melvin even brought in pitching great bob welsh to inspire his young players. melvin said his message was simple. he wanted to congratulate the team on their a.l. west title last year but also encourage them to build off that for success this season. >> you want to carry that forward, but you also understand that this is a new year and you have to let that go. but once you do let it go, you have to reflect and say what made us good. what made us last year able to win the west. and those are the things that players need to know. and we've discussed that as a group a bit today too. >> a five-minute video was also showed during that meeting. when asked if there were pie celebrations in the video bob melvin said of course there were. after all they had to have something to show. kate longworth, nbc bay area news. >>> stanford coming in winners of 14 straight versus ucla. left-handed hook. cardinal up early. 5-2. second half action now. stanford leading by ten. spinning and driving to the hoop. she had 26 points, 7 rebounds. stanford wins 68-57. also the cal bears be

you got bob melvin here, who is the magic man, and knows when to pull the trigger, and it's going to be exciting to say the least. >> mike: i tell you what. the enthusiasm was ton takous today in the clubhouse. they can't wait to get started. at 6:00 we talk to the a's managing partner who will give us a stadium update, and we have to talk about josh reddick's beard. it's the top story in phoenix. reporting live, mike shumann, abc7 sports. >> can't wait to see the interview. moving on, tony haws began his pro career in 1996. his opponent at the sap open final raonic was five years old, and ace number one, there's number two here's number three, and all number four, next game, backhand winner to take haws' serve. 6-4, 6-3, raonic, the only man to win three street in san jose. >> women's hoop, snooped and -- stanford and ucla. high low action. stanford a winner by 11, 68-57. 15th straight win over the bruins. quite story with the cal bears. lindsey's squat is sixth in the nation visiting usc. boyd landed hard on her side but she is gutsy. >> history made today at daytona, danicka patri

decisions decisions for bob melvin. mike will have the story from spring training in arizona next. >> it wasn't that [ male announcer ] citibank's app for ipad makes it easy for anne to manage her finances when she's on the go. even when she's not going anywhere. citibank for ipad. easier banking. standard at citibank. okay. [ male announcer ] with citibank's popmoney, dan can easily send money by email right from his citibank account. nice job ben. [ male announcer ] next up, the gutters. citibank popmoney. easier banking. standard at citibank. citibank popmoney. easier banking. >> good evening. mike will hold the regular weekly news conference tomorrow but nothing regular about it. cal hoops coach will certainly be talking about the shop. pack 12 has reprimanded montgomery for pushing cb. at first montgomery laughed this off as motivation tactic but ad was not amused at all issue ago statement saying this will not happen again. now nut perspective this is nowhere near as serious as knight indiana choking reid in 1997

decisions decisions for bob melvin. mike will have the story from spring training in arizona next. >> it wasn't that >> good evening. mike will hold the regular weekly news conference tomorrow but nothing regular about it. cal hoops coach will certainly be talking about the shop. pack 12 has reprimanded montgomery for pushing cb. at first montgomery laughed this off as motivation tactic but ad was not amused at all issue ago statement saying this will not happen again. now nut perspective this is nowhere near as seriousht indiana choking reid in 1997 but the fact is you just can not put your hands on a player. can't do it. nba lost icon today with death of lakers owner jerry bus he grew up in poverty in wyoming. work ethic and smarts led him to l.a. real estate empire and lakers estimated at 1 billion dollars in32 years value. 32 years at m and made the finals 16 times. winning 10 titles man would created show time was battling cancer. dr. jerry bus 80 years old. >> to baseball a's true surprise last year winning the al

melvin even brought in pitching great bob welch to inspire his players. he told me the message was pretty simple. he wanted to congratulate his players on their al west title, but he wanted to encourage them to go for even more this year. >> you take pride in that, that's for sure. and you want to carry that forward, but you also understand that this is a new year and you have to let that go. but once you do let it go, you have to reflect and say, what made us good, what made us last year able to win the west? and those are the things that we as a coaching staff as well need to carry forward and the players need to know and we've discussed that as a group a little bit today, too. >> 2013, we have to go out there and do it again. that's wa we'll worry about. we just got to keep going this year. >> video was shown in that meeting. when bob melvin was asked if there were any pie celebrations in that video he said, come on, man, of course there were. we had 15 walkoffs last year. that's a lot to celebrate. >> absolutely. thank you, kate. also today as michael

later on, yeah, bob melvin said that they were shooting knucklers. not entirely the player's fault.hey said that the cal's coach should be suspended after a scrimmage during last night's comeback win against ufc. no punishment has come from cal. >>> women's hoops. brittany at number three. uconn trying to reach the 3,000 points after scoring here in overtime. winning it 76-70. >>> and it is never good to get hit in the manzo. that's new jersey's team taking on the courtesy of the senators. a whole new meaning to the high signal. we'll see you at 11:00.

. >>> a's camp manager bob melvin says the a's are in an enviable position. now, the a's have to figure out how to work in all the stellar arms. a tough job for the pitching coach, curt young. >> the quality is here. the arms are here. the success from the past is here. it's not just expectations, what they might do. they've already done it, which, you know, is a good feeling for the whole organization. you hope to get this to this point, where you have guys that you know you can count on. they count on themselves. the team counts on them. >>> the 49ers say farewell to a team member of their front office. tom gamble has been hired by the philadelphia eagles as the team's vice president of player personnel. i'm dave feldman. raj and jess are back with more after this. >>> is it tomorrow? >> it is tomorrow. >> if you're not sure about what you're doing for valentine's day, here's an idea. >> how about a free oceanside concert at sunset. isn't that beautiful? an artist and skult per. tomorrow's the last day. you can see it. take your loved one with you. >> right

good news is bob melvin thinks he can be back by april 1 home opener against seattle.t of a cult hero. the a's there head banging do you remember this? he fenished with 24 safes. if it looks like giants squad is working out in scottsdale majority of the players are already there. 37 pitchers in camp. why pitchers and catchers three days before the position guide? here is the answer. >> like to give pitchers a couple bull pens, spring training may take longer to get ready, get stretched out. arm in the condition and to be game ready for the season. >> a lot of people doing that. the story of paraolympic super star has gone from hall mark worthy to something in the first 48. arrested and charged with murder of his girl friend. police in south africa say he shot a 30-year-old four times inside of his home thursday morning. there is no other suspect involved family and friends hoch it's a tragic accident. this summer he made history when becoming the first double amputee track athlete to compete in]jd[r olympic games, sunday afternoon james han says he wasn't satisfied aft

you have bob melvin here who is the magic man and knows when to pull the trigger. it is going to be exciting to say the least. >> i tell you what the enthusiasm was contagious today, and i for one cannot wait for the season to start. reporting in phoenix with the a's mike shumann, abc sports. >> turning our attention to tennis, milos roanic ending his run in san jose in dominating fashion. three years, three wins and never dropped a set. starts today's final and 144 mile per hour ace, hit four ace's in the opening game and finished with 19 and an over powering performance. the backhand return and that broke the serve. takes the first set and a pair of breaks in the second to close it out 6-4, 6-3 and roanic with four career titles. three in san jose. this abc7 sports report brought to you by river rock casino. >> colin, thank you so much. >>> well, coming up, we are learning more about the african athlete accused of murder, and what his training is saying about his future in sports. and new details about the meteor that exploded over russia and the pieces that coul

you have bob melvin here who is the magic man and knows when to pull the trigger. to be exciting to say the least. >> i tell you what the enthusiasm was contagious today, and i for one cannot wait for the season to start. reporting in phoenix with the a's mike shumann, abc sports. >> turning our attention to tennis, milos roanic ending his run in san jose in dominating fashion. three years, three wins and never dropped a set. starts today's final and 144 mile per hour ace, hit four ace's in the opening game and finished with 19 and an over powering performance. the backhand return and that broke the serve. takes the first set and a pair of breaks in the second to close it out 6-4, 6-3 and roanic with four career titles. three in san jose. this abc7 sports report brought to you by river rock casino. >> colin, thank you so much. >>> well, coming up, we are learning more about the south african athlete accused of murder, and what his training is saying about his future in sports. and new details about the meteor that exploded over russia and the pieces that could now

. >> reporter: bob melvin has the luxury of not naming his starting catcher right away. in fact, given the split from the two leading candidates, he admits platooning norris may be the a's best option. >> i think getting to know pitchers is where it all comes together and rotating, making sure you're not catching the same pitchers. >> i want to to catch all 162 but when it comes down to it it's a good matchup for him and he's in there and i'll just wait my turn. >> reporter: perhaps the most unique element of the 2013 catching tandem is that the foundation for their relationship was established by the 2012 opening day catcher. >> i can't say enough about what he did for me especially coming into an organization, not knowing a whole lot the of people. as long as i play this game i'll go about my business to match what he did every day here. >> you see one catcher doing one thing preparation wise. they prepare together. he'll carry that bond into the season the same way. >> reporter: and he started forming a bond with norries last year when they were opponents. n norries h

bob melvin, the manager, couldn't be happier. >> he's taken that at lewd and i love that.nt all the guys to want to play and be out there. yesterday was the first time we did 122 games. to try to combat, you know, he plays awfully hard. it's not like he goes out there and paces himself. if i can rest him on a particular day and not have to give him a full day off, dh is probably the best option for that. >>> how about some college hoops before we get out of here. usc and cal. cal down 12. mike montgomery not happy. he asked the whole crowd back. crab cools off. he said, look, it's all right. they're still down seven. left with five to go. cut the league to know, crab again from three-point range. just makes the guy up sed and he comes to dlircht. 76-68 is your final. as they say, there's a lot of fight in those cal bears. that will do it for tonight. terry, diane, you wanted more cal. >> i did. >> act right, though. you're slowing cal graduate. >> i'm proud of those bears but you don't -- not used to seeing that on the basketball court at cal. i'll have to talk to mri mont

bob gates, republican. secretary of defense melvin laird, republican national. security adviser brent scowcroft, a republican. former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, colin powell, republican did all of them have endorsed chuck hagel. who lost benghazi -- next it will be lost china, who prpromoted and is from captain to major? joe mccarthy will find out about it. >> go ahead, charles. >> and have as long a list of endorsements as you want and leave your lying eyes. -- believe your lying eyes. it is less about ideology or any thing is about competence. there's a democratic senator quoted after that disasters day of hearings in which hagel did not even understand what containment of iran and -- he said, "chuck hagel will not be bringing the potato salad to next week's to connect." -- next week's pettitte." he had a performance that was a total embarrassment. you talk about discipline among republicans? the discipline among democrats .s shocking and embarrasseing his performance was so bad that at the end he said, "don't worry, senators, i will not be a decis

of defense who served under both democratic and republican presidents, bob gates, bill cohen, bill perry, harold brown and melvin leery. he has been endorsed by three former secretaries of state, madeleine albright, colin powell and george shultz, and by six former national security advisors who served in that position for more than 20 years under six of the last seven presidents. let me just share with our colleagues a few of the words of senator nunn when he introduced senator hagel to our committee. senator nunn said that i believe that our nation is fortunate to have a nominee for secretary of defense with the character, the experience, the courage and the leadership that chuck hagel would bring to this position. first, chuck is acutely aware that even in an age of rapid technological advances, our military capability and effectiveness depend on the quality and the morale of the people who serve our nation in uniform as well as the families that support them. senator nunn continued, "chuck received two purple hearts in vietnam, and when he returned home, he continued to fight for veterans and for active duty