. >> final round of the chevron world challenge. tiger woods blew a four-stroke lead. never done that on sunday. woods looked like he was going to win for the first final in 2010. he will make that birdie putt. mcdowell, 20 feet to force sudden death, and he drains it. head to the playoff. back on 18th. mcdowell, another 20-foot birdie. are you kidding me? sinks it again. tiger would miss his 15-footer, and graeme mcdowell wins the chevron world challenge. >> stanford women lose the ncaa sock soccer tight toll north -- title to notre dame. and it could have been florida state that lost to virginia tech yesterday. that would have been fun. >> virginia tech a really good team. >> mike: a tough test for stanford. >> alan: thank you very much. coming up, some are calling "tangled" the best family movie of the season. >> alan: a long-haired damsel in distress took over the box office. it had more than $20 million in ticket sales. this is its second weekend in release. the seven installment in the harry potter sears slipped down in spots. and it was tie between burlesque and

. >>> california now for the chevron world challenge. probably the best tiger woods has looked all year. still not enough. his second approach a few feet from the pin on 18. u.s. open champ graeme mcdowell needed this to force a playoff and he drained it. that was the first playoff hole, oddly enough, 18th hole again, mcdowell similar putt, same results. he sank it and was up a stroke. tiger needed this to keep it going but pushed it wide right. woods blew a four-stroke lead and graeme mcdowell won the chevron world challenge. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> hollywood's real-life murder mystery takes yet another odd twist. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, in the art world, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but what if you can't see it? you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." hope you had a wonderful weekend. we had rain in areas of los angeles. picked up about a quarter inch. showers in vegas this morning. today dry. partly cloud

tying we're miss the 15-footer and graeme mcdowell wins the chevron world challenge. >> stanford and dame, women's soccer championship. henderson crosses and finds the back of the net. 1-0. stanford's 22-game win strike over. falling short for the second straight year. >>> coming up at 6:00. bcs bowl assignments headed out. >> alan: we'll find out. just ahead, the holiday parade that escaped today's rain. we'll tell you about the colorful sell prayingggggggggggg >> alan: coming up at 6:00. san francisco considers a new law that would force city contractors to hire more locals. and foreclosed homes going at bargain basement prices. wait until you hear much people paid at an auction today. join us at 6:00. >>> finally, a colorful and lively holiday parade in san jose drew thousands of spectators. ♪ >> alan: the san jose holiday parade is a local favorite, complete with marching bands and giant floats. a number of civic organizations have been investing a great deal of time customizing their floats, and there was an appearance of cat in the hat and thing 1 and thing 2. the theme of the

finally over it's a golf tiger woods hopes to end once it's and on a winning though it's at the chevron world challenge in california which he'll host from thursday the former world number one has enjoyed his first speech campaign with a win since he joined that store in addition to having a high profile divorce the four time tournaments when i was absent from the events in two thousand and eight as he was recovering from my knees surgery and woods missed it in two thousand and nine because he had been involved in a car crash this was followed by revelations about his private life and subsequent divorce which with five months break from golf has also lost his number one ranking for the first time in five years as he was overtaken by england's lee westwood and then american admits that events off the courts might have affected his game on it . it's been difficult but also very rewarding at the same time. forced me to look deeper into myself and. look or. how i grew up and. how those things didn't match with the person who i am. getting back to get back to my parents raised me basically. good and very ex

tiger woods atop the leaderboard at the chevron world challenge.r 12 right there. that was for birdy. he would get a par but he shot a seven under 60 to take a one- shot lead. he was looking for a flaw last round today before he bogeyed 18. >> still played well. >> not a nonsanctioned pga event. doesn't really count but at least it is a chance to go home a winner for the holidays. >> if he wins, when he wins, i'm hoping we won't start the tying, hype again. >> i have a question about lebron james. how come when he had the ball they called scotty pipin. were they trying to allude to something? >> i will have to talk to that on my blog. >> all right. captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com

. >>> third round of the chevron world challenge. only thing not going tiger's way was that ridiculous goatee. not too bad. what do you think? not bad. no. check out that approach on number 7. within 5 feet. has a four stroke lead over graeme mcdowell. >>> sharks taking on montreal canadiens for game 2 of their five-game road trip. montreal scored once in each period. montreal wins 3-1. >>> and finally cal and iowa state tied in the final seconds. gutierrez gets it inside. hoop. foul. the bears hang on 76-73 for the big road victory. >>> stanford with either play in the fiesta or orange against virginia tech or oklahoma. >> when might we know? >> tomorrow. announcements all coming out tomorrow. >> then we can all sleep tomorrow night. >> gary has got more sports at 11:00 p.m. on cbs5. we will see you there. good night. captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com ,, ,,,,,, - hello! - ha! why don't you try a home cooked meal... with yummy hamburger helper? oh! tada! fantastically tasty, huh? ummm

but this weekend at the chevron world challenge in thousand oaks, california, a tournament he help eeed sponsor, woods w four strokes ahead of the competition going into today's final round. >> i think this day is very, very important to him, regardless of whether or not he's going to let on about that. >> reporter: woods, who as part of his effort to rehabilitate his image has been on twitter talking to fans saying, yep being it's me being i kind of like this twitter thing, predicted that today he would shoot a 66, four under par. but, in the final round, he started badly, missing putts on the early holes and struggling on a very unlucky 13 with a double bogey. as his playing partner, u.s. open partner mcdowell, took the lead. in an exciting finish, mcdowell hit an amazing putt in the first playoff hole to beat woods by one stroke. >> it was close. we had a good battle out there. >> reporter: so now tiger woods will have to wait until 2011 to get back p in the winning column. george lewis, nbc news, los angeles. >> that's "nbc nightly news" for this sunday. up next, football night in

tiger had his alma mater on his minds when he picked out his shirt for round 2 of the chevron world challenge leader board shooting a bogey 3, 66 to get to 13 under and take a four stroke lead into the weekend. >>> patriots coach bill belichick doesn't exactly reveal a lot when he meets with the media. but he had no problem explaining what his team did when given the day off on wednesday. >> golf ball. batminton tournament. played cards. ate some waterermelon. then pony rides and went canoeing. >>> raiders trying to snap their losing streak against the red shot charger. san diego winning four straight and moved ahead of the raiders. must win for the silver and black if they want to keep talking playoffs. >> almost like playoff atmosphere type games. >> don't take about playoffs. >> everybody is fighting in the month of december to push for the playoffs. >> are you kidding me? playoffs. >> so whatever it is that we have been stuck in for the last two weeks we have to hurry and get out of. >> niners are in green bay this weekend but don't expect any lambo leaps from rookie anthony dixon if he s

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. >>> in warmer california tonight, tiger woods went into today's chevron world challenge with a four-stroke lead but choked just a short time ago and lost in a tie breaker. he's been giving friend littler interviews and just joined twitter. he now offers up details of his personal life, including his troubles with growing a goatee. so close to becoming a champion again tonight. >>> and when we come back here on "world news" this sunday night the unseen holiday hazard in so many new toys. and the new warning for parents tonight. it could be right on the floor of your home. >>> and check this out. the moment on that train track that has so many people gasping this weekend. and tonight, what we've learned about the hero. >>> and the tiny football team drawing one very gigantic crowd. the incredible football highlight you likely didn't see this weekend. [ female announcer ] you won't believe your eyes. you won't believe your taste buds. you won't believe it's fiber. benefiber. clear, taste-free, and dissolves completely. what a beautiful way to get fiber everyday. that's the beauty of benefiber

. >>> third round of the chevron world challenge. tiger with spring back in his step.ood reason. check out the approach on number 7. he gets it to within 5 feet. left an easy putt for his third straight birdie. fired a 68 to go with his first rounds and second round has a four streak lead over graeme mcdowell. >>> game two of the sharks five-game road trip against montreal canadiens. sharks down 1-0 first period. comes up with a loose puck and tied it. third goal for him in three games. wasn't enough. montreal scored once in each period. the montreal canadiens win the game 3-1. >>> college hoop time. cal on the road in ames, iowa. first half great back door cut. leading the bears with 14 points and 10 rebounds. final minute. cal up three. scott christopherson gets open and knocks down his second three of the game. ties it. next possession. gutierrez gets it inside. hoop. foul. scores all nine of his points in the 2nd half. cal beat iowa state 76-73. >>> bears 5-0 this season. unfortunately though today they were on the road. 7th ranked texas a&m too much for cal to han

leading at the halfway point of the chevron world challenge in thousand oaks. and there is shooting 66, 13 under woods leading by four. here is paul casey on number 12. catches a ridge. then, starts to draw back towards the hole. and if pulled by a magnet. in for the a's. casey showing hops here, i've got to get up that. shot was great this, one might be better. bubba watson four over par. there is 283 yards. a couple hops. bottom of the cubs for the rare double eagle. despite a 4 db 7 record 49ers only a game out of first place. they've got a huge game coming up on sunday. it's a game highlighting quarterbacks they could have had instead of alex smith. that would be aaron rogers and a turn into one of the best passers into the nfl. rogers says he shut down arizona monday night. and is impressed with what he sees on tape. >> this year, they're more, i'd say basic but it's not the right word. they're doing bes less of the exotic stuff. there is a a sense of urgency on their tide. >> and there is final four in north carolina. camille levin with a blast. hooks it

last chance might be the best chance at the chevron world challenge in thousand oaks an event tiger hopesere is chipping outstanding on 12. this part. and there is 65 and actually the reaction was better than the shot. and there is a. the governing body announced world cup will be held in russia and the tiny country of qatar. and that is going to be in 2022. qatar smaller than the state of connecticut in bidding some thought was loaded with corruption. and bill clinton is there. and that w w w w w w w w w w w w >>> and coming up at 9:00 pilot who adjusted his seat and sent a plane full of passengers plunging 7,000 feet. >> then, santa cruz atheists fighting to be part of the holiday celebration. and this is coming up at 9:00 and 11:00. >> bart gave a,000s of free tickets today. >> agents were at six stations in san francisco and oakland and each is good for a one way trip. >> and only good on saturdays and sundays for next three weekend autos idea is that lots are empty on weekends and they're free. not the case for people doing holiday shopping and there is any other place where trains g

he is leading halfway mark of the chevron world challenge in southern california.rlg tiger, for an eagle. 13 under, leading by four. how about paul casey on the 12th hole. seven iron, catches the ridge here and starts to roll back. hole in one. this might be better, bubba watson, 2nd shot, par five, 283 yards. nothing but the bottom of the cup. a rare double eagle. >> 49ers somehow are game out of first place. they've got a huge contest visiting the green bay packers. the quarterback they could have had, but instead of alex smith, aaron rodgers is one of best in the n.f.l. rogers says he studied the defense that shut down arizona last night and he is impressed with what he sees on tape. >> this is more -- there is a little bit of the exotic stuff. they run their stuff a little better. they are one game out of the division lead. obviously this was a game we need to play well in. >> high school football playoffs undefeated palo alto versus valley christian, palo alto with the bomb, and deep to maurice williams. makes it 7-0. williams had record speed, 78 yards. palo

to the links now for round two of the chevron world challenge at cherwood country club in thousand oakswe haven't heard this lately. it was a great day for tiger woods, including an eagle on the second hole part of a bogey three round. he shot a 66 yesterday moving to 13 under par and giving him a four-stroke lead. that is your morning look at sports. have a great day. >>> we're saying, start spreading the news. she is leaving today. that was laura's final sports report here in the bay area. like another famous l.b., she is taking her talents elsewhere, headed to new york city. we have a feeling she left her heart in san francisco. good luck, laura! >>> cody ross is the boss here in the bay area. this weekend, the nlcs most valuable player will be back in carlsbad, new mexico for cody ross day. he will be inducted into his high school hall of fame today and get the keys to the city. >> it's a huge honor. i grew up there. i went to high school there. you know, it is going to be nice to get back and see how excited the town is, carlsbad is. >> if you twoowant to see cody and the giants, t

leading at the chevron world challenge in southern california. tiger for eagle on two. 1300 leading by 4. how about paul casey on the 12 pole. 188 yards out, 7 iron. catches the ridge here, starts to roll back. and you know what's gonna happen. hole in one! on casey! that was great. this shot might be better just because of the distance. bubba watson, his second shot, 16 hole. 283 yards! that is pure power. nothing but the bottom of the cup. the rare double eagle. despite a 4-7 record, the 49ers somehow some way only a game out of first place in the wretched nsc west. a game that highlights the quarterback they could have had in the 2005 draft. instead of allex smith, aaron rogers turned into one of the best passers in the entire nfl. he says he study this niner defense that shut down arizona and is i am pressed with what he sees on tape. >> just more basic. probably not the right word but just doing a little less of the exotic. they're on their stuff a little better. a sense of urgency knowing they're one game out of the division lead. obviously the game we need to pla

. >> and tiger woods is putting his personal life his final event the chevron world challenge.lifornia. the approach shot from the rough. just a few feet. and to birdie the whole and i do not know and if you beat him up for six months? and to come back, young man to see what he does with a chip shot. at 7 under with an opening round. if he is the leader of the of bed. do not kid yourself, and all of a sudden, this event, from page 7, page one. how far will this name. you? dale earnhardt jr. has the most popular driver award in the nascar circuit. despite the fact that he is in a and 92 races winning streak. and 2008, and when they voted on who was the most popular? it was still earn her junior. and a new concept, fire-ice. the awhile and a veteran, and a captain. >> and the mighty ice! >> the fire and ice. and possibility from the member of the nutcracker. coming up, next. 7 7 >> this is always fun, a hit on the 5:00 p.m.. and >> fire and ice! >> and torras math is the heisman, three-one, as the starter, and this sounds like the obvious choice of quarterback. >> and i think tha

tiger had his alma mater on his mind when he picked out his shirt for round two of the chevron world challengehe is on top of the leaderboard at his own tournament with a bogey-free 66 to get to 13- under with a four-stroke lead. >>> sad news out of chicago. ron santo passed away today from complications of bladder cancer. santo was 70. >>> can't get any worse. it just can't. very, very bad. >> nobody took the cubs loss harder and trust me he has seen plenty of them. santo spent the past 20 years as a radio analyst. on the field he was a nine time all-star in the 15 years with the curbs. >>> the giants made it official re-signing pat burrell to a one- year deal worth a million dollars. pat the bat hit 18 homers with the giants during the regular season. he batted just .143 in the play- offs. he may be brian wilson's neighbor the machine. >> you know, i have never met the machine. i keep missing him. apparently every time he comes around, i -- i -- i have been in the bathroom or, uhm, been outside taking a phone call. so i tell you, i just can't -- i can't speak on that. >> the yankees may have

leading at the halfway mark of the chevron world challenge. in,000 oaks eagle on 2. 66. 13 under. woods leading by 4. paul casey on no. 12. normally this would be the shot of the day. 7 iron. catches the ridge. and then approximately drawn back towards the hole. slowly but surely in for the ace. approximately casey you are showing the hospital to get up to the high 5. that shot was great. this might be better. watson. on the par 5. 16. 4 wood. this is 2 83 yards. this is a manly clout. couple hop. bottom of the cup. double eagle. despite a 4 and 7 rohr the 49 ers are just a game out of first in the nfc west. they have a huge contest on sunday. visiting the 7 and 4 packers. game that highlights the quarterback. they could have had some would say should have had in the 2005 draft. rodgers one of the best passer in the nfl. he studied the nipper defense that shut down arizona monday night and impressed with what he sees on tape. >> this year they are more i would say basic not the right word but just doing a little bit less of the exotic stuff. run the stuff at bit bett

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leading at the chevron world challenge in southern california.w what's gonna happen. hole in one! casey showing off. this shot might be better just because of the distance. bubba watson second shot par 5, 16th hole. >> nothing but the bottom of the cup. only a game out of first place and nsc. 7-4 green bay packers. a game that highlights the quarterback they could have had in the 2005 draft. instead of allex smith, aaron rogers turned into one of the best passers in the nfl. he's impressed what he sees on tape. >> more basic. that's probably not the right word but just doing a little lesstivity exotic. on their stuff a little better. sense of urgency on their side knowing they're one game out of the division lead. obviously this is the game we need to play well in. >> high school football playoffs. undefeated palo alto versus christian. fourth down with the bomb. chrisoff, son of the ex-niner. make it 7-0. same combo in the third quarter. williams had sprinter speed. 78 yards. gone! palo alto wins the central coast section open division title 21-

woods is the leader at the chevron world challenge.men's volleyball action. college football, all of the bowls to be settled. we are coming on nebraska and oklahoma. and of course the fight the hunger we will figure out if it is boise state. >> any prediction where stanford is going? >> fiesta orange. >> "nightline" is up next. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm carolyn johnson. thanks for joining us. >> have a great night and a great weekend. >> g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g