inside the park home run in one of the four home runs, game to-- came 2 the final. 45 pitches and bryce harper has just 15. it did not take long to talk about free agency, he was just focused-- he's not focused on any of that right now. reality hits, deland will be a free agent july one. he has spent all nine of his career with the oklahoma city thunder and has never had to deal with what is about to come his way. he will have plenty of suitors knocking on his door and the redskins defense has made it dear-- clear he wants katie-- he wants him in dc. saying maybe this happens, dc, great season but all good things come to an end. >>> national champions made their way to the white house, the wild carolina and chris jenkins got a much-deserved trip to the white house this afternoon. this meant meeting president. obama and presented him with a custom 44 villanova jersey. the ceremony lasted 15 minutes. the team got to do a little exploring, take some pictures, they are all smiles and there are some more pictures of their tour, the arrived, but when you get a once-in-a-lifetime experience and go to

top of the first, bryce harper, 1-12 make that 1-13. replacement, he is no stephen strasburg.justin turner goes yard. 1-0 l.a., and right now they inning. in the fourth the orioles in arlington, taking on the rangers. choo it's a rocket to write off the base of the wall. that scores a pair and the rangers when it, 4-3. giants-pirates. eric kratz hits one deep to the corner, angel pagan goes after it, leaps, appears to catch it. but wait, he does not hold on to it. guess what that is, a home run. that is also a very unhappy outfielder. great job getting there, great job leaping, but not great job catching. pirates win 1-0. thousands of fans gathered early this morning to welcome home the nba champions, the first championship the city has seen it over half a century. leon knows all about that. leon: thank you. team lebron james and the arrived to screaming fans, waving the larry o'brien trophy, walking by fans, giving them an up close look. you can tell just how much this means not just for lebron but the entire city of cleveland. hentime, lebron james jr., might be only 11, but

bryce harper with what could be his new thing, he's high fiving the guys in the bull pen. the would on the am of the ninth, the nats down a run. anthony rendon with runners on the corners, fly to right field, game tied up three all. but then the top of the ninth, sammy samaritan lease wants the lead off batter, two batters later, add son russell scores the game winning double, the nats lose it 4-3. the series finale tomorrow at 4:00. facing the red rocks, first place, manny ma chateau, takes advantage of the short shot, that's near the pesky poll and a 2-0 lead. the top of the eighth, now 2-1. into the boston, way over the green monster, down on the lands down streak much that's about 450 feet. the os hold on 3-2. today the redskins held the first of two days at veteran minute i camp. deshawn jackson was running roots after missing almost all of the ota sessions. then he didn't talk to the media after practice saying he had nothing to say. kirk cousins getting all the reps as the first string quarterback. no quarterback controversy this time around but he certainly notices

bryce harper puts more numbers on the board in the 7th with this rbi single.nats win it 7-5. >> orioles and bluejays this afternoon. guy yarda returning from the days orioles jump out to a 1-0 lead in the first. manny criticized for poor base running holds up here. later scored on a wild pitch. later more scoring by the birds. stoke extends that lead, his 11th homer of the year. baltimore ahead 3-2 the bottom of the eighth. fry was a dream for slugger stoddard. he hit three home runs and had eight rbis. it was a nightmare for the pitcher mike write. write's e.r.a. is now over 50. that's why he has been optioned back to orioles triple a affiliate in norfolk. >> i'm working harder than ever. when you are working harder than ever and get those results, it's tough. i had a walk, gave up three home runs. gave up too many runs. >> mike has a grip on the reality of what's going on. and it's not good enough he is and going to go down and do the things it takes t starter. >> some golf news for you. second round officially in the books. we are back on track for a sunday

the nats say it's a right knee contusion that kept bryce harper out of tonight's lineup.the nats had to do without harper tonight. fortunately if there's one thing that phyllis are good at, it's under achieving. good thing his teammates can pick up the slack. daniel murphy connecting to deep right field. there you go, clears the wall for a solo homen, ninth of the year, nats up 2-1. 47 for the month, tieing an expose franchise record. steven drew pinch hitting way back off the wall, bounce essay way, drew on his horse heads to third. they're going to waive him home. homer. the nats htç four homers tonight. they win 5-16789 they're now 7-1 and 1. i'm glad i can please you all here for once. tonight the orioles hosting the red sox. a solo homer, that's all because in the top of the second, bets with two on two outs does it again. this time to left field. a 5-nothing lead for the red sox. in this one to right field. bets three homers and 5rbis. the os lose 6-2 and now they trail the red sox by three games. in football another young nfl player hanging it up after six seasons.

. >> vince skullly and bryce harper separated by miles and years. skullly called harp are a genius with the bat and harper called skullly a legend. today in la was harper last chance to play in front of the broadcasting tight apps. >> you see those boxes justin baker bobblehead and 1983 and hit 144 homers and his greatest accomplishment creating high five. top second danny espinosa trace thompson looking like his brother clay. just high enough. goes off the wall and stays endplay rbi double next batter pinch-hitter ross overhead of fleeing that's a double. ross's first career high rbi game tied 2-2. or knowles looking to bounce back against padres bottom second marked homeless in the last 66 at bat and this changes that solo shot right field tied the game 1-1. catcher matt wheater child in two rbi. in the third orioles win 7-2. leading 27th home victor wrist surprise. four time major winner rorry mcilory will not tee up. he will also not pla i olympics this august in rio. that's due to concerns over the zika virus. he's not loan. adam scott and vija

getse fifth, bryce harper that one, a laser to write. 3-0 washington in the sixth inning right now because in colorado. the rockies-blue jays delayed because of severe weather. they were pelted with a hailstorm. some players braved the elements for a little bit. not sure i would try that out. i will pass. single a new video for a for an upcoming album "major key." -droame an, so youback norm know that you have made it when jay-z name-drops you. was diagnosed with early onset alzheimer's a few years ago, and she passed away today. we caught up with a maryland basketball star-turned-analyst to get her take on summitt's lasting legacy. >> the impact she played on the game will live on. your purpose in life, she lived that purpose in her life. death does not define her. her life defines her and all the seeds she left hind it will continue to grow in the women's game. erin: the nfl also lost a legend. buddy thes, most notably with eagles and cardinals and offensive coordinator for the bears. while with the bears, he created defense, leading the team to the 1985 super bowl title. twin sons hopes

bryce harper wrote this message, the best ever there ever was, there ever will be.est in peace, champ. as he read a shirt that said goat, as in greatest of all time. john wall who just received the nba community assist award this week posted this picture on instagram in honor of the world champion. again, here is john ho longtime georgetown coach on the passing of muhammad ali. >> i think he was brave, very brave to do what he did because he did it while he had something to lose. i think a lot of people speak out on things when they have nothing to lose. they wait until they retire or wait until they're out of the business. but muhammad ali did it at a time when it impacted his physical ability to perform his field -- his boxing in the ring. you know. it took three years when he was at the prime of his career, you know, and he committed himself to doing that. they took money, millions of dollars that he would have been able to make to stand up for what he believed in. and i think that that was reflective of the man that he was. >> muhammad ali was born cassius clay

that fell behind early 5-26789 they're fighters and they foughf bryce harper smacking one tone straight away center that goes over the outfielder off the wall. been reviewer rides home. the throw home not in time. jason werth in spite of all that facial hair makes it in. coefficient, whatnot. he rips one to left field, ryand zimmerman trotting home. he's followed by anthony rendon. the seventh inning, the nats nature front. the urinals, manny ma chat oh at the bat, takes a pitch, ma chat oh not lease. he gives him a look. the first pitch 99 miles an hour. watch this. bases clear, everything is out there. both ma chat oh and ventura ejected from the there you have it. consider all this and they had a baseball game to play. mark tomorrow oh hits a homer. tonight, the united states need a wins. cope a america. 37th minute, demsy to germane jones shot to the far post. it's 2-0us.2- five minutes later, demsy goes inside to bobby woods, he spins, he rips it off, it goes in, us3-0 at half time. the 70th minute nets the stars and stripes, goal number four. >> that's a regular goal '. >> yes. th

at the top of the fifth, bryce harper looking for his first hit of the game.urned out to be a big one. over the outfielder's head, jayson werth comes in to score and nats lead 6-5. they tack on four more in the sixth. they lead this 1 a0-5 in the eighth inning. bottom of the second, he pitches he will fly out. he would have some parting words. manny at bat. >> oh! >> he doesn't like it. gives him a punch to the face and a ddt. the bench is cleared. both guys hit the showers early. when order was restored, mark trumbo disrupted a bit. his 20th home run of the season. davis added another homer as well. o's beat the royals. afterwards adam jones put it best. >> i'm glad for manny defending himself. screw it. defend yourself. if someone is trying to hurt you defend yourself. i hope the league goes and sees and reviews what happened. >> when someone is throwing 99 at you it is something that will hurt. you can ruin somebody's career. that is all that matters is we came out with a w. >> to the pitch now, nice night for soccer. soldier field. soccer fans showing supp

bryce harper comes an and scores. game-tying run. rbi single. this will go to extra innings.bs on top. a man on second and taylor smacks one to right center. danny espinosa rounding third and tied again. two batters later, jayson werth the dish and the bearded one, with the flowing hair comes through again, crushes one off the wall. taylor comes around to score. he is mobbed again. the left fielder mobbed at right field. the nats take the series and you better believe he was fired up. a heck of a birthday present. one of the best birthdays i have ever had. >> you will remember it. >> orioles in boston taking on the red sox. a rough start for the orioles. hanley ramirez will add to the pain. two on. look out. he tees off on this one. this is go being over the green monster. three-run shot. 6-0 lead. orioles make a comeback but lose 6-4. >>> all right, gang, final day of mini camp for the redskins, exciting about the vacation and jay gruden not on the field. will kurt cousins have a long-term deal by then? will the defense continue to get the best of the offense? that was the c

very next batter bryce harper with the rbi single. yeah. nola allows four runs in the second.fore the end of the fourth. it is it shortest start of his career. phillies lose eight to nothing. they have lost 14 out of their last 18 games. >>> no hard feelings, i guess, the same sam bradford who demanded a trade, as traded haze stance. eagles quarterback is praising head coach doug pederson now. maybe this will be a happy two year marriage after all. before their summer break pederson went out of his way to compliment bradford's work ethic, performance, leadership. bradford is helping lead a group of eagles players in the players only practice in san diego next month leading up to training camp. >> it is the trust factor that is there. that is what we you want to see with your starting quarterback. with a guy that has said, it took sometime to evaluate the situation and then to come back and say hey, you know what, maybe it is okay. >> he is just a class act, he is a great guy. i think i'm enclose tore him now then i was before. i give him a lot of credit for handling it the way

six years ago, bryce harper's name was drafted first over all by the washington nationals.ight, as he has done so many times, harper clutched for the curly ws. the nats were in a hole against the white sox, then they chipped away. just got over to put the nats within 1. send one to deep center field, it bounces off the wall, wert and severe scored, and they are up 10n -5 ithe bottom of the 7th. >>> nats return home to face philadelphia, if you can't make it to the ballpark, you can watch friday and saturday's game right here on wusa9. >>> the orioles had an events full night. check this catch by cain. check it out. you can kind of see it. it just goes up and over. he's in a little pain after that, but a great rob of a home run, then this happened. yep, manny plunged 90-mile an hour fastball, decided to throw some punches an all-out brawl at camden yards. both men orioles win though 9-1. >>> we all have our advices with it comes -- vices with what it comes to what we watch on tv, i like the talent reality shows, but foursomes members of the ravens -- for some members of the

bryce harper supports nats fans and also supports his team. top of the first, smacking the ball left, it is gone. second homer in his last 20 games. 1-0 lead. skip ahead to the fifth for time constraints. espinosa wants in on the party. his 13th of the season. nats up in the fifth. >>> i will stay up until the end. >>> up to baltimore, 38-minute delay for start of the oriole and padres. bottom of the fourth, this one opposite field to left. two run shot for alverez. orioles 4-2 lead. for alverez. a triple toll the left. this time to right. that worked. another two-run shot for alverez. the orioles take a 6-3 load. everything is grit. there's always a but. in the ninth, padres come up by a run. ramirez on. and trouble. another run comes to score. san diego has one more and right now up 9-6 in the ninth. all right. act like you have done it before. in soccer in the united states has done it before, beaten argentina. in 1995, a 3-0 win as they were on the way to a finish. playing on home soil, the challenge for the united states is to get by arge

bryce harper with the rbi single that place the nationals fourth run of the inning.on nola only lasting three and two thirds. watch this grab by anthony rendon at third base. they lose this afternoon in washington eight-nothing the finals. >>> next up for the phils after the nationals series the toronto blue jays top of the sixth manny machado with a home run to make it four-three orioles. this game full of offense. >>> bottom of the sixth edward encarnacion had two homers in the game. the blue jays go on to win 11 to six. >>> the stanley cup playoffs will resume tomorrow night in san hose say. the sharks kept that series alive way four-two win thursday night. san jose looking to become the second team in stanley cup history to come back from a three-one deficit in the finals to go on and win the cup. >>> the philadelphia soul in action this afternoon against the l.a. kiss. a 37-yard touchdown and they're up by eight. to the third quarter, he finds jeremy richardson. check out the moves. nice blocking. soul go up by 30 so not too much of a contest this afternoon. the

. >>> nationals making due withoua bryce harper following thatng awful pitch to the knee.he >> did suito sit on the bench in this case. he was there he just didn't play. >> top of the six game tied at m one until murphy connects to deep right field solo home run. daniel murphy doing his thing. >> that's a good expedition in d the off-season. ton of the 9th after exopinion knows sarks and you see whato happens with that one as well. head, he went onք home with inside the park home run. r nat hit four homers win this 5-1. >> you probably didn't recognizg him by name check this out, there's a lot of letters in here that's exactly what i was goings to say is making a name for himself out of pure persistence. for the last month, the former you mass dart mug stand out hasg been camped out of the home of o new england patriots beging forg a try out. at this point no luck. luc mal come butler posted other nfl players are pushing for him to get a shot.t. probably not going to happen. >> you know give it the old college try. try. >> bill belichick means business when it comes to football. >> a

and bryce harper is back in l.a.gan, made his major league debut at dodger stadium in 2012. probably not he gets them swingin'. so without much notice, petit gets the call. welcome to hollywood. the solo homer. dodgers just scored up 2-0 in the fifth. a rare one-game road trip, a makeup. the center fielder smacks this ball into left. jj hardy set the the ball way off. they leave 3-0. a familiar face getting the rangers back in. you know him? ian desmond. doing things big time in texas a long solo home run. rangers get on the board. now in the a run. and this ball is crushed off the wall. both runners will come in to score. rangers take the lead and win 4-3. and the capitals have invaded vegas. braden holtsy is there. we're sure the caps goal tender went early to "prepare." and the warrionhl announced tod pittsburgh penguins are going to open their season again to the capitals. and they will vehave to watch tm raise the banner. hockey gods h lebron james on the cover of "sports illustrated" this week holding cleveland

no bryce harper again for the nationals tonight. phillies have acquired jimmy pa reeds.marlon byrd suspends 162 games for performance-enhancing drugs again. it's his second offense so bye-bye-byrdie. frank wright clarified his comments about the quarterback situation. he says sam bradford is the starter. he says carson wentz and chase daniel must compete. frank says sam has been great in workouts. take a look. receiver nelson aguilar going into his second year with the birds. his rookie season was disappointing. he suffered a high ankle sprain midway through the season, missed three games and it seemed to affect him. >> no excuse. i make my plays. end of the day, my body was what it was, but i need to make more plays and i was given opportunities and now i'm on to this year and my focus is to prize every possession i get. >> you can tell he's back healthy. caught a little short one today and the way he caught it, got vertical, that's the nelson i'm used to. i'm optimistic about him and so is everybody else in the room. he thinks he has something to prove but he's taking

bryce harper comes home to score and so does danny espino. single for jayson werth and he is mobbed by his teammates. the nats walk off winners 5-4 the final. >>> orioles finish their series against the blue jays. they trailed 7-1 in the game but they fought their way back. jones a two-run blast the sec of the game. orioles are within two runs at this point. bases loaded for alverez, already has a home run in the game. looking for the go-ahead grand slam. shot deep to right. carreira says no. check out this grab. makes an excellent catch. next batter, the o's with their man on the corner here for jonathon scope, but scope can't get it done. he goes down swinging. the orioles lose 10-9. >>> close your eyes, caps fans. we head to the shark tank. san jose trying to force a game seven. penguins fourth stanley cup. pens with the lead. 1-0. logan fire and scores. sneaks that past murray. that's his tenth goal of the playoffs. late in the period, penguins on the attack, chris leads on the net. crosby gets it, feeds it back and defense man putting it

. >> that is just ultimate goal, to make big league and be a guy like a bryce harper or strasburg. it is an honor to be select number one and to be a philly. >> he is everything that our scouts reported that he is, as you guys, can see for yourself, very intelligent. he is a tremendous baseball player but very highly charactered person, human being and for us, that is key. >> he is only 18. >> is that what 18 looks like he looks like a kid. >> he just got a bonus of 6 million. >> yes. >> he is 18 years old. >> they say he is a good guy. >> that is great. >> we will see him grow. >> exactly. >> thanks, don. >>> let's switch gears and talk weather, justin. the crazy day. >> kind of rough in south jersey. we had strong to severe thunderstorm and wind ripe to produce rotation and prompted a tornado warning in cape may county. this is eyewitness video from north wildwood showing whipping wind so strong it carried, pieces of debris through the air. we had strong wind gusts up around six on seven on 80 miles an hour from those storms that rolled on in. not only that we will dough live to

those of you who know me well know the only thing i talk about more than my nephew, my job, and -- bryce harper from the washington nationals --go, braves! he is the worst. nighttime inn at the rain. which sucks because i did not have a plan of where i was going. i have my headlamp on. raining and i should not be running. i go down to the lincoln memorial. i passed by this temporary memorial. has anyone seen this traveling thing? literally just me? all right. look it up. google and their facebook page has a lot of interesting information on it. it is described as "a 24 foot " made by recycled cans dedicated to healing the entry of war. i do not usually stop running some especially when it is raining. but i did. it got my attention. i read the names and messages etched into the aluminum. right here in the midst of the greatness of all of these monuments in the nation's capitol was a testament to the impermanent lives impacted by war. every inscription was strong and painfully fleeting. they were both intimately personal and empowering in their publicness. this,asn't supposed to do i definitely d

trying to take out the best team in the baseball in >>> you know the last time the cubs faced bryce harper and the nationals they did not pitch to the reignivp did pitch tonight and he was pitching for the nationals looking for four straight wins, striking out the side in the third, and struck out nine of the first ten he faced he was perfect until the sixth inning and he goes seven innings giving up two hits allows one run and 11 k's, offense had it done and ramos with the tenth homer it just gets over the fence out of hayward's glove andantes roll 4-1 to open up the series. final preparations for the quicken loans starts later next week at congressional country club but no tiger woods of course. he will be on hand but not play. woods has not played since last summer as he continues to recover from back surgery. won't play the u.s. open this week and even without woods course looks great should be another great tournament at congressional. >> each year, the experience gets better than the next, so again, the clubhouse roof top, something for everyone here at the quicken loans national and

very next batter bryce harper, rbi single.wed four runs in the second and had the shortest outing of his career. he is pull in the fourth inning. scoring runs for phillies to day is like pulling teeth against nationals starting pitching. they are shut out, again. phillies lose eight to nothing. they have dropped five straight to the nationals, and four of 18 overall. they are now a season worst, nine games back in the division. >>> sam bradford cried and made a trade demand. it appears the eagles quarterback is no longer crying over spilled milk because coach doug pederson is spilling his guts about how great he has been. since his two week boycott bradford has come back and been on his a game. bradford has been a leader on the field and off. he helped carson wentz. even though they are on summer break, he will lead a group of eagles players next month for a players only work out in san diego. that trade demand last month sound like water under the bridge. >> the trust factor is there. that is what you want to see with your st

bryce harper has gone onharper g record saying he would not want to play for anybody other h than dustyt this point. gio gonzalez after strugglingg last year under matt williamsili came out publicly and said it's awesome to have a manager that believes in you. you can see it on jaysonca werth. he's a different type of guy this year.r. so, yeah, the dusty effect clearly has seeped into theseee guys and you're seeing it on ain daily basis. >> this is probably the types o of year they should have hade hd last year but matt williams, personality than dusty baker and it's a loose clubhouse, c you can see it, they're havingyv fun. that why they're winning.re wni they're healthy.e healy. again, they were obviously injured last year but they're healthy, having a great timee and 41 and 25, that's greathat'r record.co >> think about it. they're getting major, you m know, production here withoutreo bryce really killing it you kilo know what i mean.i an. in fact, we were talking aboutkg it before we went on with you steve, bryce and jayson werthndj are actually hitting the samenge right now. righ i

bryce harper with a rbi single that would plate the nationals fourth run of the inning. lasting three and two-thirds at a. check outer this grab by the nationals anthony rendon at third. it was just this kind of a day for the philliesly they lose this afternoon in washington eight-nothing the final. >>> next up for the phillies after that nationals series the toronto blue jays. top of the six manny machado with the home run that will make it four-three oriolesly this game full of offense. edward encarnacion crushes this three run shot to left. he had two homers in the game. blue jays win 11 to six. >>> the eight and two philadelphia soul in action in trenton against the l.a. kings. going deep to reynolds for a 37-yard touchdown up by eight. in the third quarter he finds richardson. scores from 20 yards out. soul go up by 30. soul win 73 to 37. >>> the stanley cup playoffs will resume tomorrow night in san jose. sharks kept the series alive with a four-two win on thursday. san jose looking to become the second team in stanley cup history to come back from a three-one defi

top of the third bryce harper goes opposite field, almost hit it here high, two run shot, fourth of the three-two nats lead. lead. next batter wilson ramos also a goes the opposite way, this thi one to right center clears thees wall. nats go back to back.ck tack. eleventh of the season. they win this one, eight to five. five. >> all right area controls-red a sox from fenway park big night n for adam jones.on third inning with rune clanks one over the green monster. he put that one on the board. bd a two run homer. next at bat in the fourth, all l right come on video, keep up, u, a double to left to bring home h another run.un the birds win five-one.one. they lead the red sox by a game. >> last night on the baseball bl theme our sarah simmons on the strength of her stunning red hair was given the honor of hor throwing out the first pitch s she wearing a skirt at redheaded appreciation night.iaon night she finally got what she she wanted. bring the heat, sarah.e heat sah >> there you go.>> the you >> not bad at all. >> she couldn't really wind up u wearing that skirt. >> but she looked cu