, six hits, three earned. top eight, still tied. bases loaded, one out. fred lewis, grounder to second. lewis beats the throw to first. diamondbacks can't turn two. and the giants are going to win it 5-4. there he is. it's the world's tallest man, a guy named sultan who is eight foot one. top one, garret anderson, his 13th. braves up 4-0. bartender, another. bottom second, chipper jones, a three-run shot, his 42nd.

the guy owns the mets. 17th on the season. 8-0. where is the tall guy? how would you like to have your seat right behind him? down in front. i am down! martin prado doubles off the wall in left. braves win 11-3 and won six straight against the mets. >> they're n.i.t.ing at the game. >> never -- they're knitting at the game. >> never a good sign. giants trail by four games. wnba game 3, silver stars-mercury. winner goes on to face the sparks. becky hammon and company, check out the ball movement before hammon with the baseball toss. this play ends with ann wauters, bucket and the foul. san antonio with a two-point lead. later, hammon for three. she had 29. silver stars up three looking good. diana taurasi looking better. mercury down three.

taurasi over ruth riley who is about 6'5" or 6'6". another three. she gets knocked down. and then taurasi can put it on the floor as well. she's in the lane. i think you understand. taurasi, 10 points in the fourth, 30 in the game. phoenix wins wednesday at 8:00 eastern. you play to win the game, right? even when you're a 30-point underdog, right? >> yeah. >> florida coach urban meyer questioned whether tennessee's lane kiffin took herm 101. meyer said with 10 minutes left in their game he didn't see urgency in the tennessee attack. gators would eventually win by 10. meyer also saying several of his players were suffering from the flu in that game. inseparable might be kiffin's one-word response. >> this off-season the demigser

made a big deal about what we're supposed to say about other teams and coaches and players. obviously urban feels he doesn't need to follow that. we won't say anything else. >> did you ever say the coach didn't play to win? >> no, i wouldn't ever say that. >> you have concerns that that team may have issue with sickness? >> i don't know. i guess we'll wait and see. if we're not excited with our performance, we'll tell you everybody was sick. sam bradford under center at practice. he was making short throws and nothing that would aggravate his sprained right shoulder a source said. the next game is october 3 against miami. pete carroll said he'd love to have matt barkley back under center for the game this weekend. barkley missed last weekend's loss at washington with a bruised throwing shoulder. barkley and aaron corp split time running the first-team offense at monday's practice.

nfl, jets corner dorrell revis said when randy moss went to the bathroom, he went, too. 23 times tom brady kept the offense in check and kept them out of the end zone. in the end zone when we had the opportunities. for more on brady and the patriots, the red sox trying to chase down the yankees, celtics getting ready for preseason and

all things boston check out espnboston.com. one of the story lines from the win in dallas was the continued emergence of their young wide receivers, steve smith and mario manningham made the plays plaxico burress used to make for new york. burress will be sentenced on tuesday, a formality after he accepted a two-year sentence and a plea deal on gun charges. burress' adjustment to life without many of the comforts of his nfl existence might not be as simple as the giants. kelly naqi takes a look. >> by nightfall on tuesday this will be former giants receiver plaxico burress' temporary home, rikers island, a jail facility outside of manhattan. here he could remain for up to a month undergoing medical and psychological exams, then he'll be transported to another facility for more in-depth evaluation, eventually he'll be assigned to a third facility where he'll finish out his

20-month sentence. in august, burress spoke with espn about his fear of the unknown. >> some days it's tough. some days you wake up, you know, you don't know what your next -- you don't know what's to come, you don't know what to expect. that's the toughest thing about it. >> where burress ultimately ends up depends on the outcome of his examinations and where a bed opens up. some experts say despite his celebrity, burress would be better off living within the general population. >> i don't see any reason why plaxico burress would need to be in protective custody. >> kathleen o'boil has been a consultant for 22 years and has worked with high profile inmates such as bernie madoff. >> there will be robbery cases, there will be some level of sex

offenders could be there, but my opinion someone like plaxico burress could very quickly learn what the rules are, get along with people and, you know, do ok. >> what are the rules? >> well, the rules, they're generally street rules, you don't snitch, you keep your mouth shut, you don't let people walk over you. >> if burress does end up in the general population his sleeping quarters would look like this, cot to cot or bunk to bunk with 40 or more inmates in one large room. the other option living in a general population would be a room containing cubicle style sleeping units. >> i think the prison is a great leveler. i would think in a couple weeks, unless he's got cigarettes to give away or something, you know, i think he's going to be another guy. >> burress will be 34 by the time he even has any chance to return to the nfl but he says

he plans to make a comeback to professional football when he gets out of prison. nfl's week two as good as week one, maybe better but we'll we let you be the judge when "sportscenter" returns. we'll count them down. >> frank gore to the house again! 80-yard touchdown! nobody went out to cover him. what happened?

>> trey wingo and trent dilfer here with you on "engineered to win." big plays from the colts is what they needed because they didn't have the ball very much. >> that's the only answer when you're getting your tail kicked in every aspect of the game is to make huge plays which is what peyton manning and the colts did. they engineered big plays and started on the first play of the game. hard play-action, go to your favorite target down the middle of the football field, let him break a tackle and finish the run. and then later in the game, you're starting to get some pressure, you don't know how to generate another big play, what do you do? you go to garcon on the screen and get a good block. >> waiter, waiter. >> boom, he's gone and finish the deal and only had the ball 15 minutes and made two big plays like that. >> under 15 minutes, as long as they've been keeping time of possession as an official stat, the shortest amount of time anyone has possessed the ball and actually won the game.

make sure to go to espn.com and search "g.m.c." take take the g.m.c. engineered to win challenge. >> g.m.c. engineered to win brought to you by the g.m.c. sierra, the official vehicle of the nfl. go to espn.com and search "g.m.c." take take the engineered to win trivia challenge. let's wrap up the nfl weekend with "sportscenter's" "top plays." from week two of the season, number 10, saints-eagles. kevin kolb picked off by darren sharper. you know about the saints offense, this was a good pickup. sharper has three picks already, this his ninth career pick six and ties second all time, 57 career picks, most among active players and saints roll in philly. >> panthers-falcons. carolina loses jake delhomme. not bad. steve smith was great. eight catches, 131 yards. this one a top catch but again, the panthers fall eight points

short of matt ryan and the falcons. >> number eight, frank gore, look at the moves. 7 -yard touchdown. gore was already pretty good but rededicated himself this off-season and worked out in miami with some of his buddies from the u and got himself in great shape and it's paying off. there he goes again, an 80-yard touchdown, this time 207 yards with a pair of touchdowns. the 49ers are 2-0 and win it 23-10. maybe they don't need crabtree. >> raiders-chiefs. matt cassel, michael huff has two picks and three in two games. raiders are winners. >> number six. >> manning down the middle for clark. and dallas clark into the clear. opening play touchdown, colts. >> that pulls the plug on the party. >> i tried to tell you, i call that guy the sheriff. >> and tiger woods waiting on the sidelines for peyton saying, way to go, man. >> that was the first play of

the game. at five, texans-titans. chris johnson, 69 yards here for the touchdown. he had 284 yards of total offense. second all time in franchise history. here he goes 91 yards. only billy canon had a better day way back in the 1960's. >> billy canon from l.s.u. >> titans come up on the short end of the scoreboard. >> number four, philip rivers up top to vincent jackson. triple coverage but jackson makes the grab. rivers, 436 yards and a pair of touchdowns. but in the end, came down to a defensive play. >> at number three, would somebody please block ray lewis? >> the d-back gets the hit in the backfield. the ravens stop him. ray lewis comes up the middle and it's all over, the hay's in the barn. oh, what a play!

>> number two, texans-titans. going to andre johnson. just like the tv commercial. johnson with a pair of touchdowns and the texans beat the titans. some are calling this the biggest win in texans franchise history and win it. >> at one, mario manningham didn't have to make this one, he upped the degree of difficulty on his own. we talked about the young receivers to replace burress, manningham, 10 catches, 150 yards and that came against the cowboys' best in newman. they spoil the party at the new stadium for jerry jones. the race to win the a.l. east is not over. the yanks struggle in anaheim and the sox with a royal challenge. we have the details in "sportscenter" l.a. alex put out the recycling. on recycling day. alex, you are the sizzle.

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crunch time in major league baseball. phillies-marlins at 7:00 eastern on wednesday night baseball. marlins not out of it but they need some wins. giants-diamondbacks round out the double-header at 10:00 eastern. the giants very much in it for the wild card. it's wednesday night baseball on espn. take a look at the minimum wagic numbers in the national league. the dodgers eight against the rockies in second place. cardinals three over the cubs. phillies six to finish off the braves and marlins. the rockies magic number is nine against the giants with work to do. >> "what 2 watch 4," zack

greinke, you're not changing the channel when he's pitching. he's got to be in the cy young discussion. it's going to be the red sox trying to beat greinke and the royals, going with paul byrd, first pitch 8:10 eastern. also what to watch for, two of the best teams, division leaders. yankees struggling at anaheim like nobody's business, gaudin against santana. the first pitch at 7:05 pacific, 10:05 eastern. we've got some a.l. magic numbers for you. the yankees number is eight in the east. one, though to clinch at least the wild card. angels down to six with the win monday. tigers idle at 11 and the red sox wild card magic number is seven. >> you know, sunday and monday people get all wrapped up in football and they lose track of what's going on in baseball sometimes. we have a fresh new "sportscenter" coming up right now to get you caught