for alex rodriguez, this was sweet redemption. is a guy who is -- that's jeter there -- there's rodriguez hoisting the trophy. never delivered in the postseason. and i'm told that the celebration in the locker room was pretty festive. a little out of control there. nick swisher probably should have been wearing goggles. that champagne hurts the eyes. >>> michael jordan's son, marcus, cost the school a shoe sponsorship deal. he plays for ucf which has a deal with adidas. but after he wore his dad's air jordans, the spokesman says they're not going to continue future sponsorships. some support jordan's family allegiance while others say he wasn't a team player. what are you saying about it? teresa wrote on our facebook page saying, i say let him show family pride. michael is deserving of it as well as his son. michael from durham, north carolina, where jordan has some roots, it doesn't matter whose kid refuses to wear adidas shoes. central florida had a contract with adidas in which it lost. if the kid doesn't wear them, he doesn't

just a few months ago, alex rodriguez was at the center of a doping controversy. now he's at the brink of leading the yankees to a championship. what a year it's been for him. hi. >> complete and total aboutface. good morning to you, robin. phillies are kind of to blame for it. they made him angry and you won't like him when he's angry. this gierks alex rodriguez, did literally nothing in the first two games of the series. phillies started hitting him with pitches. he gets drilled by a 90-mile-an-hour fastball, the third time he was hit in two games. both benches were issued a warning, play nice. two outs in the ninth inning, score tied, a. rod hit back. they would go on to win, one win away from the championship, kids. >>> this guy, not a kid. return of the 40-year-old viking, brett favre's return to green bay. how would they greet him? those were boos. mostly, they were boos. some stood and cheered for favre. this guy had the last laugh, ripping the hearts of packer fans out, he threw four touchdown passes to lead the vikings to the win. if you have a friend fro

for alex rodriguez, a guy who notoriously disappears in the postseason, it was sweet redemption but owner george steinbrenner, who spent over $200 million on this team, unfortunately, was too frail to see it in person but no doubt he was smiling and the yankees win their first title since 2000 because they've just suffered so much over waiting nine years for a title. that's sarcasm and that's sports. we'll have more a little later. >> yeah, for sure. thank you, rafer. a lot of cheering in the studio this morning, i'll tell you what. >> it's so fun to work with a cubs fan. they're so angry all the time. so angry. bitter. >> hey, bob. >> what's up, natasha? good morning to you. if you're doing any traveling, another clipper type system rolling through the great lakes. it's a different one from yesterday. the one from yesterday still setting up shop off the eastern seaboard. light rain up around boston. the rain itself is on the light side again, scattered when it comes in through ontario down to the ohio valley, in through western pennsylvania. here is the pittsburgh radar picking up extrem

alex rodriguez tees off, nick swisher and matsui. three home runs for the yankees, won 8-5, lead the series two-1. game four tonight in philadelphia. >>> college football, top-ranked florida versus georgia. watch riley cooper back in the end zone with the unbelievable catch here. all gators in this one. they remain undefeated. tebow passes walker on the scec's rushing touchdown list. 41-17 the gators rolls over georgia. >>> a tough season continues for uconn. the huskies, their fist home game after the stabbing death of jasper howard. they were leading until tim brown goes 81 yards for the game winning touchdown catch. here's the thing. brown was one of hauoward's bes friend and said only howard would have had the speed to catch him. 24-21 uconn. the tof lus. >>> what a turning point for the hawkize. down at halftime to lowly indiana. this turned it around. one more look, the quarterback is hit. watch how many times this ball bounces around, winds up in the hands of a hawkeye, goes off for the interception return for the touchdown. t

alex rodriguez hit what is appears to be a run-scoring double. but umpires check the replay and that showed the ball actually ricochetting off of a tv camera behind the wall. so they get together talk about it and the ruling it's a home run. new york winning the game 8-5 leading the series two games to one. more sports in a few minutes. history in philly. >>> the only challenger in the afghan presidential race is pulling out. abdullah abdullah says next saturday's run-off will be as rigged as the first round of voting. he explained it this way. >> the only way to decide in this country will be through free and fair elections, so my message is loud and clear to the enemies of democratic process and through commitment to these principles and values we will disappoint anybody who would like to become an obstacle to us, the process. >> hundreds of thousands of votes were tossed out in the first round because of massive fraud. president hamid karzai won it but couldn't avoid a runoff. secretary of state hillary clinton said the race would be legitimat

the turnaround started with alex rodriguez lined a shot to the right-field corner.t was ruled a double but it was overruled after reviewing the play on instant replay saying it was actually a homer. the yankees now lead the series two games to one. >>> everybody wants to save more and spend less and we have just the guy to help you. join hln money expert at 4:00 p.m. eastern right here on hln. >>> the world's largest cruise ship is so big it had to lower its smokestacks in order to squeeze under a bridge. it's tough to see in this nighttime video but the oit skimmed underneath with just two feet to spare. it's two feet larger than the titanic and can hold 6,300 passengers. it will make the u.s. debut in florida on the 20th of november. >>> here are some of the stories we'll be covering for you in the coming days. tomorrow is world pneumonia day. global events will call attention to the deadly children's disease blamed for 15 childhood deaths every second. voters will head to the polls for elections in several states. virginia and new jersey will declare governors an

. >>> after getting hit by a fastball, alex rodriguez responded by hitting back.he latest on the world series. here's rafer. >> good morning. this guy's had a real sort of change of life events. he's in that whole steroid controversy and now he could end up being the world series mvp. kate hudson? >> kate hudson. >> very first pitch a-rod saw a 90-mile-an-hour fastball in his back, third time they hit him in two days. they weren't happy. the umps said, cool it, everybody. two outs ninth inning, score tied a-rod hits back. he knocked in the even actual game-winning run and the yankees are one win away from winning it all. >>> other news it was the return of the 40-year-old viking brett favre came back to green bay. how did they greet him? in case you can't hear, those are boos, lots of them. brett had the last laugh. he just destroyed the packers. passing for four touchdowns. if you know anybody from wisconsin, today they are probably very depressed. i'm not being glib. give them a call. it was probably very difficult for them to see this. >>> this was great for ev

hudson was right there partying with the yankees and her boyfriend alex rodriguez last night after the won the world series. ever since kate started dating a-rod earlier in the season after he divorced his wife and ditched madonna, it seemed a-rod and the yanks have been unstoppable. so, steve, how much credit should kate get? >> oh, absolutely, she should get all of it. it's really -- had nothing to do with matsui hitting it out of the park, nothing. kate, she's a great girl. listen, women roare only lucky when you go fishing. jessica didn't do anything for romo, come on. >> speaking of jessica simpson, what a difference from when jessica simpson was called a jinx when she dated dallas cowboys quarterback tony romo. megan, thank goodness the yankees won or kate may have gotten the jessica simpson treatment. what do you think? >> that's very true. kate hudson, very lucky woman. and i think people look at this too and they think it's the all-american scenario here. we've got the great actress, kate hudson is a great actress, she's sitting in the stands next to jayz and her ack iconic pa

when he asked who he would like to fight, he called out alex rodriguez calling a-rod a lying idiot in the whole steroids issue. don't count on seeing that fight any time soon. that's sports. >>> we have video from c-span that appears to show major nadal hasan at a lecture this year. cnn has not confirmed it is him at the center of your screen here who's highlighted. this is from a lecture at george washington university on january 6, israel's ambassador to the u.s. and other officials were talking about the gaza incursion. again, that appears to be hasan. but we have not confirmed that it is him. keep it here for the latest on the ft. hood shooting investigation and the day's other top stories. >>> a florida jury has convicted a man who said he was too fat to kill. jurors rejected the claims that he was too fat to run up a flight of stairs to shoot his former seasonal. he weighed 285 pounds. the 40-year-old victim was in a custody battle with his daughter. he plans to overturn the conviction. >>> a police spokesman said officers went to check a car similar to the one seen right after

when asked who else he would like to fall he immediately called out alex rodriguez calling a-rod, quote, a lying idiot, end quote. go backs the steroid issue. don't count on seeing that fight any time soon. a-rod doesn't need the cash. that's sports. >>> a guy claimed that he was just too fat to kill his former son-in-law. and that was his defense in court for more than a month. now the jury finally weighs in. >>> we have video now from c-span that appears to show ft. hood shooting suspect major nidal hasan at a lecture earlier this year. keep in mind, cnn has not confirmed it's him at the center of your screen here who's highlighted. but this video is from a lecture at george washington university on january 6th. israel's ambassador to the u.s. and other officials were talking about the gaza incursion. that appears to be hasan. but we have not confirmed that it is, in fact, him. keep it here on hln for the latest on the ft. hood shooting investigation and the day's other top stories. >>> the number of u.s. banks that failed this year climbed to 120. five more banks went under yesterday

>> no alex rodriguez. >> a-rod, ouch. i saw that video. >> he gets hit by a fastball and he responds. let me tell you, this guy has been the ultimate story. could become the world series mvp. but this was the very first pitch he saw, a 0-mile-an-hour fastball in the back. this is in the world series last night. that was the third time they hit him in two days, so the umps are like, kids, settle, be nice. so here is his response with two outs in the ninth, the score tied. a-rod hits back, knocks in the eventual game-winning run and the yankees one game away from winning it all thanks to kate hudson. that's another story. >> that will leave a bruise. >> it will. >>> brett favre, the 40-year-old viking, speaking of purple, came back to green bay. they were so happy to see him. okay, sorry, those were boos. >> maybe not. >> loudly. but favre was the one who had the last laugh. he absolutely destroyed the packers, passing for four touchdowns. if you know anybody from wisconsin, they're probably very depressed today. give them

. >> during the seventh inning, her daughter was knocked up by alex rodriguez. >> reporter: letterman later apologized for the joke after learning it was palin's 14-year-old daughter, willow, who was in the stands, not the older teen daughter bristol, who just had a baby. but as walters showed palin today, letterman's not quite done with the palin punch lines. >> that brings us to a little segment called, things more fun than reading the sarah palin memoir. things more fun than reading -- here, take a look. watch this. >> number 14, driving into a tree. >> can you just shrug this kind of thing off? >> well, i can't, because those aren't even funny. >> reporter: ouch. and if you think that was frosty, wait until you hear what palin said about the possibility of appearing on letterman's show. >> i don't want to boost his ratings, but i want to sell my book. >> reporter: but palin feuded with 19-year-old levi johnston, the father of bristol's son. he's been all over the airwaves, dishing palin dirt, including this wile claim about sarah palin's baby son who has downs syndrome. >> coming