it was a good football player, but made his mark as a coach and rules maker, the closest thing football has to a founding father. he invented quarterback, the concept of possessions and downs and line of scrimmage and formations, the way the game was scored, unvirtually every aspect of football, camp left his mark in the 1980 -- 1880s and 1890s. he made the sport popular. they made the idea of the all-american, a term that is familiar now, but didn't exist before them. one the primary motivations was to encourage controversy about who should be on the all-american team each year. he made football not only a great game to play and watch, but a great game to discuss and debate. in the rivalry between elliot and camp, we see one of the ongoing conflicts in american poll politics on display,s fight of the progressives in a dream of a world without risk, and the resistance to the agenda. they identified a problem with football, but the preferred solution was radical, regulate football out of existence because they believed participants were not capable of making judgments about the costs and

this is a controversy in football today but it has nothing on the challenges the sport faced a few centuries ago. let's go back in time. in 1876 theodore roosevelt attended his first football game. he was an 18-year-old freshen who got on a train with a bunch of friendss and they went to newhaven, connecticut where they watched the second ever football game between harvard and yale. in the history of college sports there are a lot of great rivalries. michigan has ohio state. the heritage foundation has the brookings institution. harvard has yale. the ivy league had an athletic conference. in 1876 they play their second ever football game. weather was loudly. it was cold. the winds were so strong bishops couldn't leave the harbor. roosevelt shivered and as he watched the game, the sport he saw was quite different from the one we know today. there were no quarterbacks. there were no wide receivers. no forward passes. football was in its infancy. before play began the captain from the two teams met to discuss the rules they would play bar. what would account for a score? how many people would b

. >> a football recruiter's murdered and a family's heartbreak. remembering ralph thomas. good morning, washington. it's monday, june 6. i am sick and a simpcynee simpson. >> i am greta kreuz. more on that in a moment. first, adam caskey. >> it is going to get hot and humid again. very high costs towards the middle of the week -- very hot. 68 degrees in the district. 59 in cumberland. dew points in the upper 50's up there. fredericksburg at 64. on our way to the mid 80's today. not far from the average. a lot of sunshine patchy clouds light wind. tomorrow, becoming warmer, near 90. hot and sticky in the mid to upper 90's on wednesday and thursday. >>> lingering road work on 66 east near 123. 95 north over the occoquan river bridge. across the wilson bridge, it is quiet in both directions. pretty good along 270. between 109 and the lane divide for the beltway is running smoothly. more to come in less than 10 minutes. >>> 4:31. we are hearing from family members of a football recruiter who was murdered friday night. ralph thomas of temple hills was shot and killed outside mc

of the russian premier league holding victory over a busy day top flight football. a net gain sharing a williams winter first competitive much after year long injury layoff a sheep or purse to defend a wimbledon club. he was the biggest football name to put down roots in chechnya but within six months ruud hall it's tenure as a manager is over the dutchman receiving his marching orders after seeing his side go down to a last minute goal last night take a look. oh a million chook was the guilty man heading home and on g. free kick hole it's how been hundreds and ultimatum to either win this game or go by chechen president or off the spice signing a eighteen month deal with the club at the start of the year but after testing victory in just three out of thirteen league games in charge the forty eight year old is leaving chara currently said fourteenth place in the table is right above the relegation zone. and off the other end of the table things are looking rosy for the moscow i fit now the sole proprietors of this summit following a comprehensive three in a win over

mark a let's say bye to football for now i move to tennis where serina williams has finally returned to competitive action the thirteen time grand slam champion had been out for a year with a foot injury but managed to come through the first round. and despite. best efforts it didn't look like a victorious comeback for williams first the former world number one only able to take a single game in the first set but turned things around in solid fashion to carve out a one six six three six four win russia's world over three periods already over she's up next for twenty nine year old williams as she gears up to defend her wimbledon crown next week. also through the summer and is another former world number one on the eve of h. the serbian shrugging off an early break to see off germany jazz and straight six four six three standing in the way next is the elder williams sister phoenix who is playing in her first tournament since training opened in january. we're number two came clijsters meanwhile is a joy for wimbledon the belgian again hurting her ankle and a second round defeat the unice

a gaelic football player from ireland is in a coma and they are searching for witnesses. leslie brinkly is in the newsroom with the latest. >> 22-year-old mark mcgovern is a gaelic football star from ireland. he came here just nine days ago to play for a gaelic club here for the summer months, but he is in a coma and they are trying to figure out the mysterious injury that happened at last saturday's football match. the match was played on this field on treasure island late saturday afternoon. around 50 spectators watched in the stands. the ball was in play on the opposite end of the field and player mark mcgovern collapsed on the other end. >> no one actually saw the assault occur which is why we are asking for the public's help to come forward and speak with us at the pd. >> reporter: no one is in custody, but they have identified a particular player on the opposing team. >> all we have is that there was a person that was standing over the player who was down on the ground and that person is a person of interest. police will not confirm published reports that "you won't

. >>> a football player from ireland in a coma tonight after an injury during a weekend game on treasure island. 22-year-old mark mcgovern is in critical condition at san francisco general hospital. the injury happened saturday during a football match like this one. gaelic football is a cross between rugby and soccer, some say they believed the injury was deliberate, and san francisco police are now investigating. >> a fight, or what happened. but we know that the victim was down on the ground. there was a person seen standing next to him. and that is the person that is a person of interest that we would like to talk to. >> mcgovern had only been in the united states for five days, his family came from ireland to be with him. >>> and east palo alto police looking for suspected gang members, following the high profile killing of a three month-old baby. we were there showing you the information as it happened. and more from palo alto, they spoke to one of the accused gang members. christian? >> reporter: three month-old isaac garcia was killed here. we were here today as the east palo alto

player attending the university of new mexico on a football scholarship. he was a star player at lincoln high school in san francisco. two weeks ago he was yanked off plane and arrested by police at sfo when a gate agent, u.s. airways gate agent told him his pants were too low. then we learned a week ago, last week, a man dressed in women's underwear was allowed to board a u.s. airways flight at fort lauderdale, florida, even though at that time, some of the passengers complained. marman faces trespassing charges in san mateo county, his lawyer says he was targeted because he was black. reverend brown also believes that and says what happened to deshon marman was racism. >> the naacp in no uncertain terms contends that this young man was profiled. he has been a victim of racial injustice. u.s. air owes to him and his mother an apology. >> reporter: apparently this issue has reached the national level of naacp. reverend brown says that they will contact u.s. air or are in the process of contacting u.s. air to ask that the airline begin sensitivity training

. >>> and it's four stories tall and as long as a football field? this man really? this man is recreating noah's ark. stay with us. s >>> mountain view based google might be in hot water. according to the "wall street journal" google is a day away from getting federal subpoenas. they say the federal trade commission is looking into whether google abuses its search monopoly to extend its dominance into other areas like mapping, shopping and travel. rivals complain that google uses its searches to steer users to its own sites and services. google and the federal trade commission are not commenting. >>> the bay area man that predicted the end of the world is now out of a job. the family radio station is pulling the plug on harold camping, cancelling his radio program. he made international headlines when he spent millions of dollars on billboards predicting judgment day would occur on may 21st. that didn't happen and in fact, he amended his statements saying it might happen in october. he's currently recovering from a streak. >>> attention all your mugles. the best-sell

falcons, a semipro football team. oma crawford was arrested. a witneshe had unsuccessfully tried out for the team. >>> prince tortoise county police say alcohol was just one factor in the fatal crash dust of indian head highway in oxon hill. >> it claimed the life of three adults. -- prince george's county. >> this crash involved two cars. the driver in of a black uconnyukon the driver and his passenger stayed on the scene. the driver was taken into custody and charges are pending. friends and family members are mourning the loss of these victims. alcohol and speed the, that's what prince george's county officers believe caused the crash that has three dead. it happened after 3:00 sunday morning. what's left of this a gray mazda was hit from behind by the black suv. a force through the moscow off the road and into a tree. two female passengers were ejected and died. one of them was a 52-year-old gwendolyn demby, of manassas, a mother. >> it's very unfortunate. it's really sad. they are very sweet family. i cannot say enough good about them. corr

a. busy day of top flight football. against arena williams winter first competitive much after a year long injury lay off a sheep or purse to defend her wimbledon crown. he was the most famous football face ever to put down roots in chechnya but within six months ruud hall it's tenure as f.c. turk manager is over the dutchman receiving his marching orders after seeing his side go down to a last minute only goal that i'm car last night surrogate troop was the guilty on heading home and anji free kick pellets have been hunted and ultimatum to either win this game or go by chechen president the man could tear off the spite signing an eighteen month deal with the club at the start of the year but after tasting victory in just three out of thirteen league games the forty eight year old is leaving direct currently set forth in the table that is right above the relegation zone. up the other end of the table meanwhile things are looking rosy for c.s.k. school was the sole proprietors of the summits following a comprehensive thre

player attending the university of new mexico on a football scholarship. he was a star player at lincoln high school in san francisco. two weeks ago he was yanked off plane and arrested by police at sfo when a gate agent, u.s. airways gate agent told him his pants were too low. then we learned a week ago, last week, a man dressed in women's underwear was allowed to board a u.s. airways flight at fort lauderdale, florida, even though at that time, some of the passengers complained. marman faces trespassing charges in san mateo county, his lawyer says he was targeted because he was black. reverend brown also believes that and says what happened to deshon marman was racism. >> the naacp in no uncertain terms contends that this young man was profiled. he has been a victim of racial injustice. u.s. air owes to him and his mother an apology. >> reporter: apparently this issue has reached the national level of naacp. reverend brown says that they will contact u.s. air or are in the process of contacting u.s. air to ask that the airline begin sensitivity training

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better option at class her opponents to secure a six three six one victory set up a loss for tie that inscrutable. football now and in the biggest managerial signing of the european off season new chelsea coach under a villa boss says he must win titles immediately and he plans to do it with flair after holding his first media conference please boss the pressure is on the portuguese prodigy to deliver the goods as he arrives at stamford bridge after leading porto to a trouble in his first season last year and his master plan for chelsea is attack minded winning football the last boss is just thirty three and the youngest manager in the english premier league that has cost russian chelsea a record fifteen million euros he signed for three years but it's understood anything other than reclaiming the top flight title for manchester united in his first year in london would be considered a failure. we have a compromise. with a certain amount of trophies and that's the charge that we've put you through someone on a day by day. in a football business broadly in any business everybody wants to do to thrive to be l

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. >>> a college football player will make his first court appearance this afternoon. he facing a string of criminal charges starting with the way he pants boarding a flight. terry mcsweeney is live. all of this could have been avoided if he just pulled up his pants? >> this could have been no story at all but 20-year-old deshon marman are going to be arraigned trespassing, battery and resisting arrest. it all started when he refused to pull up his pants. take a look. this is deshon marman, san francisco kid and football player at new mexico. he was headed there yesterday mornings. they asked him to pull his pants up and he boarded the plane and he repeatedly to pull them up. passengers were asked to get off the flight. captain made a citizen's arrest. police were called and things got far more serious. >> the passenger did not want to be handcuffed. he thought he could do it just walk with the officers but that is not our policy. during the flight struggle the officer was injured. >> he was attacked. his clothing, his hand and his hair. >> the mother says his son was i

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he was the manager of a d.c. football team. suspect is a 25-year old and he tried out for the team but was not chosen. he was arrested at the scene of the shooting and is being held without bond. >>> the time is 6:34 and we are learning that alcohol may be to blame for a weekend crash that left three people dead >> the victims were in a car struck by a suspected drunk driver in oxon hill. that driver could be facing charges. courtney robinson has the latest. >> alcohol and speed is what prince george's county officers believe caused the crash that now has three dead. just after 3:00 sunday morning what is left of this gray car was hit from behind. investigators say the force through the car off the road and into a tray. two female passengers were ejected and died and one of an was 52-year-old. she was a mother of a teenage son. >> that is very unfortunate. they were a very sweet family. i cannot say about good about the. >> the driver of the car was a 53-year-old. he also died and he was well known in manassas as a magician at m

buffett, which is already over $2 million, ends tomorrow night. >>> pregame baseball high jinks and a football champion is stripped of its crown. plus, the stanley cup is tainted by a vicious, illegal hit. >>> in weather, our spring heat wave is peak in the middle of the country and heading to the east coast. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, boston is down two games to none in the stanley cup final. a hit by an opposing player from vancouver may have given the bruins the jump start they were looking for. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. it took three games, but the boston bruins finally found their offense in the stanley cup finals. game three started with a bang. the canucks aaron roam leveled horton with a hit across the middle. taken off on a stretcher, diagnosed with a concussion. the good news, he was responsive and moving all of his extremities. rome give a game misconduct. the bruins responded in the second period. a neckel ba

football recruiter. thomas was a recruiter for a semi-pro football team.he owner says that crawford team, but out for the make it onto the roster. prince george's county police alcohol and speed were crash that killed people this morning on indian head highway. they said that in eight -- a road and drove off the into a tree. d.c. my oralton, is scheduled to before the washington, d.c. council tomorrow. he claims that money orders were him by the grace and campaign to attack the than fenty, promising -- job if he won at the election. >> seeing where we were last week, this is your chance to really adjust. is a fairly nice day. as you have outside, it is also nice outside. nothing but clear skies. finally, west of washington, d.c., showers and thunderstorms develop. to 82 degrees was the high. 73 ed reagan national. wind coming up from the south, degrees in annapolis. 70 degrees in alexandria. temperaturea high today. temperatures are cool in over past hour or so. 70 out in fredericksburg. this is what it looked like afternoon hours when sun came out. shower

now going back to football of sorts as there are many different versions of the beautiful game such as i have a side football and beach football but this particularly aggressive version can boast russians as well champions it's known as swamp soccer teams of six players compete in a game of two hasee each lasting thirteen minutes. there is no offside rule and limited substitution screen made from squads of twelve players cannot be changed during the game twenty minutes are held across the globe and this is the latest world cup which was held in the scottish capital scoring the final there still has a sense of fresh english side jesus mudslinger six mil to become the twenty eleven world champions in revenge joined by all except perhaps those watching markets. the very good for himself so yeah i want to come back but i probably won't. because i don't get out there. yeah ever i think my mom's washing machine is probably going to die. and finally to some extreme action of a completely different variety cliff diving only became competitive eleven years ago but was quick to attract thousands of spect

a m. by university of mexico football player refused to pick up in his baggy pants. rding a flight yesterday and the u.s. air way employee said his pants were hanging on showing his underwear he was asked to pull them up he refused. then he was asked to leave the plane he was arrested and booked on resisting a are arrest and trespassing. i guess the dress code for airlines has changed. we've seen people come down on both sides of the fence on this one. >> it's a pretty hot topic on our facebook page. we as you you think the airlines has a right to tell a cut passenger to get off the plane. i'm all for it that no one wants to see what kind of underwear you prefer. and jackie says let the man being gallate was doing was walking onto a plane no one would be offended once he sat down if you want and join us on this heated discussion go our facebook page. >> arrest has been made of in a common vision and a sexual assault. they found him hiding out in a children's playhouse in a neighbor's yard they do not all along he had been staying in he is the one it is a suspected of

we are speaking to a chief football writer. is this tit-for-tat between jack warner and chuck blazer? >> it has really descended into force here. -- farce here. chuck blazer turned in evidence against his boss, jack warner, evidence of bribery that is now causing an investigation. blazer has worked hand in hand with warner over the past 21 years. this was a huge break, a very

that is not true of the engish a football association.y bla blatter is not renominated is to call off the vote with the support of three quarters of the 208 voting delegates. david burnstein said they have very little ability to succeed. football associations asked for a postponement of the election but many are now questioning why authorities don't boycott the game's governing body. the answer is pretty simple. basically, they risk being ostracized to the group that gives them access to the competition in the game and they can't afford it. national teams would lose sponsors and ticket sales and european clubs would also suffer, as well. without fifa there would be no access to the champions league, top players would jump ships to play in countries to compete. for a shake-up to occur we would have to have more than one country quitting and some said it needs a full-scale revolution here. andrew? >> going to say the politics of fear. unbelievable. >>> it may be good to talk but with mobile phones is it good for your health? the world trade

the former high school football star was murdered. he is on a full ride football scholarship and is supposed to be back in new mexico right now for a football practice and summer school. his arraignment is set for tomorrow afternoon. live in redwood city, lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >> lisa, thanks. >>> celebrations broke out in boston tonight while rioters took over the streets of vancouver after the bruins beat the canucks to win hockey's stanley cup. they overturned a vehicle and set it on fire a few blocks from the canucks' home arena and the site of the seventh game. this is a live picture from vancouver, british columbia. you can see even at this hour a lot of fans are still out on the streets. many are behaving appropriately, and many behaving poorly as a result of the loss. this is the fire i was telling you about just a few blocks from the arena in vancouver. a giant fire, and people ept c stoking it, as you can see, grabbing what they could and throwing it on the flames. another fire broke out on the ground floor of a parking garage

a small town football coach and it was this football coaching mentality that would affect a later style of management when it was more than a game at stake. brad enjoyed football and he played with eisenhower but his passion was not on the gridiron. it was on the diamond. he had a rockets row of an arm. omar bradley held a west point record for longest baseball for 0. and he had a mean curve ball. his senior year he batted a 383 average. that is a very respectable number that i think any professional team nowadays including our new orleans would certainly value. there was another thing that brought the two young men together, and other trade they shared in common that occurred after graduation that they would mess will war to end all wars. war in europe that so many of their classmates got to fight in. this was a war with a lot of promotion and experience and reputation to those men in uniform who were fortunate enough to serve their. bradley's regiments and its wartime spread from alaska on guard duty. his regiment, the fourteenth industry -- infantry didn't even a symbol to go to fran

hello welcome to the sports news on a busy day of football and tennis action and hear other top stories the new special one under a blush bus is confirmed as the new chelsea manager often moving from porter on a three year deal. while off to a flier maria sharapova crashes rushing through patrick on a checker to get through to the second round at wimbledon. and he no sevens rugby touches down in moscow this weekend with the european grown create. her first a football and chelsea have confirmed under a deal is the club's new manager the former porto head will start work immediately in west london office on your three year deal following his departure from the portuguese champions on tuesday the thirty three year old who previously worked as a scout under jos a marine you actually see want to travel with porto last season securing the domestic league title and as well as the right from the crown is the youngest ever manager at stamford bridge the same age as frank want to be a drug abuse sacked their previous coach go into lafayette last month. now this wednesday there is a packed program

but first as a full programme of football across russia this tuesday including a top of the table clash between joint needed moscow and then g.b. this tussle is one of the latest results all sixteen teams are not sure it's not like moscow has already been held to a disappointing one all draw at home in twenty four in the last equaliser to give the thompson like their share of the spoils bought in the later games manager's not so much he faces spotlight now champions and each player studies that's. while twice former champions were being entertained and i lost a cousin about baseball that's about thirty paces from them so i clear. but elsewhere struggling kodak our time car and its goalless at half time but it sink or swim for the grozny side star coach rootlets the dutchman was given an ultimatum on monday to either win this game or leave the club the chechen sides bosses have made it obvious they are not impressed with the result since pilots arrival less than five months ago as an official statement on products website says that its approach to his job in chechnya has left a lot to be

airways of using a double standard in this case, a college football player, deshawn marman. >> this young man was profiled and has been a victim of racial injustice. and that u.s. air owes to him and his mother, an apology. >> local naacp president, reverend amos brown called it racism. the way he was treated last week at sfo. the 20-year-old new mexico university football player boarded a flight, a gate agent told him to pull up his pajama wants. he says he complied. >> my pants were not below my knees or my buttocks. you know? they were slightly below the waist. >> he said crew members harassed him. the captain made a citizen's arrest after calling police. he's charged with trespassing. and reverend brown and others say u.s. airways allows this man to fly regularly on its flights dressed in womens' under wear wh. marman's mother saw the picture she was furious. >> u.s. airways treated my sont way they d and then, okay, this cross dresser to come in, not once, twice but from what i understand on the regular, comes to the airline. >> u.s. airway dz not return our calls today for a respons

we are speaking to a chief football writer. is this tit-for-tat between jack warner and chuck blazer? >> it has really descended into force here. -- farce here. chuck blazer turned in evidence against his boss, jack warner, evidence of bribery that is now causing an investigation. blazer has worked hand in hand with warner over the past 21 years. this was a huge break, a very important news development. right now, there is a future -- a huge divide between the island nations and the caribbean, which support warner, and the other nations, which support blazer. that is why you are seeing the organization at war within itself. >> some might say this points to evidence of quarreling in a fiefdom, that somebody has something to hide. >> of course. it is all an internal power play that starts at the top with seth bladder -- with -- with sepp blatter being the only candidate for fifa elections. as people have turned on each other, everyone is scurrying to save their political lives. it seems likely that sepp blatter will win again on

. >>> a 23-year-old man from ireland remains in critical condition after he was injured during a football game on saturday on treasure island. mark mcgovern suffered a severe head injury. police are investigating what happened. it appears he might have been hit by a player from the other team. his parents and girlfriend have flown in from ireland and are at his bedside at san francisco general hospital. >>> pg&e is reducing the pressure of the pipeline north of san bruno. after problems were found during a video inspection. the pipeline runs on hillside in south san francisco. pg&e says a video inspection showed minor dents and welding problems. now outside experts will conduct other inspections on the pipeline. and there are reports that robert nichols, the expert on the pipes, he says now that changes in gas line pressures over the years caused this problem. >>> the government says there's no radiation threat from a fire burning dangerously close to new mexico's los alamos library. frames are just 50 feet from the ground. watchdog groups fear up to 30,000 barrels of waste will explode.

. >> back here at home, a football game in pacifica had special significance for one team, playing in honor of a murdered team member. david henderson was playing for the some islander when he was shot in may. he was removed from life support on june 6th. today the islanders' game served as a fundraiser for henderson, with proceeds going to his family. he helped the islanders make the playoffs and the team is devastated his life was cut short. >> i seen him come from nothing and develop into something. it's like i was proud of him. i'm glad everybody is keeping it alive. >> police don't have a suspect in the murder. >> the fear, the flooding, and the helplessness in the north dakota city of minot. >> they're giving up on saving homes from rising flood waters. >> the low clouds in fog burned off this morning, and, boy, what terrific afternoon we have seen. temperatures warm the next few days, and then you know what? we're going to talk about showers. yes, showers? we'll look at the seven-day >> investigators are asking for help in the attack of a jogger. police released this sketch of

police are looking for the motive of a local football recruiter gunned down right outside mckinly high school in northeast. it may have stemmed from a fight over a woman. darcy spencer is live outside the school with the latest on that. darcy? >> craig, we were able to speak to the victim's mother late this afternoon and she said that he is the father of four children, also an ex marine. you would also find him here at mckinly tech high school here on the football field many a night because he is associated with d.c. falcons. it is a sem fie professional team that plays here at the school but but it was here in the parking lot of the high school friday night about 8:30 where he lost his life. i'm told a girl's flag football team was on the field when the shooting happened. this is video of the victim. he was 36 years old. his name was ralph thomas. he lived in temple hills in prince korj george's county. tom yeah mother says he used to coach football with thomas's father. those with the men say they played football at some point for the d.c. falcons. >> there's definite lay lot of stor

witnesses say the truck skidded for the length of a football field before crashing through the crossing gates. this morning we spoke to some people who had just passed the accident site on their way into the bay area. >> we came that way and saw the cars. it was a horrible sight. all on the train, they were very upset you can tell they were all grieving. >> the ntsb is now looking into the safety report of the trucking company that owned the big rig. they still did not know why the truck did not stop. the conductor was also killed in the crash and five people are still unaccounted for. >>> a second person has now died after a car crashed into a nursing home. suzanne infantty died from her injuries yesterday. police the 90-year-old driver hit the gas pedal instead of the brakes and the car crashed through the window. two people are being treated at hospitals. the driver has not been charged. >>> right now, a danville teenager remains in the hospital following a weekend accident at a cruz county beach. on saturday, 17-year-old ryan buchanan went to sunset state beach with a group from cre

with a football murder and his family's heart rate. -- heartbreak. lls three.ash all -- alcohol was a factor. children in danger, what went wrong? plus, the d.c. shadow. i think that it sets the tests a damper on moving ahead. >> tomorrow could make a bad situation even worse. remember the heat them up get ready for round two this week. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- familynd that loved his tonight to tell us about his before a gunman life.is what thomas was gunned down mckinley thomas -- mckinley high school sunday night. we are outside with the emotional story. >> we spoke to a man who said was at the high-school thing happen.ole he described a busy friday shooting that when the started, it was chaos that turned into tragedy. of rossevastated mother to find thegles express her pain. her son, gunned down by a young man that he allegedly knew, even mentored. >> the guy was constantly shooting him away. >> this witness says that he was friday when the shooting started. the suspect allegedly got into argument with thom

also blasted last week's reelection of sepp blatter as president who maradona says never kicked a football a scathing criticism comes as marital arrived in dubai to sign a reported two year deal with local club ourself and while loving his new team the football legend was flawless optimistic about the game's prospects and with the current administration. he will stay until the one hundred five or one hundred. eight i hope he will resign it will be under any illusions that there will be many people agree with me that meetings are not clear and easy and it's not something people who watch football deserve because you choose to say well fred was wrong but people if you do not understand football when you have so much power you can do so many stupid things and he said if you thought in. tennis now a gnarly has become the first asian player to lift a trophy it's a grand slam event after the chinese beat last year's winner francesca schiavone in the women's final at the french open relay holes and then her to take a comfortable six four forty lead in just over an hour but given battles her way b