>> phil: well, could be.to let's take a look at what the starters have done for this ball club. jordan zimmerman had that strikeout pitch going and he was on fire against the jays. >> phil: jordan threw a lot of pitches last night. he struck out adam lind and then his opponent, brian tallet. he was sharp last night. had a no-decision but kept his team in the ballgame and that's what it's all about. >> johnny: when you talk about getting the job done, six homeruns allowed, 48 strikeouts and only 37 walks. >> phil: again, there is room for improvement with the walks but the point is that the walks have not killed them. that's the main thing. they have gotten a lot of double plays this month and while defensively, they still have their problems and they are still making errors, they still have the double plays helping the pitchers out night after night. >> johnny: people say, it takes a while for young guys to get acclimated. is there a projected time that you give a young guy where he's going to finally get it

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they were shooting very well. >> phil? >> kobe seemed tired at the end. is that one of the reasons you sat him for the first part of the fourth quarter. >> seven-minute mark is what i tried to move it to but looked like we were going to have to get it back on it. >> you thought he was tired a little bit. >> yep. he'll say no. >> go ahead. >> phil, ken burger from cbs sports dom development. there seemed to be a couple of occasions when you were concern about something going on on the floor with regard to howard. cue elaborate on that or something he was doing that you wanted to bring to the officials' attention? >> well, just using his strength out there. we're obviously concerned about his physical contact out there, and the amount of picks he is laying on our defenders, trevor and fish, and those things -- they give an offensive foul to them at one point tonight about we thought there were three or four other occasions where there was obviously offensive fouls. >> third row. >> vince, thomas nba.com. phil, when kobe is frustrated at certain times, he do

us back here to centerfield plaza. >> johnny: two hours ago. >> phil: he said, 13 tomorrow?et's hope not. they got the first monkey off their back and here is nor one, the first four-game winning streak of the moment. >> johnny: the defining moment of this ballgame, the bottom of the 12th inning, alberto gonzalez leads off with a base hit and then watch what happens. >> phil: here we go, base hit, gonzalez base hit between the right fielder and centerfielder. and then willie harris, the remaining two pitchers there, jumping up and down. and he crossed home played with julian tars wanting to show him the way to home plate, riding his back. three nights in a row, great, great catches in centerfield. tonight, of course, the game- winning hit. >> johnny: you talk about a guy who is carrying the ball club on his back with his defense and offense, standing there behind home plate. stan kasten is said this guy is playing unbelievably well. >> phil: we mentioned this in the show. manny said he would love to have a real, real centerfielder. and we look at willie harris to came up as

i think veterans respond to phil jackson in a great way. he thinks out of the box. the book giving, understanding guys on a personal level. not a lot of people think phil jackson is a great coach, but in my opinion he is because he understands how to manage humungous ego-s. >> also, you take the bulls and laker's team and he hadn't had the dominant player. it's an unconventional way the way he won his first six championships in chicago. the second group had a different cast. you had kobe and shaq and now this kobe led team in 2009. the variety of ways he's been able to win, and done it in an unconventional way. he's not a part of the coaching fraternity. >> if you play for phil jackson, you have to learn to meditate or you don't make the traveling squad, right? >> we'll see how they make out sunday at 7:30 eastern time, game five. will the magic keep their season alive? and this reminder, espn your place for complete coverage of game five. phil jackson, dwight van gund di following game five. >> jim calhoun has been hospitalized after he collapsed in a 50-mile chari

what's it like to be around phil right now?well, you know what, that clip you just played was interesting. i was standing right there and thought the same thing. now hearing it again, he sort of seguedgo from golf to the vacatn he was going to take with his family. so to me, thate sort of signifis he's not totally into this, which is completely understandable. you know, half of his head is in golf, and half of his head, and maybe a lot more is thinking about his wife, amy, and the treatments they're going to start shortly after july 1st. so it's 1 pretty clear to me tht he's here. he's giving it his best. he's trying. but i'm not sure his heart is 100% into golf this week. >> do you think there's anyway, and obviously he's here to tune-up to play at beth pagee black next week. do you think there's anyway he can go to the u.s. open and win with the state of mind he's in right now? >> well, sure. he's still phil mickelson, and he still has that splendid game. he's going to show how they draft cars in nascar, he could get drafted

johnny holliday along with phil wood.randon knight has taken a -- ray knight has taken a couple of days off. the series in new york has put a fire in the entire town as far as what this ball club is capable of doing. when you went up there and shutout the yankees for the first time at home this year, only the second time all season long, do you it with a guy named craig stammen, things are going pretty, darn good. >> stammen gets his first major league victory the night after john lannan impresses his parents in the stands. he takes 2-3. he probably should have won all three games. he was swept three in tampa, but held your own in all three of the games. this is a club that when they took on the yankees, clearly didn't have their hitting shoes on. it hardly mattered. they took 2-3 despite hitting .212 for the series. >> a couple of home runs up in new york. they score nine runs. look at the e.r.a. 2.08. we have talked over and over and over about the great, young pitching staff, the rotation manny acta finally has going f

phil mickelson with mixed emotions, but no question about the result. espnews, swinging your way right now. [closed captioning provided by espn, inc.] >> welcome back to espnews. and quite a shot right there. along with jonathan coach man, i'm steve bunin, this is the place we keep you up to date on everything that's going on in the world of sports. ibanez has gone yard. more on that in moments. game 4 of the nba finals. the magic answered a lot of questions with their game 3 win. the question was could they take that incredible shooting into game 4, and even the series at 2 games apiece? >> kobe bryant said, hey, i didn't run into a wall. in game 3. heed owe turkoglu though. taking the scoring challenge. for the mets, he has 12 so far in the first half. >> but then, over j.j. redick. >> oh, i'll take kobe. kobe had to go to the bench. there's been a redick sighting, ladies and gentlemen. the jumper, and then the six-point game inside. and i believe i can see his tattoo. sorry, reebok. that's 37-29, just under 6 minutes to play. >> as soon as this game

i think phil's just showing up, to tell you the truth. and kobe is doing all the work to make this team successful. what do you think of alonzo mourning's comments? >> that's a pretty good assessment for a guy that played 15 years or so in the nba. >> do you buy it? >> kobe's doing a lot of work, you know. i'm just here kind of sitting on my chair. >> if we end up with 30 shots, that's all we can say. you can say my philosophy isn't right. we're going to stick with it, i tell you that. >> espnews is where you want to be for all the postgame press conferences. you'll later from both coaches and key players after game 4. >> baseball, red sox-yankees. david ortiz going yard for the third time in the last five games. boston looking for a sweep and brad penny. >> he was the hottest and most impressive pitcher m the first couple months of the season. but his last two start starts zh grainy has come back to earth a little bit. his esm ra has gone from .40 to 1.55. after not allowing a home run in his first ten starts. he gave up two long balls i

host: phil mattingly is with us until 9:30 a.m. eastern. what kind of financial regulations existed when aig nearly collapsed? guest: you get a lot of argument that financial structure existing was effective, regulators just dropped the ball. but with the umbrella idea, you will see there were gaps. even though you had this alphabet soup of regulators who overlapped there was no trading of information. they missed important things. host: you write about the aig that the office of thrift- supervision were overwhelmed by this. guest: actually, people from the disease came to testify before congress. they claim there were not built to oversee something as massive as aig. the insurance component has largely succeeded, but they had one component, the financial products division which created these credit default swaps which people have the lanais right now -- and those ots which oversees savings and loans found itself as the primary international regulator of this firm and were overwhelmed. host: president obama will release this white paper thi

one thing with phil jackson, he doesn't play for the media game.e's keeping games five, six, and seven in mind. he'll use him 40 minutes in game three and you'll see him resting just to keep him fresher for the later games in the series. >> and one thing that helps you defend kobe bryant is making him work at the other end, and i thought pietrus had his most aggressive game. he wasn't in the foul trouble, but he made kobe pay at every turn. kobe wants to go gamble, i'm going to make you pay when you get the basketball. if you take away the 0 for 3, pietrus was 7 for 8 on everything else, transition, postups. michael pietrus made kobe bryant have to be aware of where he is. that means he's going to be using energy on on that end of the floor, and it might not be there when you need it. pietrus, 18 points, they have to have his point production on the perimeter to off set or balance what turkoglu and howard are giving you. >> pietrus arguably his best game of the playoffs so far, maybe a little inspiration from his brother, also a professional basket

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we've got all the baseball coverage, plus an emotional day for phil mickelson. but the golf was as good as you could expect it to be. [closed captioning provided by espn, inc.] >> with that, we welcome you to another half hour of espnews. now available in high definition. and where we always try to bring you up to speed on everything going on in the world of sports. you know, jonathan coachman. >> yes. >> i'm merely steve bunin. we've got a whole lot coming at you in the next half hour. lot of baseball to talk about. also, lefty on the golf course. john daley makes his return. but of course we're going to start this half hour, did i mention? the nba finals, too? is. >> i think so. >> we'll update that as well. they're getting ready to tip off in orlando. right now, major league action going on as we speak. zach greinke on the mound for the royals. pitching like zach greinke should. highlights of all these games coming up as soon as they're final. yankees-red sox. david ortiz, a solo shot. brad penny, c.c. sabathia. tremendous pitchers duel at fenway. and the met

phil jackson the man who already owns nine rings at the podium an hour and a half away from tip-off. we take you out to orlando. >> i don't think anybody mentioned that one. but that was... he got his hand caught in the rim on that one, no doubt about it. pau did, yes. >> should have that been a goal tending technically? >> basket interference according to the rules, yeah. >> next question for coach. >> second row, over there. >> phil, with the point guard rotation, you've been bringing shannon in a lot, just in the fourth quarter. that's been his run in the first few games system there something specific you like from that, or is it just how it worked out? >> i'm just giving them both a feel for the game. jordan can energize us with his speed, quickness, his offensive ability out there. shannon is a little more on the defensive aspect of the game? >> on the other side? >> phil, make sure you understand correctly, you think pau was goal tending on the last play of regulation? >> it's called basket interference what it's called. even if you hit the net supposedly in the process, that'

phil mickelson on the grounds wednesday for his first practice round of the week here on the black.rywhere he went, phil was serenaded with happy birthday, and since these are great sports fan, not good, great sports fan, everyone wanted to know, phily mick, how about sanchez and the jets? it feels like these people could put him on their shoulders and carry him to the silver trophy on sunday night they would. >> i think that's an excellent way to put it, scott. it wasn't hard to spot mickelson on wednesday. all you had to do is look for the throngs of people who followed him everywhere he went. as you mentioned, not able to play a practice round until wednesday. arrived on long island tuesday night, but despite the departure in routine, mickelson appeared relaxed and confident wednesday and clearly happy to be back in a place that has embraced him as one of their own. >> i've actually been hitting the ball better than i have in a long time and possibly ever. i know it doesn't seem like it after my score at memphis. i didn't score very well. when amy's going through tests and i'm si

and it starts with kobe bryant and phil jackson. jackson, who turns 64 in september, says his decision to return will be based on his health. even if kobe decides to opt out of the final two years of his contract on july 1st, the finals mvp says he's staying in l.a. >> i'm not going anywhere. no, i ain't going nowhere. just wasting our breath just talking about. you know, i like the team we have. we've got a hell of a team, man. after years and years of frustration to get to this point, you know, we got the group. now it's just about keeping this group together so we can keep on winning this thing. >> phil jackson with his coach, kobe bryant has won four titles. without shaq, he's averaging 11 fewer points and has a playoff record under .500. >> still to come late inning drama at wrigley. how one bounce capped off an improbable comeback for the cubbies. >> plus, rafael won't be standing in roger federer's way of winning a title. our expert tells >> indians at wrigley field for the first time since 1998. the year kerry woods struck o

an emotional phil mickelson prepares to rejoin the pga tour as he and their family prepare to face their toughest test yet. brad childress speaks at last about the brett favre situation. he now says there was never a deadline. >> welcome to "espnews," your home for staying current with the very latest breaking news, scores, and highlights all in hd. along with mark morgan, i'm michelle lafontaine, and several key matchups, divisional rivalries, mets-phillies. but first? >> we started in fenway park, a wild one, game two of a three-game set between the yankees and the red sox. the two teams began tied for first in the american league east. look at him. boston led virtually throughout this game, but now the yankees have pulled within one run. johnny damon a solo shot, his 13th, and mark teixeira went yard as well, for teixeira his 19th of the season, he's 4 for 4, 19th homer of the season, two doubles as well, posada with a home run, damon, and also lowell with a shot and kevin youkilis as well for the red sox. the rays lead this one 9-1, aybar has two home runs in his last three games. re

as we know, phil has a tendency to do. he took six of them, and of the six, five of them were on the fairway. they were all over the fairwayment on his way out i asked him what club he used, and he said he used four different ones just testing it out. so it's hard the take from that 18th hole what he really... what his drive is doing just because it was clear he was really just trying to see which club is the best to use in the hole, but all things considered, the drive really wasn't... didn't seem to be that much of an issue for the ten shots i saw. >> great information. jim baumbach. thank you so much for your time. we appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >> continuing our coverage of the major league draft, we can tell you the padres have taken donovan tate number tree three. much more coverage from the nan

. >> we're going to dust off phil wood. you know how much effort it takes to dust off phil wood?ething today to tell you about you may not be aware of. now that college is a few years behind me, it seems i've got three times the bills i used to. and they're getting in the way of things i'd like to do. with the money bar, i can move my money around instantly, so when there's more bills than usual, it's no problem. and i use the wish list to put any extra money aside for anything i want. being in control of my money feels good. introducing the virtual wallet from pnc, a high-definition, online view of your money. pnc. leading the way. >>> hi, this is mark zuckerman with today's hot corner segment. following the game, the nationals will need to make a roster move. they decided to bring scott olson back off the dl. the conventional wisdom was had a one of the starting pitchers would be sent down, but they've decided to put craig stammen in the bullpen and let him work out of there for now, so that means one of the relievers will have to be designated for assignment. the obvious choic

. >> johnny:  hi, everybody, johnny holiday along with phil woods. phil, adam dunn did it last night in a 3-3 ballgame. can he do it again tonight? >> phil: it will be great if he does it. i hope he does it much quicker. we won't be here all evening. a tough one for ross detwiler not to get his first big league win. he obviously around another start. another amazing evening from willie harris. >> johnny: we don't want to go into extra innings although the nats got their first extra inning win last night. let's see if they can get do that in the bottom of the 9th. >> bob: we call that getting off the schnide. we did see from sean camp last night, he has some serious swing back action to his fastball so he can really move that thing away from left handers. adam is 0-for-3 tonight. second in the lead with 54 walks. you have to throw him strikes. ball 2. 1:30 tomorrow. martis-romero. will it be a deciding game or will someone in a home uniform be going for a sweep. masn 2 tomorrow. he goes soft and gets a strike. 2-11. 1. 2--1. >> way out ahead of that o

also ahead, phil mickelson. two beers! you got it! are you insured? do you know when your beer is perfectly cold? or do you risk drinking a warm one? if you have the new coors light cold-activated can, you're covered. because now every can turns blue when your beer... is as cold as the rockies. it's cold insurance, only from coors light. cold beer: that's our policy. frost-brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer. >> all right. and updating you in the national league, some games have gone final. the pirates beating the braves 3-2, cards battering the marlins, 13-4, the astros, a dramatic win 2-1 on a geoff blum rbi, but the phillies and mets continue to battle it out, top of the 11th inning, tied at four. bobby parnell on the mound. they just hit a home run. the phillies have. and so we have a 5-4 lead in that one in the top of the 11th inning. at least breaking that 4-4 tie, 2-0 reds-nationals, and they're three outs in the win, but in a rain delay. will they get to finish that one? >> more updates for you. looking to win his seventh stra

three weeks after announcing his wife, amy, has breast cancer, phil mickelson makes his return to thethis week, the saipt jude classic in memphis. and amy will not be there with her husband, she will not be at next week's u.s. open but never far from her husband's mind. >> i never felt this emotional. i never have been this emotional where i am driving alone or something i will start crying, it is kind of a weird thing. i am looking forward to having a four or five hour mental break, if you will, where i force myself to focus on something else and i am looking forward to that. i am not playing just to play. i think that the golf course that suits my game and i love playing on that course and in the new york area, and i am playing here because i believe i can win next week. i don't know when i'll be able to -- when i will play again. i mean i just don't know what our treatment schedule will be like after surgery. i don't know really when that will happen. i don't think it's going to be for awhile, but i don't know exactly what we're facing yet. >> john daly also makes his return to the

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and phil gingrey will be on there and give the same stuff about how it is the greatest system in the world, and it is just baloney. it is propaganda. host: he will be on, as well senator bernie sanders, as this continues to unfold. inside "the politico," "what obama said and what he meant." "pouring money into a broken system only perpetuates inefficiencies. doing nothing to put our entire health care system at risk. we simply cannot afford to postpone health care reform a logger." that is a letter to president sent to congress. in this point, "do not try to slow-walk healthcare." scott joins us from new york city. good morning, democrats like. caller: good morning and thank you for c-span. a couple of very quick points. you know, the germans and french -- they do not wait -- we are always talking about canada and having to wait. the germans and french have national health care, and they do not wait. france is reported to have one of the best is not the best health-care system in the world that we here would love to have a system like that -- single- payer, nationalized. i think the

an emotional phil mickelson prepares to rejoin the pga tour as he and his family prepare to

. >> phil donahue, we had phil donahue as our guest. usually in the greenroom, i would tell our guests about having a dialogue and answer -- and answer the questions. i told phil, i will not reach you on how to work an audience. i learned from watching you on television. that was a rare moment. he was a master. he produced a documentary. he came out and what he did with the audience -- i wish i could have taken notes. in the aftermath of 9/11, there was a close-up program called "running after danger." you remember that program. tell us about this next clip. >> what we are about to see is an associated press photographer named richard drew telling the story of one of the most disturbing photographs published in the aftermath of 9/11. it is a photograph that, out of respect for people's sensitivity, a few newspapers publish any more. i will warn the audience that you are about to see it again. this is richard drew telling the story of his photograph from 9/11. >> this is disturbing subject matter. this is one of the most got reject a wre

host: congressman phil gingrey, thank you very much for joining us. joining us in just a few minutes, senator bernie sanders, independent from the state of vermont. we will also turn our attention to foreign policy, the situation in the middle east, the elections in lebanon, and also shibley telhami will join us from the year sever city of maryland -- from the university of maryland. it is tuesday morning. "washington journal" continues in just a moment. >> harvard law professor elizabeth warren heads to the congressional oversight panel which monitors the spending of the $700 billion troubled asset relief program. she will testify this morning before the joint economic committee on the recent bank stress tests. we will have live coverage right after "washington journal" at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. and treasury secretary timothy geithner and the irs commissioner today before a senate appropriations subcommittee talking about their 2010 budget. at 2:30, health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius. you can also find them online at c-span.

johnny and phil from the booth. so long for just a while.  >>> hello, welcome to xtra" post-game brought to you by verizon phi yos. nationals in 11 innings knock off the toronto blue jays winning 2-1. the first extra inning victory of the year. mr. wood, boy, it couldn't come at a better time. you have the bases loaded and your big stick up in dunn dune he wanted to get the ball up in the air. he got the ball -- he got it off the ground. let just say that. he smoked that ball. you got pass overbay at first base. winning run scores. bases load, one out. perfect opportunity obviously. extra inning win. obviously as we talked about watching the ballgame, johnny, they had multiple opportunities to score runs and couldn't get it done. >> they did. that's right. >> called strike threes were so infuriating, i'm sure they're more upset about it than we were here. this was -- the box score will show that colome got the win, but the pitching staff deserves this one. what an effort by zimmermann and the bullpen.

phil jackson doesn't play for the immediate game. he is keeping games 5, 6 and 7 in time. he won't use kobe that much. you will see him resting to keep him fresher for the later games of the sears. >> one thing that helps defend kobe bryant is making kobe bryant work at the other end. i thought pietrus had his most aggressive game. he made kobe play at every turn. kobe wants to goomble. i will make you pay. pietrus was 7 of 8 on everything else. transition and post ups. michael pietrus made kobe bryant have to be aware of where he is. that means he will be using energy on that end of the floor. when you need that reserve in the 4th quarter, it might know be there. pietrus 18 points. they have to have his point production to balance what turkoglu, lewis and howard are give you. >> and pietrus the best game of the playoffs so far. maybe gaining inspiration from his brother also a basketball player visiting from paris france. the orlando magic shoot 62 and a half percent from the field. an nba finals record. how did it happen? >> you make the basketball change sides of the fl

happening in the network security field and other places but we need to accelerate that and i think phil is right we need to make the school for kids so that it's something they want to do. >> i would say on this point i think there are a lot of aspects insider security were there will be controversy in congress i think on work force of allied and training. it's something there can be congressional encouragement for scholarships and training programs and it's all so easily something that we can work with private sector on that's already bought its own training. goebel has its own and training i'm sure and other leaders in the field so that is a place we could come together to put more resources so that we are prepared for the future and we wouldn't run into any of the controversies some of the other big pieces of this policy might. >> you are right, google does have training. in fact for the engineers and continuing education we bring cybersecurity to everything we do and as phill mentioned we were having this conversation in the waiting room before and i found it fascinating the idea of

father's day game will get you going at 1 0-0 with nats xtra, johnny holiday and phil wood.nd d.c. 50. we'll join you tomorrow. here is a match-up of big fellows, joel hanrahan, 6'4", 250. scott rolen, 6'4", 250. tying run at third base, two outs here in the 8th. joel was outstanding in the 8th inning last night. he actually pitched the last two outs in that inning and then a 1-2-3 night. rolen takes a beauty of a fastball on the outside corner. >> rob: i was talking to darren fletcher today talking about hanrahan, how can this kid throw 95 and not three 95, trying to blow by team. >> bob: game tied. 95 mile-per-hour fastball. scott rolen turned it around. >> rob: the location was just terrible. still have to locate it. >> bob: that run charged to kip well and a win taken away from ross detwiler. >> rob: well, now, you have to do damage control right here. pitch location is going to be up in the zone, very hittable. rolen did not try to crush the ball, put it in play for a base hit and tie the ballgame. >> bob: scott rolen, 2-for-4 tonight. here is adam lind. and they are go

jays finish off the sweep, the phils are a major league best 23-9 on the road but only 13-19 at home.m tired of hearing about it," said ryan howard. i'm tired of talking about losing at home. >> free kick for brazil. we decided to spin the espn axis showing you felipe melo all alone. third time in four games the u.s. has allowed a goal in the first seven minutes. 19th minute, corner kick, marcus beasley. brazil sets up the counterattack. ramirez sprints down the field with the ball and passes to rodinho who passes it. brazil ends up winning it. alexi lalas looks ahead. >> you have to be able to compete. it's not about winning necessarily against the big teams. when you get off the field after the 90 minutes you want to say "i'm proud of the u.s. and i have hope for the future." the progress that this team and sport has made on and off the field in the last 10-20 years is phenomenal, it's so incredible when you compare it to other countries -- the fact is in the united states, we want everything immediately. we want to be able to win the world cup. we want to be able to compete. my pro

baseball, phil wood. >> well, thank you, ray and john.categories that the nationals are leading the league in are categories where they don't want to lead. and they have something to do with each other. error and losses. in the late 1970s, i corresponded with the late smoky joe wood who would be a likely hall of famer if not for arm trouble that shortened his career. even wall tore johnson thought that smoky joe was faster than he was. i asked him what he thought was the difference. he said the players caught the ball then. now, today, the gloves catch the ball. after ray knight is modeling the glove for us here. this is the wilson kent kelner professional glove. kelner played. imagine making a diving play with that. >> i can't imagine. >> ray: i better make shoe that i catch it in the palm. look at how worn out this fall is. >> why did it take so long for glove makers to we have the fingers together. >> ray: i don't know. that's a big glove. >> for the great players of the past, you see some enormous error totals for honus wagner, ty cob

blue jays go for the three-game sweep of the phils, top nine, 7-7 game.e is pinch-hitter rod barajas off ryan madson. center field. gone. solo home run and the jays win it 8-7. jays finish off the sweep. the phils are a major league best 23-9 on the road but only 13-19 at home. "i'm tired of hearing about it," said ryan howard, i'm done talking about losing at home. >> fifa confederations cup, group b action, united states and brazil, americans 1-12 vs. the brazilians. seventh minute, no score, free kick for brazil. give me espn axis. felipe melo. with the corner kick. damarcus beasley loses the ball and turns it over, brazil sets up the counterattack. robinho. worst loss since 1993. alexi lalas looks ahead for the u.s. >> the u.s. needed egypt to beat italy to stay alive. 40th minute, egypt with the corner kick and the cross goes to mohammad homos. he scores with a header and egypt strikes first. later on check out gennaro gattuso. vincenso jaquinta here. denied again by el hadari. the u.s. avoids elimination for now. >> the nfl suspending donte' stallwo

everybody touted phil hughes and ian kennedy last year. they went 0-8. they had to rush joba chamber lan chamberlain and finally they stopped messing around with joba chamberlain. he probably should have going to the minor leagues for 10 starts. >> johnny: breaking ball outside from lannan to bruce. >> rob: now phil hughes is in the bullpen in new york. they have got all kinds of issues. there's always going to be pitching problems at the major league level. >> johnny: i think that is why this scenario with strasburg is fascinating. he says he is going sit back and bide his time through the negotiation process and let things take place. could be a double-play. to second for one and no throw at first. they get the runner at second for the force-out. strasburg says he is going to relax and have fun. places he would like to go. he will let other people take care of the negotiations. >> rob: he is also being fed some of these lines too. you don't want to seem like you are too interested in signing and getting underway. kind of like storen. drew storen. he sa

on the golf course, phil mickelson with mixed emotions, but no question about the results. espnews swinging your way, now. >> royals-indians a crazy one here. look at the seagulls. the ball goes past coco crisp into centerfield. that was the replay of a game-winning single. one-more look. oh, straight up the middle. 2 on. hits the seagull. good hands. coco crisp says what about the bird? and the indians come back, you know, they say stranger things have happened? hawks the bird for the game winner? certainly not tonight. but #-3 final. and zach grain kia lous three earned runs. his era coming in was 1.5. with that, we welcome you to another half hour of espnews. along with jonathan coachman, i'm steve bunin, we're in high def. we always keep you up to date with everything going on in the world of sports. game-winning home runs off of birds. raoul ibanez, with the game winning home run. lot of people wondering if the game shooting was an aberration. would they answer a lot of questions? what did they do in game 4? did kobe bryant hit the wall? or did he hit a bird? no, there

and you have a nominee who has excellent credentials and no doubt many senators who disagree with phil softically. i think it will be interesting to see how they handle that in the weeks ahead. i would like to talk about judge soth's introductions. she had -- i had five appeals and ran a branch that had hundreds of cases before her so even prior to her i spent a fair amount of time thinking about judge sotomayor. she was on my mind and in the last few weeks i was spent a lot of time in her opinions. of course it is always difment at this stage to predict with 100% certainty how a sitting judge would act if confirmed to the supreme court. that's so for a number of reasons. one is that of course you are dealing with a number of small sample size in a sense that it's not as though she has had dozens of decisions addressing the abortion issue, gun control, things of that nature so you are working from a small sample size. the other complicating factor is that a court of appeals judge, at least in theory, is bound by supreme court precedent. so there's always the possibility that a judge, w

phil mickelson makes his return to the links after stepping away to be with his wife who is battlingt cancer. battli cancer. in eight minutes, hear his emotional words. >> the a.l. ce tigers in chicago. detroit had justin verlander on the mound looking to win his 7th straight decision. in the first the curveball and the fourth going back with the hook, and another curb. and the curveball and fastball working wednesday and verlander 7-0 and a league low 1.10 e.r.a. from april 27th. he goes the distance a six-hitter and struck out nine and game up one run and the first win at u.s. cellular field. and what to watch for thursday, game four of the nba finals, coverage kicking off at 8:30 eastern on abc. the man -- magic with the shooting touch. and a look at game four, specifically kobe bryant, here is mark jones and the crew. >> kobe bryant of the los angeles lakers, the nba's ultimate closer, unable to close the deal in the fourth quarter. usually cold and off from the free-throw line as well and the los angeles lakers on the short end of the four-point defeat. at the hands of the orlan

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