matt centrowitz's father has been the track and field coach and is a track and the 26-year-old matt centrowitz completed the 1500 meters in 3: 57 flat to take home the gold. big night on the track. just getting started for team usa. here's the men's 4 by 400 replay. on the secondhandoff, americans lead. bats wanna makes contact, slows down the u.s. but doesn't knock them out. lashaun merit owns it. americans claim the gold in the rel relay. the women looking to make it a sweep. allyson felix had the honor of running the anchor leg and she turned a close race into a blowout. mission accomplished. her sixth goal, most by a woman in track and field. a historic night for u.s. on the track. 23 games over.500. the nationals have one season with a report better than they are right now. that was in 2014 when they set a franchise record of 26 winnings. judging from the way they're playing right now, a record breaking season cook on the horizon. ryan zimmermanerman back on after a stint on the dl. welcome back, jack. nats ahead 1-0. there's a lot more where that dame from. in the fourth, daniel murphy b

it was all in honor of local olympian matt centrowitz's rare gold medal win in the 2016 games in rio de janerio. -- rio de janeiro. he became the first american in 108 years to win a gold medal in the 1500-meter race at the olympics. kathy: coming up in sports, operation football. adrienne: and our game of the week in brookfield turned into a lopsided affair. stephanie sutton shows us how the lancers flew over the hartford orioles, up next in sports. but first here are tonight's stephanie: it's week two of operation football and our game of the week, the one that you the viewers picked, is tonight -- a thursday night showdown between hartford and brookfield central. it's the first ever meeting between the two schools. tonight the la heavy hearts. before tonight's game a moment of silence for former central football player matthew thompson , who was killed in afghanistan earlier this week. he was the team captain for the lancers 10 years ago. as for the game itself, the lancers looking good early on. the quarterback on the keeper with the nifty moves. lots of lancer pride. the spin mo

get this, his dad matt centrowitz is the head track coach is american university.made annapolis proud. >> we have seen some very memorable moments in the past few games. of those memories, also a dark chapter, ryan lochte and members of the u.s. swim team are at the center of a controversy. are ryan calls his behavior that night was immature and childish. are victims and we're happy we are safe. the police conference says not victims, vandals. how do you look at that? >> it's how you may want to look like. whether you call it robbery or extortion or paying just for the damages like we don't know -- all we know is that there was a gun pointed in our direction and we were demanded to give money. >> gunnar in his statement to police said at some point someone who spoke english walked over and offered to help translate this altercation, and he made it clear that the security guard was telling the four of you need to pay for that stuff, that damage before you can leave here or i'm going to call the police. you understood that at that time, didn't you? >> yes, yes. so th

it was all in honor of local olympian "matt - centrowitz's" gold medal win in the 2016 games in rio. centrowitz became the first american in 108 years to win a gold medal in the 1500-meter race at the olympics. coming up next in sports... southern durham and cardinal gibbons get after it a day early in friday night football... and volunteer assistant tim beckman is out just a day after we found out he was in with north carolina football... stick around for [laughs] welcome! hi! we're your neighbors. we live across the street. thanks for this. i see you've got time warner cable like the rest of the hood. genius. yeah, they offer tons of free hd channels. and you can record six shows at the same time. looks like you're all hooked up. game's about to start. let's do it. we're watching here? oh yeah. ohh. how about you and i go watch my favorite show? make your move to time warner cable. for $89.99 per month you'll get tv, 100 meg internet and phone. short career as a volunteer defensive assistant at north carolina is over... just a day after his presence on the team became widely public

. >>> more olympic news, matt centrowitz wins the 1300-meter race, the first american to win since 1908. >>> the preseason from big blue you the blues, they got stampeded yesterday up in buffalo, and it was a bust. the bills got out of the blocks first, shady mccoy goes in for a 13-yard pass. in the second quarter, daunte dion breaks up this buffalo pass in the end zone. the g-men get the back back after that. the mistakes continue with ryan nasa fumbling the ball after getting blind sided. bills get the ball back. for another bills score. buffalo shut out the giants 21- 0. >> i finished talking to the team, told them we worked too hard to put a performance like that on film. they were more physical than we were, that was obvious. we need to take a long look in the mirror and bounce back this week. >> and don't forget, the giants and the jets play next week at the meadow lands. that's it in sports, folks, have a good morning. we'lse today. >> more gold medals on tap today. the men's basketball going for the gold this afternoon. many teams still. >> go usa,. >>> much more ahead on eyewit

. >>> on more olympic news, matt centrowitz wins the 1500-meter race. he's the first american to win that one since 1908. >>> and so far, the preseason blue in buffalo, and boy, it was a bust. the bills got out of the blocks first. shady mccoy goes in for a 13- yard pass, and the second quarter, daunte dion breaks up this buffalo td pass in the end zone. the g-men get the back back after that. the mistakes continue with ryan nasa fumbling the ball after getting blind sided. next play, greg littles makes the connection, spents in -- sprints for for another bills score. buffalo shuts out the giants 21- 0. >> i finished talking to the team, told them we worked too hard to put a performance like that on film. they were more physical than we were. that was obvious. we need to take a long look in the mirror, and bounce back this week. >> and don't forget the giants and the jets play next week at the meadowlands. that's it in sports, folks, have a good morning. we'll see you later on today. >> we'll do, anthony. ahead on eyewitness news sunday morning, includi