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but breast cancer awareness of the cause waspecial meaning the skins chris cooley. he bob ehrlich says he wants to fix maryland. but he increased state spending by record amounts. ehrlich raised $3 billion in taxes and fees... including property taxes... and a 40% increase in college tuition. and now he's made over $1 billion in new promises. with no planto pay for them... except for cutting education. cuts that will lay off teachers and increase class sizes. that's not a budget. and bob rlich's not the kind of leader... we can trust. >>> a new love may have the same soothing effect as a powerful drug. the university looked at 15 stages in the early stages of a romantic relationship them found those who were looking at photos of their loved ones did not feel as much pain from a romance that got hotter. >> they're exactly the same. >> experts say tt doesn't mean you should start a new relationship wheyou're feeling down. they say it is important to find pleasure in things you do, whether it is time with a loved one or listening to your favorite music. researchers say

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here hooking up with chris cooley, down the hash. redskins breezing.hael vick going for the goal line. squeezed at the goal line. leaves the game. the x-rays on his chest and ribs were negative, but he did not return. the redskins offense, grinding to a halt in the 2nd half. the eagles had a chance. kevin cobb in for vick. jason nearly coming one it, can't squeeze it, d'angelo picks it, and the redskins provide, 17-123. >> -- 17-12. >> you have to find a way to win. at the end of the day you want to come back, and he's able to do. that i think handled himself like a pro throughout the week. he's really a classy individual. >>> the big show in a few minutes. sports plus. our sports directer is in philadelphia. he has reactions for the front lines. brian mitchell will be here as well to break down donovan's return from every angle. that's in a come of minutes on sports plus. >>> great saturday of college football leading to the shakeup in the rankings. here's the weekly review of the usa today top 25. >> here's your top 25 coaches poll present bid sprint

buffalo for chris cooley -- beautiful for chris cooley.e 1st quarter michael vick 3rd and 6, scrambling, 23 yards down to the 1, but vick gets sandwiched by d'angelo hall and kareem moore. vick suffered a rib injury and did not return. mcnabb did return a winner. 17-12 over his former team and lindsay murphy joins me now. this was a pretty happy locker room. we've been in a lot of them. they lost two straight. i get that. they stopped that, but i think everyone did want to win it for donovan. >> they definitely rallied around donovan. this guy didn't want to be traded from the eagles. he wanted to retire if n philly and they -- in philly and they booted him. i think today was especially tough and i think he was glad when it was over. >> i wasn't going to let any of the hoopla kind of effect what the mindset was and the mindset was for all of us to come out here and win the game. i was overwhelmed a little bit with the standing ovation and the reception that i got, but again, you know, when you boil down everything, you buckle your chin str

then next pass mcnabb perfect to chris cooley wide open 14-0 redskins just oh 10 minutes into the game. on the -- over 10 minutes into the game. on the eagles' next possession bad luck for them. vintage michael vick scrambling all the way to the 1 and gets sandwiched by kareem huer and kareem moore. vick -- kareem moore. mcnabb deep later to anthony armstrong, 57 yards leading to a graham gano field goal, redskins at the half. 1st and 10 at redskins 26 lesean mccoy with the ball but not anymore. kareem moore recovers. ref called him down. skins challenged and they won. redskins take over on possession. final seconds skins clinging to 17-12 lead and the eagles clinging to some hope. kevin kolb on 4th and 10, completes it to desean jackson who laterals it to jason avant who laterals it to lesean mccoy, an 18-yard gain down to the 32. eagles have a 1st down and one last chance. four seconds left. the eagles' last hope. kevin kolb lobs it up all the way into the end zone, but it's picked off by d'angelo hall. the redskins hold on and escape. they're perfect in the division and beat the eag

that would be chris cooley who suffered this concussion in the first half against the colts.n't leave the game until the third quarter. now cooley also suffered a few concussions during his college days back at utah state but cooley said he feels fine and barring any setback he is expected to play later today against the bears. now earlier this week, cooley was asked why he didn't leave the game against the colts earlier. >> if i had known that it was a concussion, i wouldn't have played. sometimes you take a hit and it rings your bell a little bit and you can kind of bounce right back. at halftime, i came back and passed all of the tests fine. and i thought i would give it a shot and got worse in the third quarter and so i called it. >> would you do anything differently next time? >> no, huh-uh. >> we'll have more in off the wall. and albert haynesworth is expected to seeing present -- plenty of playing time today. >>> and the terps were at boston college looking for the first win in chestnut hill. scoreless in the first. but danny o'brien from maryland going up top, torii s

the 31-yard touchdown pass to chris cooley.said after the game he had wanted mcnabb to open up and admit his raw emotions. since he won it, it was so gratifying to get win with him. >> first of all, it is philly. in philly. i always want to win this game. we drive in. oubus is there. i see 800 middle fingers. i always want to beat these guys. then to have him, to give him the moment that he has had after this game, it could have been have been better. >> we are number one in the nfc so we'll stay up there. everybody making mistakes in their lifetime and they made one last year. thanyou. >> absolutely. absolutely. >> i think we had a little extra motivation. number five, you know, it felt good to be able to come in here and help him get the victory against a team that basically said you're not good enough. we think, this is what we think ofyou. we'll trade the division. i think today he got the best. >> you're proving that is a mistake in their eyes. >> told bruce allen, if he ever traded me within the division, he would have tw

this is a cause near and dear to chris cooley's heart. his mom is a cancer survivor. >> the redskins invited all these women and the first year it was really just me. so to see it develop into the deal that it is today only three years later is amazing. i'm so proud to be a part of it and i'm so thankful for the redskins for everything they do to help us out. >> you'll see a lot of pink on the field sunday. will is back to wrap up the edge right after this. four years ago, bob ehrlich got fired as governor of maryland. for good reason. first, he protected tax loopholes for giant cable cable companies. then, he let utilities jack up our rates 72%. and for the last four years, he worked as a hired gun for big corporations, even a bank that took billions from a taxpayer funded bailout. ehrlich sides with corporate executives again and again and again tell bob ehrlich big banks and billionares don't need help. middle class marylanders do. tuatng ol >>> taking the edge off, it is a pink diamond with a mysterious past and it's heading to the au

that's when mcnabb hit chris cooley for a 31-yard touchdown. washington led 14-0. michael vick left in the first quarter. he was tackled hard and hurt his chest and his ribs. he will have an rbi today. in the end, the redskins won 17- 12. after the game, mcnabb talked about the homecoming. >> although mike has taken my parking spot out there, you know, it was still the same feeling. coming out of the tunnel, it felt like i was playing back here at lincoln financial again. >> reporter: next sunday the redskins are going to host the packers. green bay beat detroit yesterday 28-26. >>> habitat for humanity is lending its helping hands to the drive for more affordable housing in the metropolitan area. for the 27th year in a row, former president carter has been part of the campaign. kristin fisher has more now from northeast washington. >> i don't think it matters whether it rains or shines. the habitat homes have always gotten built. >> it's wet, it's cold and only been four days since former president carter was released from the hospital, but the former president sa

he throws a perfect pass to chris cooley. a 31-yard touchdown. the redskins were in front 13-0. that was mcnabb's only touchdown of the game. four seconds to play now. the eagles with one last shot. the redskins lead 17-12. kevin kolb in for the injured making vick. take a look. jason almost comes down with it but deangelo hall is there for the interception. the redskins win 17-12. they are now 2-0 in the division. mcnabb all smiles after the game but coach shanahan that don't make me sweat out any more of these games. >> of course you would lake to find a way to win these games. you've been ahead in these games and you would lake to finish them earlier. and fortunately, we go go won two and unfortunately we lost one. we had more opportunities in that game than any of the games. but you will try to learn from your mistakes and hopefully we will. >> reporter: the head coach mike shanahan is thrled with his team's performance. mcnabb finally admitted how good it felt when he talked to them after the ame. you can see it coming up in sports. >> that's a fastball he won't let go of.

still in the first quarter, donovan mcnabb with a pass to chris cooley.ns up. then later in the first quarter, michael vick get hit. he had wind and chest injuries and did not return. kevin kolb, and that made it for a touchdown. then the eagles with one last chance. kolb with a hail mary to the end zone. jason avant. interception be at the redskins win, 17-12. in the locker room. >> this was something we can feed off of going into the rest of the season. we are number one in the nfc, and we are going to stay that way. [cheers and applause] everybody makes mistakes in their lifetime. >> it was nice, at least after starting off 1-2. i know it is way too early to talk about destiny, but this was a good game for us. >> 2-2, but they are 2-0 in the division. they will host the packers this sunday. reporting in philadelphia, britt mchenry, abc7 sports. >> another game goes down to the final seconds. the ravens and the steelers. the ravens were losing with less than one minute left. joe flacco. the ravens have a three-point lead. now, the steelers have one more

mcnabb connects with his tight end chris cooley and washington jumps out to a 14-0 lead. later in the first half bad news for the eagles. michael vick gets sandwiched and would leave with a chest injury and his replacement kevin kolb, got the eagles within five. kolb throws a hail mary into the end zone. oh, but he cannot come down with it. ooh, boy, that would have been a nice play. mcnabb beats his former team, 17-12. michael vick will have an mri to see how he's doing. jags and colts. a7 seconds left and manning connects with collie. looks like a nice peyton manning comeback. but the jags get it back, only five seconds left setting up a 59-yard field goal. drills it. sneaks it through the uprights. jacksonville stuns the colts in the time seconds, 31 hi-28. jags win. time weekend of baseball. national league playoff race in the air. padres one game back trying to force a tie break game that would have been played today against the giants but the giants were having none of it. rookie buster posey having a big year. 18th of the season. giants beat the padres and lost the

mcmahon belonged to remind the crowd just how good he is a perfect through a with a middle caused by chris cooley who helps extend the advantage to fourteen nothing now philadelphia seemed to have found the answer quarterback in michael vick until displays to signal color sandwiched between defenders three more in this former teammate danger the whole suffering room in chest dangerous by vick's long run right before the injury also negated by a holding penalty. philadelphia called the lead to seventeen six with a pair of field goals before vick's replacement kevin cog found brant celek in the fourth the ensuing two point conversion field making the score seventeen to twelve kolb unable to deliver in crunch time so he'll be remaining winless at home this year because of day for quarterback jay cutler and the new meadowlands with his bears leaving the undefeated rinks after a loss to the giants new york registering nine six in the first half alone aaron ross introducing himself to call there late in the second. water the twenty seven year old forced out of the game in the opening half with a concus

a game after getting concussed chris cooley now has a sprained foot saying his foot got rolled up on in the 1st quarter of yesterday's win over the bears and it's a little sore today. thanks for asking. speaking of the win, it was the skins defense that dominated, specifically d'angelo hall tying an nfl record with four interceptions in one game. he's the 19th player to accomplish the feat and the first to do it since 2001. his second interception in the 3rd quarter turned out to be the difference in the game. a 92-yard jog held up. the skins win 17-14 and that's the final. great day for d. hall and jay cutler, maybe a lesson unlearned. >> the secondary guy, you always feel like you got a chance to make plays. we knew watching jay cutler all week we were going to get some opportunities. didn't think they were going to come in bunches like that, but we'll take them. >> i've played against him before. there's no reason to shy away from him. it's hard to say with four picks against him but if we played tomorrow, i'd go at him every time if i could. >> let me get this straight, the guy p

mcnabb hooks up with chris cooley. skins up 14-0 in the fourth quarter. a few minutes later, michael vick takes it all the way to the goal line where he is sandwiched by two skins players. he would come out of game an not return. it would come down to the final play, scuns up by -- skins up by five. washington win this is one 17- 12. >> this here defines team. this is something we can feed off going into the rest of the season. we are number one in the nfc and we're going to stay up there. everybody makes mistakes in their lifetime and they made one last year. >> coming up later in our next hour, dave ross will join us for the monday morning quarterback. >>> it is a big day ahead for the supreme court. a new term and a new era. the debut of its newest justice, elena kagan. we'll run down the cases in store for the nation's highest court. >>> a massive tanker causing big problems for coalition forces in pakistan. we'll check more headlines when fox 5 morning news returns.  >>> making headlines, three people are dead following a massive tanker fire in p

. >> reporter: even in pink, chris cooley, tight end for the washington redskins, the a fearless playerhe called me and i knew something was definitely wrong, she said i have breast cancer. >> cooley's mother was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer, he got the news less than a week before his wedding day. >> and that is so scary because i have never had -- i haven't known anyone that had it and you just don't know what's going to happen. >> reporter: just like that, for the cooleys, breast cancer became more than a disease. what was the hardest part of that experience? >> every day i felt like i was not a part of the real world. >> reporter: even today, two years later, nancy doesn't like to think about it, not about the chemotherapy or losing her hair. >> you never picture your mom without hair, she's like what's my head going to look like. >> you have the prettiest hair. >> reporter: inspireded by his mom's courage, cooley and his wife christy, former red skins clear leader, held a training site for women battling the disease. cooley shared what a doctor told us? >> now i know why yo

. >>> and how redskins tighten chris cooley turned his mother's diagnosis of breast cancer into a wayg other women dealing with that disease. that's at 11:00. >>> this is the treasurer of saboo city in the philippines. she is not your typical tax checker. if you want to work in her office, you'd better like to dance. she said dancing is not only good for your health. it makes you more productive. she said she has proof of that. ever since she began staging dance routines in the office, the taxcollectors have doubled their daily collections. one could argue it is not necessarily due to any changein the worker's level of effort.

chris cooley and santana moss. he said it doesn't bother him. >> i can't say it fires me up.w what we have here. if i was on the outside looking in, i would say the same thing. people understand at we do have some good miles an hour. we have to get the opportunity to make the play. >> with anthony in there, it is not like it is a drop-off. anthony has the great speed to get down field. with the ball in his hands, you never know what can happen. he does a great job. the guys really know about anthony. they have the utmost confidence in him. >> donava mcnb on anthony article strong. he caught e attention of some professional teams when he was playing in arena ball after playing flag football. he ran a 4.25.40. we'll be talking about him a lot. the redskins injury news. he took a beating against green bay. jamal brown and trent williams suffered knee injuries. both are expected to be okay after negative mchb results. brown practiced, william did not. mike shanahan said both will go tomorrow. on the other side, rocky mcintosh did not practice because of a minor could not can you

to chris cooley to put them up early, 14-0 in the first quarter. donovan mcnabb to do. his stats weren't great. >> who cares? they won. >> they won. it is fascinating to me why the eagles couldn't see what they had. they had him for 11 years. to get rid of this guy, you need quarterbacks in this league. there is not a lot of good ones out there. maybe half the leak has solid quarterback play. look at the eagled today with kevin cobb. they are in disarray right now. and afterward, i thought it was fantastic what donovan mcnabb said to his teammates in the locker room. >> this right here defines team. and this was something we can feed off of going into the rest of the season. we are number one in the nfc and we're going to stay up there. everybody makes mistakes in their lifetime and they made one last year so thanks. >> i also like the thank you there at the end. it wasn't just don t took 47 other guys to get that done. a huge win and he mentioned it. 2-0 in the division. if you are going to lose, lose to the rams, lose to the texans. don't lose to

the redskins second possession of the game mcnabb hooks up with chris cooley, 31 yards for a touchdown with 4:47 left in the quarter redskins enjoying a 14-0 lead but the outcome would come down to the final play. it did that the last three times in four games. redskins clinging to a 17-12 lead. kevin kolb throws to the end zone. it was not caught. d'angelo hall caught it. it sealed the victory and donovan mcnabb leaves a winner against his former team. >> the relief that i got is the fact that this was over. the whole hoopla of coming back and you couldn't watch any tv without people talking about coming back to philadelphia and one thing that i didn't want my teammates to see was the fact it became a distraction for me. >> mcnabb said it was one other game, just a regular game. we weren't buying that. were you? >> you know what, i've been back to old stomping grounds and it feels good to get it for him. we wanted him to know it wasn't going to be him against the eagles. it was going to be all us right along with him and we fought for him, we scrapped for him and that's our guy. that'

. >> reporter: chris cooley told me tonight that all week long he just wanted donovan mcnabb to admithe was upset that philly had traded him. but donovan wouldn't even hint that to his new teammates until tonight after the redskins beat the eagles. donovan was presented with the game ball inthe team locker room after the game. his teammates were screaming at him to give a speech, and that's when he admitted philly had made a mistake. tonight this may have bonded this redins team more than we may ever know. >> we had a little extra motivation. 30 teammates, number 5, felt good to come here and help him get a victory agast a team th basically said you're not worthy, this is what we think of you, we'll trade you within the division. i think today he got the best out of it. >> reporter: it's a mistake in their eyes. >> i told bruce allen if he ever traded mto the division, he'd have two games of hel l on his hands. >> iried to go through the same reg m, the guys saw me in the locker room, laughing and joking, practice field, doing the right thing. i thought today we were truly a focused b

and another guy we have to give some props to is chris cooley.ot talking about the offense, we're talking about the defense, but he had a huge reception. it's a 30-yard reception when they are down by 3 and look at him breaking tackles and that set up the tieing field goal before the 2-minute warning. so there is no quit on either side of the ball. yes, the defense kept them in it until the offense came around, which they finally did. >> it's so interesting because i circled in my mental notebook because i'm a nerd and i can't just enjoy the game and one thing i was going to talk about -- >> you took notes for the segment. >> yes. this is not just amateur talk here. >> okay. >> before armstrong had the huge catch, i think up until that point, the only wide receiver that he had completed a pass to was santana moss. he was throwing to tight ends or running backs but they weren't stretching the field. once that happened, then it opened. >> and he had a great day. had well over 100 yards, 7 catches himself. big day for the wide receivers. it didn't l

but here early on, mcnabb up top, chris cooley and touchdown chaos. hall and career moore converge on vick. they say the ribs were not broken but getting an mri today. he was in a lot of pain. and in the last play, jason avant, the ball was in your hands. how do you drop it for one, but deangelo hall comes up with the pick. we don't want to think about what could have been. this was a nice moment. and reid hugging mcnabb after the game. and he quarterbacked there for 11 years and in the end it's a 17-12 win and it's a huge win for the redskins now standing at 2-2. we talked all week, mcnabb down played it, how much did it mean, yada yada yada. listen to what he had to say to his teams in the locker room. >> this is something we can feed off of going into the rest of the season. we're number one in the nfc east and we're going to stay up there. [ applause ] >> everybody makes mistakes in their lifetime and they made one last year so ... [ laughter ] >> great sound bite. here again is a great throw to cooley and that he beat the linebacker single covera

stay with us. uimed fphgege >>> the redskins chris cooley with wife christie, along with derek dockery wife emma joined tanya snyder who is dan snyder's wife and a cancer survivor to host the third annual luncheon for area breast cancer survivors at redskins park. the 20 survivors will be special onfield guests for the sunday game against the packers. >> that will be nice. >>> kids in one southeast neighborhood will have a place to do some playing. >> holly is there to learn more about the kaboom playground build. holly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. can you imagine being a kid and leave for school today in your regular neighborhood where there is no place to walk and play, and you come home at the end of the day and there is a brand new playground right in your neck of the woods. that is what will happen here today at the people's co-op in southeast where the kaboom playground is starting as we speak with some of the volunteers that are here. this is a wonderful initiative that is going on across the nation. but one of them happens to be in our neighborhood here. efan is th

chris and cristie cooley hosted the third annual all star survival luncheon at redskins park. 20 area women battling breast cancer right now were invited to attend. other redskins and wives also there enjoying the pink themed hors d'oeuvres and other things. the breast cancer survivors were treated to an afternoon of pampering. >>> the government rolling out tougher crash test standards. the new rating system includes side pole crash testing and crash prevention technology. the vehicles will receive safety ratings from one to five stars just as usual. the revamped ratings will help consumers evaluate the features like the forward collision warning system, electronic stability control and land departure warnings. >> we know that car manufactures are putting new technologies in their cars and we want consumers to know how those technologies work. how effective they are and that's why they have been included in our rating system. >> now the four door bmw and the hyundai got the best ratings, but the nissan versa got two stars and female dummies will be used in crash tests to see how car

lines, a group of women forming a team of their own, cheered on by a fanclub of athletes like chris cooleylocker, it makes me reflect on what my mom went through and i feel so fortunate. >> reporter: playing for his mom and proving real men can wear pink. for "today," peter alexander, nbc news, ash burn, virginia. >> roger goodell is the commissioner of the nfl. good to see you. it's a brilliant campaign, i turn on a game and immediately see the chinstrap or cleats and see the pink. and you say what's it about? it forces you to think about it. >> we have a visible platform. so many people watch the nfl and see the tough men playing a tough game wearing pink and recognizing their impact by the terrible disease. it's a great platform. >> what's the reaction been, not only from men but women who may or may not be fans of the game? >> we have 200 million fans in the nation and 45% of those are women. >> what do they say? >> athey love it. they are getting an opportunity to have the people play the game, say we're affected by this disease also and we support you. >> you have a very personal rea