brett haber explains in your morning sports. >> good morning, everybody. at the very least all the 32 nfl teams made money last year. which is why you have to figure at the end of day that lockout is going to get involved before the -- solved before season begins. nobody wants to kill the golden goose of the nfl. the thing is, the nba has no golden goose. three quarters of their teams lost money last year. for them a lockout is a good thing. they make more money not playing than they do playing which is why the nba began the lockout last night. there was no progress with the meeting on thursday. the owners want a hard salary cap and change the revenue split from the players getting 57% to the owners getting more than 50%. the players say that's not happening and that leaves us with no hoops. >> it worries me that we're not closer and that we spent all this time trying to get closer. we have a huge philosophical divide. >> a lot of our fans still don't like the prospect of a lockout. we don't like it either. it's something our owners feel i guess is the bes

i'm brett haber. hope you had an awesome 4th.e a great tuesday, everybody. >>> one more sports note for you especially if you love tennis. tonight, the washington castles begin their season at the new waterfront stadium in southwest washington. venus williams will play for the castles while serena will play on thursday. the men's new number one player in the world after his wimbledon win. after her early exit, serena is ranked 175th. she's only won four matches in the last year. ven us so ranked at 34th. >> that's remarkable. >> she had the foot injuries and everything else. >> now, they don't use fuel and they aren't very demanding. still ahead, we'll tell you what animals will be taking up mowing duties in one local town. >> plus, we'll get a live update on an overnight crash where an suv plows through someone's front door. here's monika. >> if you're planning to head southbound on 95 in maryland, everything is looking good from jessup into laurel and down to beltsville and the beltway. coming up, we'll take a look at district

i'm brett haber. have a great friday, everybody. >>> coming up, we'll take a look at just how much more your monthly budget is going to be going to food. >> a bill to allow some illegal immigrants to pay instate tuition. here's angie. >> hello, commuters. 395 drivers are moving the speed from the mixing bowl past shirlington. your d.c. drive, that's up next in my next traffic report. that's coming up shortly. tgif. you're watching 9news now. what makes the sleep number store different? you walk into a conventional mattress store, it's really not about you. they say, "well, if you want a firm bed you can lay on one of those, if you want a soft bed you can lay on one of those." we provide the exact individualization that your body needs. this is your body there. you can see a little more pressure in the shoulders and in the hips. then they start telling us, "well, yeah, i feel sore right there in the morning." my lower back. that's right where i've been experiencing pain. now you can feel what happens a

i'm brett haber have a great thursday. >> a parent was there taking the video. they could have -- they knew? >> but it was brett who kept showing it over and over again. >> they probably forgot. >> i hope she's ok. >> that's another story. >> it may make you want to hit the remote. we'll tell you why the debt ceiling is important to you, your personal budget. >> pay attention to that. >> plus, police stage a scene to show the dangers of too much aggression on the road. speaking of on the road, here's angie. >> drivers on 395, we're tracking you going northbound, everyone still moving at speed from the beltway past shirlington all the way to the 14th street bridge. still ahead, a check on your district drive in my next traffic report at 5:29. good thursday morning, everyone. you're watching 9news now. >>> good morning and welcome back to 9news now. i'm andrea roane. >> we're glad you're here. i'm mike hydeck. here's angie who will have traffic in a moment. anny hong is in for howard with your weather first. boy, is it sticky already. >> not a whole lot of relief

. >>> it's time for 9sports with brett haber, the best sports in town. >> what's amazing is not that the nationals are 500, it's that the nationals are .500 with the lowest batting average in the national league. .232, when made today's 10th inning appropriate. hosting the cubs in a holiday matinee and the problem with the cloudy sky is that the ball just blends into the white and roger can't see a thing right here. he was a mess in center today. two-run score on that gap. game would be tied at 4 going into the 10th and here's where the nats start to manufacture. jason wirth leads off the winning with a walk. they call on levern hernandez. lays down the bunt, picture perfect. then the cubs pitcher, carlos totally forgets about worth, so he steals third without as much as a throw and rodriguez comes to the plate and mall donates the 58-foot curve ball. that's a wild pitch. the nats without the benefit of a hit in the inning runs 5-4 and they get back to .500. meanwhile their number one draft pick promoted today from low a hagerstown to aa harrisburg. 14 home runs, 46 ribs in his 72 ga

. >>> it is time for 9sports with brett haber.the best sports in town. >>> of all of the kids who have grown up going to capitals games one day dreaming of playing for the team only one guy has done it. jeff halpren became the team captain. pretty neat local story. now that story has a second chapter. he left the caps in 2006 rejoined the team this week signing a one-year free agent deal to come home. he played his pee wee hockey for the little caps in fairfax. so after spending last year in montreal when the chance arose to come back home jeff jumped. >> i have always kind of hoped to come back to washington and the fact that they called i was so happy. it is a place i have great memories playing here and, yes, i jumped on the opportunity to come back. >> they also locked up troy brauer today. on the flip side capitals let jason arnett to leave the team to go to st. louis. >>> mark guyer, barry bonds, joe torre and bud selig all testifying in federal court. how does that sound for a baseball nightmare? a nightmare that could come

. >>> it is time for 9sports with brett haber. the best sports in town. >>> be very quiet.the eagles want albert haynesworth. apparently they don't know what a loafer he is on the field. mike shanahan is being a bit stubborn. is it okay to speak louder? shanahan is sticking to his guns that he wants a second round pick in exchange for albert haynesworth in a trade and nobody including the eagles appears willing to give that in return. the report also says that shanahan refuses to cut big al because that would be throwing away $32 million and giving albert what he wants. i would say don't chase bad money. of course, none of this matters if they can't solve the lockout. depending upon which website you read they are either hours away from solving the thing or not close at all to solving it. more than another week on preseason games will start getting canceled. >>> it was tweeted last night that davey johnson was having a jim zorn moment. trying a low percentage play unwittingly showing the other team the play. left smith alone and he got sacked and intercepted. well, for john

and dazzled in double a and the most blatant hand ball in socce >>> it's time for 9 sports with brett haberst sports in town. >> all right. here is how you know the nationals offense has some serious issues. their good to guy in the 10th inning today was a 270-pound starting pitcher. and if you think that's funny, what's even funnier is the big boy delivered. nats and cubs today. roger benadino says he wants to be the natt's long-term solution. i suggest this is not going to help. up against the wall. you probably won't forgive him through this. lost it. two-run score. tied at four. hernandez called on the pinch hit. he could be a position player. perfect sacrifice bunt. moments later marmall and that's a walkoff wild pitch. they win 5-4. another day, another unlikely hero. >> this team is we never give up and we're going to battle to the end. we get the w. >> this is not the first walk off the nats have had on the 4th of july. back in 2006, a 21-year-old ryan zimmerman beat the marlin with that three-run walk off blast at rfk. today was the 13th one-run game the nats have won this year. al

. >>> it's time for 9sports with brett haber, the best sports in town. >> there's a reason the nfl lockout didn't get solved in april. nobody cares about football in april. people start to care about football in july. that's when training camps open and signs from the redskins today that the lockout may end soon. after giving assistant coaches most of june off, mike shanahan asked his staff to report back to work as of monday and the team set thursday, july 28 the first day of training camp. 15 days before their preseason opener against the steelers. of course all of that is contingent on the owners and players hammering out a deal. lawyers met in new york today. roger goodell and smith and the big guns will resume talks on thursday. speaking of lawyers, roger clemens and his were in u.s. district court for a pretrial hearing. seven time psi young winner is accused of lying to congress about his alleged steroid use. jury selection begins tomorrow. >>> when you were a kid and how cool it felt, staring at that huge box under the tree, knowing the present you have been dying for is in there,

plus free agency begins and the caps go on a whopper of a >>> it's time for 9sports with brett haber, best sports in town. >>> if your 40 something baseball fan, you have to like matt stairs because he is one of us. 43 years old in his 20th major league season. nats hasn't called his season much this year baa they called it tonight. hosting the pirates first home game as manager for davey johnson. could be playing better. that's better. solo shot in the 6th ties the game at one. stayed that way until the bottom of the 9th. two men on for stairs. i got your midlife crisis right here. >> there it goes. heading for the wall. nationals win. >> the 43-year-old with the walkoff win. they call him slick and he certainly was tonight. nats take it 2-1. if someone could just get him some gum. >> got a pitch to hit and it was a nice hit. >> apparently they were out of gatorade. nats now 41-41. i never seen the gum before. o's and braves scoreless in the 6th until jason hayward sends that to center field. his 8th. all right remember back on may 4 when the caps got swept out of the playoffs by the

so we'll lighten the load with the latest edition of the good, >>> it's time for 9 sports with brett haber best sports in town. >> at the very least, all 32 nfl teams made money last year, which is why you have to figure that that lockout will get solved before the season begins. nobody wants to steal the golden goose. but the nba has no golden goose. three-quarters of their teams lost money last year. for them, a lockout is a good thing. they make more money not playing, which is why in just over 35 minutes the nba will begin a lockout. today's final meeting between the owners and players yielded no progress. the players want a hard salary cap. they want the owner getting the lion's share. the players say no way and that leaves us with no hoops. >> it worries me that we're not closer. and we spent all of this time trying to get closer. we have a huge philosophical divide. >> a lot of our fans and people follow our games still don't like the prospect of a lockout. we don't like it either. it's something that our owners feel like is the best way, i guess, to maybe get what they want. >> now

skins signal that the lockout may end and why that golf celebration >>> it's time for 9 sports with brett habere best sports in town. >> well, here is something we haven't said much since baseball returned to washington. the nationals are clutch. there is no other explanation for a team that has won 14, one-run games this season. more than any other team in baseball, including another one tonight. taking on the cubs, the first lady part of the pre game ceremony tonight honoring the u.s. military. and if you think she brought her home town cubs a little luck, guess again. that is jeff baker decking the double play ball for chicago. ramirez changed that. it looks like a popup but the ball is carrying tonight. cubs get within one. but with two runs in the 9th, danny espinoza. watch him put a little skin on leather. bare hands the ball. nats win 3-2. now a game over 500. in texas tonight, o's and rangers watch beltre here. he goes down to his knee to get the ball and it's going to the gap in left center. josh hamilton scores. that's a strong guy that can hit one that far off his knee. o's fall 4-2.

. >>> it's time for 9 sports with brett haber, the best sports in town. >> all right. allow me to be peter positive for a second. in order for the nationals to blow an 8-run lead, they actually had to score eight runs in a game. and with the lowest batting average in the national league, they haven't done that this year. that said, the nationals blew an 8-run lead tonight and johnson looked like he wanted to throw up in his hat. nats looking to sweep the cubs. great beginning for the game. this one is off the wall in right field. ryan zimmerman scores. 8-5 lead in the 4th. and -- 8-0 lead in the 4th. levo hits the big french fry. makes it 7-6. two-run shot. lead vanished. we're tied in the 8th. tony coming around. that is say stinker that is wofting throughout the whole city tonight. 8-0 up. 10-9 loss. o's at fenway tonight. and they'll be treating poor pedro viola for whiplash. josh reddick. and then jarod back-to-back to back homeruns for the sox. o's fall 10-4. they've dropped nine of ten. have you ever heard of tateana malick? she is the 174th rank tennis lair in t

he vaporizing as brett haber says. fourth home run of the year. 4-2, nats. to the 7th, tied at 4.michael morris on third. ramos at-bat. he misses the sign so the suicide squeeze doesn't work. so, they try again. >> again. there's the bunt. the nationals take the lead. they did it again. >> pretty cool! it is only the second time in 2,000 games manager davey johnson has called for the suicide squeeze and it worked both times. nationals beat the cubs. they win 5-4. >>> you have until 4:00 this afternoon to get michael more toys the all-star game. he's one of the national league candidates to be the last man in as voted by fans. just go to mlb.com, nationals.com or text n4 to the number 89269. >>> in theory, the redskins training camp opens in about three weeks but who knows if that will happen in reality. the nfl's commissioner and player association leader will meet today in new york. espn reports the two sides are getting closer to an agreement but nothing is final just yet. sounds like the debate over the debt ceiling. >>> a local face is back with the washington capitals. the fo