granderson takes that rip deep to right for a solo bomb. granderson's 29th home run of the season. yankees kick things off, 1-0. third, yankees up 7-1. bases loaded. cano, he didn't. that's a grand slam for robinson cano. yankees up 11-1. his ninth career grand slam. joba chamberlain, activated from the d.l., pitching in relief. he went 1 2/3, giving up four hits, two earned runs, one homer. no love lost. yankees win big, 12-3, and snap a four-game losing streak. >>> "monday night baseball" between the yankees and the tigers. check it out, 7:00 p.m. on espn, espn3 and the lovable watch espn app. >>> coming up next this morning, "the pulse." and oprah winfrey with a new look. showing the world a side of her we've never seen before. >>> and why winning gold, silver and bronze in london means athletes better come up with some green for the tax man. living with the pain of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis could mean living with joint damage. help stop the damage before it stops you with humira, adalimumab. for many adults with moderate to severe ra, humira's proven to help relie

granderson's first of the season.irst yankee outfielder to go back-to-back home run seasons, since dave winfield did it nearly 30 years ago. top seven, ichiro, grounding one. prince fielder, that's not going to get the job done. throw, laughable. bottom nine, 12-8. soriano trying to button up the save. and he does. gets brandon bosh swinging. yankees win 12-8. and detroit's home win streak is officially history. >>> giants and cardinals. hunter pence. what a deadline acquisition he's been for the giants. top six, through the middle. guess who scores again. cabrera. later in the inning, giants up 5-0. and it got worse if you're a cardinals fan. brandon crawford, to left. brandon belt scores. 15-0, your final. the giants' 12th shutout of the year. >>> do not expect a shutout on "monday night football." a special thursday night edition. packers and chargers. kickoff expected a little after 8:00 eastern time. "monday night countdown" starts at 7:00 eastern, on espn, and the watch espn app. >>> coming up next, "the pulse."

curtis granderson in the third. number 30 for granderson. the lead is only a run in the eighth.ark teixeira to mount st. joe. a shot to left. sher trying to score. the orioles are tied with the wild card lead with the tigers and the a's. ravens play the falklands tonight. a golden opportunity for a lot of the young players to catch the eye of the coaching staff including number 94, sergio kindle. top draft pick a couple of years ago. he has been playing pretty well in practice. terrell suggs is out with a injury. a huge void at outside linebacker. how about the johnson family. dave johnson watched from the stands. >> will go back to the ravens and the orioles. >> this morning we asked -- with the ravens' super bowl aspirations and the orioles' surprising season, how excited are you about baltimore sports right now? i don't think he is watching the team closely. >> the orioles brought up their number 1 pick to play third base tonight. >> thank you, keith. >> golden st. for team usa. highlights an elected the golden opportunities. >> it could be the practice of night else. mcdonal

nick tosses it to second and avoid curtis granderson. he misses it, still gets the tag and km pleats the double play. that is impressive. the red sox go on to win 4-1. they are only 4-7 this year against the yankees. >>> third round of the championship from greensboro, north carolina. you will not believe this shot. this is kim clark from the fairway on the 11th and watch the ball. it lands on the side of the green. keep an eye on it. goes right at the cup. literally hits the cup and the ball pops right out. settle for a birdie. this is jason with the round of the day. shooting 7 under, including this long birdie put at 18 and he is two shots off the lead. now the leader coming into the day, sergio garcia. he would end the day atop the leader board as well. sinking this on number 13, and garcia is at minus 14. he has not won a tournament since the player's championship. we need one more break. we'll be back with more on the redskins. >>> welcome back to the washington area nissan dealer's sports xtra. >> and thanks for staying with us on

curtis granderson going deep of sanchez. making it 5-0. sanches at seven runs in three innings. yankees out by one run. sharing the rbi single. here comes neck swisher. the ball home. not accounting the 1980 olympics which we boycotted, the men's basketball team has won a medal in every summer olympics. the americans will lead on the podium again after advancing to the semifinals. lebron james another triple double. in 11 points, 14 boards and an assist. carmello anthony had 17. he buries the trade finishing with 20. the u.s. wins big. 19-186. there will face argentina friday in the semis. she earns our fastest time of the day with a 21.8 second performance. second gold medal. she ran with debris the team in 2008. it cannot have a gold medal match without missing a trainer and carey wallace jennings winning their match together. the final, they have won 21 olympic matches in a row. u.s. beach which volleyball team had you found to be the most impressive and to no surprise, 66% like misty and carry jennings. it can still texture of favoriteat 88509. and the pga championship gets

granderson, great game. bottom 6, 1-1 tied. derrick north, the rbi single to center.smith is home. 2-1 a's. anderson gets his first win since may of last year. >>> petaluma is just one win away from the national league title game. the dream season continues tonight taking on for afield, connecticut, a team they beat just last week. and the 3-run hometory center, that makes -- home, homer, to center. petaluma wins 5-0. they play thursday at 5:00 against either texas or tennessee. >>> stanford named the heir apparent to joshua luck today. it's nzÑez. david shaw named him the starter. the 6'4" red shirt junior has just three pass attempts in his career. now he's leading the show for the 21st ranked cardinals. >>> raiders host detroit on saturday while the '9ers get a first hand look at the broncos on sunday. and his no. 4 car will be splashed with scarlet and gold and a 49ers logo. jim harbaugh is a co-owner of his team, he's also going to wear a suit there. no. 4 in honor of jim harbaugh who wore no. 4 for most of his career. >>> andre ward is gearing up for his next bi

lz granderson also a cnn contributor and cnn writer for espn.com. good to see you both.re going to agree on certain things, but let's see what we've got here. lz, paul ryan has a record. he's got his plan for prosperity. he's outlined how he would reform entitlement spending and overhaul medicare. democrats are blasting the ideas, but could his plan force everyone to actually get a little bit more serious and even force the president to come back not just with rhetoric about why his plan is wrong, but a new plan of his own? lz? >> you know, in a very strange way, paul ryan has become somewhat of a game-changer because you're absolutely correct. he's going to force not just president obama but also mitt romney to get specific, and let's not paint paul ryan has the great visionary just quite yet. i mean, he still has a lot of gaping holes he hasn't answered with his republican budget as well. for instance, he's talking about recovering much of the money that's going to be lost in tax revenue by closing tax loopholes, but he refuses to tell us exactly which tax loopholes he

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in the game, curtis granderson hit his 200th career home run to help the yankees roll over the indians 4-2. the tribe losers of nine of the last ten games. >>> still can't find the end zone. >>> dueling quarterbacks can't find a groove. mark sanchez was intercepted. finished 11 of 18. tim tebow also intercepted going 4 for 14 for just 55 yards. carolina beat the jets 17-12. the jets have not scored a touchdown in three pre-season goods. not good. called the mercy rule. unfortunately, it had to be used against the u.s. in the little league world series. japan destroyed the boys from good letsville, tennessee. by the fifth inning, the kids from tokyo wrapped up a ten-run lead and that was it. game over. japan won in this one, 12-2. to take home the world series championship banner. >>> speaking of kids, 15-year-old lydia coe drained this putt on 18. she won the canadian women's open. she's the youngest winner in lpga history and the first amateur since 1969 to win a title. coe was born in south korea, she plans to stay an amateur and go to college. that's what we like to hear, lydia. goo

curtis granderson homers off britain. that started a scoring garage. third inning.ason knicks knocks one into a gap. over the fence for a double. made it 5-1. knocks briton out of the game. he lasted three innings. kevin gray came in relief. no relief. robinson canole with the bases loaded. connect. that's a grand slam off kevin greg. yankees ride that to a 12-3 victory. the o's are off tomorrow. they start a series in tampa bay, coming up friday. this reminder is mass inn on wjz -- masn on wjz this weekend. live here on wjz 13. >>> at the london olympics, michael phelps of baltimore, back in the pool. not swimming for a medal but in the preliminary competition and 200 individual medley, he had the third fastest time. he'll swim for a medal in the finals tomorrow. and the women get a gold medal. the women of the u.s., that is. in the 800 meter relay final. allison schmidt of the north baltimore aquatic club. a relay member. she now has two golds, one silver and one bronze. more on the ravens coming up tonight at 11:00. we'll have that for you. see ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,

. >> want to bring back will cain and lz granderson into the conversation.ill, do you think this ad is fair? >> i think there's a lot of unfairness in the ad. i think there's also fair questions asked in the ad. first of all, there's three issues. is it partisan or not? the answer to that question is somewhat beside the point to me. it appears to be partisan, but it's beside the point that if there's honest questions being asked, it shouldn't matter where they are coming from. does president obama deserve credit? undoubtedly, clearly the answer to that is yes. third they are asking questions about the leaks. the concerning leaks that have drown bipartisan concern like diane feinstein who said this is highly concerning the amount and detail of leaks coming out of washington, d.c. where i think this ad went overboard from just asking those questions is they provided conclusions that we do not know the answers to. they were certain it's coming from the obama administration and certain it was being done for political gain. if there's one fair thing, it's that th

elsie granderson is in new york. he is senior writer for espn. he's got the good lighting today.you guys. we haven't done this in a long time. >> i know. i thought you hated us. >> well, it's good tv even still. l.z., first day all but canceled. now they're shaking up the schedule. is the weather threatening to ruin mitt romney's big week? >> no. you know, i was thinking about the last republican convention. i was trying to think who were the speakers besides palin and john mccain, and i really struggled to find another speaker who impacted me or i thought about after those two. and i think this will be a very similar situation here. maybe chris christie will really resonate with people, but it's about ryan and mitt romney. everything else is about being a big party. it's like the super bowl. i've covered the game for a number of years. the party, the party, the party. but at the end of the day it's about the game. in this situation, romney is the game. >> yeah. this is like a big pep rally where you get behind -- yeah. right. and then the election, leading up, i would say that's

grand granderson.come, gentlemen. >> good morning. >> morning, carol. >> congressman akin had a chance to beat a democrat for the u.s. senate so, will, is he toast now? >> i'm sorry, was that for me, car carol? >> yes, it was, will. >> i'm sorry. can you repeat again? >> sure, he had a real chance to beat claire mccaskill and win a senate seat. is he toast now in light of these comments? >> oh, toast. toast. absolutely. absolutely. he's done. i can't imagine a scenario he beats claire mccaskill and what we'll see now is an attempt at damage control from this bleeding any further when we see tweets like from debbie wasserman schultz. the answer is clearly no. >> oh, i think l.z. might disagree with you. i say that because the speed at which the romney camp distanced itself was astounding. they did it like that because the gender gap is a real problem for the republicans and the democrats are using akin to attack ryan. so, l.z., i ask you that question, do you think this has greater implications? >> caro

granderson, a writer for espn, and will cain is an analyst for "the blaze request" and a cnn contributoran. >> morning. >> will, where do you think paul ryan stands? >> i know where paul ryan stands because he's put it out there boldly and specifically. i'm excited about it, deb. it shows leadership both from mitt romney in picking somebody who has been so specific and so bold in some of their solutions to our problems, and it's obviously -- i'm talking about paul ryan's leader shship on touching issues that are politically unpopular. will this play well politically? will this work among the electorate? americans have shown time after time that they want to solve our deficit problems but don't want to touch entitlements. you can't have that both ways. will they be willing to reward somebody who has risked talking about how to do that? that's what we'll find out with paul ryan. i hope we have an honest debate. i hope that's what we have. >> l.z., do you find it as -- do you find entitlements something the democrats are not willing to deal with or just coming at it from a different perspec

granderson. he leans left. will leans right.orning, carol. >> good morning. so maybe the biggest problem republicans will have is optics. you can't have kid rock tearing down the house while isaac tears down houses. what do you do? >> i suggest i though it all when i talk on tv but i don't know about this question. how do you merge with what you hope is this celebratory event of nominating mitt romney's republ republican nominee for brez. i don't know how you do that. you have to adopt your message into one that really is a mark of leadership and that is compassion, that this party, this leader, will bring people together and the speeches that follow each night should adopt the message, one that's here to help people out, that could even take the form, carol, of some specific things such as raising money, becoming charitable. i don't know if you do a telethon but you could take this event and make it something that is helpful for what's going to happen further up the coast. >> and, l.z., there's a specter hanging over this if is