but espn, like rome, wasn't built in a day. it'll take news corp shareholders several years and billions of dollars to replicate espn's success. i'm rick horrow. >> susie: tomorrow on nbr, how to do more with less. we visit one hospital that's using technology to do just that. and the economic and investment outlook for 2013-- we talk with gary thayer from wells fargo advisors. >> tom: we want to remind you about a special guest on nbr later this week. nbr founding co-anchor paul kangas will join us on thursday night, december 6. we'll talk about the markets, and he'll answer some of your questions. that's this thursday, december 6. you can submit your questions on facebook or twitter at b-i-z-r-p-t. >> susie: it's beginning to look a lot like christmas here at the nyse. just moments ago, the big board held its 89th annual christmas tree lighting. this year's tree is a 45-foot norway spruce, and if history is any guide, it will be one of the most visited holiday landmarks in the city. and tom, the big board's tree is embroiled

we get highlights from espn. >> good morning, cole wright with your espn news update. sunday afternoon, the ravens looking to punch playoff ticket. they take on that guy. running, getting absolutely plastered. goes down to the ground. you need to lay a second set of eyes on this. griffin, in pain, taking a hit. an mri would reveal a right knee sprain. that opened the door for kirk cousins. cousins, to pierre garcon. skins down a pair. and a two-point conversion, it was forthcoming. cousins, he kept it all by himself, finding the two points. griffin loved it. this one headed to free football, known as overtime on the street. the game winner, 34 yards, thank you very much. staying perfect on the season. 11 of 11, 14 of 14 in his career. skins win. >>> cowboys playing with heavy hearts after losing one of their own earlier in the week. first quarter, andy dalton to andrew hawkins. that puts the bengals out in front, 7-3. fourth quarter, dallas trailing. romo to bryant. stand up, bryant! making a score right there it's a 19-17 ball game. fourth quarter, four seconds to bur

we get highlights from espn. >> good morning, cole wright with your espn news update.unday afternoon, the ravens looking to punch playoff ticket. they take on that guy. running, getting absolutely plastered. goes down to the ground. you need to lay a second set of eyes on this. griffin, in pain, taking a hit. an mri would reveal a right knee sprain. that opened the door for kirk cousins. cousins, to pierre garcon. skins down a pair. and a two-point conversion, it was forthcoming. cousins, he kept it all by himself, finding the two points. griffin loved it. this one headed to free football, known as overtime on the street. the game winner, 34 yards, thank you very much. staying perfect on the season. 11 of 11, 14 of 14 in his career. skins win. >>> cowboys playing with heavy hearts after losing one of their own earlier in the week. first quarter, andy dalton to andrew hawkins. that puts the bengals out in front, 7-3. fourth quarter, dallas trailing. romo to bryant. stand up, bryant! making a score right there it's a 19-17 ball game. fourth quarter, four seconds to burn.

cole wright here with your espn news update.hursday night, the los angeles clippers, looking to stake their claim on the west coast. hoping to make it 15 in a row. but the celtics were standing in their way. first quarter, chris paul to deandre jordan, where no one was standing in his way. billy crystal said, you look marvelous. clippers up 13-4. later on, clippers still rolling. blake griffin. showing brandon bass part of his arsenal. turnaround "j." that would work. a second to go in the first. rajon rondo kevin garnet. the big ticket, a rain check. goes down by ten. clippers still in front. jamal crawford with a tough lay-in. the only kind he makes. clippers with a 47-36 lead. paul to griffin. griffin goes up for what looked to be an unbelievable jam. he and jared sullinger, they collide. paul pierce finds lamar odom. great block right there. later in the fourth, matt barnes, passes the wide ball for three. count it. chris paul was loving it. the clippers go on to win this one, 106-77. >>> college hoops. new mexico taking on

rob parker from espn said something awful about rg3. called him a cornball brother.ight kind of black he is not really black. he apologized and got 30-day suspension. this is what he originally said on espn. >> my question, straight honest question, is he a brother or a cornball brother? >> what does that mean? >> explain that? >> he is not really. he's black. he does his thing but not really down with the cause. he is not one of us. he is kind of black. but he's not really like the guy you want to hang out with. we all know he has a white fiancee, all this talk about he is a republican. there is no information at all. we're trying to dig deeper why he has an issue. >> bob: you to admit this crazy? who wants to hang around this dude? he doesn't want to hang around the hood with people like him. first, the person he is talking about, rg3, is now dead the washington "red eye" to number one in their division. too bad, new york. i think it's just one of those things if you marry a white woman or have a white girlfriend, you deviate from something is absurd. i'll say this

i think espn was in a tough situation. if you are going to hold people accountable you have to do it across the board and have some consistency. >> last word to you, quick. >> i think rush limbaugh offended all black people. this just offended corn ball ones. the funny part was rob parker gave him street creds. i think he is not trying to look like a surfer. favorite group is the beach boys, fact. >> do you have a comment on the show? e-mail as you red eye at fox news.com. and do you have video of your animal doing something? go to fox news.com/red eye and click on submit a video. we might use it. still to come, the half time report from tom shillou. >> tonight's half time report is sponsored by sled dogs. the dogs trained to pull a sled especially as part of a dog team. thanks, sled dogs. >>> let's find out if we have gotten anything wrong. we go to tom shillou. >> yes, you are. i got that right. the mental health discussion at the beginning. jim norton, you said you don't care to ask, and you kind of -- you gave it a lit

the last spot on the list goes to espn commentator rob parker, the former detroit news coal imu.s.esterday questioned the blackness of washington red skins robert griffin iii claiming he was not authentic. >> i keep hearing things, we all know he has a white fiance, talk about he's a republican. he's not really, okay. he's black, does the thing, but he's not really down with the cause. he's not one of us. he's kind of black. he's in the -- he's not really, like, the guy you want to hang out because he's off to something else. lou: espn suspended parker indefinitely, and to be honest with you, i think we would miss him, don't you? ambassador rice questioning contributics about false statements on benghazi, the a-teamtakes it up and more. doug shone, angela, join us next. >> announcer: you never know when, but thieves can steal your identity and turn your life upside down. >> hi. >> hi. you know, i can save you 15% today if you open up a charge card account with us. >> you just read my mind. >> announcer: just one little piece of information and they can open bogus accounts, stealing

we get them from espn. >>> cassidy hubbarth with your espn update.teelers trying to stay in the playoff hunt. 24 seconds left in the game. ben roet, picked off by reggie nelson. he returns it to the slrs 46. the bengals regain possession. next play, 14 seconds left. andy dalton. hits a.j. green along the sidelines for gain of 21. ten catches for 116 yards for green. josh brown hits the 43-yarder for the win. and the bengals punch the ticket to the playoffs. the loss eliminates the steelers. >>> colts looking to clinch a bayoff berth. indy up, 10-3. the andrew luck pass breaks cam newton's rookie passing record. leading the colts to a field goal. the chiefs stuck around, thanks to this man, jamaal charles. his third 80-yard td of the season. in the fourth quarter, we're tied up at 13-13. third and goal. and luck -- finds reggie wayne in the back of the end zone. luck with his seventh game-winning drive this season as the colts win, 20-13. i'm cassidy hubbarth with your sportscenter upday. have great day. >>> up next, "the pulse." some say the case fro

tonight, we team up with our espn colleague rachel nichols for one triumphant return.d heavy odds. the team fresh off an awful season. the new pick the rookie quarterback taking over for the departed peyton manning. the coach already facing so much pressure and then less a month in the diagnosis. the 52-year-old coach had leukemia. away from the field, pagano was facing tremendous hurdles of his own. the coach with our colleague rachel nichols. >> what were used to do? the simplest things that you couldn't do? >> getting out of bed, going to the restroom, brushing my teeth. it physically tears you down to the point where, you know, you lose 20, 25 pounds, you know, you a trophied. >> the team playing for the team. the team's mantra chuck strong and the team began to win remarkably turning their record around. making it to the playoffs. and as the coach began to regain his strength, rare visits to the team. >> i'm dancing to two more wins. >> the messages from the champions offer the field. fellow survivor and i beat it. it can. you can beat it, too. >> i know i can. >>

espn and pbs' front line are working on a documentary.at scientists have discovered 28 new cases of chronic brain disease in football players who have died, 15 of them former nfl players. one researcher says the sheer volume of cases will overwhelm anybody who wants to deny there's a problem. >>> a family is accusing sea world of shrugging off a dolphin attack on their 8-year-old daughter. jillian thomas was feeding a dolphin in orlando last week when she broke the rules by lifting the carton into the air. the dolphin grabbed the carton, as well as the little girl's hand leaving her with huge bite marks. the parents are not suing but they're calling on sea world to make changes. there are two similar incidents back in 2006, but sea world says it has no plans to change the attraction. >>> well, the fbi is on the lookout from arizona to mexico hoping to track down an 11-year-old leukemia patient and her parents who snuck her out of a phoenix hospital. the girl identified only as emily is seen in this surveillance video walking out of the ho

. >> here's espn. >> randy scott with your "sportscenter" update. great night in the nba.at finish in phoenix. it was the knicks taking on the suns. no carmelo anthony. no raymond felton for new york. they're only down two. 15 seconds to play. j.r. smith, never met a shot he hasn't liked. had a season-high 27 points. he saved his best for last. one second to play. here's mike breen on the call. >> smith catches, shoots. puts it in at the buzzer. j.r. smith with another game-winner. >> mike breen, calling it as he sees it. his second game-winner there for j.r. smith in the month of december. celebrate however you want, young fella. >>> then, it's steve nash and the lakers. they're taking on the nuggets in denver. kobe bryant tried to do the same. he went for 40. he has 4 40-point games this season. no one else in the nba has more than one. second quarter, though. that's corey brewer throwing down over pau gasol. turnover. third quarter, things getting physical. fareed driving. hard foul for dwight howard. and howard was ejected. take another look. referees determined that h

i'm doug kezirian with your espn "sportscenter" update.s on christmas day, including a rematch of last year's nba final. lebron james and the heat, hosting the oklahoma city thunder. fourth quarter action. dwyane wade to the rack. throws it down. defending champs up four. the one-point game inside of 30 seconds. lebron, such great vision. finds chris bosh. miami up three. other end, kevin durant, three-time nba leading scorer. misses. okc with the offensive rebound. russell westbrook misses. looks like he was fouled. no call. he's upset. and the heat win the rematch of the finals. >>> elsewhere, kobe and the lakers, hosting the knicks. kobe and carmelo put on a show and delivered on christmas like santa claus. in transition, anthony sticks the three. later, melo finished with 34. knicks would lead by nine at one point in the third quarter. but the lakers come back. closing seconds. kobe to open l.a. down one, entering the fourth. now, lakers up three. bryant, made all eight of his shots in the paint. nine-straight games scoring at least 30

coming after you, espn.left and no deal in sight, small-business owners across the country are planning ahead of the cliff. dennis: an auto repair shop in illinois. just. >> mr. transmission. these are small businesses, they don't make a lot of money. i want to get a handle as we look at a transmission being replaced. president and ceo of the family shoe franchise. deal with the small-business owners. we got reports toda a report tot speaker john boehner is willing to increase abou above a million dollars instead of $250,000. you like that. >> don't say i like it, but it is better. that means they're listening to small business, low and small business to come to the table because many are not making over a million dollars. but 250, that is something possibly we could make. >> what is your biggest fear? >> don't get a deal, and then get a bad deal, those are the two fears they would have and we would have to make sure that we are saving and taking less money in technology and marketing. jeff: you've already d

espn suspect -- espn suspended them for intolerance. >>> their learjet went down in the hills of northern mexico. according to the los angeles times, the plane is linked to a company accused of faking safety records for the planes they bought. rivera was in the final stables of -- stages of buying the plane that crashed. >>> coming up at 523, the details of the suit and who is blames for that deadly accident. >>> there up a a lot happening -- there is not a lot happening. up on the high-rise, these are live pictures from the scene, and they are still cleaning it up and coroner is trying tree move one of the bodies from the vehicles. out to the commute this is a look at highway 24, it's not a bad commute and it looks good between walnut creek and oakland. and it is a decent alternate if you are trying to get to 101 and the peninsular. 101 is doing well. >>> 35, coldest of the year and we have a ways to go. it is cold across the board. mostly clear, some patchy fog up in the north bay along with freezing temperatures. a few showers are in monterey and i can't say i blame them they can dissi

that there is no way i'm going to be announcing games at espn.st for this season, or next were interested in the raiders job. and they will ask where did this, trauma? i'm not saying that he wanted to to get the writer's job but he probably gets off hearing his name associated with the philadelphia eagles job. colin kaepernick. was speaking today. >> that is something that i do not worry about i am here to play football. whatever the media is riding i am here to perform. >> he has done a great job getting out of trouble and extending place. he has been accurate. and a lot of good things. >> he should beat miami on sunday. >> stanford rose bowl have a new coach. coach bret bee- leh-ma, who shocked his team by taking the arkansas head coaching job yesterday - will not coach in the rose bowl versus stanford. there he is. nobody really faulted him for bettering himself however the athletic alvarez said get the heck out - and will coach the team himself on january 1st. alvarez is no stranger to coaching - he led the badgers to three rose bowl wins as

the last spot on the list goes to espn commentator rob parker, the former detroit news coal imu.s. yesterday questioned the blackness of washington red skins robert griffin iii claiming he was not authentic. >> i keep hearing things, we all know he has a white fiance, talk about he's a republican. hs not really, okay. he's black, does the thing, but he's not really down with the cause. he's not one of us. he's kind of black. he's in the -- he's not really, like, the guy you want to hang out because he's off to something else. lou: espn suspended parke indefinitely, and to be honest with you, i think we would miss him, don't you? ambassador rice queioning contributics about false statements on benghazi, the a-team takes it up and more. doug shone, angela, join us next. lou: on a day of national tragedy, we remember another one. today is the two-year anniversary of the death of border patrol agent bryan terry murdered in a shootout on the arizona-mexican border. two weapons found at the scene were from the justice department's fast and furious, presumed his assaillants were smuggers

and credit mike shanahan and his debt and espn's power rankings have the time team 8th -- 8th in the nfl. and he said he knew the turnaround would take some time. >> i understand we're going to struggle the first couple of years and we didn't have a football team and that is getting them on the right football team and one of the reasons i i told our team, obviously, that is they believe in each other and that has to be your mind set and once you start winning the close games, you expect it. >> and starting to get into the potential. if the season ended today, they would be a four-seed opening up at home against the seahawks, better than being a five-seed and opening up in seattle and -- . >> it's been a long time, right? >> and that is the last time they won five in a row. >> maybe that is something, i sign of what is to come. >> the crystal ball. scott smith, thank you. >> yeah. >> shawn. >>> josh brent will have to wear an alcohol monitor. he's accused of killing his teammate, jerry brown in an alcohol-involved crash earlier this month. espn is reporting the cowboys are banning him

espn reports that phil jackson is the top target as the replacement. jackson's agent told him that he has no interest in coaching the nets. >>> coming up on morning joe, general norman schwarzkopf, passes away at the age of 78. we'll discuss his life and legacy straight ahead. >>> we're not done just yet here. when we come back -- we'll remember some of the other great names that passed on in 2012. >>> "way too early" will be right back. and you really don't want to pay more than you have to. only citi price rewind automatically searches for the lowest price. and if it finds one, you get refunded the difference. just use your citi card and register your purchase online. have a super sparkly day! ok. [ male announcer ] now all you need is a magic carriage. citi price rewind. start saving at citi.com/pricerewind. by the armful? by the barrelful? the carful? how about...by the bowlful? campbell's soups give you nutrition, energy, and can help you keep a healthy weight. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. >>> finally as we round out the year on way

sunday's highlights now from espn. >> cassidy hubbarth here with your "sportscenter" update.terson, 208 yards away from the single-season rushing record in the first quarter. the vikings up ten. the vikings near field goal range. he needs 35 yards to get the record. he was just 26 yards. not enough time for another snap. he finished eight yards shy of the record. but the vikings in field goal range. blair walsh for the win. and the vikings win it, 37-34, they're headed to the playoffs. they snap the five-game losing streak to the packers. >>> what about the battle for the nfc east? the redskins and cow boys. the skins trying to get in the playoffs for the first time since 2007. 200 yards rushing for albert morris. robert griffin iii, fakes handoff, keeps it himself. skins take the 14-7 lead. in the fourth, cowboys driving, down three. tony romo, picked off by rob jackson. redskins win it, 28-18, to win the nfc east and clinch a berth. i'm cassidy hubbarth with your "sportscenter" update. have great day. >>> another win? the big story of the day, the return to the sidelines of

all the way back to 2002 so no surprise that new england is a pretty heavy favorite at 5 2 points espn did a poll and two- thirds of the country think the patriots will win a win by the niners would not only cement colin kaepernick's status as the undisputed starterit could clinch the division - if seattle loses to buffalo the matchup really comes down to one thing spherecan the 49ers top ranked defense stop the patriots number one offense? new england putting up 36 points per game while the niners only allow 14 let's hear from both teams: carlos rogers, brady, tarell brown >> there is really no weakness on this team. you have to do well. they will even sacked the quarterback with an incredible pace. it is a lot of challenges. we are going to have to play our best king. >> theylot of different weapons, and a lot of the average guy sicken make a lot of different places. we are definite going to se fight against three. he has the keys. on baseball, and this chat gaudin has recently been signed. chad -- >> the 29 year-old is a 10 year veteran of a declining the august 19th. this other tee

and espn poll shows 73% of football fans are reading for a redskins win. broken down by state the lone star state is the lone state court in a cowboys victory. >> i cannot believe it -- i see other people talking about it, how excited they are. this is a huge. >> usually for a game like this people will be planning a tailgate, but because of potential bad weather and the late start time people are figuring out ways to take the party inside. >> this will be almost as big as the super bowl. >> this manager says he has been swamped with calls for party planners. >> people want to reserve reservations for the game. are you showing the game? of course we are showing the game. it is the redskins'. >> good news for tailgaters -- you are going to be able to party longer before sunday postgame. parking lots will open at 3:30 and gates will open at 5:30. metro will stay open an extra hour to of you get home. the transit agency says the last blue line train will leave the morgan boulevard station at 12:25 pm at the last train to largo town center will be at 1:00 thre

. >> live tv has commercials so in apps like watch espn adobe ads aimed at you this is not the same thatn tv. >> adobe picks ads based on your viewing history, age and gender with this analyst says could make commercials more enjoyable. saying if they provide an ad they want to watch they're more engaged than if you're watching, showing me a feminine hygiene ad. >> for premium cable channels you log in through cable company. adobe sfez you're paying for cable, you shouldn't have to pay on top to watch the shows on hulu plus or i tunes and points out most users don't. the good old commercial break is probably here to stay. >> whether over the internet or elsewhere, ads are funding programming today. folks haven't0p, been interested in buying programs. >> multiple reports say louisiana tech sony dykes will be named new head football coach at cal. he called a meeting with players at 7:00 tonight skmaz been at louisiana tech three years compiling a 22-15 record. he will replace jeff tedford. a news conference to announce this new choice is expected tomorrow. in berkeley. >> and we're only on

on espn. >>> this next story starts with a simple holiday picture.heck this out. two little kids on santa's lap. it looks perfectly normal. but it's actually the seed of an awesome coincidence. >> years later, the boy on the right got married to santa's daughter. but he only recently realized it. abc's john muller has the story. >> anybody here want a snowball fight? >> reporter: he's been donning the red suit and helping out old st. nick for more than a decade. >> what would you like for christmas? >> reporter: elmer abbas and his christmas spirit, filled the hearts of thousands of children dreaming of christmas morning. >> cheese. what's most rewarding to me is how unique the children are when they're in this magic moment of believing in santa claus. >> reporter: and after all that time, a really magic moment. 1 of the children elmer held 12 years ago is now his own son-in-law. >> it was unique. especially at first. >> reporter: it was all discovered by accident, when chris burd got engaged to elmer's daughter, liz. chris' mother was pulling out ol

here's what espn -- >> this is terrible. >> sean: this analyst had to say about him. rob parker.isten to this. >> my question, which is just a straight, honest question, is he a corn ball brother -- >> what does that mean? >> yeah, explain that. >> he's not really. >> he's black. but he is not down with the cause. he is not one of us. he is kinda black. but he's not really the guy you want to hang out with -- >> why is that your question? >> because that's how i want to find out about him. i don't know because i keep hearing these things. he has a white fiancee and all of this stuff about he is a republican -- there is no information at all -- i am trying to dig deeper into why he has an issue. >> sean: he doesn't have the issue. >> that's crazy. it's awful. a hate-filled speech. those are racist comments. he has a white fiancee, he's a republican. he wants to disavow and say he's not african-american. it's very strange behavior and really rude. >> sean: reaction? >> i am in shock for two reasons. number 1, i think his comments were terrible, to criticize a man for having a white

according to espn a leading orthopedist says an injury like griffin's takes at least three weeks to heal. mike shanahan wants griffin to be 100% but the rookie is ready to go he says. >> i feel like i could play this week next week the week after this. but that's not my decision once again. >> we're going to play robert when he's 100%. when that ligament is fine and the doctors feel that he can go out there and perform at the level in a game situation without injury, we're going to go with our starter. >>> hundreds of kids enjoyed a very special day at fedex field today. several washington redskins' players and the u.s. marine corps gave out over 1,000 toys to deserving kids. lots of goodies there for them. >>> the washington wizards aren't the only teams underperforming in the washington area. the mystics have won just 11 games over the past two seasons but now they're hoping new leadership will help right the ship. today the mystics introduced mike thibault as the new head coach and general manager. he's a two-time wnba coach of the year and led the connecticut suns for ten years. he h

here's whatha espn, this analyst had to say about him, rob parker.sten tob this. >> my question which is just a straight honest question. >> yes, sir. >> was he a corn ball brother. >> what doesth that mean? >> he's not really, okay. he does the thing but he's not really down with the cause. he's not one of us. he's kind of black. he's not really like the guy you really want to hang out with because he's off to something. >> why is that your question? >> well, because that's just hos i want to find out about him. i don't know because a i keep hearing these things. we all know he has a white fiance. there's a all this talk about hs a republican which there's no information at all. i'm just trying to dig deeper into why he has an issue. >> sean: he doesn't have the issue. >> that's crazy. it's awful. it's a hate-filled speech. those are racist comments. why is he saying that. he has a white fiance. he's a republican so he wants to disavow and say he's not african-american? it's very strange behavior and really rude. >> sean: reaction? >> i'm in shock f

brother and colleague have been reporting on this for a while for a book and a documentary and for espn. the findings on this are substantial in terms of the numbers, the largest number ever reported. what we did find though was there's a lot of pushback in the scientific community. dr. mckee told us about her recent experience at a conference in zurich where they were various folks who criticized the work. we talked to some of those people including some of the nfl doctors who were there. one nfl member, their brain committee said, you know, relating these cases, creating a causal link based on these case studies to football is akin to saying basically all the ankle injuries suffered by football players wearing nike shoes were because of the shoes. the argument there is that -- and as dr. mckee has acknowledged -- the data they're working from is skewed because it's based on a series of brains from athletes and players who were showing signs before death in large cases of having meantal issues. so the question that everybody is trying to figure out is what is the actual incidence of th

that full interview will air this sunday on espn starting at 10:00 a.m. time. >>> coming up, something of a newly minted power couple. >> they've known each other for decades and now they've finally worked together. ♪ that is bette midler belting it out there. she stars with billy crystal in a new film called "parental guidance." >> they hadn't worked together until now. abc's cynthia mcfadden caught up with both of them. >> reporter: we met up with bette midler and billy crystal at the same theater to talk about their new film "parental guidance." >> i was surprised when i read that you never worked together before. >> it never came up. you had meg ryan. what did you need with me? now you're older. >> that's true. >> reporter: but they are two stars whose stars never crossed. until now. >> it was a thrill that you offered me the gig. >> well, there was no one else. >> reporter: the film also starred three adorable kids and marisa tomei as their uptight mother. but this suspect just about the laughs. >> as the great yogi berra once said, it about over unt

that full interview will air this sunday on espn starting at 10:00 a.m. time. >>> coming up, something of a newly minted power couple. >> they've known each other for decades and now they've finally worked together. nf afc, offensive lineman, defensive tackles, quarterbacks and cornerbacks are all living united. to ensure the academic success millions of kids in our commuties. all the way graduation day. but that won't happen without you. so take the plge at unitedway.org. make a difference in the life of a child. suit up like your favorite nfl players, d become a volunteer reader, tutor or menr with united y. ♪ that is bette midler belting it out there. she stars with billy crystal in a new film called "parental guidance." >> they hadn't worked together until now. abc's cynthia mcfadden caught up with both of them. >> reporter: we met up with bette midler and billy crystal at the same theater to talk about their new film "parental guidance." >> i was surprised when i read that you never worked together before. >> it never came up. you had meg ryan. what